Export

Pakistan Textile Exports Bounce Back In October

Textile Insights November 18, 2023

Pakistan textile exports bounced back in October and showed year on year growth for the first time in the current year. “Exports of textile totaled US $1.43 billion, compared to $1.36 billion registered in the same month of earlier year recording a growth of 5 percent,” Pakistan Bureau of

Industry

Tamil Nadu Will Unveil Revised Textile Policy Soon

Textile Insights November 18, 2023

The Tamil Nadu government will soon announce a revised textile policy soon with an objective to make the state a leader in textiles. This was informed by R Gandhi, Minister for Handlooms and Textiles, Tamil Nadu in Coimbatore. Gandhi was speaking at the inaugural session of the second edition of the Conference on Technical Textiles, […]

Machinery

Trützschler Group Showing Latest Technologies At ITMA Asia

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

The Trützschler Group at its 504 square-metre booth in Hall 8, Stall C-30, will introduce the latest technologies in spinning, card clothing, nonwovens and manmade fibres at ITMA Asia. In spinning, on display is the TC 15 card, which has already proven very successful in the Chinese market, as well as its new global flagship […]

Machinery

Monforts Fits Larger Montex 8500 In Restricted Space

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

Monforts engineering know-how were called upon to meet the complex and unusual specifications for a recent installation of a new Montex 8500 stenter line at Curt Bauer’s plant in Germany. Curt Bauer opted for the new Montex 8500 line with a working width of 3.2 metres equipped with the MonforClean heat recovery and exhaust air […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Sun Chemical Emphasising On Reactive Inks At ITMA Asia

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

Sun Chemical will showcase its range of digital textile inks with an emphasis on its reactive ink ranges, highly relevant to the Asian market at ITMA Asia in hall 6, stall D-04A. At ITMA Asia, Sun Chemical will show the Xennia Amethyst Evo RC ink, a reactive printing ink for industrial textile printers and is […]

Machinery

Oerlikon Launches Technology For Flexibility In FDY Process

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions Division has launched Wings FDY Flex, which is a latest addition to the Wings family for the FDY process. Wings FDY Flex has a maximum flexibility with up to 32 ends for the yarn producer combined with advantages like energy efficiency, user-friendliness, reduced waste rates and excellent yarn quality. Wings FDY […]

Industry

US Senators Urge Customs To Enforce Uyghur Forced Labour Act

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

Several US senators have called upon the US Customs and Border Protection to ensure Chinese companies are not evading US laws against forced labour and costing American jobs. In a letter, they urged the US Customs to strictly enforce provisions in trade agreements with Central American and North American trading partners. According to the senators, […]

Export

Indian Textile & Apparel Exports Expand 10.4% In October

Textile Insights November 17, 2023

India’s exports of textile and garments in October this year posted a growth of 10.44 percent over the same month of previous year. According to data of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), shipments of textiles in October 2023 rose massively by 24.29 percent over October 2022, while apparel exports fell 8.08 percent. Cumulative exports […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

VF Corp Expands Recycled Polyester Sourcing To 40 Percent

Textile Insights November 16, 2023

Marketer of iconic clothing brands like Timberland, The North Face and Vans, VF Corp has increased sourcing of recycled polyester to 40 percent in fiscal 2022. “This is an improvement from 36 percent in fiscal 2021 and in the process has attained 80 percent of its target to use 50 percent recycled polyester by fiscal […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Hyosung Partners Tefron & Santoni To Unveil Seamless Apparel

Textile Insights November 16, 2023

Hyosung has collaborated with two global seamless companies, Tefron and Santoni, to introduce a new generation of sustainable sportswear and seamless apparel made with its certified and multi-functional yarns. Hyosung, Tefron, and Santoni will unveil their collaborative product, which aims to set new standards in sustainable activewear and seamless clothing, at ISPO Munich