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,

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

Sustainability

Shahi Exports Closer To 100% Renewable Electricity Goal

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

Shahi Exports, India’s largest apparel manufacturer and exporter has been able to increase renewable energy capacity to 92.5 MW, bringing it closer to 100 percent renewable electricity goal by 2026. This was revealed in the Shahi Exports Sustainability Report for 2022-23. Another initiative is phasing out coal from garment factories and continue working on coal […]

Industry

Operating Profits Of Cotton Spinners To Plummet 250-350bps

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

Operating profits of Indian cotton yarn spinners will plummet 250-350 basis points from 10-10.5 percent in the previous fiscal to decadal lows of 7-8 percent in the ongoing fiscal. Crisil Ratings has attributed this to shrinking spread between cotton and cotton yarn, inventory losses and slower than expected pickup in downstream demand. Revenue too, will […]

Product Launch & Innovation

Hong Kong Researchers Innovate Fabric That Changes Colour

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

Hong Kong researchers have developed a fabric that is capable of changing colours with just a tap, by combining polymer optical fibres and artificial intelligence technology to create stunning smart textiles. First launched at Milan Fashion Week, this innovation promises to have a major impact on the global fashion industry. “I will have every colour […]

Sustainability

EU Parliament Revises Timeline On Textile Labeling Regulation

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

The European Union Parliament has revised the timeline for the textile labeling regulation, which was originally planned for fourth quarter of 2023, but has now been rescheduled for fourth quarter of 2024. The European Union Commission had earlier presented an EU strategy in March 2022 for sustainable and circular textiles as part of the circular […]

Product Launch & Innovation

Chinese Company Obtains Patent For Polylactic Acid Fibres

Textile Insights December 7, 2023

Suzhou Baolidi Material Technology has obtained a Chinese patent for a method to produce light absorbing and heat generating polylactic acid fibres. This was revealed by an announcement from the State Intellectual Property Office. A mixture melt is extruded from the spinneret and then the fibres are produced by cooling and drawing, and then subjected […]