Corporates

Durst Group Acquires Digital Printer Maker Aleph SrL

Textile Insights September 20, 2023

Manufacturer of advanced digital printing solutions Durst Group has acquired Aleph SrL, a pioneer in sustainable digital solutions for textiles and interior and exterior decorations. “With this strategic move, Durst Group further enhances its position in water-based and sustainable printing

Event

ITM 2024 Exhibition Halls Almost Full From High Demand

Textile Insights September 20, 2023

Turkish textile technology exhibition, ITM 2024 which will run from June 4-8, 2024, at the Istanbul Tüyap Fair and Congress Center has reported that its halls are almost full due to the high demand for stalls. The new motto of ITM 2024 exhibition which has been pioneering innovations and shaping the sector and brands since […]

Tete-A-Tete

UCC’s Mantra – Offer Products With Best Price Performance Ratio

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

Unispin Card Clothing (UCC), a manufacturer of metallic wires, flat tops, fillets and stationary flat tops for carding machines’ business mantra, is to provide value proposition to their customers by offering products with the best price performance ratio. “Customers stand to gain economically, when buying our products. Add to that, we offer quick deliveries and […]

Export

Indian Garment Exports Slip 8.15% In August 2023

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

Indian garment exports slipped to US $1.13 billion in August 2023, down 8.15 percent as against $1.23 billion recorded in the same month of previous year. In the first five months of current fiscal ending March 31, 2024, clothing exports fell to $5.96 billion, a drop of 15.98 percent compared to $7.10 billion in the […]

Machinery

Elgi launches IoT-Based Air Compressor Monitoring System

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

Coimbatore based air compressor manufacturer Elgi Equipments has launched Air~Alert, an IoT-based Air Compressor Monitoring System in the Indian market. Air~Alert is a data transmission and analysis service that monitors critical parameters and sends out actionable insights and alerts to users. “With these insights, customers can improve uptime and maximise efficiency with

Industry

‘Stop Illegal Imports’ – Indonesian Textile Body To Govt

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

The Association of Indonesian Fiber and Filament Yarn Producers (APSYFI) has claimed that the large scale illegal import of textiles and garments was ruining the domestic industry. The association has requested the government to put an end on these illegal imports and save the industry, which is already reeling from impact of global slowdown. By […]

Policies

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Reintroduces ‘FABRIC’ Act

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has reintroduced the Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change (FABRIC) Act to support domestic garment manufacturing and combat subminimum wages. Senator Gillibrand’s FABRIC Act seeks to offer protection to nearly 100,000 US apparel workers while at the same time rejuvenate the domestic apparel production industry. The

Export

Innovation Key To Achieve $100bn Bangla Garment Export Target

Textile Insights September 18, 2023

At a seminar, Bangladesh garment industry and exporters and experts were of the opinion that innovation was the key to Bangladesh apparel exports touching the $100 billion mark by 2030. The Textile Today Innovation Hub and CEMS-Global jointly organised the seminar which was held concurrently with the 22nd Textech Bangladesh 2023 International Expo which was […]

Corporates

Elvaston Capital Integrates Datatex & Setex Into Holding Company

Textile Insights September 16, 2023

Elvaston Capital which acquired majority stakes in Datatex and Setex has integrated these two companies into a holding company, Textile Solutions Group, which will specialise in IT solutions for the textile sector. The holding company will expand with new acquisitions, to become a benchmark and standard for digital solutions by fully integrating all manufacturing and […]

Machinery

Trützschler China Celebrates Delivery Of 10,000 Carding Machines

Textile Insights September 16, 2023

The Trützschler Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Trützschler Textile Machinery (Shanghai) (TTMS) celebrated the landmark of delivering its 10,000th carding machine. The 10,000th carding machine was officially handed over to representatives from the world’s largest producer of cellulose yarn, Suzhou Zhenlun Textile. “As Trützschler’s largest customer in the Chinese