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Related Keywords: CITME, fabric, Italian technology, ITMA Asia, production process, quality yarn, Textile Industry, textile machinery

Italian technology is showcasing the high level of innovation at the ITMA Asia + CITME 2014 that is now taking place in Shanghai. The textile industry needs machinery that allow for the production of creative, quality yarns and fabrics, while reducing the environmental impact of its production processes.

ACIMIT, the Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers had launched four years ago Sustainable technologies project which has achieved success with 40 Italian manufacturers adhering to the project and 530 green labels issued since 2011.

Related Keywords: Doris, Gildan Activewear, hoisery manufacturer, Textile Industry, yarn spinning plant

Gildan Activewear Inc., a Canadian sportswear company apart from expanding with a yarn spinning plant in Mocksville, acquisition of Doris Inc., a Montreal manufacturer of branded sheer hosiery, legwear and shapewear products is part of Gildan’s larger goal.

Related Keywords: denim textile, Disney, laser technology company, RevoLaze, stake, Textile Industry

The Disney family’s investment company via Shamrock Holdings Inc., acquires stake and joins board of RevoLaze, a laser technology company. RevoLaze adds a worn or patterned look to denim textiles without the environmental and social hazards of sand blasting.

RevoLaze uses digital software and ‘high speed, high power’ laser scribing technology to add a worn or patterned look to denim, and can be used on continuous fabrics. The process uses 2500 watts of power with laser scan speeds exceeding 50 metres per second. Speed helps improve production, reduces unit costs and improves profit.

Related Keywords: Textile Industry, textile tour, Tours and Travels company, West Bengal

The textile industry of West Bengal plays a significant role in the Indian economy, apart from that textile industry even contributes to the industrial output, export and employment sectors. Now, Kolkata-based Supreme Tours & Travels has started organising textile tours in West Bengal.

A very innovative concept began by the company and sees a great demand for it too. The tour include visit to villages like Shantipur, Phulia and Beldanga which are known for their silk and cotton hand-woven saris, dhotis, jacquards and jamdani (muslin) of superfine texture.

Related Keywords: denim collection, denim manufacturing unit, denim production, Mafatlal group, Textile Industry

With Indian denim fabrics market growing at a rate of about 8 to 12% compounded per annum. Mafatlal Industries Ltd, a flagship company of Arvind Mafatlal Group has recently increased manufacturing capacity of its denim unit located at Navsari in Gujarat from 20 million meters to 25 million meters and it plans to further take it to 30 million meters by 2015 and is out with Denim collection.

Related Keywords: hire purchase scheme, Indian textile ministry, powerloom unit, Textile Industry, TUFS

TUFS facilitates modernisation and upgradation of textiles industry by providing credit at reduced rates to entrepreneurs both in the organised and the unorganised sector in the textiles industry. The Textile ministry to benefit small units in the powerloom sector will be introducing hire-purchase scheme under TUFS.

The Indian powerloom sector has around 43 lakh weavers who are in severe need of modernisation and the ministry is hopeful that this hire-purchase scheme will benefit them as each machinery costs Rs 20-30 lakh.

Related Keywords: cotton yarn, export, Textile Industry

The Indian cotton yarn industry feeling the pressure as China has reduced its cotton yarn import after the announcement of China’s new cotton policy. India has witnessed drop by 25 percent in the month of April which is the effect of Chinese policy. Prior to the announcement of China’s policy, India export nearly 50 percent of yarn into China.

Last year the average exports was around 120 million kg which is mainly due to demand from China. But this April yarn exports has plunged to 90 million kg.

Related Keywords: Pakistan Textile Ministry, Textile, textile export, Textile Industry, value addition

The Pakistan textile ministry to attract investments into the industry is working on a special package to convert basic textile into value addition. Also every effort are being put in to declare the upcoming fiscal year 2014-15 as the year of textile industry in Pakistan as they stand firm on increasing textile exports by twofold to $ 26 billion by 2018.

Related Keywords: Gildan Activewear, Textile, Textile Industry, textile manufacturing plant

Gildan Activewear, a Canadian manufacturer and marketer of branded clothing, also owns and operates vertically-integrated, large-scale manufacturing facilities which are primarily located in Central America and the Caribbean Basin. As part of its expansion plan, to build textile manufacturing plant in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Related Keywords: Indonesian textile export, Textile Industry

Indonesian textile exports has reached $697.5 million in the first two months of this year as per the Trade Ministry statistics and is expected to speedy increase during this year with exports order flowing in from United States and larger orders will also be coming from the EU with the start of trade talks between the EU and Indonesia.

Indonesia and 28 EU members have planned to take up again talks on a thorough economic partnership agreement after several delays due to various purposes. The deal is expected to triple Indonesia’s textile exports within five years.