From a net consumer of textile machinery to being a platinum sponsor of ITMA is a long way to come for the Indian textile machinery industry. ColorJet is the first Indian digital textile printing company to strike a platinum sponsorship deal at ITMA 2019and will have a stand at Hall-3, Booth No-B102.
The Ethiopian government’s second Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II) has a plan to increase the export from the textile and garments sector by one billion USD by the end of GTP II. The government is demonstrating commitment in investing in the sector. The sector is also expected to create more than 300,000 jobs during the plan period.
During a Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) scientific seminar on garment technology held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 9, co-hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Office in the Southern Region and representative office of the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, concern was raised that once the looming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes into force, regulations on the origin of goods will present big challenges to Vietnam’s textile and garment sector.
