International Conference on Textiles to Be Held in India

Program to Focus on Light and Weatherfastness

An international conference on Textiles – Light and Weatherfastness, will be held Jan. 21 in Mumbai, India. Sponsored by ASTM International, Atlas Material Testing Solutions and DyStar, this one-day conference will be held at the India Textile Committee Auditorium. This is the first textile industry conference ASTM has co-sponsored in India.

The international conference on textiles will feature cutting edge information from international experts on the topics of light and weatherfastness, and it will provide a platform for information exchange that supports the exponential demand for technical and high performance textiles.

Quality control managers of textile laboratories, product designers, research and development staff in the dyestuff industry, commercial test laboratories and those who develop textile specifications are encouraged to attend the conference.

For information about registration and to view a technical program that includes the list of presenters and presentation titles, visit www.astm.org/D13conf0111.htm.

For additional information, contact conference planners Bruno Bentjerodt, Atlas MTT GmbH, Linsengericht-Altenhaßlau, Germany (phone: +49-0-6051-707-0245; bbentjerodt@atlasmtt.de); Jayakumar Gopalakrishnan, ASTM International, Madras, India (phone: +91-44-2615-1791; textile1@astm.org); or Siva Pariti, DyStar, Navi Mumbai, India (phone: +91-22-6141-9063; siva.pariti@dystar.com).

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