US based Texas Tech University and Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BIT) are jointly staging the 6th edition of ‘Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens and Technical Textiles - ATNT 2009,’ from 7-9 December 2009.

The conference will focus on finding solutions to some of the difficulties faced by the Indian textile industry and provide information on new market opportunities for global players.

It will bring together industrial and academic experts from many parts of the world to deliberate on latest topics in the field of value-added textiles. These will be of immediate use to the Indian and global textile industry.

Key topics will include: 1) Technology and Marketing of Technical Textiles; 2) Eco-friendly Textiles; 3) Functional Finishes; 4) Nanotechnology in Textiles; 5) Defence Textiles  6) New Developments in Spinning, Weaving, Processing.

Important features of this year’s conference will be: 1) tips to diversify the existing infrastructure and enhance the textile sector’s core competency and 2) discussions related to international tie-up opportunities in both technology and marketing, which will be of timely use for the textile industry.
 
For more information contact 
Dr Seshadri Ramkumar, Texas Tech University, USA
E-mail: seshadri.ramkumar@tiehh.ttu.edu
 
Dr A Venkatachalam, BIT, India
E-mail: a_venkatachalam@rediffmail.com