Technical Textile & Nonwoven

TN Govt May Buy Technical Textile Products From Local Sources

Textile Insights February 3, 2024

The Tamil Nadu government is likely to look at a procurement policy to buy its technical textile requirements from local industries. “The procurement policy is likely to be a part of the state’s textile policy,” Dharmendra Pratap Yadav, Secretary in the Department of Handlooms, Handicrafts,

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Andhra Pradesh Commits To Promote Technical Textiles Sector

Textile Insights January 31, 2024

Andhra Pradesh Industry Minister Gudivada Amarnath said his government is committed to promoting technical textiles sector in the state. Amarnath emphasised on the importance of technical textiles and welcomed prospective investors in the sector including foreign direct investment (FDI). Amarnath was speaking at the National Conference on Technical Textiles titled

Product Launch & Innovation

Soft Robotic Apparel Helps Parkinson’s Patients Walk Steadily

Textile Insights January 6, 2024

Researchers at Boston University used wearable soft robotic apparel, which is a series of fabric wraps, cables, actuators, and sensors, to help Parkinson’s patients walk farther and faster. Researchers at the Center for Neurorehabilitation at the university and a hub for Parkinson’s research, hopes this robotic garment may help people with the disease walk more […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Ministry Launches QCO On Medical & Agro Textiles Products

Textile Insights September 30, 2023

Ministry of Textiles has launched Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for six products related to medical textiles and 20 products related to agro-textiles, which will come into force from April 1, 2024. Medical textiles QCO encompass a range of products include sanitary napkins, dental bib/napkins, disposable baby diaper, reusable sanitary pad/ sanitary napkin/ period panties

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

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 […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

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 […]

Corporates

A.T.E. and Ramina S.r.l Partner to Elevate Indian Technical Textiles

August 7, 2023

Ramina S.r.l., an Italian company, is rapidly establishing itself as a leading manufacturer in the nonwoven industry, specializing in spunbond, meltblown, and composite lines. Renowned for excellence, Ramina offers top-notch equipment for individual machines and complete turnkey plants. Their diverse solutions cater to a wide range of applications, including hygiene

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Low Demand & Over Capacity Puts Stress On Nonwovens Sector

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic forced spunmelt nonwovens and medical nonwovens industry to increase their capacity and build up production. In the two-year period, when the pandemic was at its peak, meltblown and well as spunlace products production doubled. “But with the impact of the pandemic on a decline, demand for single use medical textiles dwindled, resulting […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Indian Technical Textiles Market Will Soar To $40-50 Billion

Textile Insights July 26, 2023

The global technical textiles market is around US $260 billion and it is expected to increase to $325 billion by 2025-26, while the Indian technical textiles industry which is around $22 billion will soar to $40-50 billion over the next five years. This was informed by Textiles Secretary Rachana Shah while addressing the 6th edition […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

MEDITEX Exclusive Pavilion At Techtextil India

Textile Insights June 20, 2023

An exclusive pavilion – MEDITEX, focusing on medical textiles will be put up during Techtextil India 2023, scheduled to be held from 12-14 September. The pavilion to be hosted by the South India Textile Research Association (SITRA), focusing on medical textiles, will have live demonstrations and showcase high-growth application areas. Medical textiles are fabrics that […]