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Nakoda plans Rs. 1,935-crore investment for capacity hike

Nakoda Ltd. has decided to venture into further capacity expansion at a new location by setting…

Maharashtra textile policy envisages Rs. 40,000-crore investment

The Maharashtra Cabinet has cleared the textile policy which aims to bring in investment to the…

Rieter ComforJet licence for Hermann Bühler AG

Hermann Bühler AG, the spinning major in Switzerland, has acquired the Rieter licence for ComforJet yarns.…

VRT, trusted supplier of a variety of travellers for decades

VRT is one of the renowned and well experienced traveller manufacturers in India. Established in 1964,…

Sovereign guarantees quality components for spinning segment

By Ganesh Kalidasan Quality & productivity in textiles decides the survival of a company in this…

Updated OEKO-TEX Test criteria coming into force on April 1

The OEKO-TEX Association has as usual updated the applicable test criteria and limit values for testing…

Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn expansion to be completed by March

Dr. M.P. Agarwal, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd. (SLCL), has said the Rs. 992-crore expansion…

Grosse back in India with electronic jacquards

Grosse, having more than 130 years of experience in manufacturing user-friendly jacquard machines, has restarted its…

Technical textiles, the new growth engine for Arvind

Arvind Ltd., one of the largest integrated textile, apparel and branded apparel players, is now relying…

Lifetime Achievement Award for R.L. Toshniwal

The Textile Association of India (TAI) Mumbai Chapter honored Mr. R.L. Toshniwal with Lifetime Achievement Award…

Shanghai Chunrui open-end rotors for Indian market

Shanghai Chunrui Machinery & Technology Co. Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of open-end rotor spinning machines…

Negative to stable outlook for Indian textiles – Fitch

Fitch Ratings has stated that the outlook for Indian cotton textiles is negative to stable in…

ITEMA Sultex A 9500 sets fresh benchmark in air-jet weaving

ITEMA has a tradition of more than 150 years with an installed base of over three…

Banswara Syntex targets Rs. 1,000-crore turnover for 2011-12

Banswara Syntex Ltd. (BSL), established in 1976 as a joint venture with the Government of Rajasthan,…

Indorama launches INVIYA India’s first spandex filament yarn facility to be commissioned

Indorama Industries Ltd. (IIL), part of Indorama Corporation, Singapore, has launched the new revolutionary branded spandex…

Export scenario still grim

It is distressing to note that the Indian textile industry hasn’t reaped the full benefits of…

Trident’s yarn expansion plant in Punjab commissioned

Trident Ltd. of the Rs. 3,600-crore Trident Group has announced the commissioning of its new yarn…

SETEX’ computer-based controllers, energy management solutions

SETEX Schermuly specialises in computer-based control systems and software solutions for the textile industry. Hard and…

Raymond increasing focus on semi-urban markets

Raymond Ltd.’s textile segment (standalone) sales for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, registered an increase…

Oerlikon Neumag sells staple fiber plant for geotextile production to India

Oerlikon Neumag has signed a contract for an Inline plant with 12 spinning positions for production…

Sportking, an emerging leader in yarn, fabrics & apparels

With sales of Rs. 3,500 million, Sportking is well on its way to becoming one of…