India claims 1st position in terms of the installed weaving capacity in the world, but it does not have much importance in terms of quality weaving as the share of shuttleless looms to the total shuttle looms in India is just 1.62%, which is very meager in comparison to the other countries...

India ITME, 2008 - biggest textile machinery show held in India concluded on 22nd November at India's Silicon Valley, Bangalore. The show has seen a great success in terms of participants as almost every leading machinery manufacturer attended the show. Many innovations have been introduced in the show for the visitors who had come from across the globe to visit the show...

Textile is one of the key sectors in the Turkish economy in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment and export. Textile accounts for 10 % of the Turkish GDP and 20% of employment in manufacturing sector. There are about 44,000 manufacturing companies in the sector...

Present Market and Growth of Technical Textiles: According to a paper prepared by the Ministry of Textiles on technical textile industry, world market for technical Textiles products to around 23.77 million tonnes by 2010, worth $127 billion and among them India and China will be global demand growth driver for Asia...

Today, the well-known 3-roller double-apron drafting systems of ring spinning frames permit to draft rovings up to a total draft of 80 and more under optimum conditions. The task of the break-draft zone is to introduce the sliding process of the fibres of the twisted roving. In the subsequent main draft zone, the fibre strand is guided between the top and the bottom aprons and drafted to the desired final count of the yarn...

The earliest art of hand weaving along with hand spinning remains a popular craft. There are different types of weaving looms and these include handloom, frame loom and back strap loom. A loom is a mechanism or tool used for weaving yarn and thread into textiles. Looms vary in a wide assortment of sizes....