Automation, especially in an integrated textile and garment manufacturing chain, will help address the fashion and clothing industry’s current concerns of short production cycles and sustainable business practices, according to CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers.
The All India Recycled Fibre & Yarn Manufacturers Association, which represents 35 recycled polyester staple fibre (PSF) producers in India, has requested the Union Finance Ministry to maintain the current excise duty cost advantage of recycled PSF vis-à-vis virgin PSF, while finalising the GST rates.
In the current tax regime, virgin PSF manufacturers are levied 12.5 per cent excise duty, while recycled PSF attracts 2 per cent concessional excise duty, due to which spinners get the cost advantage of 10.5 per cent, and so opt to buy recycled PSF.
Under the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister’s Indigenous Textile Promotion Scheme (CMITPS) for the year 2015-16 to support the West Kameng district weavers, a selective 116 weavers were distributed improved frame looms with warping drum, accessories and yarns free of cost by Deputy Commissioner Sonal Swaroop on Friday at Craft Centre Complex.
The ninth edition of Yarnex - India International Yarn Exhibition organized by S. S. Textile Media got off to a colourful start in Tirupur on Friday displaying an innovative portfolio of fabrics, yarns, embellishments and accessories from across the globe. Earlier, Tirupur Exporters Association president-elect Raja M. Shanmugam inaugurated the fair.
ITM Texpo Eurasia, an International Textile Machinery Exhibition, which took place from 1-4 June at the Beylikdüzü Tüyap Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul, Turkey, besides attracting the sector’s leading textile technology representatives, welcomed 49,730 visitors.
ITM fairs, provided a great opportunity to foreign and local participants to present their new technologies. According to organizers, a great volume of sales and business contacts have been made.
The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) has organized its flagship 'Source India-2016', a global buyer sellers meet for MMF and textile in Surat, under the theme 'future trends in man-made fiber'" with the aim to achieve the target of $9 billion worth of man-made fabric (MMF) export from India.
SPINEXPO is a professional trade exhibition dedicated to promoting innovations in fibres, yarns, knitwear and knitted fabrics. It covers also creative machinery for knitwear and circular knits. After building its success over the past 14 years in Shanghai and New York has now decided to expand its footprint into Europe with the launch of SPINEXPO Paris edition, where the trends and collections for the Autumn/Winter 2017 season will be presented, organisers report.
The largest producer of cotton in the world finds that its exportable goods are becoming uncompetitive in the face of the raw materials in India available for the manufacturing of these goods turning out to be costly.
Currently, the raw materials are available at marginally higher prices in local markets than the prevailing prices in the international markets.
Hence, the textile industry has urged the government to make cotton available for textile mills at prices cheaper than the prevailing prices in the international markets.
Part of the Miroglio Group, Miroglio Textile is a European leader in the markets of fabrics, yarns, transfer paper and technical film. In recent years, it has developed a business strategy strongly focused on high levels of quality, service and sustainability. The manufacturer demonstrated its expertise at the Première Vision exhibition that took place from 15 – 17 September in Paris, where it also presented its Fall/Winter 2016-17 collection.
AR Textiles, part of Sunflag, a global group of companies with international operations ranging from yarns, fabrics, garment and household textiles utilizing the latest technology and machinery will invest $12 million to locate its manufacturing facility Robersonville, North Carolina to produce cotton yarn. The company plans to create 38 jobs in Martin County over the next three years.
