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63-years old and NSE as well as BSE-listed Indian leader in card clothing products and card room accessories for the textile spinning industry, ICC Ltd is entirely shifting production to its already existing state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh. In doing so, ICC has closed down its Pune plant, which was manufacturing card clothing since more than six decades.

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Telangana Government has already issued guidelines against the use of glyphosate, a systemic herbicide and crop desiccant a hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent used to kill weeds, especially annual broad-leaf weeds and grasses that compete with crops. Illegal variety of seeds is a threat to crop biodiversity along with being a health hazard.

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Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani exuded confidence that the textile sector is capable of strengthening rural economy and create large-scale employment on the occasion. He added that that his government is working towards building robust infrastructure to ensure that cotton produced by farmers gets consumed by the garment industry in the state, saving time and energy to export it.

Asian spot MEG prices fell US$30 a ton CFR China and CFR South East Asia in the last week of April. In China, offers for nearby-month cargoes was down US$30 a ton, with bids and discussions edging down lower.

Mono ethylene glycol prices in Asian markets plunged that week on increased supply in the region amid thin trading activity. Taiwan's Nan Ya shut its 460,000 tons per year MEG line on 2 May. China’s Sinopec Shanghai Petrochem is planning to shut its 380,000 tons per year MEG plant in June.

In US, MEG prices will face upward momentum in May from tightening supply.

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Asian paraxylene markers, CFR Taiwan/China was up US$4 a ton in the last week of April while FOB Korea also rose US$4 a ton. Isomer-grade mixed xylene prices surged US$31 a ton FOB Korea during the week.

Paraxylene prices in Asia jumped that week largely driven by gains seen in the upstream crude and naphtha markets. Prices were also supported by healthy downstream buying interest during the week.

China’s paraxylene imports in March rose 21% month on month to 1.44m tons. India’s paraxylene exports in February grew 46% month on month to 202,597 tons.

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Related Keywords: Arbon, embroidery, Franz Saurer developed the first hand-knitting machine in 1869, polymer solutions, research and development centre at the home of the Saurer textiles group, Saurer Group, Saurer Technologies, yarn processing

The Saurer Group believes it can create up to 40 jobs over the next years and is currently advertising around 10 vacancies, with the first candidates already been found. “Our return to the roots of the Saurer textiles group is inspired by the pioneering spirit of our founders. Here in Arbon, Franz Saurer developed the first hand-knitting machine in 1869, built the first automatic embroidery machine in 1912, and conquered the world with his modern trucks from 1905.

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Lantex currently employs more than 30 people, including 14 machinists. Now Lantex manufactures a range of kitchen and catering textiles. Lantex which is Accrington based achieved a turnover of £2m in its latest financial report the highest in its 100-year history. The company plans to add to its team by recruiting eight staff over the next two years now.

Related Keywords: cover indigenous artisans, designer-weaver-buyer connect, market diversification for varied textiles and apparel products and clear positioning of Indian Textiles in International Markets, preferred sourcing destination in textiles sector, varied textiles and apparel products, vocational courses in carpet weaving, weavers and craftsman as they provide a unique identity to the country's textile output

The report said that, "Low per day wage rate despite the hard work of hand weaving is making this sector financially unviable to the younger generation," suggesting to ensure adequate wages by increasing the designer-weaver-buyer connect. It also suggested setting up vocational courses in carpet weaving so that the craft and skill of Indian handmade carpets is kept intact. The report also flagged the key issue of poor knowledge about international quality compliances.

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Nonwoven fabrics having reached a high state of technical development are also important to the region’s economy and are increasingly studied and researched at the University. Huddersfield and its University have a long tradition of excellence in woven textiles. Dr Hewitt’s technical textiles background means that he will develop courses in this subject area at the University of Huddersfield’s Department of Fashion and Textiles. He quoted that, “They can be produced from any fibrous material, including polyesters, cottons, viscoses, carbon fibre, glass fibre or any combination.”

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The technology’s deployment has been focused on specific projects, such as high-performance textiles for sports and recreation till now, but plans are in place to scale up the process for users’ core product ranges. While the technology is currently targeted to polyester fibers, plans are underway to begin exploring its application for other polymer fibers, including nylon and polypropylene, according to PolyOne.