Export

Amid Red Sea Disruption German Shipper Offers Land Route

Textile Insights January 29, 2024

German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd will be introducing land corridors through Saudi Arabia to mitigate the impact on its business. But the German shipping giant will continue to route its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope until further notice due to Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea.

Dyes & Chemicals

Sun Chemical Bags Eco Passport By Oeko-Tex Certification

Textile Insights January 29, 2024

Sun Chemical has completed the Eco Passport by Oeko-Tex certification for a selected range of pigments and also achieved Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZHDC) Level 3 accreditation. According to a Sun Chemical press release, Level 3 is the highest level possible by the ZDHC Foundation, an organisation committed to phasing out hazardous chemicals in […]

Export

Uzbekistan Textile & Apparel Exports Slip 3.8% In 2023

Textile Insights January 29, 2024

Uzbekistan exported textile and garments totaling to US $3 billion in 2023, which is a 3.8 percent slip over its previous year. Among these, exports of yarn reached $1.2 billion and accounted for 41 percent of all textile and garment exports. “While exports of finished textile products also touched $1.2 billion and accounted for 41.1 […]

Policies

Textile Ministry May See Marginal Rise In Budget Allocation

Textile Insights January 29, 2024

The Indian Textile Ministry is likely to see a marginal increase of 2.5 percent in its budget allocation for fiscal 2024-25 over the Rs 4,389 crore allocated in the current fiscal. “This increase, though modest, aligns with the government’s commitment to establish India as a key global player in the textile industry. However, the limited […]

Fibre

Birla Cellulose & Usha Yarn Jointly Unveil Recycled Yarn Blends

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

Birla Cellulose and Usha Yarn have joined forces to introduce ‘Puneh’, a groundbreaking range of highly sustainable mechanically recycled yarn blends. “This association aims to revolutionise the textile industry by seamlessly integrating recycled fashion yarn with sustainable cellulosic fibre,” Birla Cellulose said in a press release. Derived from Sanskrit, ‘Puneh’

Machinery

Oerlikon Sells Intralogistics Unit Meant For Large MMF Spinning Mills

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

Oerlikon Barmag Automation (OBAA) which operates in the field of intralogistics for large chemical fibre spinning mills has been sold to Italian company (IGH) Irico Gualchierani Handling S.r.l. “This will enable Oerlikon to focus more on its core competence in melt, yarns, fibres and nonwovens within spinning and texturising in the future,” a press release […]

Event

TAI Mumbai Finalises Speakers For Sustainability Conference

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit which is organising an international conference on “Sustainability and Circularity – The New Challenges for the Textile Value Chain” on January 31, 2023 has finalised its list of speakers who would address the conference. The Chief Guest is Virendra Singh, IAS, Secretary (Textiles), Cooperation, Marketing &

Fibre

Precision Textiles Uses RPET Fibres To Reduce Carbon Footprint

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

To reduce its carbon footprint Precision Textiles has partnered with Unifi; manufacturers of Repreve recycled fibre and use these fibres in the manufacturing of all its filler cloth products. The first-of-its-kind collaboration within the industry makes Precision Textiles the only bedding component manufacturer to use Repreve recycled performance fibre in its nonwoven

Sustainability

Ffrpet Segment Critical For Textile Environmental Sustainability

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

The establishment of a solid fibre-to-fibre recycled PET polyester (FFrPET) industry is critical if the textile and clothing industry is to achieve environmental sustainability. This is the finding of a report released by Textile Intelligence titled ‘Fibre innovations aid the creation of circular textile and apparel supply chains.’ According to the report, polyester will

Industry

AEPC Seeks Uniform GST Levies Across MMF Textile Value Chain

Textile Insights January 25, 2024

To boost local manufacturing and also clothing exports, the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), has sought uniformity in GST levies and more tax incentives in the union budget to be announced on February. “A uniform tax of five percent should be applied to the Goods and Services tax (GST) along the whole manmade fibre (MMF) […]