Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Ministry Approves 18 R&D Technical Textiles Projects

Textile Insights September 29, 2023

The Ministry of Textiles has approved a total of 18 R&D projects worth Rs 46.74 crore across different segments of technical textiles. “Industry and institute’s pro-active and robust engagement is essential for the indigenous development of technical textiles in India,” Textiles Minister

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Andritz starts up extra-wide carding machine in Italy

Textile Insights September 23, 2023

Nonwovens technology manufacturer Andritz has successfully started up a new carding machine as well as an opening and blending line it delivered to Albis in Italy. “With its large working width of 5.10 metres, the machine allows for nonwoven fabrics production, tailored to specific requirements while maintaining excellent properties and consistent quality,” Andritz said.

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SRTEPC Presents Awards To Technical Textiles Exporters

Textile Insights September 23, 2023

The Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) gave away awards to felicitate its members exporting technical textiles. SRTEPC gave away around 24 awards to companies who have excelled in exports under different segments of technical textiles. Darshana Jardosh, Minister of State for Textiles, the chief guest presented the awards to the winners, while

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Smart Fabrics Can Help You To Navigate The World!

September 21, 2023

Wearable textile-based device delivers complex, on-the-go haptic input Wearable textile-based devices have the potential to revolutionize how we interact with technology by utilizing our sense of touch, a largely untapped sensory resource. Researchers at Rice University have developed a novel wearable device that integrates haptic feedback into textiles, offering a more

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SRTEPC To Introduce Technical Textiles Dashboard Amid Export Challenges

September 19, 2023

The Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) has announced plans to launch a technical textiles dashboard in the near future. Bhadresh Dodhia, Chairman of the council, said that this dashboard will provide valuable insights, including information on technical textile products experiencing increasing demand, countries leading in the export of each

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MoT Boosts Technical Textiles With Grants And Academic Support

September 19, 2023

The Ministry of Textiles (MoT) has approved the “Startup Guidelines for Technical Textiles – Grant for Research and Entrepreneurship across Aspiring Innovators in Technical Textiles (GREAT),” providing a grant-in-aid of up to Rs 50 lakh for a period of up to 18 months. This announcement was made by Rajeev Saxena, Joint Secretary Textiles, during a […]

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Cinte Techtextil China Returns With 27.9% More Exhibitors

Textile Insights September 16, 2023

Cinte Techtextil China’s first edition, since pandemic measures have been eased will see a surge of 27.9 percent in exhibitor numbers. The exhibition will be held from September 19-21, 2023 across 40,000 sq. metres space at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The fair will be have a new zone which will comprise of multiple […]

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India Emerging As Force To Reckon With In Medical Textiles

Textile Insights September 15, 2023

From being a non-producer of Covid Grade Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), India rose to become world’s second largest producer and exporter of PPEs and N-95 masks in a period of just six months during Covid times. This was stated by Textiles Minister of State Darshana Jardosh at Meditex 2023, a conference on scope and opportunities […]

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Beaulieu Focusing On Sustainable Geotextiles AT ICG Rome

Textile Insights September 13, 2023

Beaulieu International Group will focus on geotextile products with sustainability benefits which support civil engineering projects at the 12th ICG Rome, which will be held from September 18-21, 2023. For manufacturers of nonwoven geotextiles, the company offers PP fibres with 25 percent carbon footprint reduction, compared to the European standard PP fibres, generating

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Oerlikon Showing New Applications At Techtextil India

Textile Insights September 9, 2023

The Polymer Processing Solutions division of the Oerlikon Group will show new applications, special processes and sustainable solutions focusing on the production of industrial textiles at Techtextil India. The Swiss company will be concentrating on airbags, seat belts, tire cord, geotextiles, filter nonwovens and their diverse applications at their stall H32 in Pavilion