The Index of Industrial Production (IIP), which provides quick estimates of the performance of key industrial sectors, started resurrecting upward movement during FY2015-16. As per IIP, the industrial sector broadly comprises of mining, manufacturing and electricity. In FY2015-16, IIP growth of T&C was bracing and it outstripped the growth of overall manufacturing and general IIP.
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The Ministry of Textiles has launched B-Twill Supply Management and Requisition Tool (JUTE-SMART), an online portal to facilitate end to end transactions related to procurement of B-Twill sacking. It is an integrated platform for use by all the stakeholders to allow easy access to information, more transparency and ease of doing business for the jute sector.
Orange O Tec Pvt Ltd, will be marketing cutting machines, pin tables, software, hanger systems, computerised tables and air tables produced by Serkon Makina, a leading Turkish manufacturer of textile and apparel cutting manufacturing technologies and equipment in the western and northern Indian markets.
Mathis AG presented updated versions of its popular SmartLiquor dyebath monitor and the SmartScan digital system for colour fastness assessments at ITME, which was held at Mumbai recently.
Raymond, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Retail  are contemplating a foray into khadi in the near future. Aditya Birla Fashion Retail (ABFR) is learnt to have given an order for 4,500 metres of khadi to the Gondal-based Udyog Bharti weaver group.
The China Filtration Society (CFS), China Nonwovens Technology Association (CNTA) and UBM China, together with EDANA, the leading global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, announced that FILTREX® Asia 2018 will take place alongside the 10th China Filtration & Separation Exhibition/7th Filtration & Separation Asia (FSA) in Shanghai in November 2018 and will be co-organised by the four partners.
The Indian Texpreneurs Federation has signed an agreement with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to train 50,000 workers between January and December next year in 15 job roles in textile mills.