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Changing
scenario of Indian textile industry - I
The Indian textile industry is regaining its lost glory in
the post-MFA era. It's been a long wait for the industry to
prove its capabilities to rest of the world. Competition is
tough both on the home and international fronts. With changing
scenario, there are immense opportunities for us provided
we work our strategies and be proactive, says Rushin H Vadhani.
Soaring
Chinese textile exports creating problems in major markets
Tension seems to be rising between China on one side and the
US and the European Union on the other side, in view of the
surge in exports of textile and apparels from China to these
markets after elimination of quota restrictions.
Lightweight
trousers have a definite market
The latest cotton trousers doing rounds to beat the summer
heat are being promoted as lightweight. With the advent of
the wrinkle-free cotton fabrics, a new chapter has opened
in the fashion world of summer wears in India.
Price
consciousness v/s brand consciousness: Is the Indian consumer
changing?
New
Projects
'KSL
and Industries will continue its dominance in cotton textiles'
After a prolonged depression, the domestic textile industry
is now showing signs of revival. In an exclusive interview
with Arbind Gupta, Mr Saurabh Kumar Tayal, Chairman, KSL and
Industries discusses his company's future plans in the new
environment.
SKF
India plans major investments
SKF India has chalked out a major investment plan for India
as it intends to enhance its market share through introduction
of a series of innovative products and services across the
industries.
Domestic
cotton production, yield to scale new highs
Even as domestic cotton yield has made some breakthrough,
the overall production for the current season is all set to
touch a new high of 240 lakh bales. Arbind Gupta reports.
Ciba
in strategic cooperation for global garment wet processing
industry
Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Textile Effects Segment, has entered
into a global cooperation agreement to market the garment
wet processing products from the Hipochem range of Boehme
Filatex Inc. USA.
SDC
conference deliberates colouration issues in synthetics
"Even as the Indian textile industry has got vast opportunities
in the quota-free regime, it has to adopt a selective investment
approach in laboratory technologies. Today, there is huge
pressure on quality from all aspects and this calls for evolving
an efficient dyeing/processing system to meet the challenges,"
stated Mr Peter Diggle, president of the Society of Dyers
and Colourists (SDC) while addressing its Colour Trends 2005
conference recently in Mumbai.
April
trade figures show actions by government against China were
key to saving textile jobs
Data released by the US commerce department shows that the
quick action by the US government last month to impose safeguards
were essential to saving jobs in the textile industry.
In
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