?In technical textiles, we are doing something, but not enough. There is a long journey, but we have not even started it. We have just only 2200 units in technical textiles in this whole big country. Even in the nine textile research associations, which have been entrusted with the tasks of Centres of Excellence, not much has been done. We need a lot more efforts,? the first few sentences from the Textile Commissioner, Dr Kavita Gupta.
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The current global apparel market is estimated $1,100 billion with trade value of $700 billion. European Union is the largest consumer market, reaching $350 billion per annum, whilst China is the largest exporter with $288 billion. Leading countries such as EU, USA & Japan focus solely on highest value stages of textile and apparel value chain, that are designing, marketing & distribution. Meanwhile, the manufacturing activities are concentrated in India, China & other developing countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam, Indonesia, etc.
Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd (GWRL), a leading manufacturer of technical textiles for the Indian and global markets has achieved a sales revenue of Rs 225.06 crore in Q1FY17 as compared to Rs 239.32 crore in Q1FY16.
Freudenberg Performance Materials, the world’s leading manufacturer of technical textiles, has launched an open innovation competition under the name Next-Generation Nonwovens.
With nine months still to go before the doors open, 85 percent of exhibition space at Techtextil 2017 has already been booked
The 6th edition of Techtextil India Symposium, scheduled for September 8-9, 2016 at Holiday Inn, Mumbai, will highlight the prowess of technical textiles and nonwovens sectors across the globe.
The Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) in association with Indian Defence, organised a two-day exhibition-cum-seminar on technical textiles on June 15-16, 2016 at Manekshaw Center, Delhi. This is the second edition of the Defence-ITTA joint exhibition-cum-seminar on technical textiles, which was attended by more than 250 delegates from both the Indian Army and the technical textiles and footwear industry.