Investments in the high employment generator; textile sector is expected to receive a boost from the Vibrant Gujarat Summit beginning tomorrow. Investment proposals already received and for the which Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) have crossed the Rs 200 billion mark, up from Rs 84 billion in the previous summit in 2009.
The Gujarat government is mainly trying to attract investments in the technical textiles sector, which is still in its nascent stage in India. Two major multinational technical textile companies seem to have shown keen interest in setting up manufacturing operations in the state.
The other sector which is evincing interest is the spinning sector, in which the government has received around 40 proposals of the 125 odd investment proposals received. The technical textiles sector has attracted around 15 investors, with the rest accounted for by those in weaving, fabric processing and apparel manufacturing.
Amongst the major investors are big textile houses like, Alok Tex¬tiles, Welspun Group, S Kumar's Nationwide, SEL India, Chiripal group, Bhilwa¬ra Group, Jaydeep textiles, Nagarika Group, Mangal Textiles, Lux Hosiery, Filatex Group and many others. Amongst the global companies who are investing in the vertical of technical textiles are TenCate Geosynthetics and American Hygienics Corporation.
Teijin Fibers Limited in an announcement stated that it has come out with a new polyester fabric that is skin friendly. The company has developed this new fabric by maintaining an acidic pH level, comparable with the skin. The company further announced that this will be the first commercial polyester fabric of the world to provide pH control.
The company will put up the material for sale particularly for the spring and summer 2012 sportswear collections. The new fabric will also be sold for general garments as well as other uses.
The material will be displayed at two global sports trade shows in the coming days; one is the Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City, USA to be organized from January 20 to 23, and the other is the ISPO in Munich, Germany that is likely to be held between February 6 and 9.
The company revealed that the slight acidic property of the fabric has been obtained by altering the polyester polymer so that it can sustain its pH level firmly even after frequent wash and wear. The fabric will also sustain the advanced properties of polyester like water absorption and rapid drying characteristics.
The new material is likely to fulfill the growing requirements of the customers for such textiles and clothing which have value-added features like skin friendliness, odour prevention, stain resistance and antibacterial property.
When a Government research institution, joins hand with the private sector to start playing the role of incubator of entrepreneurial projects, then businesses are definitely bound to go places and in the process benefiting all. Zonal Technology Management and Business Planning & Development unit at Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai in association with fiber2fashion organised a Business Development Programme for “Cotton Technologies” on January 7 at Ahmedabad.
The august gathering was made up from those from the cotton value chain as well as the packaging and particle board manufacturing sector and eminent speakers included experts and scientists from CIRCOT, CICR – Nagpur and CIAE – Bhopal.
In welcoming the delegates, Dr P R Roy, Director, fibre2fashion.com said, “In India, CIRCOT is a premier cotton research organization. Their pioneering research is indeed commendable and needs to be taken to the market place. During my visit to CIRCOT a few months ago, we discussed about the areas of research in cotton technology and products developed by the organisation and the ways and means to commercialize the same.
“Since Gujarat is perhaps one of the leading cotton producers in the country, the entrepreneurs in Gujarat could be interested in testing, incubating and commercializing the various cotton technologies developed by CIRCOT. Normally there is very little interest by the people in the R&D activities undertaken by premier institutes. However, that is now changing and now even the Gujarat government is taking interest in the Ahmedabad Textile Research Association (ATIRA), to ensure that there is an improvement in its functioning.
The 17th SPINEXPO Shanghai will be held grandly at the Pudong Expo Centre on March 8th-10th, 2011. The last edition of SPINEXPO Shanghai has attracted 165 textile mills and fibre manufacturers/promoters from 16 countries, welcomed 7,975 visitors. The oversea visitors representing 48% of the whole visitors recorded a significant increasing, which proved once again the leading position of SPINEXPO in international yarn & fibre exhibition sector and that SPINEXPO’s influence has been more and more far-reaching. The 17th SPINEXPO Shanghai will certainly offer an international creative platform for fibres, yarns, knitted fabrics & knitwear as always.
Transform starts from NEW
According to the description of organizer that a new visual identity to showcase the upcoming Spring/Summer 2012 collections: after eight years with the same identity, a revised new stand concept will host the collections of our exhibitors. Going ahead with the creative and innovative Trend Area “Looking to the Future”, our modern stand concept is neutral and dynamic based on luminescent white partitions and LED lighting, for a completely new scenography.
