Sustainability

Solvay Launches SCS Certified Recycled Nylon 66

Textile Insights July 17, 2023

Solvay has launched a new and specialised grade of Rhodianyl also called Nylon 66, made of 100 percent pre-consumer recycled polyamide, which is produced at its Santo Andre plant in Brazil. The product has achieved SCS Recycled Content Certification, reaffirming Solvay’s commitment to

Sustainability

Bluesign Denim Endeavours To Create Cleanest Denim In World

Textile Insights July 17, 2023

Switzerland’s bluesign has launched ‘bluesign Denim’, which it considers is a move towards cleaner, eco-friendly production in denim fashion. The core objective of bluesign Denim is to collaborate with partners to create the cleanest denim in the world. According to bluesign, this sustainable denim diminishes the textile industry’s environmental

Industry

TN Textile Mill Workers Demand Rs 26,000 Monthly Wage

Textile Insights July 17, 2023

The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), a workers trade union has demanded a monthly wage of Rs 26,000 per month for textile mill workers in Tamil Nadu. AITUC‘s Erode district president S. Chinnasamy in a letter cited rising cost of commodities like food, transportation, electricity, clothing and other costs for demanding the wage hike. […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Archroma Grabs Four Accolades At Just Style Excellence Awards

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

Archroma, a global leader in textile and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has won several major accolades at the Just Style 2023 Excellence Awards. In the Digital Platform category, Archroma’s Color Atlas Online Library won the award, while in the Innovation in Dyes category, FiberColors, Diresul Evolution Black liq and NOVACRON Atlantic EC-NC won the

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Freudenberg Starts New Chinese Geosynthetics Production Line

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

Freudenberg Performance Materials has invested in and started a new geosynthetics production line in China. This new line will enable Freudenberg to supply customers in the APAC region with made in China Enka Solutions for building, industrial and civil engineering applications. “Freudenberg will also be able to serve customers in diverse technical markets with finished

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Cone Denim Launching 100% Sustainable Line At Kingpins

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

At Kingpins New York, US denim fabric producer Cone Denim will launch a new denim line called Interconnected, which has been designed in collaboration with Decode and sustainable washing machine manufacturer, Jeanologia. Cone Denim is partnering with Decode founder and designer Danielle Elsener for its second edition of zero-waste design collaboration to build upon the

Sustainability

Source Fashion Displaying Breakthrough Recycling Technology

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

Source Fashion, which will be organised from July 16-18, 2023 and is Europe’s newest responsible sourcing show, will show the first UK presentation of a world-first breakthrough in polyester textile recycling. The event will see the first commercial scale launch of Project Re:claim, which is a post-consumer polyester recycling plant. Project Re:claim is a joint […]

Cotton

Better Cotton Signs UNECE Sustainability Pledge

Textile Insights July 15, 2023

Better Cotton has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge, ahead of the launch of its Traceability Solution at the end of 2023. The Sustainability Pledge is an open-source suite of policy recommendations, guidelines and standards that enable industry to authenticate their sustainability claims. The aim of the Pledge is to […]

Cotton

CAI Projects Indian Cotton Crop At 311.18 Lakh Bales

Textile Insights July 14, 2023

Cotton Association of India (CAI) revised upwards, India’s cotton production at 311.18 lakh bales (1 bale=170 kg) for cotton year 2022-23 in its estimates arrived in June 2023. In its estimates arrived at in May 2023, the trade body had estimated Indian cotton crop at 298.35 lakh bales. Overall cotton supply for the current season […]

Policies

EURATEX Welcomes Progress On Ecodesign, But Highlights Concerns

Textile Insights July 14, 2023

While, welcoming the progress on the Ecodesign Regulation in the European Parliament (EP), the European Apparel and Textile Organisation (EURATEX) also expressed concerns regarding the EP’s approach to target the textile industry in a regulation designed to be a framework legislation for all sectors. EURATEX regretted that the European Parliament has overlooked the plea