The fourth edition of 'Texcellence '09', a conference focused on textile and allied sector was hosted in Ahmedabad between November 13th -14th at the premises of the Ahmedabad Management Association...

Medical textiles account for a huge market due to widespread applica¬tions not only in hospitals, hygiene and health care sectors, but also in hotels and other environments where hygiene is required. It is known that microorganisms create and aggravate problems in hospitals and other environments by transmitting diseases and infec¬tions through clothing, bedding, etc....

Due to increasing requirements on the finishing of textile fabrics, increasing use of technical textiles with synthetic fibers, as well as the market and society demand for textiles that have been processed by environmentally sound methods, new innovative production techniques are demanded. In this field, the plasma technology shows distinct advantages because it is environmentally friendly, and even surface properties of inert materials can be changed easily....

Over the last few decades, lots of efforts have been made to protect the human life in industry against a large variety of hazards. Electrical maintenance work is required to be carried out in the vicinity of very high voltage electrical equipment and in overhead transmission line....

Disposable Medical Textile (DMT) is likely to grow rapidly in India in the near future. During the last ten years a lot of effort is in vogue for the development of technical textile (TT) in India. The DMT, in all probability, would emerge as one of the most prominent products among TT....

During the past few years, market for technical textiles has been sizzling at the global range. The industry is growing at a very fast pace, especially in the Asian region. In India, the potential of this segment is still untapped....