Financial Results

Mafatlal Industries Reports Steady Results For Q1 FY26-27

Textile Insights August 10, 2026

Mafatlal Industries Ltd (MIL) reported a steady performance for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, supported by growth in its Textiles & Related Products and Digital Infrastructure businesses. The company posted revenue from operations of Rs 447.9 crore in Q1 FY27, registering 14.6%

Financial Results

Sutlej Textiles Returns To Profitability In Q1 FY27; EBITDA Surges Over 9x

Textile Insights August 10, 2026

Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd, one of India’s leading manufacturers of value-added dyed yarns, home textiles and green fibre, reported a sharp improvement in performance for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, marking a significant turnaround in profitability. The company’s standalone total income increased 16.5% year-on-year to Rs 704 crore in Q1 FY27, compared

Financial Results

PDS Starts FY27 Strong With 43% PAT Growth

Textile Insights August 10, 2026

Global supply chain solutions provider PDS Limited reported a strong start to FY27, with consolidated revenue from operations increasing 14.8% year-on-year to Rs 3,444 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2026. Profit after tax (PAT) rose 42.7% to Rs 29 crore, while EBITDA nearly doubled to Rs 96 crore, reflecting improved operational efficiency […]

Special Report

AI Is Compressing Cyberattack Timelines And Creating New Attack Targets

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the economics and speed of cybercrime, with attackers moving beyond experimentation to operationalize AI across attack development, social engineering and evasion. According to the Sophos AI Security 2026 Report, the most immediate impact of AI on cybercrime is not necessarily the emergence of entirely new attack techniques, but

Special Report

India’s Textile, Apparel And Garment Industry Does Not Have Only Skills Gap, It Has Leadership Gap Too!

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

By Dr Owen Fernandes I spent many years associated with the textile, apparel and garment industry before transitioning into leadership development and the broader field of human development. My academic grounding in textile engineering gave me an appreciation of the science, systems and precision behind manufacturing. My later work with leaders and organizations taught me

Tete-A-Tete

‘Global Customers Are Looking Beyond Price. They Want Reliable, Integrated And Agile Partners’

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

Biji Chacko shares insights on the company’s renewed focus, customer re-engagement, and the growing opportunities arising from India’s integrated textile manufacturing capabilities. For Alok Industries, Bharat Tex 2026 has been more than just a trade exhibition. It has provided the company with an opportunity to reconnect with customers, engage with new partners and

Tete-A-Tete

‘If You Want to Understand India’s Textile Industry, Bharat Tex Is a Must-Visit’

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

For Sadiq Omar, Bharat Tex 2026 is more than just a trade exhibition. It is a platform that brings together the entire textile and apparel ecosystem India and the world, under one roof. “It’s been very interesting to see all the stakeholders from the industry brought together in one place,” Omar says. What has particularly […]

Special Report

India ITME Panel Discussion: Moving From ‘Make In India’ To ‘Make For The World’ To Grab US$ 100 Bn Textile Machinery Opportunity

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

India has the engineering talent, a large textile industry and a growing manufacturing base. What it lacks is not capability alone, but the depth of ecosystem, policy alignment, scale and collective ambition required to become a global textile machinery powerhouse. The next phase of India’s textile growth may not be determined only by how much […]

Special Report

Future Looms, Second-Life Fibres

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

Reimagining Handloom for AI-Enabled Technical Textiles By Rony Banerjee  I returned from Bharat Tex 2026 with optimism, but also with a familiar discomfort. Everywhere there was confidence. Technical textiles, sustainability, AI, circularity, traceability, ESG, exports, global markets. All the right words were there. India looked ready to speak the language of the future

Tete-A-Tete

A Short Story of Mint, Xylitol And Japanese Self-Cooling Fabric Miracle

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

By S. Murugan The summer had arrived early that year — not gently, not politely, but like an uninvited guest kicking down the door. In Gujarat, the spinning mill where I visited as a ‘process co-ordinator’, workers joked that the sun had taken a personal interest in them. But no one laughed for long. The […]