An official from Ministry of Textile Industry in Pakistan said that a summary had been submitted to the Economic Coordination Committee more than a week ago to lift the ban. Islamabad: Pakistan textile ministry headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan has recommended the lifting of a ban on the import …
Read More »Indian textile industry trumps Chinese fine fabrics
The textile industry in India has beaten its Chinese counterpart in its own game. India’s textile industry has developed the fabric of Mink blankets, which were 100% imported from China till last year. Now, some units have started producing Mink blankets on a massive scale near Panipat in Haryana, bringing …
Read More »How India became a PPE Kits giant
PPE manufacturing: India PPE Kits 1/5India, which was not manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, achieved an almost unrealistic goal of producing 2.06 lakh PPE kits daily within two months after the coronavirus outbreak. In January 2020, there were only 2.75 lakh PPE kits (imported ones) available in the country. …
Read More »Germany promoting Pakistan Textile Industry
ISLAMABAD: Germany will provide Pakistan technical assistance worth 1.95 billion rupees for promoting resilience against impacts of natural disasters and improvement of labour, social and environmental standards in textile industry. Germany to offer tech help to promote Pakistan textile industry An agreement to the effect was signed in Islamabad on …
Read More »European textile industry slows again
Brussels, Belgium – European textile sales and production both partially recovered in the third quarter of 2020 but are still way down on the same period last year with signs of a full recovery yet to be seen, according to new data from trade body Euratex. “Data tells us that …
Read More »Science plays a major role in textile industry: Experts
A webinar titled ‘The science behind traditional fabrics of India and fashion world‘ was organised by Women Technology Section of Pushpa Gujral Science City on 19/12/2020. Jalandhar: Jaspreet Talwar, principal secretary, Department of Water Supply and Sanitation, was the chief guest. Around 300 students pursuing fashion designing participated in the …
Read More »Tirupur Exporters Association to train workers for garment export units
COIMBATORE: Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) will train 16,508 persons under the Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector for employment in the garment export units. According to Raja M. Shanmugham, president of the Association, the plan is to start the 45-day training for new workers in January at 75 units …
Read More »Textile Industry is One of Most Polluting in World
DUBLIN (Ireland), Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ResearchAndMarkets.com published a new article on the sustainable textiles industry “The $960 Billion Textile Industry is One of the Most Polluting in the World“ Biomaterial manufacturer Genomatica and nylon material manufacturer Aquafil have partnered on a new demonstration facility to manufacture the largest quantity of 100% renewable nylon-6 ever available. …
Read More »Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package expected to create jobs in apparel sector
The recent announcements by the Central Government on the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package have been welcomed by the textile sector in Coimbatore region. However, the micro and small-scale industries have sought implementation of the benefits with retrospective effect. Aatmanirbhar Bharat Package expected to create jobs in apparel sector The Aatmanirbhar Bharat …
Read More »Textile Industry hope for cut in GST on Synthetic
In a meeting held recently with the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the textile industry had urged for a uniform GST rate for the entire sector The textile industry is seeking a cut on goods and services tax (GST) from the GST Council meeting on 20/09/2019. At a recent meeting …
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