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 could be reliefs with the demand for cotton from countries like India going up.
Browsing: Seshadri Ramkumar
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has sold 1,100 bales on the first day of auction creating international curiosity very recently.
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
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 Janecke, Director (Brand Management)
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 in India´. ´Make in India´ will support and grow the textile industry and world trade between India and other countries. Good governance and low cost of manufacturing are the keys to attract investments in India, said Modi.
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 the Department of Environmental Toxicology, and Vinitkumar Singh, a doctoral candidate in the same department, led the research project, which started in the summer of 2010 after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Ramkumar said.
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 weight in oil.