Tag: Texas Tech University

Cotton & TPP-11 Agreement

admin- January 18, 2019

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, popularly known as TPP-11 came into force in seven countries out of 11 participating countries. Read More

Technical textiles in leather industry

admin- July 11, 2018

Textiles find myriad of applications in leather sector. According to Pandy Velayutham, Managing Director of Arrow Group of Companies there are many opportunities for textiles ... Read More

Sustainable oil absorbent gets recognition

admin- May 23, 2018

Biodegradable oil absorbent mats in India have received recognition by the Indian Coast Guard. Chennai-based WellGro Tech has recently developed highly biodegradable oil absorbent pads ... Read More

Scaled-up wearable smart textiles

admin- May 4, 2018

Scaled-up process enables the production of knitted wearable textiles. A different approach has been adopted by researchers at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Geelong, ... Read More

Pink bollworm hits cotton crop in India

admin- March 26, 2018

Pink bollworm infestation is influencing the cotton production in India, this year (October 2017-September 2018). Since the December 2017 estimate, cotton production has been revised ... Read More

2 honours for Seshadri Ramkumar

admin- March 20, 2018

Seshadri Ramkumar, a professor in the Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology and lead investigator in the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory, has recently ... Read More

India’s cotton crop put at 37.5 mn bales

admin- January 5, 2018

India expected to produce about 37.5 million bales (170 kg each) of cotton amidst the pink bollworm infestation situation in major cotton growing regions. Read More