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Surat-based textile manufacturer, Laxmipati Sarees, Siddhi Vinayak Knots & Prints Pvt Ltd is one of the leading manufacturers in polyester saree and women dress material in India. Sanjay Sarawagi, its Director, places great value on high-quality products.

Lenzing Group, a leader in high-quality, botanic cellulose fibres and dissolving pulp to standard and speciality cellulose fibres, will be investing in a new Tencel fibre plant in the US, with the aim to increase the share of speciality fibres as a percentage of revenue to 50 per cent by 2020.

LVD Company nv, Belgium has launched two new laser cutting machines — Phoenix FL 4020 and Phoenix FL 6020 — designed to handle sheet dimensions of 4,000 x 2,000 mm and 6,000 x 2,000 mm respectively.

Arvind Limited, India’s leading lifestyle and fashion conglomerate, clinched Asia’s Best First Time Sustainability Report award at the recently-concluded 2016 Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) in Singapore.

The hometech textiles market comprises a strong part of the technical textile market including upholstered furniture industry, household textiles and furnishings. Hometech textiles range from filter products used in vacuum cleaners to fibre fills in mattresses and pillows.

Teijin Limited has launched Xfire® DENIM, a practical and fireproof denim-like aramid fibre fabric for firefighting uniforms. The new aramid fabric is expected to meet the growing demand for extra-maneuverable clothing for volunteer fire corps. Sales of Xfire® DENIM has begun in December and Japanese manufacturers will start selling uniforms for fire corps made with Xfire® DENIM in 2017.

Epson, the pioneer of digital printing on fabric, has opened two new centres dedicated to the development of new products for industrial digital printing on textiles.