Cotton

Pakistan’s Cotton Output Down 33% From Target In 2023-24

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

8.02 million bales of cotton had been ginned across Pakistan by December 15, as against 4.90 million bales of 170 kg each in the same period in the previous season. It may be recalled that Pakistan’s cotton crop was destroyed by the massive floods that the country faced last year, due to which

Export

Pakistani Textile Exports Continue Downward Slide In Nov

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

Pakistani exports of textiles continued their downward slide where they stood at US $1.37 billion in November 2023, down 3.51 percent year on year and also down 5.43 percent month on month. In the first five months of fiscal 2023-24 ending November 2023, textile exports from Pakistan amounted to $6.9 billion, a drop of 10.14 […]

Export

Bangladesh Topples China From Top Spot In EU Knitwear Imports

Textile Insights December 20, 2023

For the first time in knitwear clothing imports, EU’s import from Bangladesh has exceeded the share of any other country during the first nine months of 2023, both in value and volume. Between January and September, EU’s knitwear import from Bangladesh amounted to US $9 billion as against $8.96 billion from China in value. While, […]

Dyes & Chemicals

AATCC Chlorine Test Control Fabric Tests Chlorinated Water

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

AATCC has launched a new Chlorine Test Control Fabric for use with TM 162 Colorfastness for swimming pools with chlorinated water. “This sunny yellow control fabric enables testing laboratories to evaluate colour change when textiles are exposed to chlorinated swimming pool conditions,” AATCC said in a press release. Proper use of the control fabric serves […]

Machinery

Master Offers Retrofits For Existing Indigo Dyeing Machine

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Master S.R.L. had earlier launched the ‘Craftyflow’ and ‘Craftyrope’, for the dyeing of denim warps with indigo and sulphur dyes, which can work both in air and in the nitrogen atmosphere with ecological and economical advantages. “These machines are the results of several trials and the evolution of the concepts utilised in our original dyeing […]

Machinery

Saurer Showing Engineering & Technology Strengths At Domotex

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Saurer Technologies will be showcasing its engineering, technology, service and automation strengths at the Domotex exhibition in Hanover which will be held from January 11-14, 2024 in Hall 5, Stall E-27. One of the technologies on display is the CarpetCabler/CarpetTwister 1.12, which has high flexibility and increased productivity and offers possibilities to produce

Fabric

Teijin Develops Fabric With Properties Of Nylon & Polyester

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Teijin Frontier has developed Microft MX, made from blending nylon and polyester filaments giving the fabric, abrasion resistance and colour development capabilities of nylon, and quick-drying properties and shape stability of polyester. According to a Teijin press release, the Microft MX is a next generation, high-quality, high-performance material and is made from

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Polygiene Launches Unique Plant-Based Antimicrobial Technology

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Supplier of odour control solutions Polygiene has launched a unique, plant-based antimicrobial technology for the textile industry. The company has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with French biotech company Proneem, to gain access to a 100 percent bio-based active ingredient extracted from plant-based substances. This new technology, known as StayFreshBIO,

Export

Philippine Garment Exports Forecast To Grow 2% In 2024

Textile Insights December 19, 2023

Philippines exports of clothing are expected to grow 2 percent in 2024 and reach US 1.33 billion. “The garment export industry needs to expand to newer markets to boost growth,” a statement from the Foreign Buyers Association of the Philippines (FOBAP) informed. FOBAP President Robert Young said that next year would not be an easy […]

Machinery

23 Italian Textile Machinery Firms Exhibiting At Colombiatex

Textile Insights December 18, 2023

Italian textile machinery manufacturers will be participating at the upcoming edition of Colombiatex, taking place in Medellin from January 23-25, 2024. 23 Italian manufacturers of textile machinery will be present in a pavilion organised by the Italian Trade Agency and the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT). These include Btsr, Color Service,