Beginning of new Asia trade balance accelerates the end of ‘Made in Ch…
A new study by Coresight Research indicates, with the negative sentiment prevailing amongst American consumers against Chinese products it could accelerate the end of ‘Made in China’ label. The survey conducted in early June indicated around 47.8 per cent of Americans are urging retailers to sourc... Read more
Cotton’s growth continues as the most preferred fiber: Study
Global textile industry is making a significant impact with its bold adoption of preferred fibers and materials. Production of fibers has doubled in the past 20 years, reaching an all-time high of 111 metric tons in 2019, reveals Textile Exchange’s new ‘Preferred Fiber and Materials Market Report&... Read more
Ready-to-Show online: A getaway for international textile and apparel …
Well-known in Italy as the one and only place to source garments, knit wear, fabrics and accessories from European and non EU counties, Ready to Show Online is the first event in Italy to give international apparel, accessory, textile and leather manufacturers direct access to major European buyers, including... Read more
Make in India fuels revival of leather and chemical industries
The ‘Make in India’ sentiment is pervading across all Indian industries particularly leather and chemical industries which are pleading with the government to impose anti-dumping duty on import of Chinese footwear and chemicals like Sodium Sulphide and basic Chrome Sulphate. Both these industries... Read more
The USMCA deal to rewrite North American trade
For domestic textile manufacturers and importers in the US, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a like the medicine that though doesn’t cure but does not hurt either. These manufacturers view the agreement as an extension of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that ruled tra... Read more
Uzbek’s cotton privatization program raises numerous questions
Uzbekistan has initiated one of its most ambitious privatization projects in the cotton sector in its post-Soviet history. The Central Asian republic aims to handover its state-managed cotton sector to local corporate operators and foreign investors. Through privatization, the government aims to upgrade its g... Read more
The pandemic, an opportunity to make or break US textiles, apparel ind…
The Coronavirus outbreak across the US has exposed the country’s ineptness in manufacturing critical textile-related personal protective equipment (PPE) on an emergency scale. With great difficulty, factories across the country were able to manufacture the required products like face masks and gowns for... Read more
Post COVID-19, denim retail to continue resonating with manufacturers
The denim industry has been integrating new fabric technologies and retail formats to boosts sales for a while. However, increasing unemployment and store closures are forcing the industry to face an unfamiliar retail landscape. These were some of the views presented at a Kingpins24 panel moderated by Edward ... Read more
Gartex Texprocess India announces new dates for Delhi and Mumbai editi…
With an objective to support the swift revival of the garment and textile industry, India’s most comprehensive exhibition on garment and textile manufacturing supply chain – GartexTexprocess India is back with new dates for its Delhi and Mumbai editions. Following detailed consultations w... Read more
India seeks opportunity in adversity mulls PPE exports
Seeking opportunities in times of adversity, Indian government is seriously thinking of allowing PPE makers to export nearly 50 lakh personal protective equipment (PPE) suits a month. Several industry bodies like AEPC and others have been urging the government to allow PPE export . As AEPC chairman, A Sakthiv... Read more
Textile boost to help make India ‘atmanirbhar’
The clarion call of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self reliant India ) given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not just imply import substitution but also capacity building to dominate the global market. Pursuing such a policy can help Indian manufacturers boost manufacturing and export capacitie... Read more
Autumn edition of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles to reestablish c…
Recognizing the need to healthy and sustainable lifestyle in today’s uncertain times, Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles has collaborated with the NellyRodi Agency for its 2021 Autumn edition that will focus on the design theme ‘Bound’ with three trends: Cozy Warmth, Past Future and Bold Cl... Read more
China: Silk city Shengze is pilot zone for the world-class textile clu…
Shengze, home to the largest silk wholesale market known for silk and man-made silk ranks 9th in top thousand Chinese towns for the economic strength. China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) has chosen Shengze as a ‘Pilot Zone’ in its efforts to foster and encourage more mega-class text... Read more
Global textile industry orders could revive by Q4 2020: ITMF study
To interpret the impact of COVID-19 on the global textile value chain, ITMF recently conducted its fourth Corona Survey amongst 600 members across the world. The study indicated the textile sector orders will revive in Q4 2020. Textile orders decline by 40 per cent The survey showed, textile orders across t... Read more
China innovates improved carbon fiber through wet spinning
Until the end of last century, China had been staggering in developing its own carbon fiber technology that remained at a low level inefficient for the production in commercialization scale, and the carbon fiber needed for composite materials had to be imported. It is the wet-spinning process, the technologic... Read more
China Chemical Fibers Association reignites Green Fibre programme
Ever since China Chemical Fibers Association (CCFA) launched its green fiber program several years ago, about 30 chemical fiber companies have been qualified for the certificate of the green fiber logo and the green fiber-rich products. China Chemical Fibers Association (CCFA) recently organi... Read more
Opportunity for India as COVID-19 disrupts global supply chains
Proving to be silver lining amongst the dark clouds, Facebook Inc recently announced an investment of $5.7 billion into India’s largest telecom company, Reliance Jio, instantly valuing Jio to being among the top five companies in India. According to the Harvard Business Review, though this deal is largely digita... Read more
