The South India unit of the Textile Association (India) (TAI SIU) is gearing up to conduct the All India Textile Conference at Hotel Radisson Blu here on December 15 and 16.

This will be the 74th edition of the conference, under the theme “Global Textiles — The Way Forward”

Conference Convenor K Ramalingam clarified that TAI organises the event every year at one of its 27 federal units. “The South India unit of TAI is conducting the event this year, after a gap of 25 years.”

Honouring members

“On this memorable occasion, we will be honouring R Jagadish Chandran, Chairman, Premier Mills (P) Ltd with the Life Time Achievement Award and Sanjay Jayavardhanavelu, Chairman and Managing Director of Lakshmi Machine Works with the Industrial Excellence Award for their contribution and service to the textile industry,” said Ramalingam.

The event is being organised in association with SIMA, Indian Texpreneurs Federation, Tamilnadu Spinning Mills Association and Tirupur Exporters’ Association.

The focus will be on “competence” and in particular on the spinning sector of the textile industry, he said.

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