Italy sees India as textiles hub

Italy is considering making India its textile sourcing hub, provided Indian designers produce garments of Italian style, said Roberto Formigoni, chief minister of state of Lombardy, on his visit to India.

"We are interested in sourcing our entire textile needs from India if textile designers and manufacturers from the country adopt Italian style and their concept of textile designing and manufacturing," he said. Currently, textile exports to Italy is negligible.

The Engineering University of Milan, Italy & Banyan Tree Holdings Have entered into a joint venture to establish the project "Idea Factory" in the country. The Idea Factory will promote export promotion, fashion designing, training, digital operations, design development, and business facilitation.