Agro Textiles

12th Jun 2024

Beaulieu Technical Textiles unveils Recover and Recover Pro ground covers at GreenTech Amsterdam 2024, emphasising sustainability and performance. Recover features recycled materials for durability and CO2 reduction, while Recover Pro aids water management and plant health with volcanic lava rock. The range offers UV protection, longevity, and weed ...

30th Jan 2024

India’s textiles ministry and the Andhra Pradesh government hosted a National Conference on Technical Textiles in Vijayawada. It featured discussions on sustainability, circular economy, and infrastructure applications in agrotextiles and geotextiles. Attendees included industry leaders, scientists, and officials like Rajeev Saxena, G Amarnath and...

1st Oct 2023

The Indian ministry of textiles recently announced two quality control orders (QCOs) for six medical textile items and 20 agro-textile items. The QCOs shall come into force on April 1, 2024, for general domestic and foreign manufacturers. The ministry has exempted self-help groups from the medical textile QCOs to foster small-scale production of...

28th Sep 2023

India's technical textile sector is growing, with a 57 per cent increase in agrotech imports to ₹159 crore and a 24 per cent decrease in hometech imports to ₹82 crore from April to June 2023. Mobiltech imports remained stable. The ITTA reported agrotech and hometech imports at ₹102 crore and ₹108 crore, respectively, in the same period in 2022.

12th Sep 2023

In the first quarter of fiscal 2023-24, India saw a modest 1 per cent increase in technical textiles exports, raising the total to ₹5,946 crore ($716.9 million). Analysis by the ITTA noted significant growth in several sectors including a 21 per cent increase in mobitech exports and a notable 91 per cent increase in speciality fibre segment.

29th Aug 2023

Ministry of textiles has introduced the GREAT Guidelines to boost technical textiles startups in India. Offering grants of up to ₹50 lakh for 18 months, the initiative covers various application areas from smart textiles to bio-degradable textiles. About ₹151.02 cr was approved for upgrading 26 academic institutes. QCO measures have also been put ...

13th Dec 2022

RecyOuest, a French green economy company, has successfully started up world’s first recycling line that produces recycling fibres for nonwoven applications from agricultural plastic waste nets. The unique dry-cleaning system of the recycling line was delivered, installed, and commissioned by international technology group Andritz in August 2022.

3rd Nov 2022

India’s ministry of textiles has cleared 20 strategic research projects worth around ₹74 crore in the areas of agrotextiles, speciality fibre, smart textiles, activewear textiles, strategic application areas, protective gear, and apparel sports textiles on November 1, 2022. The strategic research projects fall under the NTTM flagship programme.

22nd Jun 2022

Beaulieu Technical Textiles (BTT) is displaying sustainable technical solutions at the ongoing Techtextil 2022, in booth C43, hall 9.1, from June 21-24, 2022. BTT makes woven technical fabrics for horticultural and landscaping industries and is improving its product portfolio through R&D partnerships with agronomy experts and research institutions.