Parivartan Awards for Sustainability and Innovation 2011 recognize and showcase such companies that have used innovation for making their products, processes, facilities and operations sustainable.
The Parivartan Awards will be announced at Parivartan 2011, March 24 in New Delhi, India’s only forum to focus exclusively on driving adoption for sustainability initiatives in businesses by promoting the business case with decision makers: both on the production side as well as on the consumption front. It is the forum of choice to promote sustainably driven market development and innovation.
Award nominations are invited from the companies with sustainability innovations in products, processes and operations in the following sectors:
• Textile and Apparel
• Processed Food and Beverage
• Automotive
• IT and IT Enabled Services
For all verticals except IT and ITES:
I. Sustainability Award for Product Innovation
A. Sustainable Material Usage
B. Sustainable Packaging and Logistics Innovation
C. Easy Recycling and Reuse
II. Sustainability Award for Process Innovation
A. Process Improvement leveraging Energy Efficiency
B. Process Improvement leading to Water Conservation
C. Process Improvement for Waste Management
CASHMERE WORLD 2011 will move to 24-26 October, 2011. This allows exhibitors and visitors to combine their sales and buying trips in one month. The fair will take place in the same venue, the Chinese National Convention Center, in Beijing.
Mr. Tian Hong, Director of The China Chamber of Commerce of the Import and Export of Foodstuffs, Native Produce & Animal By-Products (CFNA) and co-organiser of CASHMERE WORLD explained, “The new dates, which are one month earlier, give buyers more opportunities to gather information, look for new suppliers and compare prices before placing orders.”
CASHMERE WORLD is the only trade show dedicated exclusively to the whole supply chain of the international cashmere industry. It is designed to help the global cashmere industry grow sustainably. Displayed products cover every stage, from raw materials, through manufacturing technology, testing and grading standards methods, to finished fashion products.
As a small, but prestigious part of the overall global apparel industry, the demand for cashmere is driven by fashion. For example: determining fashion colours for the up-coming season has led to the first Cashmere World Colours - now a regular feature of the fair, where visitors can view the upcoming colours, materials and styles.
Lately "Energy-saving Carbon-reduction" has become the advanced countries' top agenda. Through the examination on the "carbon footprint", the carbon emission of any commercial product can be clearly visualized, which aids the enterprises to improve the production process and to meet the international green-purchase requirements.
This time the "green licensing" ceremony is held by the Small & Medium Enterprise Department (one branch of Department of Economics), of which the auditing process was entitled to Taiwan Green Production Fund and entrusted to International Testing Organizations stitch as SGS, TUV and others. SGS and TUV conducted the "carbon footprint enterprises including the 2010 Taiwan Quality-Goods Award winners Singtex.
Carbon footprint is calculated based on the amount of carbon emission produced in any products life cycle.
The advanced countries of the world have set up footprint examination as a major goal for reducing global warming. More and more world famous enterprises have plunged themselves into the carbon footprint exam of calculating, the enterprises are capable of excavating the inefficient point in the process of manufacturing. Thus, carbon reduction can be gradually achieved execution; cost reduction is possible in the manufacturing process, which eventfully benefits both the enterprises and the environment.
Scorpio Acquisition Corporation, an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P., has completed its previously announced acquisition of Polymer Group Inc. The transaction helps continue to position PGI as a leader in the nonwovens industry.
PGI's chief executive officer, Veronica (Ronee) M. Hagen, stated, "The sale to Blackstone is the culmination of our strategic review process and we believe that this transaction represents the best value alternative available to our stockholders.Blackstone is committed to supporting our strategy of continued growth and investment in proprietary capabilities in our markets around the globe. The leadership team and all of the employees of PGI are excited to begin the next chapter at PGI and to maintain our position as a global industry leader."
Anjan Mukherjee, a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone, added, "Blackstone is excited to close on the acquisition of Polymer Group. We look forward to working with the management team to further enhance the company's already strong global position and reputation and to extend its reach into new products and markets."
Each holder of shares of PGI common stock will receive $15.32 in cash per share promptly following closing, which is equal to $18.23 per share minus the previously-announced per share amount of $2.91 that will be held in an escrow to cover liabilities, costs and expenses related to the application of the "personal holding company" rules of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to PGI and its subsidiaries.
