XSTOK announces today the official pre-launch of www.xstok.com, a new & revolutionary auctions B2B marketplace website, benefitting the textile surplus sector by bringing in a larger pool of suppliers & buyers, making price discovery a reality and introducing transparency into a cluttered market.
Punjab cotton ginners, traders and farmers upset over not getting big-ticket investment and technology upgradation for textiles in Malwa region. As Narendra Modi , while addressing a Lok Sabha election rally on April 25, 2014 had promised to take care of farmers of Malwa and cotton traders. He had suggested the '5Fs' formula - farm to fibre to fabric to fashion and fashion to foreign - to revive cotton exports if NDA was voted to power.
To strengthen bilateral relations and development of mutual confidence between the Pakistan and Russia, a seminar on Prospects of Pak-Russia Bilateral Relations was organized in collaboration with Muslim Institute which was attended by people from different walks of life including representatives of international organizations, diplomatic missions, think tanks, media, parliamentarians, scholars and academicians from various disciplines.
Aditya Birla Group has decided to put its viscose staple fibre plant project in Turkey on hold as the viscose market has been in a state of turmoil and the returns are lower, according to Manohar Samuel, Global Business Development, Birla Cellulose.
The Turkey project is on but has been delayed because of the capacity overhang in China. Though demand for VSF continues to grow globally, the overcapacity in China, created at the time of the VSF boom, has put pressure on realizations in the global markets. It has resulted in global prices declining by around 15 percent.
Students in the apparel and design fashion technology department of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) recently exhibited their project on almond leaves as potential sources for natural dyes at the Vivasaya Thiruvizha (agricultural festival).
The textile industry plays an instrumental role in the history of the canton of Zurich. Of particular importance is the Zurich silk industry. The silk trade was the leading manufacturing industry in the canton of Zurich from 1840 to 1900. There are records of silk being made in Zurich as far back as the Middle Ages, and a number of workshops sprang up all around the country, but in 1914 the last silk factory was closed in Ticino.
Manipur Apex Handloom Weavers and Handicrafts Artisans CS Ltd organized a buyer and seller meet between Senapati district Handloom Clusters and entrepreneurs of the state to promote the traditional attire of Senapati district at the National and international market.
Devi Art Foundation presents Fracture - Indian textiles, New conversations is the gallery’s first show of the new year, and it presents a range of designers expressing themselves through textiles, drawing from the rich handloom tradition that makes up the warp and weft of India's history.
FRACTURES attempt to showcase India's rainbow diversity of handcrafted textiles. In an age when much of textile design has become mechanized, it will look to prove that weaves done by hand have a personality, an intimacy and a soul that machines will never be able to replicate.
Paschimbanga Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee during her recent visit to Dhaka observed that Bangladesh and Paschimbanga are the gateway to South Asia and there are enormous economic potential in areas that remains unexplored as yet. Mamata Bannerjee said that they can work together to make the two sides' business destinations for others. There are many potential areas including garment, textile, handloom, tourism, boutique and entertainment where both can work together.
The Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) has raised the demand ahead of the Union Budget to impose duty on imports of jute goods from Bangladesh that has grown by 35 percent in the April-December period of this fiscal at the expense of domestic manufacturers. Over the same period, the domestic jute bags manufacturers have cut production by more than 25 percent.
Under the SAARC treaty, there is zero duty on import of jute goods from Bangladesh, thereby creating a non level playing field between jute manufacturers of India and Bangladesh.
