Issue dated - 13 January 2005
Cover Story Quote of the Week

Machinery makers provide training, service centres to aid maintenance
Machinery operation and maintenance is an important factor in reducing costs and improving efficiency in textile units. To help the textile manufacturers in this, all leading textile machinery manufacturers have set up training centres to impart knowledge on the operation and maintenance of machines. Sudha Swaminathan reports.
Clariant launches new textile products
Clariant (I) Ltd, conducted a customer meet at Hotel Renaissance on December 8, to launch a number of new products.

"Contract labour norms should be liberalised for textiles and garments so that units can hire labour for a few months without the compulsion to absorb them later."

- Suggests a recent ASSOCHAM report.


News at a Glance
<News & Views> <Edit>

Textile companies’ prospects in quota-free era
TEXPROCIL dismayed at reduction in DEPB rates for cotton textiles
DEPB increased for synthetic textile exports
FIEO welcomes revision in DEPB rates for textiles
Vaghela to honour handicraft exporters
MFA dismantling likely to bring in Rs 1,40,000 crore
New evaporating technology for textile effluent treatment
Reduction in DEPB rates unwarranted: NITMA
States endorse “white paper” on VAT

Labour issue
Edit Article
Improvement of cotton trading practices: Prospects and problems

<Corporate Update> <Trade & Events>

New Projects
Market jittery as sentiment turns negative
Wal-Mart sales estimate boosts sector
Monsanto net loss narrows, shares fall

Home and household textiles more colourful and innovative in 2005
BULLETIN BOARD

<Oped> <Yarns & Fibres>

India ‘mostly unfree’, ranks 118 in a list of 155 countries
India has moved up three notches to rank 118, according to the 2005 Index of Economic Freedom, published by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal.

Super Fine, Medium Coarse register declines
Global cotton prices to rise in ’05
India Inc bullish on economy: CII

<Product Portfolio> <Business Intelligence>
State-of-the-art products from LMW
LMW has developed state-of-the-art products.
No surrender: Women compromise little in shopping for apparel today
True blue: Indigo color defines modern denim
<IT in Textiles> <Foreign Trade >
Computerised clothing will benefit textile manufacturers
Almost every day we learn about new computing devices (such as mobile telephones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), MP3 audio players) that are designed to be carried around by the user.
WTO’s Doha trade talks sail past year-end deadline
Indo-Pak trade can touch US$ 10 bn mark by 2010: ASSOCHAM
Traders instructed how to actively check for counterfeit euro notes
US drops out of top 10 ‘freest’ economies: Study
B’desh to await SAFTA before signing bilateral FTAs: Report
Asia posing challenge to American competitiveness: US Chamber
<Fashion Folio > <Tex Talk>

Khadder foresees bright future for khadi
Braving rough weather and carving out a niche of consistent profitability in the perennially troubled hand-woven textile segment is a saga, the Kolkata-based khadi cloth maker Tropical Clothing Company (TCC) that owns ‘Khadder’ brand of retail outlets, is all set to repeat.

DEPB rate cuts needs examination
Just like Charles Dickens wrote in his famous novel, ‘A Tale of Two Cities - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’, on January 1, 2005, the textile industry was both glad and sad.

<Biotechnology> <Fabrics & Garments>
Application of genetic engineering and enzymes in textiles
Review of application biotechnology in textiles includes potential for new industrial processes, renewable raw materials, genetic engineering and effluent management.
Second-hand clothing trade and benefits to African economies
For many Tunisians, a sophisticated wardrobe and a well-groomed appearance is important, and explains the relatively high expenditure on clothing. Religious and social traditions demand that new clothes are worn on certain occasions.
US company keen to sell used machinery in India
China to impose tariffs on textile goods
-
 



Archives
Subscribe
Customer Service
Feedback
Advertise
About Us

 Network Sites

  Express Computer

  IT People
  Network Magazine
  Business Traveller
  Exp. Hotelier & Caterer
  Exp. Travel & Tourism
  Exp. Pharma Pulse
  Exp. Healthcare Mgmt.
 Group Sites
  ExpressIndia
  Indian Express
  Financial Express

-

© Copyright 2001: Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Limited (Mumbai, India). All rights reserved throughout the world. This entire site is compiled in Mumbai by the Business Publications Division (BPD) of the Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Limited. Site managed by BPD.