A new fascia will indicate the sector of the exhibiting company’s activity: spinning, knitting, machinery manufacturing, trading and so on. In the meanwhile, a new SPINEXPO team promotes in all parts of China and discovers newcomers in the textile sector, with a dialogue in a more accurate way with exhibitors and visitors. With the strengthening of China’s sophisticated consumer, it has become important to be closer to the market.
Furthermore, the new venue will start in September 2011, where all exhibitors, trends and marketing information will be reunited on one single floor of 14000 square meters.
By 3 January 2011, European Chemicals Agency - ECHA received 3,114,835 notifications of 24,529 substances for the Classification and Labelling Inventory. By this deadline, industry had to notify the classification and labelling of all chemical substances that are hazardous or subject to registration under the REACH regulation and placed on the EU market.
Geert Dancet, Executive Director of ECHA, said This is a perfect start for the International Year of Chemistry. The Classification and Labelling Inventory, which will be publicly available later this year, will significantly improve safety by providing up-to-date information on all the hazardous substances that are on the EU market today.
The Classification, Labelling and Packaging regulation relates to chemical substances and mixtures. It introduces into the EU the criteria of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonised System for classifying and labelling chemicals. One of the aims of the CLP regulation is to improve the protection of human health and the environment by providing criteria for defining when a substance or mixture displays properties that lead to its classification as hazardous.
CLP applies to manufacturers, importers, users or distributors of chemical substances or mixtures. They must classify, label and package any substance or mixture, regardless of its annual tonnage, in accordance with the Regulation.
The largest number of the notifications, over 800 000, came from Germany. Over 500 000 notifications were submitted from the United Kingdom and nearly 300 000 from France. All together over 6 600 companies notified at least one substance.
President Benigno C. Aquino III through Proclamation No. 86 has announced January 24, 2011 as the “Philippine Tropical Fabrics Day" and the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) and the Department of Science and Technology have been made responsible for the same.
Raising awareness and trying to boost the use of indigenous fibres and fabrics are the two main aims behind observing this day.
The President said that, as the use of tropical fabrics of Philippine unfurls eventually, this would generate awareness and a sense of honour amongst the citizens inspiring them to patronize the domestically produced textiles, which is likely to result in the growth of nationalism and extensive employment generation.
He made a mention of the Philippine Tropical Fabrics Law of 2004 (Republic Act 9242), which stipulates use of at least three percent of tropical fabrics incorporating natural fibres which are either spun, produced, knitted or woven and finished in the country, for preparing the uniforms of the government officials and employees.
If the domestic tropical fabrics are used it could save around $547.8 million that is P23.977 billion in importing fibres, as there are around 1.3 million government officials and employees who require uniforms.
He also said that, the implementation of the RA 9242 is believed to give a boost to the use of natural fibres like banana, Philippine silk, pineapple and abaca. Such a drive is very much desired, he added.
To deliver more value and business opportunities, Messe Frankfurt will launch the third home textile trade show in China next year under its world renowned Heimtextil brand. Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles Spring Edition, co-organised with the Sub-Council of Textile Industry (CCPIT) and the China Home Textile Association (CHTA), will take place at the INTEX Shanghai and Shanghaimart from 2 – 4 April 2011.
To meet the growing demand for home textile products in China, the new show offers domestic suppliers and buyers of bedding products and decorative fabrics a professional platform to do business. Held in spring, a traditional sourcing period for bedding and upholstery fabrics, the event has already attracted over 190 exhibitors from the major bedding and upholstery manufacturing zones of Yuhang and Haining in China.
Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles Spring Edition is the sister event of Intertextile Guangzhou Home Textile China and Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles. Ms Wendy Wen, Director, Trade Fairs, Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd said: “The synergy effects of these three shows will deliver even more opportunities for suppliers and buyers to boost their business domestically and internationally.”
The next edition of Intertextile Guangzhou Home Textile China will take place in Guangzhou at the China Import and Export Fair Complex, from 18 – 21 March 2011. Held together with the largest furniture exhibition in Asia, the China international Furniture Fair and four other home related events, the show is regarded as southern China’s whole home platform. In 2010, 18,495 professional trade buyers sourced a wide variety of creatively designed textile products from 181 exhibitors from 6 countries and regions.
