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Polyester Power: It’s High Time For Surat To Go Global

Textile Insights March 10, 2026

By Henry Dsouza, Associate Editor of Textile Insights At a time when India’s textile industry is searching for its next big leap, Sanjay Jain, Managing Director of TT Ltd, delivered a sharp and forward-looking address that placed Surat at the centre of a massive global opportunity. Speaking at

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Artificial Intelligence Applications Are Changing The Landscape Of Textile Value Chain. Are You Prepared?

Textile Insights March 10, 2026

The world is fast-moving towards the application of AI (Artificial Intelligence), robotics and digitisation in manufacturing. Smart machines, AI-controlled systems and IoT (Internet of Things) based monitoring tools are used across the textile value chain. The modern textile automation is powered by a combination of digital intelligence, connected systems and precision

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Engineering The Compound Effect In High-Speed Ring Spinning

Textile Insights March 10, 2026

Quantifying the Financial Impact of Micro-Operational Improvements in a 60s Ne Spinning Mill  In fine-count ring spinning, marginal operational improvements generate disproportionately large financial gains due to high spindle speeds, elevated energy consumption and premium raw material costs. This paper presents a quantified case study from a high-speed spinning mill

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India’s GCC Expansion Hits Record 31 Mn Sq Ft; Metros Lead Growth: JLL Report

Textile Insights March 10, 2026

India’s Global Capability Centres (GCC) leasing activity reached a record 31 million sq. ft in 2025, reflecting the evolution of a sophisticated ecosystem of specialised metropolitan hubs, each commanding distinct competitive advantages across critical industry verticals. According to a latest JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) report titled ‘India GCC Guide 2025’, the top six major

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Locked In A Hot Room: How I Finally Understood Enthalpy!

Textile Insights March 10, 2026

Upon entering the air‑conditioning specialist’s office, I was greeted by a refreshing coolness — the kind that feels like a gentle sea breeze. Just moments earlier, I had been thinking about how the weather outside had suddenly shifted from pleasant to unbearably hot over the past week. The specialist welcomed me and offered a seat. […]

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‘Don’t Let Our Fields Go Silent’

Textile Insights February 16, 2026

Why tariff-free trade with a giant like the United States feels unsafe to India’s 6.5 million cotton farmers By Cottonguru – from the villages that grow India’s cotton At first light in Chincholi village in Adilabad, Telangana, Dhurva Laluram (Patel) steps into a field that tells the story of a year most small landholders know […]

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FAIR Report Questions Green Claims In Bangladesh Garment Sector

Textile Insights February 12, 2026

A new investigation by FAIR, the organisation coordinating Campagna Abiti Puliti (CAP) and part of the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) network, has highlighted significant gaps between environmental certifications and labour conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry. Titled Green Industry, Grey Realities: Between LEED’s Factories and Just Transition: Pathways for the RMG

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Report Flags Persistent Gender Pay Gaps In Türkiye’s Fashion Manufacturing Sector

Textile Insights February 12, 2026

Gender pay inequality remains a significant challenge in Türkiye’s fashion manufacturing industry, despite the sector’s strong position as a key supplier to global brands, according to a new insights paper released by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA). The report, based on industry data, company surveys, and interviews with unions and worker groups, examines the structural

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Majority Of Indian Higher Education Institutions Still Not Industry-Ready

Textile Insights February 10, 2026

As employability becomes a priority across Indian higher education, outcomes remain uneven on the ground. A new TeamLease Edtech report, `From Degree Factories to Employability Hubs’, shows that despite a growing emphasis on employability, nearly 75 per cent of Indian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are still not industry-ready, and only 16.67 per cent of institutions

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Entropy And Enthalpy — My Lifelong Frenemies!

Textile Insights February 10, 2026

Words like entropy, enthalpy, psychrometric and adiabatic were enough to silence even the bravest soul. No one dared to ask a follow‑up question. These words were my nuclear arsenal, writes S. Murugan I used to throw around the words entropy and enthalpy to impress people whenever they asked me about humidification in textiles. Honestly, I […]