Textile Testing and Development Centre, the first ever Public Private Partnership venture of Textiles Committee, Ministry of Textiles, Govt of India and Madura Spinners Association Trust formed by various Textile and Clothing Associations of Madurai, is functioning for the past two and half years.

The spinning machine, Vortex 861 of Muratec Machinery, Japan has been spinning many a success story since its launch. It has been producing successfully functional and fashionable yarn with excellent value.

Arioli’s new Vapo 2003 steam agers has many special features to increase productivity, and obtain excellent performances on finished products.

Keeping high table tension draft in combers results in increase in production rate and 2.49% improvement in length of fibre as well as 1.75% improvements in 5% AFIS at same noil, infer S G Kulkarni, Badbade Pramod R, Kalas Nitin V and Patil Vinod S.

New developments in weaving have taken place in such a direction, which ensures reduced time, energy and cost involved. Heavy mechanical parts are now being replaced with electronic or microprocessor controlled alternatives.

Inflation, hardening Indian rupee, retail boom & so on; the Indian garment industry is in a ferment of changes. Do these augur well or warn impending ills? M K Panthaki analyses some aspects.

The drape of fabric is a very important property to be analysed before selecting a fabric for garment Production, says S V Bhalerao, who discusses the development of drape measuring instruments and issues related to it.

There is vast scope in the application of textile materials for the replacement of tissue, nerve guideline, arteries, and bones, say D Somasundaram and V K Kothari, who discuss the issue of textile materials in implantable medical applications.

The German textile industry is changing. The ensuing transition is reflected in the textile region Neckar-Alb, too, which traditionally is seen among the most important in Europe.

Though the RFID cannot completely replace the barcode technology due to its higher cost, the scope for accuracy, speed and the return on investment is high in RFID system, affirm Rajkishore Nayak, K N Chatterjee, Tanuj Gupta and Asimananda Khandual.