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EDITORIAL |
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Unprecedented fall of rupee
and challenges ahead |
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TEXTILE
BRIEFS NATIONAL |
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TEXTILE
BRIEFS INTERNATIONAL |
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ISLAMABAD
OUTLOOK |
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Exports target difficult to
achieve |
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NEWS AND VIEWS
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AROUND THE WORLD
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CORPORATE NEWS |
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Lenzing FR® fiber
production capacity increased for TenCate Defender™ M
military fabrics |
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Artemis Beteiligungen
IV AG has acquired 6.71 % of Rieter's registered shares |
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Polo Ralph Lauren
provides parade outfits for US Olympic team |
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PTT production plant
by Oerlikon Barmag at Jiangsu Zhonglu Technology in China |
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James Heal Apollo2
- Xenon ARC Light and weather fastness tester 800 |
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British Standards
Institute revises flammability requirements for window
treatments |
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EPA approves Pakistan
Textile City project at Port Qasim |
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Cobble opens carpet
machinery plant in China |
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PERSONALIA
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DYES &
CHEMICAL |
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Cognis sells its
Pulcra Chemicals business to strategic investor |
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Huntsman introduces Novacron® Navy C-BN and Novacron® Navy
FN-BN |
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Dow
Corning launches new “ideal” silicone softener |
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FAIRS
& EXHIBITIONS |
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Intertextile Pavilion wraps
up with 70% more visitors |
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Upcoming Messe
Frankfurt textile trade events in China include: |
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5th International Conference
on Statistical Sciences |
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Thai designers show their mettle
at BIFF&BIL 2008 
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FEATURES |
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Revolutionary
new range of High-Efficiency Textile Squeezing Rolls |
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9th Coatema
International Coating Symposium |
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GENERAL ARTICLES |
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Progress of Cotton Production
in Pakistan and Global Trends by
Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emeritus, Textile Institute
of Pakistan. |
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Compressive wet spinning
by Dr.B.S.Dasaradan, P.Karthick,
A.Vignesh Shankar, R.Gnanavivekanandhan, S.Suresh kumar.
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Cotton and its battles for survival
by Mian Iftkhar Afzal, B.Sc (UK),
B.S (N.C. State),
M.SC (Leeds), FPSI (Pak), C.Text.FTI (UK).
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ITALIAN REVIEW |
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Pak-Italy
Economic and Trade Relations
by Dr. Noor Ahmed Memon |
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The household and funishing textile market in Italy |
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Luigi
Botto: Innovations and great classics redux
Sophisticated collections for
Fall/Winter 2009-2010. |
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The textile
machinery industry: an Italian success story |
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ITMA ASIA + CITME
2008 |
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170 Italian manufacturers at
ITMA ASIA+CITME2008 |
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ITEMA Weaving – The new benchmark
in weaving machines |
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Savio Macchine Tessili
S.p.A. |
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Smit Textile: Weaving excellence
on display |
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Brazzoli displayed INNOFLOW®
EXL |
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Novelties
at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 |
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Marzoli
S.p.A. |
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Loptex
S.r.l |
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Biancalani
S.p.A. |
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Stalam S.p.A |
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Castello
Officine S.r.l |
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Comez
S.p.A. |
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L.G.L.
Electronics S.p.A. |
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Tecnorama
S.r.l |
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Caipo
Automazione Industriale S.r.l |
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Mesdan
SpA |
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ITMA ASIA + CITME
2008 |
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Asia’s most important textile
machinery show in terms of exhibiting space and technology |
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Uster Technologies: Quality Milestones
in Spinning Mills |
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SSM/ HACOBA:The spirit of excellence |
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Truetzschler: Productivity,
quality and energy efficiency |
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Morrison Textile Machinery |
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Glimpses
of ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 |
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