Industry

Huge Potential For India In Global Textile & Apparel Market

Textile Insights December 27, 2023

There is immense potential for India to tap into the global textile and apparel market. This was stated by KV Srinivasan, the newly elected President of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF). While addressing a press conference, Srinivasan highlighted that global buyers are

Machinery

Aracne Launches Predictive Quality Control While Knitting Fabrics

Textile Insights December 27, 2023

Aracne has developed a groundbreaking predictive quality control system for knitwear manufacturing, which can reduce production defects by over 50 percent and promote sustainability. Aracne’s technology, which combines photonic and Internet of Things (IoT) systems with artificial intelligence algorithms, can predict potential manufacturing faults before fabric production

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

EDANA Organises First Edition Of Sustainability Forum

Textile Insights December 27, 2023

European nonwovens association EDANA organised the first edition of the EDANA Sustainability Forum which saw participation from over 150 nonwovens professionals. The Forum was organised specifically to address issues from the future of value chain transparency to bioeconomy innovations and was addressed by 35 speakers. This new conference has evolved out of EDANA’s popular

Product Launch & Innovation

Heiq Showing Bio-Based Sleep Textile Technologies At Heimtextil

Textile Insights December 26, 2023

HeiQ will show how its bio-based textile technologies can change the sleep environment for the better, at the Heimtextil show in Frankfurt beginning in January in Hall 11.0, Stall 60. The company will display HeiQ Skin Care, HeiQ Allergen Tech, HeiQ Cool, and HeiQ Mint, which meet an increasing demand for sustainable solutions that are […]

Cotton

High Volume Of Brazilian Cotton Exports Between Aug & Nov

Textile Insights December 26, 2023

Between August and November 2023, or just four months, the volume of Brazilian cotton exported is equivalent to half of the volume exported in the entire 2021-22 season. In the four months to November 2023, 770,220 tons of cotton has already been shipped, which is more than half of the quantity of total 1.449 million […]

Industry

Rajasthan Garment Sector Seeks ODOP Category Benefits

Textile Insights December 26, 2023

At a roadshow to promote Bharat Tex 2024 in Jaipur, garment manufacturers of the state urged the state government to recognise their sector in the one-district-one-product (ODOP) category. The Garment Exporters Association of Rajasthan (GEAR) requested the state government to extend benefits of the ODOP to the state clothing industry as done by Uttar Pradesh […]

Cotton

Uzbekistan Cotton Output To Drop 8% In 2023-24 Season

Textile Insights December 26, 2023

Uzbekistan’s cotton production in the 2023-24 season is forecast to be 621,000 tons, a drop of 8 percent year on year, due to poor weather conditions. Cotton cultivation acreage in the 2023-24 season in Uzbekistan will be 950,000 hectares, down 3 percent over the previous season. A recent cotton report of the US Department of […]

Export

Chinese Cotton Yarn Imports Up A Massive 90.2% In November

Textile Insights December 26, 2023

Chinese cotton yarn imports in November stood at 153,300 tons, a massive increase of 90.2 percent from a year ago month. Among imports of cotton yarn from various countries in November, those from Vietnam accounted for 45 percent, Pakistan 19 percent and India 13 percent. 71 percent of cotton yarn imports from Vietnam were for […]

Sustainability

Sustainable Dyeing Machines Maker Alchemie Supports Fashion Act

Textile Insights December 25, 2023

Alchemie which has developed sustainable digital dyeing and finishing technologies said it stands behind the New York Fashion Act, which paves the way for a sustainable future in fashion. The Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act (Fashion Act) would create, for the first time, a legally binding environmental and labour standard for the industry. Apparel […]

Export

TNG Textile Amid Few Vietnamese Firms To Hit 100% Export Target

Textile Insights December 25, 2023

Vietnamese textile and garment manufacturer, TNG Textile announced that it has crossed its revenue target for 2023 ahead of schedule and may be the only Vietnamese textile company to do so. The company which had set targeted revenue of VND 6,800 billion completed the target by mid-December, primarily due to bagging new buyers like Walmart, […]