HGTV, the country’s leading home and lifestyle television network, will expand its collection of licensed products with the launch of the HGTV HOME brand and three new product lines in the paint, flooring and bedding categories. Sherwin-Williams will launch the exclusive HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams, a line of interior paint and painting supplies, available in 3,000 stores by June 2011.
Beginning this spring, Shaw Industries will launch the exclusive HGTV HOME-Flooring by Shaw in select retail outlets, and the HGTV HOME fashion bedding collection, in partnership with Victoria Classics, will become available at retail nationwide.
HGTV HOME products are designed to be both functional and stylish, providing consumers with the right blend of form and innovation. Rooted in great design and aligned with current marketplace trends, the products translate the rich content, educational and inspirational voice, and great style that consumers love about HGTV to home and lifestyle products.
The new product lines will showcase a variety of stylish and innovative offerings within the targeted categories. HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams features eight unique color collections, durable and low-odor paint, as well as smart tools designed to help consumers enjoy a perfect painting experience. HGTV HOME-Flooring by Shaw features carpet, hardwood, laminate and area rugs. The selection also will include green choices such as Shaw’s Anso nylon and Epic hardwood.
The Gujarat textile sector attracted investments amounting to around Rs 252 billion at the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Summit - 2011. In all 139 MoUs were inked at the 2011 summit out of which 34 MOU's are from the emerging Technical Textiles sector. The total investment in Textiles sector is expected to create employment opportunities for around 140,448 people.
The major portions of the investments were made in the Spinning sector, followed by Technical Textiles and rest was accounted for by textile parks, fabric processing and apparel sector. The total investment in technical textiles sector totaling to Rs 45.50 billion (USD 1 billion), which in turn will generate employment for around 12,340 people.
Among the major overseas investors is Finland-based Ahlstrom Fiber composites, a leader in medical textiles and which already has an operational Nonwovens plant in Mundra and is now planning to invest another Rs 400 million. Another Austrian investor is TenCate Geosynthetics Austria Gmbh, which is investing Rs 1 billion and will generate employment for around 100 people.
From amongst the domestic textile investors are Welspun India which is investing Rs 7 billion, Chiripal Poly Films Ltd is investing Rs 10 billion to produce BOPP and BOPET and similar expansion in both (film/yarn for application in technical textile) and Alok Industries is investing Rs 6 billion in expansion of existing capacities and processing for technical textiles.
Others include Narmada Thermal Power Ltd in a Polyester Film (BOPET) plant at a cost of Rs 4 billion; Sumilon Polyester Ltd is investing Rs 2.5 billion in a Pet Film and Metalised Polyester Film unit and GIT Textiles Manufacturing Limited is setting up a technical textiles weaving unit by investing Rs 1 billion.
Shubh Polyfilms Pvt Ltd is investing Rs 2.09 billion to produce BOPET Films, Modern Denim Ltd is investing Rs 1.98 billion to produce protective and sportswear fabrics and a technical textiles park is being setup by Hi Tech Technical Textile Park India at a cost of Rs 1 billion.
Read More about Gujarat - Investment hub for Technical Textiles @ Technicaltextile.net
After the distribution of the collective trademark labels to the pashmina exporters, the pashmina entrepreneurs have now officially started exporting ´Chyangra Pashmina´.
Nepal Government gave a nod to bestow the Nepali Chayngra Pashmina with a trademark in October last year and thus made a way for extensive promotion of the country’s third most exportable handicraft product.
In the first stage, around 600 labels were distributed among five pashmina exporting firms including Everest Pashmina Knitting and Webbing Industry, Indecom Soie Pvt Ltd, Nepal Pashmina Udhyog, Everest Cashmere Industry and Sagarmatha Silk Industry.
Exporters may obtain those trademark labels if their products comply with the quality norms for exportable products.
Granting of this trade mark is looked upon to take the Nepali Chyangra to new heights of success. The initial five months of the current financial year 2010-11 saw the country’s pashmina exports falling by 8.3 percent to Rs 600 million.
The trademark has been registered in 38 countries and efforts are still going on to get it registered in eight more countries.
