Sustainability

Indorama Shows PET Recycling Solutions At Sustainability Expo

Textile Insights October 14, 2023

Indorama Ventures sponsored and participated in the Sustainability Expo 2023 (SX2023) held at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok Under the theme of ‘The Future of Recycling’, Indorama Ventures’ highlighted the latest sustainable solutions that are poised to revolutionise PET

Sustainability

Advance Denim Unveils Collection With 50% Recycled Viscose

Textile Insights October 14, 2023

Advance Denim has launched a denim collection featuring Gracell x Circulose viscose made with a 50 percent blend of Circulose pulp. This achievement has been made possible through Grace’s exceptional determination to commercialise viscose with a higher Circulose blend Circulose is the branded dissolving pulp created by Renewcell and is made of 100 percent recycled […]

Cotton

Vietnam Accounts For 37% Of Aussie Cotton Exports

Textile Insights October 14, 2023

Australian cotton is now exported to 16 different markets with Vietnam alone importing close to 37 percent of all Australian cotton exports. Exports to Vietnam have been targeted by Australian cotton merchants under the federal government’s Agricultural Trade and Market Access Cooperation (ATMAC) program. The ATMAC program has also allowed stronger engagement with

Cotton

Kim Hanna Named As First Woman President Of ICA

Textile Insights October 14, 2023

Kim Hanna, CEO of TransGlobal Inspections has been appointed as the first woman President of the International Cotton Association (ICA). Mohomed Bashir, Chairman, Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited has been named first Vice President and Pierre Chehab, Head of Cotton Europe, Louis Dreyfus Company has been named second Vice President. Hanna began her career in […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Vipul Organics Pigments & Dyes Bag ZHDC Level 3 Certificate

Textile Insights October 14, 2023

Vipul Organics Ltd, a manufacturer of textile pigments and reactive dyes has received the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZHDC) Level 3 certificate for its range of textile pigments and reactive dyes. The textile pigments are sold under the brand name of SunPrint, while the textile reactive dyes are sold under the brand name SunActive. […]

Cotton

CmiA Using Remote Sensing Satellite For Producing Cotton

Textile Insights October 13, 2023

The Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) project is exploiting the potential of satellite-based remote sensing for sustainable cotton production. This process for obtaining soil and vegetation information, also known as remote sensing, has become increasingly important in agriculture worldwide in recent years. It makes it possible to increase the efficiency, productivity and

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Andritz Showing Innovative Nonwoven Solutions At SINCE

Textile Insights October 13, 2023

Nonwovens technology supplier Andritz will showcase innovative production solutions for nonwovens and textiles at SINCE exhibition in Shanghai, China. The Andritz portfolio includes technologies like air-through bonding, needlepunch, airlaid, spunlace, spunbond, wetlaid / Wetlace, converting, textile finishing, airlay, and natural fibre processing. Andritz has a production

Export

Vietnam Textile & Apparel Exports Slip 14.4% Between Jan-Aug

Textile Insights October 13, 2023

In the first eight months of the current year, Vietnamese textile and apparel exports slipped 14.4 percent year on year to US $22.5 billion. However, for the month of August alone, they rose by 5.5 percent over the same month of previous year to $3.4 billion. Of overall textile and apparel exports, those to the […]

Cotton

India’s 2022-23 Cotton Exports Nearly 50% Of CCPC Forecast

Textile Insights October 13, 2023

In the just completed 2022-23 cotton season which ended in September, Indian cotton exports are estimated to have declined to 15.50 lakh bales of 170 kg each, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) said. This is down by nearly 50 percent or 30 lakh bales forecast by the Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (CCPC) […]

Export

Cambodia Apparel Exports Drop 17.4% Between Jan & Sept

Textile Insights October 13, 2023

In the period between January and September 2023, apparel exports from Cambodia slid to US $5.92 billion, down 17.4 percent when compared with $7.17 billion in the same period of 2022. Of this, exports of knitted clothing amounted to $4.14 billion in the review period as against $5.11 billion from January to September 2022, a […]