Cotton

Better Cotton Supports UN’s ‘Uniting Sustainable Actions’

Textile Insights December 11, 2023

Better Cotton has pledged its support to the United Nations’ International Trade Centre’s (ITC) ‘Uniting Sustainable Actions’ initiative, which champions the work of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in global supply chains. The initiative endeavours to highlight and reward the

Cotton

USDA Reduces 2023-24 Global Cotton Use In December Report

Textile Insights December 11, 2023

In the December forecast of the 2023-24 cotton season, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reduced global cotton consumption and higher ending stocks than previous month report. World consumption is expected to decrease by 1.6 million bales, mainly due to a decline of 1.0 million bales in China. Turkey’s consumption forecast is lowered […]

Export

US Imports Of Cotton Garments Decline At Higher Rate In Q3

Textile Insights December 11, 2023

In the months between July and September 2023, there was a decline in US imports of garments. However the drop in imports of cotton was higher than in manmade fibre apparels. In the third quarter of ongoing year, US clothing imports fell 16.46 percent as against same quarter of earlier year. However, the decrease in […]

Event

TEXCON 2024 Aims To Make India Global Textile Production Hub

Textile Insights December 9, 2023

The 15th edition of TEXCON, the annual conference on textiles and apparel will be held on December 14, 2023, at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The theme of this year’s TEXCON is ‘Making India a Global Textile Manufacturing Hub: A Paradigm Shift’. The global textile and apparel industry is […]

Event

SRTEPC Hosts Event In Istanbul To Promote Bharat Tex 2024

Textile Insights December 9, 2023

An event was organised in Istanbul as a curtain raiser to ‘Bharat Tex 2024’, the biggest global textile exhibition to be held in New Delhi from February 26-29, 2024. “Bharat Tex will be the largest global textile event, covering the entire value chain of textiles from farm to fashion,” the Indian Consulate General’s office in […]

Machinery

Picanol Shares Sustainable Characteristics Of Weaving Machines

Textile Insights December 9, 2023

Belgium based advanced weaving machine manufacturer Picanol, recently got an opportunity to share its insights on the sustainable characteristics of their weaving machines. Picanol R&D Manager, Kristof Roelstraete gave a keynote speech at the Sustainability Talks conference in Istanbul, which was hosted by Picanol customer Kipas Textiles and Orbit Consulting. “The aim

Home Textiles

Carpets & Rugs Hall Fully Booked At Heimtextil 2024

Textile Insights December 9, 2023

The new Carpets & Rugs hall at Heimtextil, which will be held from January 9-12, 2024, has now around 100 manufacturers and brands and is fully booked, due to a strong increase in suppliers of machine woven carpets. These exhibitors include Merinos Hali, Oriental Weavers Group, Ragolle Rugs, Universal XXI, Verbatex and the Belgian association […]

Export

Primark Places Orders Worth Rs 2,000 Crore With Tiruppur Exporters

Textile Insights December 9, 2023

UK headquartered fashion, home décor and beauty products retailer Primark, has orders worth Rs 2,000 crore in the pipeline which it has placed with the Tiruppur textile and garment cluster. This was revealed by Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA) after a meeting with an environment social governance team from Primark. TEA added that Primark has been […]

Sustainability

Walmart Foundation Grants $1.2mn To Boost Circular Textiles

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

The Walmart Foundation has granted US $1.2 million to support Goodwill Industries International and Accelerating Circularity to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling feedstock. The partnership with Goodwill is intended to develop skills, systems, and infrastructure at local Goodwill organisations to transform unsellable textile donations into recycling

Machinery

Sperotto Rimar’s Compass Makes Fabric Compacting Sustainable

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

Sustainable compacting with Compas is the environmentally-friendly route to controlled shrinkage. Sperotto Rimar’s revolutionary compacting technology brings unmatched results without adding chemicals. Sperotto Rimar’s Compas is an open-width compacting and finishing machine for knitted and woven fabrics, which uses a unique compacting concept. “This is based on a belt