Economy

Integrated Textile City Coming Up Near Ahmedabad

Textile Insights November 15, 2023

Narol Textile Infrastructure and Enviro Management (NTIEM) has plans to set up an integrated textile city near Ahmedabad and an MoU will be signed at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in January. “The textile city will be spread over 2,000 acres, built at a cost of around Rs 25,000 crore and

Industry

Ahmedabad Textile Process Houses Extend Diwali Holidays

Textile Insights November 15, 2023

Several Ahmedabad based textile process houses have decided to extend Diwali holidays to a fortnight as against the 3-5 holidays in previous years. Most of these fabric printing or dyeing factories were running at half of their production capacities in a week before Diwali due to low orders in hand, and hence the decision to […]

Machinery

12 Italian Textile Machinery Companies Exhibit At ITME Africa

Textile Insights November 15, 2023

12 Italian textile machinery manufacturers will be participating at the ITME Africa exhibition to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from November 30 to December 2. These Italian companies will be exhibiting at the Italian Pavilion, organised by the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT), and by the Italian Trade Agency. The 12 Italian exhibitors […]

Policies

Textiles Ministry Tweaks PLI Scheme To Draw Investments

Textile Insights November 15, 2023

The Indian textiles ministry is making the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles more attractive by offering more flexibility, after receiving a tepid response from the Indian textile sector. The textiles ministry has proposed to add more textile product lines and categories in the harmonised system (HSN) codes for MMF products, which has been sent […]

Textile Park

Meeting Called For Setting Up Mini Textile Park In Thanjavur

Textile Insights November 15, 2023

The Collector of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu has invited entrepreneurs from the textile and garment industry to a meeting scheduled for November 17 on setting up mini textile parks. The units set up in backward blocks are eligible for capital subsidy and the scheme envisages setting up mini textile parks on about two acres of […]

Event

TAI Hosting Conference On Sustainability & Circularity

Textile Insights November 11, 2023

The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit is organising an international conference titled ‘Sustainability and Circularity – The New Challenges for The Textile Value Chain’ on January 31, 2024, at The Lalit hotel, Mumbai. TAI (Mumbai) has planned this international conference in order to appraise the Indian textile fraternity including designers and fashion

Machinery

Slack & Parr Showing Spin Finish Pump For Polyester At ITMA Asia

Textile Insights November 11, 2023

UK based Slack & Parr will showcase Spin Finish Pump for polyester alongside high-accuracy metering capability for speciality fibres at ITMA Asia in hall 7, stall 21 This is the first time the company has brought its newly redesigned SPO Spin Finish Pump to the Asia-Pacific market, since the technology was launched at ITMA 2023. […]

Export

Adopt USA Certifications To Boost Indian Apparel Exports

Textile Insights November 11, 2023

Compliance and certifications of the US and other international standards are essential for growth of Indian garment exports to the US, was the advice of a senior official of an American trade body. The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) recently organised a workshop on US compliance standards for […]

Sustainability

Kelheim Fibres & Santoni Bag 2023 ITMF Cooperation Award

Textile Insights November 11, 2023

Kelheim Fibres, a manufacturer of specialty viscose fibres and Italian textile machinery manufacturer, Santoni Spa, were honoured with the ITMF International Cooperation Award 2023. This recognition by ITMF, acknowledges achievements in global collaboration within the textile industry in alignment with the values of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Together,

Industry

Bangladesh Needs To Double Denim Exports To Reach $100bn Target

Textile Insights November 11, 2023

Speakers at the Bangladesh Denim Expo said that Bangladesh needs to double its denim export to achieve US $100 billion apparel export target by 2030. This was said by Siddiqur Rahman, former President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) in his inaugural address. “Denim and denim related products accounts for about one fourth […]