Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) is organising a training programme on “Laboratory Quality Management System and Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017” in December 2018. The training would be conducted by ATIRA, Ahmedabad—the lead assessor of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). As per new standard, quality managers need to undergo an extensive training for ISO. The four-day workshop-cum- training programme will be an intera

Courtesy: Lenzing Lenzing's strategic orientation with a focus on specialty fibres has had a positive impact in the first half of fiscal 2018. Lenzing recorded a solid business development in the first three quarters of fiscal 2018. However, the company saw decline in revenue with lower prices for standard viscose, less favourable currencies and lower production volume. "The Lenzing Group is currently operating in a challenging environment. Against this background, we are satisfied with the

Courtesy: Printful Printful, a print-on-demand drop shipping company, is expanding. It is setting up a new fulfillment centre in Tijuana, Mexico. The facility that specialises in cut and sew products and activewear, will help Printful balance order load across all locations, add new products quicker, and lower prices for premium apparel. This is its fourth fulfillment centre. With the growing demand for activewear products such as leggings, opening a new cut and sew facility is the logical

Yoga guru Ramdev-led Indian firm Patanjali inaugurated its first apparel store 'Patanjali Paridhan' in New Delhi on November 5 with plans to open at least 100 stores across the country by the end of this fiscal. Chemical-free and relatively cheaper apparel of the company will boost ‘made in India’ products and support the Khadi India initiative, Ramdev said. Consumers can buy Patanjali products online soon, Indian media reports quoted Ramdev as saying. The flagship store, with men's, wom

Courtesy: Shima Seiki Shima Seiki, the leading computerised knitting machine manufacturer of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Korean subsidiary, Shima Seiki Korea, will participate in the Korea International Garment Machinery and Textile Industry Fair (GT Korea) exhibition, in booth E21. The expo will be held from November 14-16, 2018, at Kintex hall 9B in Korea. With growing interest in factory automation in the Korean textile industry, Shima Seiki answers the call by presenting its new

HeiQ and DuPont Consumer Solutions, a business unit of DuPont Specialty Products, have made an eco-friendly water repellent for leather. Wolverine World Wide Leathers will be the first supplier to offer treated leather to their major brand partners. HeiQ is a leader in creating effective and high-performance textile technologies on the market today. Recent consumer research shows that 49 per cent of consumers think it is important that their water-repellent product is eco-friendly PFC-free 1

Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) is organising a training programme on “Laboratory Quality Management System and Internal Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017” in December 2018. The training would be conducted by ATIRA, Ahmedabad—the lead assessor of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). As per new standard, quality managers need to undergo an extensive training for ISO. The four-day workshop-cum- training programme will be an intera

Khadi fabric production in India saw an average jump of 37.1 per cent in the last four years from 103.22 million square metres to 141.52 million square metres, according to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC). The rise followed KVIC’s encouragement of registration of new khadi institutions and artisan-centric programmes beginning 2015. The programmes include distribution of 31,000 new model charkhas (spinning wheels) and 5,600 modern looms. KVIC rolled out 376 new khadi in

Cotton and textile engineering education’s landscape has been changing to better reflect the change and growth of the field.Seshadri Ramkumar, Texas Tech University, USA Recently, a chat with Professor Gajanan Bhat, Chairperson of the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, at Athens-based University of Georgia (UGA) in his office clearly presented a picture on how the education in the field of fiber science and textile engineering has evolved and is changing. Cotton and texti

Technavio’s analysts forecast the global textile industry waste management market to grow at a CAGR of nearly 11% during the period 2017-2021. Global textile industry waste management market to grow nearly 11% by 2021 The textile industry, which is very important for many countries in terms of trade, GDP, and employment rates, is known for its immense pollution and waste issues. Textile industry waste management market driver According to the report, one driver in the market is improvements