Surat, an emerging city, is known as the textile city of Gujarat. The textile industry is one of the oldest and the most widespread industries in Surat. According to a report, there are 700,000 power looms, 150,000 embroidery machines, 200 wholesale textile markets. 25,000 manufacturers including 10,000 weavers, 100,000 traders, 500 processing units in the Rs 500-bn synthetic textile hub of Surat. The textile production of Surat has been growing continuously for last 12 years; one of the main reasons behind the growth is the ability to adapt to changes and the latest trend. It is also necessary to update the technology used at the industry as well as the infrastructure. The current supply and demand factors provide very conducive and favourable business environment for the technological investment. In such scenario, there is a big need to the industry to upgrade itself with the latest technological developments taking place worldwide.

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