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News3 Jan 2014Cotton plantings for 2014/15 will start in a few months in the northern hemisphere, which accounts for about 90% of world production. World area is expected to fall due mostly to the expected decline in China, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
Shri Puneet Kumar has been appointed Secretary General of India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). He is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and postgraduate in Thermal Engineering from IIT, Delhi. After joining the Indian Administrative Service, he has worked in number of capacities in the Revenue Department, Co-operation Department (as MD of K.S. CARD Branch and Kerala Marketfed etc.), Technical Education Department, Excise Department and Department of Agriculture; all divisions of the Government of Kerala.
Coats plc, industrial thread and consumer textile crafts business, has appointed Ruth Anderson as non-executive director from 2 January 2014. Ms Anderson is currently non-executive director and chair of the audit committee at Ocado Group plc and Travis Perkins plc.
Norbert Klapper will take over as CEO of the Rieter Group and also heads up Business Group Spun Yarn Systems from January 1. The current head of the business group, Peter Gnägi, is standing down at the year-end at his own request, however, he will provide support during 2014 in connection with strategically important projects.
News16 Dec 2013A delicate, lace fabric in warm shades of gold and brown was developed using a Karl Mayer MJ 59/1B for the Christmas outfit pictured. The fabric consists of a fine, tulle-like net ground crossed by oval, charm-like effects featuring fine, floral motifs and tiny flowers with an openwork look. The upper and lower edges of the full-width fabric form a border featuring the same floral pattern.
Traditionally, shoes for sports and recreation have been made from numerous different materials and individual components, all of them glued, heated or sewn. The top layer of knitted shoes, in contrast, consists of a single component, manufactured in fully-fashion for a perfect fit. Economically efficient manufacture and minimal wastage make this production method very attractive, according to Groz-Beckert.
More than 45 exhibitors have confirmed their participation in ITMACH 2014, the Indian textile machinery exhibition near Mumbai. Machinery and technology exhibitors drawn from the post-spinning, weaving preparatory, weaving, dyeing, printing and processing as well as garmenting sectors are booking space at the show scheduled to take place from January 22-24, 2014.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday visited Standard Group’s burnt-out factory complex in Konabari of Gazipur. “The fire at the Standard Group factories was planned,” said the Prime Minister, who spent more than an hour at the factory, speaking to the owners and workers of the factory, which was compliant, according to BGMEA.
Unifi has purchased the assets of American Drawtech, a division of Dillon Yarn Corporation. They were relocated to the company’s Yadkinville, North Carolina, manufacturing facility in June 2013, as part of a commissioning agreement between the two companies.
