by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 12, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC)—part of the Barry-Wehmiller Converting Solutions Platform and a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of print technologies—announced the recent installation of the new Signature Series (380V-s) wide-web, high-speed...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 9, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Indian Textiles and Apparels (T&A) industry, represents roughly 4% of the worldwide T&A advertise. The T&A business is one of the biggest and the most significant parts for the Indian economy as far as yield, outside trade profit and work. The business...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 8, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
State governments have been calling migrant labourers their “guests”. But many of these guests now desperately want to go home, probably not happy with the treatment they got in the shelter homes or outside or maybe because they have been left to fend for themselves....
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 6, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
In the first quarter of 2020, the orders intake of Italian textile machinery registered a sharp drop. The Covid-19 pandemic impacts heavily on the sector. The consequences on the orders will be more negative in the second quarter. The index of orders intake for...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 1, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, Industry View, News & Insights, Textile Articles
Authored by – Alok Gupta is a Mumbai based Real Estate consultant in practice for over two decades. He is the President of the prestigious The Estate Agents Association of India, Central Zone One. Having travelled to over 50 countries around the world, he...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Apr 23, 2020 | Basics of Textiles, Textile Articles
Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal threads are called the warp...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 19, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
In the last two decades Textile Industries have observed tremendous changes in the field of product safety and environmental awareness. In the other words Textile Industries globally is passing through a very challenging phase. All these challenges are real and...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 19, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
“As water conservation becomes a grave environmental concern in the industry, the textile industry needs to put in place practices to curb rampant usage. The UN estimates that a single pair of jeans requires a kilogram of cotton. And because cotton tends to be grown...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 17, 2020 | Covid 19, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is affecting every sphere of life including manufacturing activities, businesses, etc., across the globe and India is also not spared from the panic situation. The textile industry predominantly employs migrant workers from...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 16, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Issues: Chemicals Around 8,000 synthetic chemicals are used in the fashion, textile and footwear industry to turn raw materials into final products. Not only do these chemicals pose health hazards to the people who work with them, particularly without using...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 16, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Out of 30 major items, 16 categories show growth; trade deficit down at $9.8 billion. Merchandise exports showed a mild recovery in February after contracting for six consecutive months amid fears that the Covid-19 pandemic could pause the recovery process. Exports...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 3, 2020 | Educationist / Academician, Featured, Interviews
Dr V.R. Giri Dev, Professor with the Department of Textile Technology Anna University Chennai, firmly believes that the industry and educational institutions should work hand-in-hand to enhance the textile sector as a whole in India. In a recent chat with Textile...