The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has decided to hold the 2nd edition of the Made In Pakistan Expo 2014 in India, subsequent to the success of the inaugural edition of MIPEM 2014 and also having received good number of response from the Pakistani exhibitors and almost 70 percent stall have already been booked.
Santosh Kumar Gangwar India's textiles minister while inaugurating the 59th National Garment Fair (NGF), organised by the Clothing Manufacturers' Association of India in Mumbai stated that textile has huge potential and there will be everything in place to improve its exports.
The 59th NGF is India's biggest apparel trade show with 730 brands on display and is expected to generate a business of around Rs 500 crore.
Swiss flat knitting machine builder Steiger has developed a new flat knitting machine which is capable of knitting coarse gauge complete garments in a single piece.
With two-systems, the machine is equipped with between 8 and 24 motorized yarn carriers and in its current guise, has been specially developed for coarse gauge knitting – Steiger’s E2.5-2 free gauge.
Santoni, a Brescia based leader in circular electronic seamless wear knitting machines, one of the key contributors who brings to the table the requisite technological knowledge, and experience that is vital when it comes to producing a mini avant-garde garment capsule collection. Santoni on show in Pitti Filati trend area will be displaying an eye-catching home-leisure suit, described by the company as an “elegant, refined, experimental suit composed of jogging pants and a track-jacket, both knitted with premium yarns in 15G.
The Government of Pakistan seems to increase its participation in the shaping of textile economy of the country. In the yesteryear viz. 2012-2013, the textile sector had obtained a payout of Rs.2 billion. But the one year performance of the textile industry has invoked the government to make as increase in the investment upto Rs. 3.5 billion.
Bangladesh is expecting better jute production this season despite a shortfall in the farming target, as the plants are growing excellent in northern districts. As farmers have started adopting the latest line sowing jute technology using seeder machines saving huge seed and reducing farming costs and ribbon-retting method to get quality fibre and more profit.
Woolfest, a unique event to display the best in wool crafts and offers a wealth of advice for any natural fibre enthusiast. Visitors have a chance to find out more about a new craft or learn a new skill in one of the many demonstrations taking place. This year they have the opportunity to discover more about wet felting, weaving and extreme textiles.
The event is also offering the chance to for festival goers to meet the makers and designers as well as the opportunity to learn more about British wool.
Traditional Korean fabric Mosi or fine ramie fabric likely to gain popularity, it came into spotlight with a 69-year-old woman, Bang Yeon-ok weaving mosi, or fine-ramie fabrics for almost her entire life. The skill which she learned 15-hundred years back in the west-central region of Hansan.
A Mosi cloth weaving start with the ramie plant and is one of the oldest fibers cultivated for fabrics, ramie first needs to be peeled off and then split to be made into threads.
The textile industry occupies a unique place in India and with the textile industry setting target of USD 50 billion exports this financial year. Technology upgradation, better infrastructure and skilled manpower are a must to achieve the set target.
It’s the four consecutive day with no trading happening in Pakistani cotton markets. This is for the first time that traders have recorded no trading deals and are become idle ahead of the arrival of the new crop.
It has made a history with no trading deals taking place in four consecutive days at the cotton markets in Pakistan, a broker at the Karachi Cotton Exchange stated, adding that trader deals remained nil since Friday.
