For both the ring and compact yarns, the effect of length uniformity is pronounced when the fibre tenacity and yarn count are less, and also, as the yarn becomes finer the yarn breaking load decreases.

Intelligent textiles provide ample evidence of the potential and enormous wealth of opportunities still to be realised in the textile industry in the fashion and clothing sector, as well as in the technical textiles sector.

By using enzyme for bleach cleanup one can get the benefits from the environmental point as well as from the economical point of view like reduced water, energy and chemicals consumption.

It was grit and perseverance that made the Spanish Armada of 1588 nearly conquer England! A present-day team of Spanish textile machinery makers, emboldened by their successes at the recently concluded ITMA Munich, has initiated positive moves to capture a sizeable share in the Indian textile market with their latest wares & technologies. Spearheading this enterprising drive is Amec-Amtex, the textile machinery division of AMEC, the leading Spanish industries association.

• Pannon's ATENAS for flexible & high-speed printing
• Icomatex lends knits a cost-effective finish
• COTEMA lines for blankets, carpets & technical textiles
• Many takers for Cosmotex's automatic ironing system
• Twistechnology offers unique twist to technical textiles
• Gali's Lyoprinter LM , a printer with a difference
• PENELOPE CAD for perfect simulation
• MCH dyeing range: Reliable & flexible
• Jumberca: Knitting for stripers & sweaters

Apart from the Hometech, utilised by the world-class hospitality sector in India encouraged by the influx of foreign tourists, the Meditech, Mobiletech, and Geotech are the other promising fields.

• Ahlstrom plans medical nonwoven plant in India
• Global speciality fibres growth to average 10%
• New carbon fibre from MRC
• Low & Bonar acquiring MTX Group
• Dilo’s aerodynamic web forming machines
• Fleissner LeanJet for wet wipes
• Montex 7000 TT: A new star for technical textiles
• Montex industrial glassfibre fabrics
• Garware’s geosynthetic reinforced soil structures
• New INDA Intern Program
• Sportswear industry gears up to meet high performance demands
• EDANA calls for papers: FILTREX 08
• Alfred Watzl retires from Fleissner
• Richard Hough’s new development in geotextile calendaring
• Warp knitted nets for agricultural sector
• Sheilz protective wear
• Training workshops on nonwovens & geo-textiles

The knitted fabric with a loop length of 2.5 mm has better appearance than the fabrics of other loop lengths, and in particular 10% stretch level shows a better appearance for 2.5 mm loop length.

Hitech International Trade Fair India Private Limited's second edition of textile technology exhibition, INDIA-TEXPO (Complete solutions for textile technology) is slated to be held in Coimbatore from March 7 - 10, 2008.