Researchers at the Department of Chemistry in Calicut University in Kerala have come up with a new approach to ‘size’ and ‘desize’ cotton and polyester yarns through a dry process using liquid and super critical carbon dioxide (scCO2).
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TÃœV SÃœD announced that their chemical laboratory in their recently-expanded textile testing facility in Tiruppur has been awarded ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation by NABL.
The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) signed an MoU with the MSME and textiles department of West Bengal government for supporting and facilitating alternate sources of funding through equity among the small and medium sector enterprises.
Functional cotton that have comfort and properties of synthetic fibres are being developed. Cotton shirts that may need no iron, protection characteristics and enhanced comfort are some of the functional properties that are being engineered to make cotton a high-performance fibre.
The global antimicrobial market is big business. Demand is strong due to increasing public awareness about contamination and infections, and by consumers’ desire for protective solutions.
Pakistan’s textile exports dropped 16.1 per cent to $1.002 billion in July 2018 compared to shipments recorded in June, which stood at $1.194 billion.
After the successful introduction of the XENO-platform in 2016 and the X-Series in 2017, SSM has extended the range of applications on these platforms.