F2F Compendium

How did the idea translate into something as tangible as an organisation? During my training and career as an architect—spread between India and England for over thirty-five years, I was closely involved with various aspects of green, energy-efficient and sustainably-built environment projects. I was passionate about conservation programmes and heritage support to buildings, people and places. I had opportunities to conduct extensive research, as well as head community-based action programmes...

Shipments in most of the textile machinery segments experienced worldwide declines in the last year. The deliveries of new short-staple spindles dropped 15 per cent from 2013 to 2014. Shipped long-staple spindles and open-end rotors increased by 70 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively, and the number of shipped draw-texturing spindles grew by around 12 per cent. Shipments of both shuttle-less looms and new large circular knitting machines also fell by 14 per cent and 22 per cent year-on-year...

The global production of textile machinery annually is worth over US $ 20 Billion. Among the biggest manufacturers of textile machinery are Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France and China. India does not figure at the top, but it has a big growth opportunity and prospect on this count, especially with growing demand in the export market of textile products. According to a knowledge paper prepared by Suvin Advisors for India International Textile Machinery Exhibitions Society (India ITME Society)...

Textile manufacturers, the obvious target audience of textile machinery manufacturers, have a lot to say – from the brands they use and prefer to the problems they face during the production process. And they have their own set of solutions and suggestions on how machinery manufacturers can make life easier for them. Most are plausible and can be implemented. On issues that machines face There are a number of issues that cropped up when Fibre2Fashion spoke to textile manufacturers. Ravi S Jalan...