Corporates

CHT Group Expands Dyes Portfolio

Textile Insights October 28, 2026

CHT Group has expanded its dyes portfolio with BEMACID Brilliant Blue F-WN for polyamide and wool applications and BEZAKTIV Solar Yellow ONE for reactive dyeing. BEMACID Brilliant Blue F-WN joins the company’s BEMACID F range, combining high colour brilliance with excellent wet fastness

Corporates

SITRA, TTRI Sign Pact To Advance Textile Research And Sustainable Technologies

Textile Insights October 22, 2026

The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) and the Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen research and technical cooperation in speciality man-made fibres, medical textiles and sustainable textile processing. The agreement was signed during the Taipei Innovative Textile Application Show (TITAS) 2026,

Corporates

CHT Adds Bezaktiv Salt Advisor To Help Optimise Cotton Dyeing Costs

Textile Insights October 18, 2026

CHT Group has introduced the Bezaktiv Salt Advisor, a calculation tool within its CHT textile dyes app, to help textile finishers optimise recipe costs and resource use when dyeing cotton with Bezaktiv reactive dyes. The tool evaluates how changes in salt concentration affect dye uptake and overall formulation costs. Salt plays a key role in […]

Corporates

IndigoTex Raises Rs 5 Crore To Scale Waterless Wool Textile Technology

Textile Insights October 12, 2026

IIT Delhi-originated deeptech textile startup IndigoTex Pvt Ltd has raised Rs 5 crore in a funding round led by IAN Angel Fund, with participation from SIDBI, FITT and IIT Delhi Angels. Founded in 2024, the company is developing waterless wool finishing technology and wool-based fabrics, including IndiWool Denim, which combines the durability of denim with […]

Tete-A-Tete

Sustainability, Modernisation, Industry 4.0 And Automation Have Emerged As The Three Major Themes In Textile Processing: Smeesh Koul

Textile Insights October 9, 2026

Greater export orientation could become a catalyst for investment, modernisation and sustainable growth in textile processing, states Smeesh Koul, Vice President – Processing Machinery, Accessories & CSG, A.T.E. Enterprises Private Limited (TEG), in this exclusive tete-e-tete with Henry Dsouza, Associate Editor, Textile Insights  You have progressed from managing a

Special Report

Bhilwara Textile Units To Use Treated Sewage Water, Save Groundwater

Textile Insights October 9, 2026

Textile processing units in Bhilwara are set to reduce their dependence on groundwater by switching to treated sewage water for industrial operations, a move expected to save lakhs of litres of groundwater every day. The initiative will initially cover 21 textile processing units in the textile cluster along Chittorgarh Road. Treated water from the municipal […]

Special Report

India’s Textile Chemicals Industry: The Real Cost Is In What You Don’t Measure

Textile Insights September 9, 2026

I still remember standing beside a production head at a processing unit in Delhi, both of us staring at his monthly chemical bill. It had tripled in five years, but his output and quality hadn’t. That gap, I’ve come to realise after 18 years walking processing floors across Delhi NCR, is the real story of […]

Corporates

Benninger And Grupo NS Join Forces To Strengthen Textile Wet Processing Support In Brazil

Textile Insights July 21, 2026

Dyeing, finishing and singeing expertise now closer than ever to Brazilian customers Swiss textile machinery manufacturer Benninger AG and Brazilian company Grupo NS have joined forces to support textile manufacturers across Brazil with a comprehensive portfolio of wet processing technologies, application expertise and local service capabilities. The cooperation combines

Industry

SITRA Seeks Rs 80-Crore Support For Green Textile Processing Hub In Tirupur

Textile Insights July 6, 2026

The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) has proposed an Rs 80-crore project to advance sustainable textile processing in Tamil Nadu, seeking financial support from both the Central and State governments. The proposal envisages setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Tirupur, India’s leading knitwear manufacturing hub, while upgrading research and

Industry

Maharashtra Mandates Clean Fuel For Bhiwandi Textile Dyeing Units

Textile Insights June 26, 2026

The Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for textile dyeing units in Bhiwandi to transition to cleaner fuels such as PNG, CNG and LPG as part of a broader strategy to reduce industrial pollution and improve environmental compliance across the state. Announcing the measures in the State Assembly, Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde […]