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MCX: T Rajkumar elected as Chairman of PAC

12 October 2022, Mumbai:

MCX elects T Rajkumar as Chairman of the Cotton Product Advisory Committee (PAC) and was unanimously elected as the Chairman of Committee.

MCX had planned to expand the Cotton Product Advisory Committee to include more representation from value chain participants including the textile industry.

While seeking wholehearted cooperation and support from the committee members, T Rajkumar as chairman of PAC, said that most of the contract specifications have been modified to curb speculation and protect the interests of the entire cotton value chain including the farmers.

He further thanked Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Piyush Goyal, Secretary of Textiles, U.P. Singh, and Textile Commissioner Smt. Roop Rashi for the continued support and for holding multiple stakeholder consultations.

He is hopeful that proactive initiatives of TAG will go a long way to make India - the true cotton clothier of the globe, also elaborated on the proposed path to be taken to address the various issues of the cotton value chain that would ensure a win-win situation for all the stakeholders across the cotton textile value chain.

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TEXWORLD NYC & Apparel Sourcing

28 September 2022, Mumbai:

Texworld NYC, Apparel Sourcing NYC, and LA Textile are once again joining forces to bring world-class global textile, apparel, and accessory manufacturers together - all on the West Coast.

The event begins this Wednesday at the California Market Center.

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International Conference on 'Digitalization'

21 September 2022, Mumbai:

International Conference on “Digitalization – A Step Towards Textile 4.0” Friday,14th October 2022, Hotel The Lalit Mumbai, Mumbai.

About Conference

In TAI's last International Conference on Textile 4.0, it introduced to the Indian Textile fraternity, the importance of digitization, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, etc. which would create the manufacturing processes into 'Smart Factory'.

This Conference aims to educate how Digitization, Digitalization, and Digital Transformation are shaping up and transforming the global textile business.

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ITMF Awards 2022

20 September 2022, Mumbai:

At the ITMF Annual Conference 2022 which was held in Davos, Switzerland, and was co-hosted by Swiss Textiles and Swiss Textile Machinery, ITMF presented for the first time the so-called ITMF Awards.

In 2022 the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award was presented to varied companies and organizations from different regions around the world.

The objective of the ITMF International Cooperation Award is to recognize progress in the area of international collaboration in the textile industry according to the values of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The objective of the ITMF Sustainability & Innovation Award is to recognize sustainable and innovative achievements in the textile industry.

 

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Lenzing: Hit landmark in photovoltaic & e-mobility expansion

03 October 2022, Mumbai:

Lenzing is currently celebrating the launch of the first development stage of the largest ground-mounted photovoltaic system in Upper Austria. The largest ground-mounted photovoltaic system in Upper Austria becomes operational.

The installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at the company’s premises underlines Lenzing’s commitment to the energy transition process.

Together with its energy partner VERBUND, Lenzing is also paving the way for the transition to zero-emission mobility.

Due to our consistent expansion in the field of photovoltaic and the transition to e-mobility, we are playing a pioneering role in Upper Austria and providing an important contribution to the region’s photovoltaic strategy for 2030,” comments Stephan Sielaff, CEO of the Lenzing Group.

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NISTI: Webinar series on "Technological Breakthrough in the Evolution of Textile Industry"

19 September 2022, Mumbai:

The first in the series is on 23rd Sept 2022 while the second is on 30th Sept 2022

Introduction and benefits of Industrial Revolution 5.0

Date: 23 / 0 9 / 2 0 2 2

TIME 4.00 PM IST.

INTRIGUING SESSION ON DRIVERS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF TEXTILE PROCESSING WITH PROF (DR.) M D TELI, FORMER DEAN - TEXTILE DEPT. (ICT MUMBAI) 

The spotlight is on the 'Introduction and benefits of Industrial Revolution 5.0' with VILAS GHARAT, MD -Gharat & Associates Board MemBer of Trustees - Textile Association of India Mumbai. 

Date: 3 0 / 0 9 / 2 0 2 2

TIME 4.00 PM IST 

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Futuristic Technology topics for Knowledge & Power for Textile Industry

22 September 2022, Mumbai:

It is the best opportunity to discover new knowledge and discuss with experts doing groundbreaking work in the textile & textile engineering industry vertical.

India ITME 2022 strives to assimilate & disseminate more knowledge & power through the futuristic Technology topics at the Conference Sessions. 

Circular Economy in the Indian Context will  be presented by Mr. Thomas Gries, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Uday Gill, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Indorama Ventures Limited, Indonesia,

Mr. Prashant Agarwal, Co-Founder, and JMD, WAZIR Advisors,

Mr. Justin Kühn, Aachen University, Germany,

Mr. Gurudas Aras, India consultant to the ITA group

Innovate: Smart Manufacturing Conference by WTiN, UK

Technical Symposium on 'Reduce-Reuse-Recycle: State of the Art' in Textile Sector by VJTI.

Composites for the Energy Sector in India by Mr. PKC Bose, Global Sustainability Advocate, Dr.-Ing.

Mohit Raina, Managing Director, Raina Industries Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Kumar Jois, Scientist, RWTH Aachen University (ITA), Germany, Prof Asim Tewari, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Dr. Rajalakshmi

Natarajan, Former Senior Scientist, and Head, Centre for Fuel Cell Technology, ARCI, IIT Madras, Ms. Gözdem Dittel, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Customised Joining Technologies for Technical Textiles by Mr. Philip Huber, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Dr.-Ing. Yves Simon Gloy, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Mr. Antonio Braz dos Santos Costa, General Manager at CITEVE – Portuguese Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing Industries, Portugal.

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NITRA: Raj K. Jain Takes Over as New Chairman

15 September 2022, Mumbai:

Raj Kumar Jain, MD, Zonac Knitting Machines (P) Ltd/Bonjour socks. is elected as the new Chairman of NITRA, the pioneering textile R&D organization in the country. 

The members of the Council of Administration NITRA had met in the 46 h AGM held on 10 th Sept.’22 at NITRA, Ghaziabad. and elected its new leadership team for the year 2022-23.

Dinesh Nolkha, the outgoing chairman handed over the baton to the new team. While taking over the charge, the newly appointed chairman profusely thanked the outgoing chairman for his invaluable guidance that had helped NITRA grow during his tenure. He also assured to deliver of quality service from NITRA to the Indian T&C/T&A industry and its allied sectors. 

Vidit Jain, Joint. MD, Pasupati Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd. is elevated as Dy. Chairman.  Sandeep Hora, Partner & CEO, Aeronav Industrial Safety Appliances has been inducted as the new Vice Chairman.

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