Current Headlines
1.FAITMA urges for notification on withdrawal of octroi on cloth
2.FM assures admin steps
3.Driving prodn gains comes from GM
4.Arvind signs exclusive pact with Hartmarx
5.Maximum efficiency for Nahar with Monforts
6.Natural fibers can be excellent insulator
7.Jute assures betterment of global growers: IJSG
8.Area under cotton cultivation continues to decline in Egypt
9.Raymond introduces Parx sport range
10.Exporters asked to take pending issues with FIEO
11.Rieter reports weaker demand
12.Guess joins Cotton Incorporated’s cotton from blue to green program
13.Arvind to bring Pierre Cardin to India
14.Man-made filament yarn prodn. up 10.33% during Apr-Feb. 2007-2008
15.Trevira presents hi-tech polyester fiber at Index
16.Koutons to foray into West Asia by year end
17.France accounts for 7% textile machinery prodn
18.CII plans 3 events for technical textiles
19.RSWM GYB Natural Stretch Yarn receives overwhelming response at F&Y 2008 Expo
20.New Monforts solutions provide 60% wastage savings for knitted fabrics
21.Uster delivers 1.5 mn Quantum testers
22.BASF introduces freshness to shalwar kameez
23.ATE inks strategic tie-up with Sumaya HMX
24.No growth in world cotton mill use and prodn. expected in 08-09: ICAC
25.TN textiles and allied industries to down shutters on May 16
26.Inflation gallops to 42-month high of 7.57%
27.Inflation will be tamed: FM
28.Exports up 27% in Mar 08
29.Marks & Spencer launches temperature regulating product with Outlast tech
30.Invista files suit against DuPont for contractual obligations
31.Dr. J. N. Singh & numerous VIPs visit 3-day expo
32.Fibres & Yarns 2008 gets overwhelming response
33.Textile exports will reach $ 25 bn this fical: Dr. JNS
34.Contamination continues to haunt spg. mills all over
35.Global textile focus shifting from China to India: Udani
36.SDC India to hold intl’ meet on ‘Global Retail – logic or magic’
37.Shoppers’ Stop plans expansion
38.Asia rules with Italians
39.Fibers & Yarns expo opens in city today
40.Govt. plans hi-tech Centers of Excellence for technical textiles
41.Vaghela underlines importance of R&D
42.Textile machinery exports record marginal growth
43.Indian T&C exports recorded at $20.5 bn: Vaghela
44.Chile offers platform for India’s entry to Latin America mrkts
45.Italian textile machinery mfgrs register steep growth in 2007
46.RIL polyester prodn. up 6% in FY08 while intermediate clock 9% growth
47.Future is certainly bright: BKP
48.Abhishek forays into retail sector
49.Lack of standards hinders techtex growth: FICCI
50.Gokak Textiles introduces MerinoCot suiting range
51.Bt cotton to cover 90% area in Haryana
52.Both Ambanis going strong: Forbes
53.Status-quo of various MoT schemes: A Review
54.Steep jump in textile employment expected
55.Inflation eases to 7.14% on efforts to contain prices
56.Excise incentive withdrawal will create unemployment in J&K
57.Synthetic overtakes cotton; trend to continue in 2009
58.Shopper’s Stop bags Barcelona retailers award
59.Inflation control & robust GDP cannot go together
60.RPL refinery achieves 90% overall progress
61.Triumph International showcases autumn winter collection 2008
62.High interest rate, inflation dampens consumer demand
63.CMIE expects a rebound
64.Ficci’s global conference at opportune moment
65.Indian technical textiles market to grow to $ 20 billion by 2020
66.Textile Park coming up at Budhni M.P.
67.‘Focus’ - Kamal tell exporters
68.Taj Staff to wear Varanasi sarees
69.Nakoda to set-up 100K tones CP unit
70.International conference on bamboo
71.India to sign 4 pacts with Brazil
72.FTP relieves textile industry: SIMA
73.Garment industry expects trade policy to boost exports: AEPC
74.CIAe expresses disappointment
75.AIEC welcome FTP
76.Fleissner innovations for the nonwovens industry
77.CII hails addressing of major issues in FTP
78.Textile exports down by 9.96%
79.Int’l cotton prices to increase by 8% in 2009
80.Woolmark presents carpet award 2008
81.Foreign trade policy may unveil sops for exporters
82.Kamal urged to target cost pressure on exports
83.RIL to source crude from Venezuela
84.Gerber Tech. opens first advanced center in S.E. Asia
85.PCMC to demonstrate latest technologies at INDEX 08
86.Cotton Inc. gear up for Earth Day
87.Power shortage hits production
88.Man-made fibres record highest production: MoT
89.NPDA to Bangladesh Cambodia criticized
90.VAT committee to submit report on GST
91.Emerging markets not insulated from crisis
92.Meet on advances on nonwovens & textech planned in CBE in July
93.Big opportunity for Indian T&C as China grappels with problems
94.RSMW; Jet Kniwears bag Rajiv Gandhi Q award
95.Global apparel magazine launched by Textile Int.
