Less than a decade ago, never did home textiles figure in the turnover graph of the Rs 450-crore-turnover Creative Group. But, now nearly 25 to 30% of its turnover is accounted for by the group’s activities on the home textiles front. This is one side of the story. On the other side is the successful brand building exercise on the home textiles front of Creative Group, spearheaded by renowned brands like Portico New York.

A T E Group is a well-known business group in textile industry has been regularly participating in Trade Fairs and international events. Mr Gurudas.V Aras, Senior Vice President, Head- Textile Engineering Group, A T E Marketing Pvt Ltd, spoke to The Indian Textile Journal.

“India’s growing machinery import figures signal enormous potential” -- Mr Alan Little, Director of BTMA spoke to the Editor of The Indian Textile Journal.

Today, ATE Group is synonymous with all the best technologies needed for the textile industry -- from fibre to garmenting.

Mr Binu N, CEO & MD of Fairs Design India Pvt Ltd, the main organiser from the Indian side spoke to The Indian Textile Journal on Texmac India 2007.

Dow Corning Corporation, USA, which launched its Indian outfit, Dow Corning India Pvt Ltd six years ago, has been riding on a wave of success, having 7,000 products and services under its portfolio. With 20,000 customers and a sales figure of about US$ 4 billion in 2005, its active patents figure of 4,200 worldwide is no mean achievement.

TUF Times, Tough Decision

Barring a hike in the Technology Upgradation Fund, the Budget 2008-09 has by and large ignored the textile industry. At a time, when the textile industry's exports have suffered with a fall of 22% in one year, FM has disappointed with his omissions on issues such as rationalisation of import duties on fibres.

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Italian Textile Machinery 
- A Special Focus

R&D focus boosts Italian machinery export