The 56th Annual General Meeting of the Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (India) (TMMA) was held at Hotel Trident, Mumbai on September 2. Kavita Gupta, the the Textile Commissioner was the chief guest of the evening. Welcoming the gathering, R Rajendran, chairman before moving the Annual Report and the audited statement of accounts for approval of the members, he sought to enumerate the role of the Association that has been instrumental in transforming the textile engineering industry in the post-reform era. This, he said, was done by approaching governments for concessions and reliefs to initiating measures to revitalize the industries, market studies and exploration, expanding the horizon for accelerated modernization and R&D promotion.

Keeping the audience engrossed, Rajendran talked on various subjects like Indian economy, Goods and Services Tax (GST Reform) Bill, the Indian textile machinery sector, ‘Make in India’ programme, exports during 2015-16 and high tech shuttleless looms in India etc.