KPR mills, a reputed textile industry located in Coimbatore, reported a 27.92% increase in sales revenue for the quarter of March 2021 and also reported higher revenues and production capacity for the same period.
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The state government imposed a state-wide lockdown allowing only construction and manufacturing activities to take place. The KEA has requested for garment factories to function with COVID-19 measures and 50% attendance.
The Bangladesh garment and textile exporters have been struggling with the second COVID wave and have requested the government to allocate a financial package to help them pay wages and festive allowances to workers.
LYCRA and ITOCHU will jointly produce the textile waste versions of COOLMAX and THERMOLITE. The EcoMade fibres will be made of textile waste transformed into fibres through a unique depolymerisation and refining process.
The COVID second wave worries textile-based micro, small and medium enterprises that were just starting to touch their pre-pandemic production capacity.
The pandemic has led to a decline in the production capacity of textile industries in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Gujarat, among others. It has also resulted in reduced demand for textiles across the country.
Textile wastewater is one of the most polluted wastewaters due to high chemical oxygen demand (COD) concentration, strong colour, high pH and temperature, and low biodegradability. These effluents can exhibit serious environmental problems and public health concerns if improperly disposed.