Chairman of the Walter Reiners Foundation of the VDMA, Peter Dornier, presented awards to six successful young engineers at the recently concluded Techtextil. Promotion and sustainability prizes were awarded in the categories bachelor or project theses and diploma or master theses. “Academic
Asteks will attract attention at ITM 2024 exhibition with its automation and integration-oriented innovations and rich product portfolio in Hall 7, Booth B-705. Visitors to the Astek booth at ITM 2024 will be able to see the multifunctional 401-SF&M cots grinding machine and the UV-305 UV treatment machine. “These two integrate with each other, while […]
Home textiles manufacturer and exporter Welspun Living Limited (WLL) has launched Wel-Krishi to encourage sustainable cotton cultivation. This will done by providing support and training to farmers to raise their income through higher productivity and lower income costs. Wel-Krishi focuses on education and sustainable practices in key cotton-growing states like Gujarat,
Itema will showcase its latest weaving innovations and the full set of digital functionalities and smart solutions offered by the HelloItema Customer Portal at ITM 2024 in Hall 8, Booth 806. Itema established a Turkish subsidiary in 2022 with the aim of maximising benefits for Turkish customers. “With offices in Istanbul and in Bursa, Itema […]
The Indian government is considering measures to boost domestic production capabilities of manmade fibre or synthetic yarns and fabrics by offering subsidies and tax incentives. The government will also help to set up advanced manufacturing units, and strengthen the sector’s overall competitiveness, according to two people aware of the matter. “The government is
In a world’s first, GOTS, the European Space Agency (ESA) and software company Marple launched a project that aims to show the potential for remote satellite monitoring of organic cotton cultivation. The project trained artificial intelligence (AI) to use ESA satellite data to detect cotton fields across India and automatically classify them according to their […]
Federico Pellegata has been appointed as the new General Secretary of Cematex, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, succeeding Cornelia Buchwalder, to whom Cematex extends gratitude for her professionalism and competence. Federico Pellegata was nominated by the Cematex Board of Directors on April 11, 2024. He has been a longstanding member of the
India ITME Society announces the 3rd edition of the Global Textile Technology & Engineering Show (GTTES-2025). Scheduled to take place at Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre in Mumbai from 21st to 23rd February 2025, this exhibition promises to be a milestone event in the textile machinery industry. GTTES-2025 aims to elevate the standards of the […]
Chinese exports of spunlace nonwovens rose to 34.61 kilo tons in March 2024, an increase of 10.1 percent over March 2023 and an impressive growth of 45.2 percent over its previous month. “The average price declined 6 percent over a year ago month in March 2024, but grew 6 percent over February 2024 to US […]
According to a WRAP report, the average cost per item of apparel in the UK has decreased by 2 percent since 2015, reaching £16.70 in 2023. The 2024 Textiles Market Situation Report by WRAP also informs that covid-19 pandemic had a large impact on textiles consumption, with rates falling 330,000 tons between 2019 and 2020. […]






















