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Related Keywords: Khadi, Khadi sales doubled, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Minister Kalraj Mishra, Narendra Modi calls to adopt khadi, polyvastra khadi, retails sales of khadi increased, silk khadi, supply to match the rising demand, ways to increase Khadi production, woolen khadi

People have been allured towards Khadi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call last October to adopt the fabric. A year-on-year comparison of the April-June quarter shows that retails sales of Khadi has increased by 30.37 percent.

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Kalraj Mishra at the launch for an exclusive exhibition cum sales of products from Jammu & Kashmir and Khadi T Shirts said that Khadi sales have doubled. They want the supply to match the rising demand for which they are looking for ways to increase Khadi production.

Related Keywords: an academic development committee chairman of NIFT-TEA Knitwear Institute, apparel industry, cutting and printing machines, held exhibition of latest imported gadgets, micro-processor control models of sewing, popular garment exporter, R. Sreenivasan

R. Sreenivasan, an academic development committee chairman of NIFT-TEA Knitwear Institute and a popular garment exporter, for the overall benefit of apparel industry held an exhibition of latest imported micro-processor control models of sewing, cutting and printing machines. The expo held on Thursday was witnessed by industrialists as well as young apparel designers.

According to Mr. Sreenivasan, many of the models displayed like the Japan-made world’s first lock stitcher machine with digital feed are yet to be introduced in Tirupur.

Related Keywords: an international technology group, ANDRITZ, Asselin-Thibeau, expertise of three leaders in the nonwovens, Hightex in Istanbul, Küsters, present nonwoven and textile production technologies, textile industries, upcoming exhibition

ANDRITZ, an international technology group combines the expertise of three leaders in the nonwovens and textile industries with long-standing and successful traditions: Asselin-Thibeau, Küsters to present its nonwovens and textile production technologies at the upcoming Hightex exhibition, all set to begin from 11 to 13 September in Istanbul.

The company has been active on the Turkish market for many years and provides full lines and individual solutions for spunlace, wetlaid, needlepunch, bonding and finishing for spunbond applications, and textile calenders.

Related Keywords: and RBI officials, branding across the country and abroad, bring together banking officials, businessment, Ichalkaranji textile sector, Ichalkarnaji textile sector, impart new policies, look towards branding, organized meeting, promote business, reade made clothes, Reserve Bank of India, to add value, Town Hall meeting

The Reserve Bank of India for the first time organized a meeting to bring together banking officials, businessmen and RBI officials to impart new policies of the Union government to promote business in the country. RBI regional director S Ramaswami speaking at a Town Hall Meeting in Kolhapur on Thursday said that the Ichalkaranji textile sector should look towards branding to add value.

Related Keywords: approve investment proposals., at Global Investors Meet, entice more investment, evaluating financial and legal aspects, Handlooms and Textiles Department of Tamil Nadu, introduce suitable tax concessions, new textile policy, single window system, studying textile policies, various states

The Handlooms and Textiles Department of Tamil Nadu is studying the textile policies of various other states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and evaluating the financial and legal aspects before coming up with a new textile policy in the next few days to entice more investments ahead of the Global Investors Meet.

On Wednesday, the Ministers concerned and representatives from the textile sector had a meeting in which requests were made to have a policy on a par with recent trends in the sector.

Related Keywords: considering cost of production, cotton grower not given any subsidty, current season, delay from government, fix minimum guaranteed price of cotton, have negative impact on growers, Indian model of cotton procurement, lint cotton, National Assembly Standing Committee on Textile Industry, on cotton intervention price, seed cotton

The sub-committee of National Assembly Standing Committee on Textile Industry had recommended fixing the minimum guaranteed price of cotton at Rs 2700 per 40 kg for the financial year 2015-16 after considering the cost of production. Delay from government to decide on cotton intervention price for the current season is likely to leave growers without due benefits. As Cotton growers in Pakistan are not given any subsidy, they have to compete with the prices of subsidized cotton.

Related Keywords: Chinese textile and apparel makers, displaying clothing fabrics and home textiles, helped to kick off the show, in New York attracted, International Apparel Sourcing show, more than six hundred Chinese companies, to establish new niche markets in US, US-China bilateral relations

The International Apparel Sourcing Show which began on Tuesday in New York attracted more than 600 Chinese companies and about 1,000 companies from more than 20 countries, which are displaying products including clothing, fabrics and home textiles. A record number of Chinese companies participated to establish new niche markets in the United States. This year the show has witnessed 30 percent increase in Chinese participates from last year. In fact, hundreds of China's textile and apparel makers helped to kick off this event successfully.

Related Keywords: Day into Night, in collaboration with Jeanologia, leader in sustainable garment processing technologies, Lenzing, present at New York exhibition, producer of high quality manmade cellulose fiber, Tencel 24, Tencel fibre indigo chambray collection

Lenzing, with more than 75 years of experience in the production of high-quality, manmade cellulose fibers, has presented its Tencel fibre indigo chambray collection called Tencel 24: Day into Night, at the Kingpins New York exhibition that took place this week. Tencel 24 is produced in collaboration with Jeanologia, a leader in sustainable garment processing technologies.

This most modern of slants on Tencel is also in line within Lenzing’s commitment to fibre innovation and environmental responsibility, the company reports.

Related Keywords: Bangladesh garment industry, Chinese textile industry slowing down, CITI chairman, Diversion of garment orders to India begins, enhance yarn consuming capacities, Indian textile industry need to scale up, make TUF effective, Natural Fibre conclave, Pakistan growth constrained, prem malik, reach saturation point, upgrade fabric industry

Diversion of garment orders to India has already begun with the textiles industry in China slowing down and Pakistan’s growth - constrained by power and other problems and the garment industry’s growth in Bangladesh – is expected to reach a saturation point sooner than later. There is therefore a need to scale up and upgrade our fabrics industry said Prem Malik, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry at the inauguration of the Natural Fibre Conclave held at Chinniampalayam in Coimbatore on Wednesday.

Related Keywords: centralized cotton buying system, China Cotton Africa, contract schemes, Cotton Ginners' Association, curb side marketing, farmers, introduced by Zimbabwean cotton merchants, promote monoplistic tendencies

A centralized cotton buying system has been introduced by Zimbabwean cotton merchants to curb side marketing which has become rampant in the industry. Farmers has described the move as an attempt to promote monopolistic tendencies.

The Cotton Ginners' Association, which represents the merchants, is buying the crop on behalf of all ginners, except for China Cotton Africa, and the volumes are shared on a pro rata basis depending on level of investment in the production, industry players said.