In this issue

India is still miles away from tapping the full potential of organic cotton despite a major global share of 56% and a promise of 20% higher return for farmers from this white gold. The ITJ cover story portrays the problems and prospects, and it also includes inputs from KR Kranthi of ICAC, Amit Narke of Purecotz, Sumit Gupta of GOTS and Avinash Mayekar of Suvin Advisors. Trailblazer is on Coimbatore-based ELGi Equipments, which is on road to become No.2 in air compressors. EnterPRIZE is on Candor Textiles; while Face2Face carries interviews of two industry personalities – Anjani Prasad of Archroma and Marc Jarrault of Lapp Group India. Also, don’t forget to read our review on Texfair 2017, which took place in Coimbatore recently. ​

SAATHI To Make Powerlooms Energy-Efficient

The Ministries of Power and Textiles have joined hands under a new initiative SAATHI (Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries).

2 mins

Octopus-Inspired Camouflage Material!

Biomimetic approaches can help with the development of sophisticated high performance textiles.

1 min

Danfoss Next-Gen Drives for TN SMEs

Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd, an industry leader in climate and energy efficient solutions, showcased its NextGen High Power Automation Drives – VLT Drive with enclosure size E and the VLT Midi Drive, in Chennai recently as a part of their ‘Engineering Tomorrow’s India’ initiatives.

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Asia's Textile Chemicals Market To Grow 7.6%

Asia’s textile chemicals market is projected to exhibit a CAGR of 7.6 per cent to reach nearly $11,626 million by the end of 2014-2020.

1 min

Organic Cotton Thorny Issues Stifle Growth

India is still miles away from tapping the full potential of organic cotton despite a major global share of 56 per cent and a promise of 20 per cent higher return for farmers from this white gold. An ITJ Exclusive portrays the problems and prospects.

9 mins

Organic Textiles: Blessings For The Future!

The demand of organic textiles in India is much less and has not yet reached the peak for Indian entrepreneurs to jump into organic manufacturing, says Avinash Mayekar.

6 mins

Candor Textiles: A Stellar Performance!

A two-decade old technical textile manufacturer in India has achieved the impossible -- exporting 95 per cent of its products to developed countries.

3 mins

DILO's Vector 200 Debuts At Since 2017

One of Dilo’s innovations is the “Vector 200”, a new crosslapper by DiloMachines, which is unique with an infeed speed of more than 200 m/min.

3 mins

Russian Firm Starts Up New Truetzschler Lines

This repeat order of a larger number of Truetzschler’s symTTec spinning positions confirms the long-term and successful cooperation between the two companies.

1 min

Sweden Keen On Tie-Up With Aditya Birla Group On Smart Textiles

Sven-Erik Bucht Minister for Rural Affairs from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation Sweden arrived in Mumbai to discuss a joint project on smart textiles involving potentially Aditya Birla Group, Swedish company Domsjö and the two governments as well as the European Union.

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The Indian Textile Journal Magazine Description:

What are the prospects for the Indian textile industry in 2015 & beyond? An ITJ cover story in the January 2015 edition reveals the pulse of the industry cutting across a cross-section of industry leaders, experts and authorities, including the Textiles Minister Santosh Gangwar, and Textile Secretary, SK Panda, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, the latter speaking in an exclusive interview with ITJ. This month's trailblazer is Welspun, which has spun a new success story by commissioning a 1.7-lakh spindle automated spinning plant at Anjar in Gujarat. Another special feature discloses the hidden potential of silicones for the Indian market, backed by interviews from two leaders -- Padmadas Nair from Dow Corning and Soumitra Mukherjee of Wacker. In short, we have kicked off the New Year 2015 with a special issue filled with information-packed features. Don't miss it!