Machinery

Swiss Company Crealet Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Textile Insights August 24, 2023

Crealet a supplier of electronic warp feeding systems for both wide and narrow fabric weaving is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Crealet was formed through a management-buy-out from Willy Grob AG and a growing need for warp let-off controls with specific customised solutions was identified by

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

SP Apparels Plans Foray Into Sri Lanka With Asset Light Model

Textile Insights August 24, 2023

Coimbatore based garment exporter SP Apparels Ltd is planning to start operations in Sri Lanka and to do so, is identifying various operational garment factories in the island country. In a BSE filing, the garment maker said, “We are pursuing to set up a company in Sri Lanka which will help us to expand our […]

Cotton

SIMA Contests CAI Cotton Crop Forecast Of 311 Lakh Bales

Textile Insights August 23, 2023

Coimbatore based Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has contested the estimates of Cotton Association of India (CAI) which forecast a cotton crop of 311 lakh bales (of 170 kg each) for the 2022-2023 cotton season. The Chairman of SIMA, Ravi Sam has urged the CAI to avoid digressing from the forecast made by the Committee […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Uster Offers Powerful Tools To Produce High Quality Nonwovens

Textile Insights August 23, 2023

Powerful imaging spectroscopes in the Uster contamination sorter can detect and eject any particle that differs even slightly in colour from the main fibre, when producing nonwoven fabrics. According to Uster, contamination in cotton or synthetic fibres can be reliably identified down to a size of one square millimetre, made possible by the Uster Jossi […]

Economy

Hyosung Showing Certified Textiles At Intertextile Shanghai

Textile Insights August 23, 2023

Hyosung, manufacturer of Creora, a spandex brand will present its latest innovations in certified textile solutions for sustainability and dyeable spandex at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel in Stall E103. For the first time since COVID -19, Hyosung will once again support many of its major mill partners as co-exhibitors in its booth, which has been a […]

Machinery

Mimaki Introduces New DTF Printer With Very High Print Speed

Textile Insights August 23, 2023

Mimaki Europe has introduced a new direct-to-film (DTF) printer, the TxF300-75 and it incorporates the stability and functionality of Mimaki’s first DTF printer, the TxF150-75, while delivering new levels of productivity with print speeds that are three times higher. “The new TxF300-75 meets the same objectives as the first model, as well as catering to […]

Cotton

Bangladesh Introduces GM Cotton Offering Higher Yields

Textile Insights August 23, 2023

With a goal to enhance cotton yields and reduce import dependence, Bangladesh has introduced two varieties of genetically modified (GM) cotton in the country. The GM cotton has genetic traits called Bacillus Thuringiensis (Bt) that effectively fights bollworm, a caterpillar which is mainly responsible for infecting and damaging standing cotton crops. “Bangladesh produces

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

US Brands Investigate Charge Of Prison Producing Garments

Textile Insights August 22, 2023

Various US garment brands and retailers are inspecting their supply chains over allegations that inmates at Cambodia’s largest women’s prison were illegally producing garments for export. The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) had written to Cambodia’s ambassador to the US, expressing concerns regarding reports that as part of a rehabilitation

Corporates

KPR Mill Investing Rs 400 Crores in Expansion & Modernisation

Textile Insights August 22, 2023

Coimbatore based and one of India’s biggest vertically integrated textile mills, KPR Mill Ltd is planning to invest Rs 400 crores in modernisation and expansion of its production facilities KPR Mill which has footprints spanning across yarns, fabrics, garments and sugar will invest Rs 100 crores to set up a Vortex spinning mill in the […]

Event

CITI Educates Textile & Garment Industry On ESG Requirements

Textile Insights August 22, 2023

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) is organising a series of seminars to provide the Indian textile and garment industry, a better understanding of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) requirements. CITI said the need for ESG has been growing not only because of expectations from the western markets, but recent SEBI and RBI guidelines […]