About two lakh power loom units accounting for fifty per cent of the operating industries in the Western region of Tamil Nadu face closure due to inadequacy of raw material availability caused by faulty export policy, said M.S. Mathivanan, president of the Confederation of Indian Weaving Industries. Power loom industries are unable to get enough inputs from the mills since export of cotton yarn and raw cotton has accelerated due to the fall in value of Indian rupee against US dollar. Garments

The Yatra Collection now offers a limited selection of its handcrafted designs for sale online. "We are delighted to bring elements of our collection to women online," said Rati Bahadur, who co-founded Yatra with longtime friend, Gayatri Khosla. "Launching an online Yatra store is part of our journey." Yatra, in Indian traditions, means journey. And that’s what the collection has been for Khosla and Bahadur, long time friends who attended boarding school together in India and realized thei

A devastating fire gutted a jute godown in Chouddamile area of Phultala upazila on Monday. Fire service sources said the fire broke out in a jute godown named LR Jute Garden at about 1 pm and spread soon. On information, three fire fighting units from Daulatpur, Khanjahan Ali and Nauaprara rushed in and extinguished the blaze after two hours of frantic efforts. Badrul Alam, assistant director of the Khulna Fire Service said the origin of fire could not be known immediately. When conn

TenCate Advanced Armour has booked a three year contract with a Singapore-based shipyard to design, develop and manufacture lightweight ballistic protection for crew and mission critical equipment on a number of large maritime vessels for a Middle Eastern end-user, ensuring increased survivability for the crew on board the vessels without impairing speed or performance. With this new order among a number of other recent commercial successes TenCate Advanced Armour further strengthens its pos

Ashland Inc. has expanded its family of Aquapas RDP to include Aquapas M Series RDP, Aquapas T Series RDP, Aquapas HS-2098 RDP and Styrene-Acrylic based Aquapas N7930 and Aquapas N7970 RDPs. In 2011, Ashland Inc. launched its Aquapas redispersible polymer powders (RDP) to be used along with Culminal and Combizell cellulose ethers, and Ashland Aquatherm specialty water-soluble polymers to offer enhanced adhesion, performance and flexibility in dry mortars formulations. Ashland’s RDP powders

Indonesia Textile Association (API) in West Java sees the economic turmoil which is still going on right now, has declined the competitiveness of the textile and garment sector (TPT ) in the global market. Chairman of API for West Java Ade Sudrajat argues the Indonesia’s economy is now forcing industry players to rack their brains in maintaining its business, especially free trade ahead of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. "The rate of inflation is still high, while minimum wage

ZSK will present this technology using luminous sequins for the first time during the JEC Americas 2013 in October 2013. The Textile Research Facility "TITV" from Greiz in Germany invented an embroidery technique to produce in an appropriate cost-effective way luminous textiles. This convincing technology using luminous sequins embroidered to conducting yarn is now available on ZSK embroidery machines with a ZSK sequin device. About us: ZSK looks back on more than one hundred years o

BIBA, the leading Indian wear brand presents its latest collection of the season- SHOWSTOPPER. Inspired from the name itself, this collection with its exquisite designs patterns and colors is sure to make you the trend setter this season. BIBA has designed four new ranges within the SHOWSTOPPER collection- Rockstar, Mysterio, Paradise and Tranquility. Each range in the Showstopper collection showcases experimental prints in new and exotic colors, whimsical patterns and fresh cuts and style

In one of Europe’s largest logistics deals, global on-line fashion retailer, ASOS, has awarded a three-year contract for the management of its worldwide distribution centre to Norbert Dentressangle. -New, ?100 million+, three year logistics contract with global on-line fashion retailer ASOS -Appointed to manage ASOS’ global e-fulfillment centre in Barnsley, which provides more than 1.1 million sq ft of floor space and employs over 1,200 people. -Recognising Norbert Dentressangle’s prove

dENiZEN jeans celebrates the introduction of its fall denim line with the launch of a new advertising campaign featuring Tight End Jason Witten. Since launching in 2011, the dENiZEN brand has offered great-fitting, high quality and affordable denim, made by the people who invented jeans. The seven featured fits of the fall men's line remain true to the durability and reliability the Levi Strauss & Co. heritage was built upon, making dENiZEN jeans and Jason Witten, a respected ten-year foo