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22nd Apr 2022

The next edition of Techtextil will take place in Frankfurt from June 21 to 24, 2022. The return of Italian textile machinery manufacturers to the trade fair after the last edition in 2019 will once again see them in the spotlight. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for special-purpose textiles, especially in the medical and PPE sectors.

7th Jan 2014

The Piedmont Section of AATCC, the Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals, will host a full day seminar on Automotive Textiles

3rd Dec 2020

The Indian ministry of textiles recently issued a notification inviting proposals from registered exporter associations and trade bodies for setting up a dedicated Export Promotion Council (EPC) for Technical Textiles. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, in a meeting on February 26, 2020, had approved the constitution of such a dedicated EPC.

23rd Apr 2019

Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA) will present two nanofibre based projects for investors at the one-day National Investors’ Conclave on Technical Textiles (NICTT), to be held in Coimbatore on April 24, 2019. ATIRA will present an antiviral facemask and a water filter cartridge bottle, both of them made using nanofibre.

24th Dec 2021

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Faruque Hassan recently stressed the importance of capacity building within the garment and textile industry along with policy support to tap technical textiles sector opportunities, including manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE), surgery gowns and masks.

20th Mar 2014

The technical textiles sector in Brazil will benefit from Portuguese technology as associations from both the countries have signed a major

22nd Jan 2019

The first Indian standard for bullet resistant jackets for protection against small arms and ammunition for the defence, paramilitary and police forces was released recently.The standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards after a draft finalised by the Textiles Protective Clothing Sectional Committee was approved by the Textile Divisional...

14th Feb 2020

China's apparel firms have stepped up to tackle the acute shortage of protective medical gear and face masks due to the coronavirus outbreak by tweaking production lines and building new workshops. The government has also asked firms to work at maximum capacity putting aside overcapacity concerns, promising to buy everything if the market cannot...

3rd Nov 2021

The China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA) recently held the Fifth Member Congress and celebrated its 20th anniversary in Beijing. The Congress reviewed and approved the report of the Fourth Council, and elected the Fifth Council. CNITA includes institutions and associations in the field of nonwovens and technical textiles.

30th Mar 2016

India to host the 2nd Global Geosynthetics Summit in New Delhi from 19-20 May 2016, according to the event’s website. The summit would be organised by