Globalisation still dominates apparel production and it is highly unlikely that reshoring or backshoring will bring back many jobs that were lost via offshoring, says the International Apparel Federation IAF President, Han Bekke.
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ColorJet India Ltd, the biggest Indian manufacturer of digital inkjet printing machines, after massive installations in the Indian market, now looks forward to embark on 100 plus installation of digital textile printing machines by 2017.
Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its hydrophobic silica specialties plant located in Burghausen, Germany to increase the production capacities for HDK pyrogenic silica. It will spend close to €1.4 million to increase the capacity of the plant by over 40 per cent.
The Textile Ministry has decided to close down six jute mills of the Bengal and Bihar-based state-run PSU National Jute Manufacturers Corporation (NJMC).
Dr NN Mahapatra, President of Ahmedabad-based Colorant Ltd, delivered the GM Nabar endowment lecture recently at the Department of Fibres and Textile Processing Technology, ICT, Mumbai.
The fibre products converting company of the Teijin Group has developed Minotech, a highly water-repellent outerwear material for spring/summer 2017.
Himansu N Doshi, Director of Umargaon Textile Machinery, says, “The final quality wind from our machine is excellent and we continue our quality standards with respect to machine spare parts.â€Â