96.Silverwing Apparels launches Liebe & Looty brand
97.Picanol sees important mkt. opportunities ahead in India
98.Ficci calls for a mfg. policy
99.Exporters hail govt. initiatves: Assocham
100.Future of jute industry is in geotextiles: Roy
101.Bamboo-based blouses & blankets demand surges overseas
102.Design and development of a weavability tester
103.Fabric production up 3.41% during Apr-Dec 2007-08
104.RSWM goes green and eco-friendly
105.Reliance likely to enter rig mfg. to aid exploration biz
106.Update on Coir Fibre
107.Pearl Academy of Fashion opens admissions for courses 2008-09
108.Share of textiles and clothing export declines to 11%: AIEC
109.Vimal looks at women’s wear as potential biz
110.Uzbek textile products exports touch USD $ 400 mn. last year
111.Interactive textiles get in the groove
112.RIL brings Maurizio Bonas –Italian designer to redefine fashion at Vimal
113.Allen Solly targets 500 crore turnover
114.Dystar offers new Dianix dyes for polyester sportswear
115.World cotton are projected to remain stable at 33.8 million hectares in 2008-09: ICAC
116.Exports up despite rupee appreciation
117.India can become global player in exports if stability comes
118.Assocham says no to FTA with China
119.Polyesters back in demand
120.Alok on verge of break-through in creating breathable water repellent cotton fabrics
121.Turkey No. 1 in organic cotton
122.Vimal launches exclusive showroom in Cochin
123.NCTO seeks currency legislation to fight Chinese low cost export
124.India is no more testing luxury ground: Kamal
125.DGFT extends DEPB scheme
126.Truetzschler opens technical centre with new comber
127.Kuraray America to feature Vectran HT at Techtextil North America expo
128.Cotton exports ban will be a retrograde step: Experts
129.Centre working to rationalise import tariff on luxury items
130.“We have to balance between inflation and growth”: FM
131.Inflation touches 13 month high of 6.68%
132.Australian wool creates alliance with Park Avenue brand in India
133.High credit cost crippling Indian growth: FIEO
134.German textile machinery makers in top form for ITMA ASIA
135.Ficci plans global conf. on technical textiles
136.Industry submits SOS to FM
137.Vardhman Textiles signs JV pact with US firm
138.Centre should be cautious before signing Chinese FTA
139.Lenzing reports record prodn. thanks to 2007 fibre boom
140.Intertextile expo opens in Beijing this week
141.Plans to restrict cotton exports; help weavers: Elangovan
142.Garg Acrylics plan 120 crs. investment
143.ICL cricketers to don Savile Row apparels
144.Rupee hit textiles look domestic retail boom for expansion: AIM
145.UN declares 2009 as natural fibers year
146.50 Years of Indian Textile Industry; B. K. Patodia
147.Cotton speculators account for long positions: ICAC
148.SITP to continue in XI Plan
149.Govt. expects steep jump in employment in textile
150.Texprocil Chief calls for universal ethical standards for textiles
151.CITI calls for extension of relief measures until 2009
152.Indian fashion industry is role model for Ethiopia
153.Vaghela not in favour of raw cotton exports
154.Make up for lost time: PM
155.Varanasi will soon have a silk mega cluster: PM
156.CITI to hold Atexcon 2008 meet in capital tomorrow
157.Will FM support TUF loans or will he please only farmers?
158.ICAC expects a bullish trend in global cotton
159.OerlikonTextile sellsERMAFA
160.Tecnon plans 2-day conference on polyester supply chain
161.82 designers showcase collections at WIFW
162.Colours influence the buying decision at retail counters
163.Trevira to showcase its hygiene fibers at Index
164.No benefit of VSF price reduction: spinners
165.SITP, TUF will move into cold storage: Experts
166.Polyester slips on ‘oily’ grounds
167.Elangovan updates elders on sops to textile in wake of Re. appreication
168.Wait for trade policy; Kamal tells exporters
169.Global cotton prices remain highest in February: ICAC
170.India will retaliate against non-tariff barriers: Nath
171.70% export target achieved in first nine months: Survey
172.Right skill development will result in demographic dividend: Survey
173.Polyesters still bears NCCD
174.Chinese cotton imports lower during 2007
175.Govt, plans to modernize 22 NTC mills: EVKSE
176.Man-made filament prodn. up 11.35%
177.Triumph invites innovative ideas for innerwear
178.2-Day conference on Colorants role in Indian economic growth
179.Malik urges govt. to solve issues of unrebated state levies
180.BASF reorganizes its masterbatch business
181.Take market realities by the horns: Elangovan
182.New ‘tumble’ action introduced with DynAir relaxation dryer by Monforts
183.Cotton yarn production up 19.24% during Apr-Nov 07
184.Centre announces relief package for exporters
185.US rules out FTA with India
186.Intex and Texstyles India expos scheduled in capital next month
187.Centre exempts three more export related services from tax
188.Tamil Nadu textile industry heading towrads doldrums
189.India outbeats US in cotton prodn.
