Cotton

US Cotton Growers Invited To Become Climate Smart

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

The US Cotton Trust Protocol has invited US cotton farmers to join its five-year ‘Climate Smart Cotton Program’. The program aims to measure and improve the carbon footprint of the US cotton industry while building on the four pillars of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices. Participating

Tete-A-Tete

SPGPrints Too Focuses On Sustainability At ITMA Stall

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

Just as the 2023 edition of ITMA focused on sustainability, the core focus of Netherlands headquartered SPGPrints stall at ITMA 2023, too was on sustainability. “Our core focus at this exhibition is sustainability, and so we have used reusable boards to build our stall. We will reuse the boards of this stall as well as […]

Machinery

Emtec Upgrades Portable TSA Tactile Sensation Analyser

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

Germany company Emtec Electronic has launched its redesigned new-and-improved portable device TSA Tactile Sensation Analyser, which aims to revolutionise the way textile manufacturers measure haptics, through a digital experience and will be available to order in 2024. Much like its predecessor, the new TSA Tactile Sensation Analyser allows manufacturers to objectively

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Sustainable Zero Cotton Denim Line Made From TENCEL Fibres

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

Lenzing Group, Advance Denim and Italian chemical company Officina+39, in order to promote sustainable development of denim industry, are launching a brand-new zero cotton denim collection made of TENCEL Lyocell fibres. The collection comprises of Advance Denim’s innovative denim fabrics made of TENCEL Lyocell fibres and Officina+39’s special finishing technique,

Sustainability

Packaging Sustainability Goals Becomes Easier For Brands

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

Supply chain data and textile specialist, Trimco Group has unveiled a new Packaging Manager module as part of their supply chain traceability platform, ProductDNA. “Featuring automated packaging reports for multi-country EPR requirements, the new feature will relieve fashion brands from the gruelling workload of manually collecting, handling, and presenting their data to

Sustainability

RadiciGroup’s Biofeel Eleven Yarn Catwalks At Expo

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

RadiciGroup took part in the Phygital Sustainability Expo held in the Imperial Forum Museum in Rome, where it presented a maxi dress made of Biofeel eleven, a yarn of completely natural origin featuring high technical, aesthetic and environmental performance. “The dress is not only made from a low environmental impact raw material, but is also […]

Industry

ABB India Contributes To Growth Of TN Textile & Garment Sector

Textile Insights July 8, 2023

ABB India, a technology company said it is actively contributing to the sustainable growth of Tamil Nadu and that its energy-efficient motor and drive solutions are playing a pivotal role in driving the transition towards a greener and more sustainable future. In the textile industry, ABB has supplied over 3,000 energy-efficient motors and drives to […]

Economy

7,000 Buyers From 84 Countries Visit Groz-Beckert ITMA Stall

Textile Insights July 7, 2023

At the recently concluded ITMA 2023, Groz-Beckert presented its innovations to more than 7,000 buyers who visited their stall and these visitors came from 84 countries, and which also includes over 280 students. The majority of visitors came from Italy with just under 15 percent, followed by Germany with 14 percent, Turkey with 11 percent, […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Digitalisation Helps Garment Makers Reduce Time To Market

Textile Insights July 7, 2023

Recently, Changshu and China based Jiangsu Golden Morning Co. received an order to produce 60,000 pieces of garments in only 10 days, which the company managed to deliver within a week. What enabled the company to finish the huge workload in such a short period of time was a digital technology named SewSmart which controls […]

Machinery

Italian Textile Machinery Exports Up 15% In 2022

Textile Insights July 7, 2023

Italian textile machinery production increased 13 percent in 2022 as against 2021, to reach Euro 2.7 billion, while exports rose higher at 15 percent in 2022 to total Euro 2.3 billion. These figures were presented by outgoing ACIMIT President Alessandro Zucchi, at the general assembly of ACIMIT. He also added that 2022 marked yet another […]