Features , 3   Mar   2010 : Ambiente, an annual exhibition, held at Frankfurt, Germany, this year was held from 12th – 16th February. The exhibition is all about the new trends in dining, giving and living which include latest tabletop, kitchen, houseware, living, furnishing and gift trends. The show saw 1,33,000 buyers review 4,504 exhibitors from 93 countries, bringing in new designs, themes, concepts and products.  

Features , 3   Mar   2010 : Heimtextil, held in January every year, is one of the biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles. The show is considered to be the annual jumpstart for the manufacturers as well as traders from across the globe. The 40th edition of the exhibition, despite the retail market and textiles industry going through a dull phase, was a success and as compared to last year,  

Features , 3   Mar   2010 : The February edition of Premiere Vision welcomed a new look for the most anticipated fabric show of the season. The show was totally reinvented as a white city, with an entirely rethoughtout urban architecture by artists Eric Jourdan and Francesca Avossa, and the use of a unique material, DuPont™ Corian®. New stands were overlaid in white and transparency, emphasizing exhibitor’s collections: the explosion of colours, the subtlety of tones and the variation of materials. This new, modern, luminous and soothing environment was the perfect setting for a season that is set to be both dynamic and optimistic. Mpdclick brings you the very best of PV…  

Features , 3   Mar   2010 : Premiere Vision is the Mecca of developments in fabric and for potential buyers it is the ideal platform to discover new suppliers with their latest offerings. Spinners, weavers, pattern designers all are there to showcase their innovative abilities. Bashi M.P. Singh of H.P. Singh decodes the fabrics trends at Premiere Vision for Apparel Online readers.  

Features , 3   Mar   2010 : Even as orders for S/S ’10 brighten the spirits of exporters, product development for S/S ’11 are under way. Designers and creators get inspired by all the boards and direction which buyers keep on feeding with their innovative ideas, catwalk images, travelling exposure and colour schemes which they work on and most important styling details with key items and which are production feasible. Four fashion forward companies – CTA Apparels, Orient Clothing, Mandhana Industries and Viraj Exports – share their inspirations for Product Development for S/S 2011.  

Features , 3   Mar   2010 : IT is taking roots in the garment industry and spearheading the movement is IT-enabled buyers and buying offices’ systems. Today most buying operations have implemented IT solutions to improve internal efficiencies, they have also looked seriously at how they can enhance communication with vendors so that the flow of information in the supply chain reduces lead time and cost. Leading the movement is Li & Fung, a $ 14.2 billion enterprise operations spanning over 40 economies, employing about 14,000 people worldwide, Li & Fung has extensively incorporated IT into their working not only for better communication but to monitor the supply chain from the customer to the vendor.  

WorldWrap , 3   Mar   2010 : For years, prominent apparel makers such as Louis Vuitton and Burberry have used various forms of intellectual property to protect their fabric designs. However, apparel designs, which establish the shape, style or cut for converting fabric into clothing, are generally not eligible for protection. Courts view clothing designs as “useful articles” that are not eligible for copyright protection. As designers push for copyright protection, a debate has arisen on the relevance of such protection in an industry driven by ‘trends’.  

Features , 3   Mar   2010 : ur rags business requires travel all the time… to meet different customers across the globe for generating business… and then to our various production centres where the orders get executed. As a frequent traveller, one faces many situations in different locations and different countries… some form wonderful memories… and then there are those that are frustrating and frightening!  

Features , 16   Feb   2010 : Producing and specialising in designer top-of-the-bed products, Gurgaon-based V&S International with a group turnover of Rs. 190 crore is a vertically integrated unit that started home textile made-ups manufacturing in 1996. Two years back the company consolidated its manufacturing at a single location for higher efficiencies. Today the company works on the principle of ‘Low volumes, High margins’  

Features , 16   Feb   2010 : Europe has retained its status as the major textile machinery production centre in the world with France ranked fourth after Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Indian textile players will soon get an opportunity to see technology from France as some leading textile machine manufacturers are coming to India under the aegis UCMTF (French Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association) to market their technology and products through seminars in the major textile hubs of India – Ludhiana and Mumbai.  

Features , 16   Feb   2010 : The southern-most State of India – Kerala, famous worldwide for its resort-town image with splendid beaches, lush greenery and ayurvedic massage, is now facing an industrial revolution as the Government of Kerala through KINFRA (Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation), a statutory body of the Government of Kerala is promoting the IT and textile industry in the State. Coming up in the capital city Trivandrum, where KINFRA already has an Apparel Park is a huge IT complex vibrant with companies like Infosys, TCS, IBS, UST Global, Toonz Animation, etc.  

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