ATNT-2008 In Coimbatore
An international conference on Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwoven and Technical Textiles ATNT-2008, will be held in Coimbatore city, popularly known as Manchester of South India from July 14-16, 2008. It is jointly organized by Department of Textiles and Clothing, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, India and The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, USA. The main theme of the conference is emerging and cutting-edge advancements in the frontier areas of Textiles, Machinery, Nonwoven and Technical Textiles. A special feature of the conference is its emphasis on the entire value-chain of textiles, from fiber to fashion fabric, and apparel fabric to technical textiles.The main theme of the conference is emerging and cutting-edge advancements in the frontier areas of Textiles
India is emerging as a textile and manufacturing powerhouse with enormous growth opportunities. With the burgeoning middle-class population over 300 million; there will be an explosion of textile material usage in all sorts of applications, providing a huge market for global textile players. India is a preferred place for multinationals to venture into a myriad of business opportunities including nonwoven, medical, technical textiles and apparels. The timing and venue of the conference are ideal for global players in academia and industry to assemble in India for the fifth time since 2004. India is rising in nonwoven and technical textiles with several supportive initiatives for the industry and research organizations to venture into technical textiles.
