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Energy savings of up to 30% are possible if clothing and textile producers apply a ‘simple’ system of cost assessment, a Brussels conference of industry experts has been told. Yet too many companies lack fine-tuned energy data and are certainly unable to quantify the money they are losing or know how to focus on the problem.
Indian knitwear manufacturers are hoping for a major growth impetus because of industry-friendly policies being rolled out by the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government. Naval Saraf, proprietor of Super Knit Industries, a sock manufacturer in Mumbai, said: “We are very optimistic about the new government. Labour reforms are in the mind of the new Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
A wide ranging two-day seminar programme featuring leading industry experts will be held alongside this month’s Cinte Techtextil China. More than 30 seminars and product presentations are scheduled for days one and two of the fair, with topics ranging from a focus on a particular product or end application, to overviews of regional and global trends and developments. The key seminars taking place on 24 September afternoon in Hall E7 include:
DNA authentication technology from Applied DNA Sciences (APDN), a biotechnology firm that provides DNA-based authentication and security solutions and services, was recently used to interdict a shipment of mislabelled textiles resulting in over $1m worth of inventory held in quarantine.
News17 Sept 2014Hollanders Printing Systems is ceasing to supply standard service contracts on its original ColorBooster 230 machines. Instead, ad hoc maintenance options will be offered, as well as an upgrade path to either the 2.5m ColorBooster 250 or the 3.2m ColorBooster XL platform.
Polymer Group Inc (PGI) is holding ribbon cutting ceremony at its recently-expanded Old Hickory facility in Tennessee, USA, later today. The company is celebrating investments made since it acquired the plant through the Fiberweb deal last year, which include streamlining operations and reducing both carbon footprint and utility consumption.
A €1bn cut in the Research Budget of Horizon 2020 for 2015, proposed by the European Commission, could affect over 600 collaborative projects under Horizon 2020. These involve more than 7,000 participants, of which around 1,400 are small and medium enterprises, according to Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, European commissioner for research, innovation and science.
Clariant has again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), one of the most renowned sustainability indices globally. The listing names Clariant within the European DJSI, as well as in the global DJSI (DJSI World).
The 19th edition of Milano Unica, the Italian Textiles Trade Show showcasing the Autumn Winter 2015-16 collections of textiles and accessories, confirmed the projections as well as the value added teaming up to promote “Made in Italy” products globally.
BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have made a breakthrough in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. The companies have successfully converted 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) to glacial acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP).
Italian textile-apparel company, Miroglio Group, has launched Miroglio Industrial (MIND), a service business platform conceived to give added value to the textile-apparel production chain through an organisational aggregation of its players.
