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| LDCs get duty-free access |
On the occasion of the First Indo-Africa Forum Summit at New Delhi recently, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh announced a Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme for Least Developed Countries (LDCs). India will unilaterally provide preferential market access to exports from all the 50 least developed countries, 34 of which are in Africa. |
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| Odyssey tabletop textile printers |
 THE Odyssey line of tabletop manual textile printers is a great way to get started doing short-run spot-colour jobs and name drops without making a big investment. The most popular model in the line, the Odyssey 4100B, is a four-colour, single-station press that allows you to do multicolour at minimal expense.
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| SSM’s precision assembly winder DP5-W |
 SSM -- the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system – has recently presented its new winding machine: the DP5-W. The DP5-W is a precision winder for the production of dye packages, for the preparation of packages for weaving, warp knitting and circular knitting as well as for the rewinding operation with or without thread treatment.
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| Picanol steps up sales pitch in India with Delhi office |
 After having teamed up with Engineering & Agencies to sell its machines for over half a century in India , Picanol has decided to go at it alone. The reason: Picanol finds the market big enough to have its own base – from an average of selling 300 weaving machines a decade ago it has reached about 800 machines per year as of now.
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Biotechnology and textiles imply the use of microorganisms and enzymes to influence processing or properties of fibres, yarns and fabrics or to improve economy of the overall textile industry.
The Indian textile engineering industry, which is more than five decades old, is ranked first among the capital goods sector of the engineering industry. The textile engineering industry has expanded rapidly and its annual installed capacity is Rs 38,000 million per annum, employing more than 50,000 workers.
FASHION Shanghai 2008 will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center on March 24-26, 2008.
TRUZSCHLER has recently presented a comber for the first time. The Comber TCO 1 is a new development, and performs at rates of 500 nips/min. This results in maximum productions of 70 kg/h.
NEW DynAir relaxation dryer introduces new ‘Tumble’ action module to ensure improved shrinkage and handling for knitted fabrics plus, for the first time, Monforts integrated heat recovery system.
LECTRA, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to the soft goods industries, announces the new version of Optiplan, the most powerful and comprehensive cut-order planning and optimising software.
