Industry

TN Textile Ministry Calls Meeting Of Spinning Sector Stakeholders

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

A meeting of all Tamil Nadu Spinning Mill Associations has been called by the Tamil Nadu Ministry of Handloom and Textiles to resolve the issues of the spinning mill industry. It may be recalled that the open-end and MSME spinning mills in the stake had stopped production from July 15 in

Cotton

Pakistan To Harvest Highest Cotton Crop In Ten Years

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

Farmers in Gujarat have sown cotton in 2.52 million hectares till mid-July, up 8 percent, when compared with the earlier three year average. “The cotton sowing area figure for this year is also higher when compared with the same time last year, when it stood at 2.31 million hectares,” government data informed. The higher cotton […]

Cotton

Gujarat Cotton Crop Sowing Up 8% Till Mid-July

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

Farmers in Gujarat have sown cotton in 2.52 million hectares till mid-July, up 8 percent, when compared with the earlier three year average. “The cotton sowing area figure for this year is also higher when compared with the same time last year, when it stood at 2.31 million hectares,” government data informed. The higher cotton […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Bluesign Revises Restrictions On Use Of Textile Chemicals

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

Switzerland based chemical management company Bluesign announced its latest revised restrictions for chemical substances in order to enable the textile industry undertake more sustainable manufacturing. The revised restrictions include removal of all PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) from the Bluesign Finder tool as part of blusign’s phase out of the so-called

Machinery

Zimmer ITMA Stall Witnesses Difficult To Cope With Visitor Numbers

Textile Insights July 21, 2023

Austrian Digital and Rotary Textile Printer manufacturer, Zimmer said ITMA 2023 brought crowds of visitors, which was difficult to cope with at times. “It is a clear sign that not only the omnipresent topic of sustainability, but innovative solutions for carpet and textile production are also of great interest,” Zimmer said. According to Zimmer, the […]

Export

Goyal Discusses Roadmap To Achieve $100 Bn Exports By 2030

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

At a brainstorming session held with officials of the Ministry of Textiles, Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal discussed the roadmap to achieve the target of $250 billion in textiles production and $100 billion exports by 2030. According to a PIB press release, at the Chintan Shivir, Piyush Goyal emphasised on holistic approach towards making the […]

Industry

CM Stalin Puts Up Three Demands To Revive TN Spinning Sector

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has demanded scrapping import duty of 11 percent on raw cotton imports, banning waste cotton exports and restructuring the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, Stalin said these three measures are needed to help revive spinning mills mainly in the MSME category […]

Machinery

Indo Texnology Unveils Improved Version Of Bobbin Sorter

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

Indo Texnology which introduced Sortlink, India’s first cop sorter or bobbin sorter has launched a better and improved version of bobbin sorter called Sortlink Magic. “Sortlink Magic was introduced to resolve limitations and pain points faced by spinning mills in bobbin segregation with the Sortlink,” Indo Texnology said in a press release. Sortlink is an […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Piana Nonwovens Bags ISO 14001 Certification For Two Plants

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

Piana Nonwovens which specialises in vertically and cross-lapped nonwovens has received ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system for its Georgia and Arizona based US facilities. ISO 14001 is the world’s most recognised environmental management system and supports the environmental pillar of sustainability. The standard describes requirements that

Fabric

Fabric Blended With Tencel Lyocell & Creora Spells Functionality

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

US based Laguna Fabric has launched a new collection called Natural Selection made with Lenzing’s Tencel Lyocell and Hyosung’s Creora bio-based spandex fibre, which altogether prioritises style, functionality, and environmental responsibility. According to Hyosung, Creora bio-based spandex replaces 30 percent of petroleum-based resources with bio-based materials sourced