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Related Keywords: boost Make in India campaign, cotton, generate empoloyment, labour intensive industry, mega textile cluster, Mysuru known for sericulture, National vendors meet, printing cluster, silk, special purpose vehicle, to take shape

The textile cluster move, which was mooted in the Union Budget 2014-15, was announced by Pratap Simha, Mysuru MP, at the National Vendors’ Meet which began in the city on Saturday. The project will receive Rs. 50 crore by way of central grant and an additional 25 acres of land is being identified for expansion of the cluster.

A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be registered under the Companies Act for its implementation and funding.

Related Keywords: artwork, contemporary clothing, Delhi-based printmaker Dhvani Behl, digitally printed textile and clothing, Ensō, exhibition of hand printed, first solo exhibition, in natural fabrics, includes saris, linen and cotton, silk, stoles, the Language of a Printmaker, wall hanging

An exhibition of hand printed and digitally printed textile and clothing, Ensō, the Language of a Printmaker, kicked off in the capital of India. The exhibition includes saris, stoles, wall hangings, artwork and contemporary clothing, in natural fabrics such as silk, linen and cotton.

Related Keywords: carpets, create additional jobs, fall short of target set, handicraft, include garments in subvention scheme, Indian textile export, New national textiles policy, readymade garments, roadmap for textile industry, silk, small increase in overseas sales, wool and woolen textile

India’s textile exports stood at 41.4 billion, shortfall of 3.6bn from the target set of 45 billion for 2014-15. There was a small increase in the overseas sales of handicrafts (17 percent), carpets (15 percent), readymade garments (12 percent), silk (13 percent), and wool and woolen textiles (18 percent), said an official statement.

For the current fiscal, Textiles Ministry has set an exports target of USD 47.5 billion, Textiles Secretary S K Panda said while addressing a press conference.

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UAE is the world’s fourth largest trading centre of fashion and apparel, with the presence of about 150 apparel manufacturing companies that account for about 5.5 per cent of the world’s annual textile and clothing sales. According to a recent international report, by 2016, the UAE will become the world’s leading high-end textile and garment re-export centre.

Related Keywords: apparel, boost manufacturing, exhibitors across India, home furnishing, largest textile show in Asia, Make in India, Minister of State for Textile, rayon, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, silk, synthetic, Tex Trend 2015, Threads and Fabrics, yarns

The 5th edition of Tex-Trends India 2015 was declared open with the inauguration by Minister of State for Textile, Santosh Kumar Gangwar at Pragati Maidan (ITPO), in New Delhi on Wednesday. This event has exhibitors from across the length and breadth of India, including Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.

The show will also have theme area made by TEXPROCIL, NJB, EPCH, SETEPC, DISHA, CEPC to showcase uniqueness and strengths of the India's Textiles Industry.

Related Keywords: 10 countries, 115 exhibitors, accessories, Apparel fabrics and accessories fair, celebrating premiere, cotton, denim dyeing technology, design offices, embroidery, exhibiting, fibers and yarns, fully booked, functional fabrics, knitted fabrics, lace, linen, Messe Frankfurt, prints, silk, silky aspects, Texworld Istanbul, Turkey, wool, wool blends

Texworld Istanbul, apparel fabrics and accessories fair both in Turkey and surrounding regions, is celebrating its premiere The trade fair is fully booked with 115 exhibitors from 10 countries, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey.

Related Keywords: Badamba cluster, Berhampur cluster, Bomkai, Gopalpur I and II, Ikat, Ministry of Textiles, Odisha handloom clusters, silk, Sonepur mega cluster, textile manufacturing chain, textile tourism, tourism tag, traditional Tassar fabrics

The Ministry of Textiles has identified Odisha’s four handloom clusters - Berhampur cluster in Ganjam district, Badamba in Cuttack district, Gopalpur I and Gopalpur II in Jajpur district and Sonepur mega cluster in Sonepur district, to promote textile tourism in the State.

The four handloom clusters will soon get tourism tag as these clusters are located in proximity to tourism spots like Gopalpur-on-sea, Maniabandh Buddhist village and Diamond Triangle of Ratnagiri, Lalitgiri and Udaygiri, the Ministry aims to link promotion of tourism and handloom through textile tourism.

Related Keywords: First Jiangsu textile product expo, integrate with Suzhour, local textile companies, operative projects, Shanghai, Shengze Town fabrics, silk, Suzhou textile fair, trading partners

Suzhou, the ninth most populous city in mainland China well-known for its silk in Jiangsu Province, yesterday launched the 1st Jiangsu Textile Product Expo, a three day expo held in the city’s Wujiang District where most local textile companies are located, seeks to integrate with Suzhour, Shanghai and other surrounding areas by attracting investments and operative projects.

The Jiangsu Textile Product Expo aimed to showcase the competence of local companies and seek trading partners.

Related Keywords: jammu and kashmir, joinery Mills, modernisation, oldest indusry, revival plan, silk, silk factor, Silk Factory Rajbagh, wool, woolen mill, Woolen Mills Bemina

Silk and wool manufacture are the oldest industry of Jammu and Kashmir government, in a bid to restore the past glory of the traditional silk factory and wool mills in Jammu and Kashmir, government has devised a Rs 50 crore revival plan for modernisation of a silk factory and a woolen mill here.

The meeting, chaired by Minister of State for Industries and Commerce, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, was informed that over Rs 50 crore revival plan has been put together for modernisation and upgrading of the government Silk Factory Rajbagh and Woolen Mills Bemina.

Related Keywords: back-strap loom, collection of Guatemalan, corte fabric, dyeing technique, hand woven cotton, Ikat, Mayan textile exhibition, silk, traje, treadle loom. huipil

Mayan textile exhibition is a privately owned collection of Guatemalan hand woven cottons and silks, that represent a colourful picture of the Mayan Indian culture and life.
 
The bulk of the collection consists of, Huipiles, that are women's traditional wear and are fully embroidered using cotton silk and other colourful threads. Also a collection of Ikat , or (Jaspe) a weaving dying technique is also part of the collection.