Cotton

NCBA Estimates Higher Indian Cotton Crop In Current Season

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

India’s cotton crop in the October 2022 to September 2023 cotton season will be 329.72 lakh bales (1 bale=170kgs), as against 312 lakh bales last season, the National Cotton Brokers Association (NCBA) has estimated. “The estimate is based on arrivals until June-end and was finalised at a

Cotton

Aussie Cotton Spins Export Success In Indonesia

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

Indonesia is becoming a growing market for Australian cotton as Australia’s competitively priced, high-quality cotton is stealing market share from the US and Brazil. Indonesia accounted for 12 percent of total raw cotton bales exported in the 2022 season, up from 9 percent in 2019, because Aussie cotton is well regarded in Indonesia for its […]

Fibre

Recycled Fibre Produced From Ocean-Bound Plastic Bottles

Textile Insights July 11, 2023

German company Advansa and Indonesia headquartered Asia Pacific Fibers have launched Remotion Blue, a premium fibre for sports and activewear, made from recycled ocean-bound plastic bottles with full end-to-end traceability from Prevented Ocean Plastic. Remotion Blue is a specially engineered polyester fibre made from ocean-bound plastic as a premium raw material with a

Sustainability

Epson & Japanese Fashion Designer Partner On Sustainable Fashion

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

Digital printer manufacturer Epson has adapted its dry fibre technology, which is used to recycle paper and requires virtually no water to produce to produce new nonwoven re-fiberised fabric from used and discarded garments. “The new collection will illustrate how switching to digital textile printing using more sustainable pigment inks offers the fashion industry a […]

Industry

Rieter Selling No Longer Required Land In Winterthur

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

Switzerland headquartered and spinning machinery manufacturer Rieter AG, is selling the land, that is no longer required for operations at its Klosterstrasse plant in Winterthur, to Allreal also from Switzerland. Allreal will take over the land covering a total area of around 75,000 square metres at an agreed price of CHF 96 million, with the […]

Sustainability

Plans To Make India Hub For Sustainable & Circular Textiles

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

The Indian Ministry of Textiles has initiated work on drafting a policy to make India a global hub for sourcing sustainable and circular textiles. The ministry will conduct a study on Mapping of Textile Waste Value Chain, both pre- and post-consumer and to do so, has plans to hire a consulting agency, which will have […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Armedangels Unveils 100% Recycled Denim Line – DetoxDenim

Textile Insights July 10, 2023

Armedangels, which manufactures and markets sustainable lifestyle garments has launches its first 100 percent recycled denim line, DetoxDenim. DetoxDenim has been produced with 100 percent recycled cotton, made up of 80 percent pre- consumer and 20 percent post-consumer waste. By scanning a QR code sewn into the denim a customer gets access to Aware Virtual […]

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 growers will receive technical and financial support as well […]

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