190.Kamal keen to fine-tune strategies to meet infra
191.Kamal keen to fine-tune strategies to meet infra
192.Teijin; Shell jt. venture for paraxylene mktg.
193.Supima exports slight down
194.Indian exporters losing orders on Re. a/c: FICCI
195.Technical textiles can lift ind. out of present crisis
196.Lenzing supplies specialty fiber for new generation of US armed forces uniforms
197. India’s average growth tocontinue at 9%: Ahluwalia
198.AWI seeking woolgrower support for prodn forecasts
199.BASF expands Thane research lab
200.Centre plans 363 cr projects for organic farming
201.National level p’loom BSM begins in Indore today
202.6-day training programme for Vidarbha cotton farmers
203.Manmohan confident of 9% growth despite global slowdown fears
204.Inflation rate eases to 4.07%
205.Teijin & Showa in JV to mkt. paraxylene
206.Toray and Patagonia to recycle nylon6 in RMG
207.Excise reduction at 12% for colorants urged by DMAI
208.China removes anti-dumping on South Korean fiber
209.Victorinox to introduce apparel range in India by 2009
210.Petrol prices hiked
211.Uwe Wohner to head Trevira
212.Southern mills urge TN govt to announce power holiday
213.Growth of six infrastructure sectors falls to 4% in Dec.
214.RIL discovers new gas reserves in KG basin
215.Mukesh Ambani to head Indo-Russia CEOs forum
216.Australia cotton crop will be smallest in 30 years
217.Ensemble launches designer wear insizes 12 and upwards
218.FIASWI against VAT Sales Tax on fabrics
219.Sumeet to set-up CP of 100K tonnes
220.WIFW to bring together 84 designers at March edition
221.Fobres Brands enter into 30+30 year licensing pact with Savile Row
222.Trumac to launch TC 5-1 card for fineyarn spinners at India ITME 2008
223.WWEPC seeks lower wool import duty
224.India proposes to invest $ 2 billion in Sri Lanka
225.Dornier reports 2007 as a successful year
226.Giordano plans major expansion in India
227.CMAI pleads duty reduction on imports of garment machinery
228.Nath warns against non-tariff measures
229.CLCV hits 70% of Pakistan’s cotton
230.ILO designs ‘Better work’ for Jordan apparel industry
231.Indonesia plans batik promotion in China
232.Dr. Roy to head TAI
233.Bumper cotton has not helped local mills: SIMA
234.High level team visiting Sri Lanka
235.PM Panel suggests reversal in mfg.
236.FIEO suggests package to boost dwindling exports
237.Socks from Houndras under USA threat
238.Rupee appreciation will result in higher profit
239.Child labour in Uzbek cotton will hit Bangla RMG exports
240.Kamal favours larger size SEZs
241.8.7% GDP growth expected this fiscal
242.Cotton a development priority at Doha: EU trade Commissioner
243.RBI sets a working group on rehabilitation of SMEs
244.SIMA deplores unplanned TNEB power interruptions
245.Raymond appoints Khetrapal as COO
246.Mukesh Ambani plans big for real estate
247.Don’t get ‘psyched’ slowdown will benefit India: Kamal Nath
248.Modeling emerges as a preferred career
249.Vaghela call Arabs for investment in textiles
250.Funding for TRAs urged
251.BMC offers octroi bonanza to textiles
252.IMF projects Indian GDP growth at 8.75%
253.Cotton arrivals estimated at 210 lakh bales by Jan-end
254.Gulf offers a key market for Indian textiles: Vaghela
255.Centre may hike petrol prices Centre may hike petrol prices
256.Koutons Retail to foray into Middle East
257.Pakistani cotton production estimated at 8.75 mn. bales
258.World cotton stocks are projected to decline further in 08/09: ICAC
259.GoM to review cluster scheme development: Khadi chief
260.5 global designers backed by AWI
261.Australian wool in weak terrain
262.Cinte Techtextil scheduled in October 2008 at Shanghai
263.Technopak inks strategic tie-up with Vertebrand
264.Exports up 16% in December 2007
265.Rieter reports striking increase in sales to Turkey & India
266.Alok inks all formalities with NTC for revival of New City Mills
267.Textile turbulence is inevitable while ministry is optional: TxC