Pakistan’s textile exports on shaky ground, needs government intervent…
With exports falling nearly 65 per cent in April 2020, the textile industry in Pakistan is on a shaky ground. Exports during the month, declined to $404 million, against exports of $11,139 million during the same month previous year. The outlook for May 2020 too is not very optimistic as nearly 75 per cent of the prese... Read more
Despite COVID-19 US apparel industry’s revenue to grow in 2020: Survey
A new forecast by the Institute for Supply Management published in the ‘Spring 2020 Semiannual Economic Forecast’ indicates that in the US manufacturing, revenue, capital expenditures and utilization are all expected to contract substantially this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the same sur... Read more
SPGPrints appoints Quantia as Spanish agent
SPGPrints, a Netherlands-based leading global company in the textile, label and industrial printing markets, has appointed Quantia Solutions SL, as the co... Read more
Stoll acquisition makes Karl Mayer a global player in trans-technology
The acquisition of Stoll by Karl Mayer has set course for the formation of a trans-technology global player, who changes the world of its customers and of... Read more
Worn Again generates €8 million equity capital
Worn Again, a technology licensing company that is developing polymer recycling processes to enable raw materials in textiles and polyester packaging to b... Read more
Asda accused of suspending orders
Asda a British supermarket retailer has been accused of cancelling or suspending garment orders without full payment. The retailer has been targeted in a petition by ant... Read more
India’s Textile Ministry ropes IIT to address action plans for the industry
The textiles ministry has roped in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) to address both immediate and medium term action plans for the industry in the post-COVID-19 ... Read more
China to be the largest importer of Cotton Lint in 2019-20: ICAC
Despite a 12 per cent decrease from the previous season attributed to trade ten... Read more
Chinese imports threaten local nylon spinning industry
The local nylon spinning industry is facing a severe threat from China. Along w... Read more
Yarn Expo Autumn to focus on recycled products
Yarn Expo Autumn, to be held from September 23-25 at National Exhibition and Co... Read more
Bangladesh leather exporters unhappy with falling exports
Leather goods and footwear exporters in Bangladesh are depressed with a 22 per ... Read more
Global polyester staple fiber market to reach $34.546 bn by 2025: Report
An ongoing report by Transparency Market Research says, the global polyester st... Read more
Pakistan’s Cotton exports fall 9.93%
Export of raw cotton by Pakistan during the first 11 months of FY20 declined by 9.93 ... Read more
INTUC workers protest against NTC for non-payment for salaries
Textile Employees Union (INTUC) workers have been protesting against the Nation... Read more
Value of Vietnam's textile and garment exports declines 15.5 per cent
Vietnam’s General Statistics Office says, the total value of Vietnam's te... Read more
Seventy per cent textile products exported aborad: Business Turkmenistan
A report by Business Turkmenistan states, the country presently exports more th... Read more
Shima Seiki releases new design software and web services
Japan-based flat knitting solutions provider Shima Seiki, has released a new de... Read more
Coats launches new app Coats Synthesizer
Coats, the world’s leading industrial thread company, has launched a uniq... Read more
Indian yarn industry grapples with 4Cs
The Indian yarn industry is currently grappling the problem of 4Cs that include... Read more
Danish company raises €1.1 M fund
Beyond Leather Materials, a company that produces plant based, eco-friendly alt... Read more
Relax quarantine norms for Surat migrant laborers, urge TAI
The Textile Association of India (TAI) has urged the Gujarat government to rela... Read more
Texworld Summer 2020 to go virtual
Messe Frankfurt has decided to take the summer edition of its show Texworld to ... Read more
SPGPrints appoints Quantia as Spanish agent
SPGPrints, a Netherlands-based leading global company in the textile, label and... Read more
Santoni opens new research centre
In collaboration with the designers Eva x Carola, Santoni has officially opened... Read more
Global trade of knotted netting declines by 2.44%
Latest data from TexPro revealed that the global trade of knotted netting of tw... Read more
Growing wool demand attributed to its well-researched benefits: AWI study
A study funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) finds the growing market dem... Read more
Sateri joins Fashion Industry Charter
Chinese viscose producer Sateri has joined the Fashion Industry Charter for Cli... Read more
Stoll acquisition makes Karl Mayer a global player in trans-technology
The acquisition of Stoll by Karl Mayer has set course for the formation of a tr... Read more
Lenzing to expand report assessment to more stakeholders
As a part of its efforts to make cellulose fibers less environmentally impactfu... Read more
USTR to modify list of EU imports subject to additional tariffs
The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) is planning to modify the list... Read more
Textile industry in a critical state: BIR
According to Martin Boschen, President-Textiles, Bureau of International Recycl... Read more
Modernize Sri Lankan garment & textiles industry, urges new report
A new report, 'COVID-19 & Beyond - The impact on the Labor Market of Sri La... Read more
Kraig develops new program to protect silk production
Kraig Labs, a developer of spider silk based fibers, has developed a new progra... Read more
New Delhi and Mumbai editions of Denim Show rescheduled
In order to provide an impetus to denim industry stakeholders in the aftermath ... Read more
Better Cotton accounts for 22 per cent global cotton production: BCI
In its 2019 annual report, Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) states that cotton pr... Read more
20% consumers over 45 years bought more clo thing since COVID-19 lockdown: …
According to GlobalData, almost 20 per cent of people under 45 have bought more clothing since ... Read more