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Telangana recently unveiled a portal for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), offering them a digital profile, which includes an online product catalogue, an e-commerce store and networking opportunities for identifying global buyers and suppliers. Telangana State GlobalLinker (ts-msme.globallinker.com) will digitise over 2.3 million MSMEs.
The portal will also offer MSMEs access to industry news, articles and discussions, according to an official press release. (DS)
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The comments and suggestions received from stakeholders on India’s draft national e-commerce policy are now being analysed by the department for promotion of industry and internal trade (DPIIT). The deadline for receiving the suggestions, which ended on March 29, will reportedly not be extended further. The earlier deadline of March 9 had been extended.
The process of formulation of the final policy may wait till a new government takes over as it requires cabinet approval, according to a new
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Global textile auxiliaries sales are projected to reach 2.58 million tonnes in 2017, up from 2.49 million tons in 2016. In terms of value, the global textile auxiliaries market will reach US$ 7.76 Bn in 2017. Demand will remain strong in Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) – the largest and the fastest growing market for textile auxiliaries. Textile auxiliaries sales in APEJ were valued at over 829 thousand tonnes in 2016.
Key factors fuelling demand of textile auxiliaries include,
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The Higher Regional Court Stuttgart, Germany passed a consumer-friendly judgment on 18 February 2019 – with far-reaching consequences for any advertising using the GOTS logo and/or name, according to a press release.
GOTS obtains court decision
The appeal decision was passed on a case where a textile printer had purchased blank GOTS certified T-shirts and then printed on them. However, the printer was not GOTS certified. According to the GOTS standard criteria, each processing step must be
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Waste and pollution from the production of textiles and clothing have become critical global issues. With only 1% of fibres being recycled, the current ‘linear’ model is outdated and unsustainable. There is an urgent need for a strategy to transform industry into a circular model. A new report launched by Ecopreneur.eu, the European Sustainable Business Federation, calls for decisive policy measures to create an enabling framework.
In current model, large amounts of non-renewable resources ar
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The EU-funded Project, in which Devan Chemicals is a key partner, held a kick off meeting on 20-21 February 2019 at the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium. The project consortium, led by Belgian R&D centre CENTEXBEL, consists of 17 European partners from across the value chain including design, manufacturing, NGOs, and research and innovation.
The focus of the consortium is on coated and painted textiles and plastic materials which are currently not recyclable. Ambitious plastic recycling
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Knitted fabrics sales are likely to increase from approximately 49 thousand tons to reach nearly 52 thousand tons in 2019. The incremental growth of the knitted fabrics market is influenced by a variety of factors, such as positive growth prospects of the textile industry and increasing popularity of knitwear among the millennial population.
The study remains bullish on the impressive growth prospects of the knitted fabrics market, as the adoption of next-gen knitting technologies has led to
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Global flame retardant sales reached nearly 192 million square meter in 2018, with momentum likely to drive the market to a 6.2% y-o-y in 2019. Imposition of stringent regulatory rules and growing awareness about workers’ safety in high-risk industries worldwide continue to drive growth. Gains have also been driven by macroeconomic factors, notably stability in global oil prices and capital injection in infrastructure projects. The report opines that effective implementation of workplace safety
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Ir. Professor Wallace Leung Woon-Fong, Chair Professor of Innovative Products and Technologies. © PolyU
The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed an electrostatically charged nanofibre filter with multiple separator layers, which can capture pollutant particles that are below 100 nm in diameter – covering the most common airborne nano-particles and viruses.
Nano-aerosols of 100 nm and below in diameter exist everywhere in urban env
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Fitch Ratings recently cut India’s economic growth forecast for the next fiscal to 6.8 per cent from its previous projection of 7 per cent based on a weaker-than-expected momentum in the economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) growth for fiscal 2020-21 is now projected to be 7.1 per cent from the earlier 7.3 per cent, according to Fitch’s Global Economic Outlook.
Fitch cut India’s fiscal 2018-19 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent from 7.8 per cent on December 6 last year.
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