Tag: Seshadri Ramkumar

Cotton woes pile up

- March 1, 2015

Cotton price is still down, and the global acreage is likely to follow suit. China´s warehoused cotton poses quality problem but in the medium-term, there ... Read More

Pinning hopes on cotton price stability

- January 31, 2015

Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has sold 1,100 bales on the first day of auction creating international curiosity very recently. Read More

Smart fabric sector offers vast scope

- December 1, 2014

Smart fabrics market is worth $1.6 billion, according to IFAI estimates. Jeff Rasmussen, Market Research Manager at IFAI, USA in speaking recently at the IFAI´s Read More

Techtextil India meet stirs more interest in tech textiles

- December 1, 2014

The two-day Techtextil Symposium held recently in Mumbai´s The Lalit Hotel had an impressive line of presentations on the various aspects of technical textiles. Michael ... Read More

Modi launches ´Make in India´ in NY

- November 1, 2014

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in his maiden visit to United States as the Prime Minister of India touted his government´s ambitious plan of ´Make ... Read More

Researchers conduct cotton study

- October 1, 2014

In July, two Texas Tech researchers released their paper on the study of low-grade cotton and its ability to absorb oil. Seshadri Ramkumar, professor in ... Read More

Absorbent nonwoven cotton mat for oil spills

- September 1, 2014

Researchers at Lubbock, Texas-based Texas Tech University (TTU) have engineered a absorbent mat using low-grade cotton that can collect up to 50 times its own ... Read More