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Related Keywords: Bangladesh and Vietnam, facing subdued demand trends, high raw material prices, Indian textile exporters, intense competitive pressures, key textile consuming regions, majority of exports from India, revision in DBK, unfavourable currency movement, US and EU

Indian textile exporters have been facing subdued demand trends over the past few years in the key textile consuming regions of the US and EU which accounts for a majority of exports from India as well as intense competitive pressures from nations such as Bangladesh and Vietnam due to high raw material prices in the past six to nine month, which has been aggravated by unfavourable currency movements as well as recent revision in duty drawback rates have only added to their woes.

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It is about time for the textile and apparel industry to look for sustainable alternatives and to prove that the production of textiles and clothing will not pollute the environment. FashionUnited has found six interesting alternatives natural resources like bananas, coffee, pineapple, lotus, stinging nettles and hemp that can be used to turn into sustainable textiles.

Related Keywords: after the printing process, Ecommerce giant Amazon, famous as made using vegetable colours, handloom clusters in Warangal, number of weavers increased, Pochampally, sales not up proportionally, signed a MoU, Telangana Department of Handlooms and Textiles, Warangal durries or rugs, washed in flowing water

Recently, e-commerce giant Amazon signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Telangana Department of Handlooms and Textiles to help handloom clusters in Warangal, Pochampally etc. As the number of weavers has increased over the years but the sales haven’t gone up proportionally.

Warangal durries or rugs have been famous for many reasons such as they are made using vegetable colours, and are washed in flowing water after the printing process.

Related Keywords: Buyers bought better grades of lint, cotton bales, Cotton market, forward deal, higher than market physical prices, improved demand from garments, KCE, Punjab and Sindh stations, raw grade of lint, sellers in the driving seat, spot rate, textile made up exporters, Trading activity remained firm, trading session

Trading activity remained firm at cotton market as buyers bought better grades of lint on higher than market physical prices during trading session in Punjab and Sindh stations, keeping sellers in the driving seat.

Buyers made deals in better and second grade of cotton on shrinking stocks. Spinners bought second grade of lint at around Rs 6,500-Rs 6,525 per maund, in parts of Sindh and Punjab stations.

Related Keywords: after a year of marginal growth, equipment for spinning, Exports of textile machinery, likely to see an increase, other accessories, range of about 15 to 20 percent, spinning accessories, tepid international demand, Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association, this fiscal year, weaving preparatory

This fiscal year, exports of textile machinery, equipment for spinning, spinning accessories, weaving preparatory and of other accessories likely to see an increase in the range of about 15 to 20 percent, after a year of marginal growth due to tepid international demand in 2016-2017.

S. Chakraborty, secretary for the Textile Machinery Manufacturer’s Association, said that the international market did not see much growth last year. Further, for exports to grow in a particular market, the manufacturers needed to have local facilities to provide after sales and service support.

Related Keywords: APSyFI, dependence on import materials, entered this market, executive member, fabrics for special purposes, fulfil national demand, Indonesia many big firms, Indonesian Association of Synthetic Fiber Producers, investing, Prama Yudha Amdan, PT Asia Pacific Fibers, push up production, specialty textiles segment

Indonesia’s many big firms have started investing in the specialty textiles segment to push up production in specialty textiles or fabrics for special purposes, such as sofa and shoes to fulfil national demand amid the country's dependence on the import of these materials, said Prama Yudha Amdan, the executive member of Indonesian Association of Synthetic Fiber Producers (APSyFI).

Publicly listed PT Asia Pacific Fibers is one company that has entered this market.

Related Keywords: distribution centre, focus on creating recycled textile products, group into manufacturing, housed in a purpose built building, JR Group UK, new £9 million project in Bradford, offices, project comprises a combination of machinery, range of industry sector, recycling, set to launch, trading in textiles

JR Group UK, is all set to launch a new £9 million project in Bradford later this month. The group is into manufacturing, recycling and trading in textiles for over 160 years. The project, set over 6.5 acres, comprises a combination of machinery housed in a purpose-built building covering 56,000 sq ft, offices and a distribution centre.

The building work for phase one completed by mid-September and work has already commenced on phase two with a combined cost of over £5 million.

Related Keywords: 10000 tons of polyester fiber, 20 million running meters of mixed fabrics, 7000 tons of blended linen, chemicals, components, developing textile industry, exempted from customs payments, factory will annually produce, investment of $92 million, materials, modern textile factory, on imported equipment, polyester yarn, raw materials, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan to build another modern textile factory till late next year which involve investment to the tune of $92 million as a consistent step aiming at developing its textile industry. The factory will annually produce 10,000 tons of polyester fiber, 10,000 tons of polyester yarn, 20 million running meters of mixed fabrics, and 7,000 tons of blended linen.

Related Keywords: contract business, functional product solutions, Heimtextil 2018, home and contract textiles, interior decoration sector, leading trade fair, part of new Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo, special abrasion related properties, take place in January at Frankfurt, textiles with acoustic functions, trade visitors

Heimtextil 2018, a leading trade fair for home and contract textiles, which will take place from 9-12 January in Frankfurt. As part of the new Interior.Architecture.Hospitality Expo, trade visitors from the contract business will get to see functional product solutions for the interior decoration sector, such as textiles with acoustic functions or special abrasion-related properties.

Related Keywords: Agrotextiles, Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, fabrics, garment, Techtextil India, Texprocess, Textile Fibre Innovations

A high level of energy, business networking and dynamic synergy was seen at the 6th edition of Techtextil India where 173 exhibitors from 11 countries showcased a gamut of technical textile solutions to 5,436 visitors from across the country. Smart future textiles, recycled fibers, sustainable alternatives, welding, wearables, functional solutions were among some of the highlights on the showfloor.