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Serendipity In The Spinning Department!

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

How an Unexpected Clue Solved a Nagging Problem By S. Murugan We all know this feeling. You begin with a neat little plan…and life gently nudges you toward something completely different — often better than what you intended. Many call it luck. I call it serendipity — the art of discovering

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Skilling The Workforce Will Define India’s Textile Future

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

Strengthening collaboration between industry and academic institutions is essential to create structured talent pipelines aligned with real sector requirements, writes Ajay Ajmera When I arrived in Surat in 1992 as a 19-year-old with no formal education beyond Class 11, my first classroom was the shop floor. I observed master weavers, dyers and tailors at work, […]

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Print Industry Must Rebrand To Attract Next-Generation Talent

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

As digital transformation reshapes manufacturing, the printing industry is being urged to redefine its image to attract younger talent and build a sustainable, multigenerational workforce. Despite being driven by innovation, automation and increasingly artificial intelligence (AI), the sector continues to battle the perception that it is a traditional or declining

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Is Viscose The New Polyester?

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

The fibre changed. The system did not. And the industry pays every time. Before polyester, fashion’s fibres were expensive, labour-intensive and geographically constrained. Silk came from China. Wool came from farms. Cotton needed land and water. The supply chain was slow, and the product was priced accordingly. Then polyester changed the economics of the entire […]

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T&A Industry Looking Beyond Recovery To The Next Growth Cycle

Textile Insights July 9, 2026

After navigating one of the most challenging periods in recent history, the domestic textile and apparel (T&A) industry is increasingly looking beyond recovery towards a new phase of expansion. For nearly three years, the sector faced a combination of adverse factors—weak demand across key export markets, elevated inflation, inventory corrections by global retailers,

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Specialty Chemical Industry To See 6% Revenue Growth: Crisil

Textile Insights July 6, 2026

India’s specialty chemical industry is expected to record around 6% revenue growth in FY2026-27, down from approximately 8% in each of the previous two fiscals, as weak exports and higher input costs weigh on the sector, according to Crisil Ratings. The agency’s analysis of 126 companies, representing about 40% of industry revenue, indicates that strong […]

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Micro-Window To Embroidery : When Outsourcing Started Costing More Than Ownership

Textile Insights June 15, 2026

A garment manufacturer in Ajman, UAE, supplying premium apparel to a leading American fashion brand, had built a highly efficient production system. Fabric sourcing, cutting, stitching, finishing, and quality control were all managed internally. Yet one critical process remained outside their control—appliqué embroidery. At first, outsourcing seemed logical. The embroidery

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‘AI Skills Gap Hits 45% As India’s Workforce Lags Readiness’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

SHRM India, the India operations of the world’s largest HR professional body, has released the 2026 edition of its flagship annual study, SHRM India Skill Intelligence Report 2026: From Talent to Skills, India’s Future of Work. The report was unveiled during SHRM Tech26, the 12th edition of SHRM’s flagship conference on HR and workplace technology. […]

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Inside the Box: How We Turned 5S Into A Geometry Exam

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

The VP shot me an accusatory glance. I had just stood up to leave after an important technical discussion. His disapproving look conveyed to me what he was intending to say to me. ‘Don’t you dare leave that chair misaligned.’ I understood immediately. “Sorry!” I whispered and pushed the chair back so that all four […]

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Bhilwara: The City That Crafted An Industrial Legacy

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

Few industrial cities in India have crafted a transformation as remarkable as Bhilwara, a city that rose from modest commercial beginnings to become one of the country’s most influential textile manufacturing centres. Today, widely recognised as the Textile City of Rajasthan, Bhilwara represents the power of industrial vision, entrepreneurial resilience and sustained