Textile industry is a traditional, and very old, has been amidst almost all kinds of culture around the world from the very beginning, which almost prove the point that the history of human culture and the textiles are the same. A wide spectrum of processes is involved in the textile industry. Starting from fiber manufacturing to the final processing and garmenting stage, involves a lot of technologies and skill which leads to a quality conversion of fibers into the ultra modern fashion or a high performance commodity in the case of technical textiles.

The first major change in the textile industry took place somewhere during the industrial revolution which lead to the advent of the machines in to the manufacturing processes in the textile industry. This major breakthrough lead to reduction in the work load of the labours and pronounced the dawn of machines in the textile industry. After that there have been a lot of developments in the various sectors of the textile industry, and the following would through light on the latest developments that have taken place in the major pieces of textile industry namely spinning, weaving, knitting and processing.

Chitra Siva Sankar is with Jaisar Spintex Pvt Ltd, Tamil Nadu

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