Machinery

Italy Exhibits With Largest Contingent At ITMA

Textile Insights June 30, 2023

With 422 exhibiting companies, Italy was the country with the largest contingent at the recently concluded ITMA 2023 exhibition held in Milan. Italy also stood first in the number of visitors or 29 percent of all buyers who visited the exhibition. Italians were followed by buyers from Turkey,

Policies

FIASWI Opposes QCO For BIS Certification On Polyester Yarns

Textile Insights June 30, 2023

The Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry (FIASWI) has demanded removal of implementation of Quality Control Orders (QCO) for Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) certification on various polyester yarns. “FIASWI in a letter addressed to Rachna Shah, the Textile Secretary and JK Gupta, Head Specifications (Textiles) at BIS, has highlighted the need to rectify […]

Special Report

Global Yarn Market Expected To Grow At 5.1% CAGR

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

Worldwide textile yarn market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1 percent to reach US $18.5 billion by 2028 from $14.4 billion in 2023. “China is expected to account for the largest market share in Asia-Pacific in 2023,” Report Linker informed. “The increasing global population, coupled with urbanisation trends, has a direct impact […]

Sustainability

Green Polyester Maker Tops ‘Plastic Waste Maker’ Index

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

Taiwan headquartered and ‘Green’ polyester fibre manufacturer, Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC), has bagged first place in the ‘Plastic Waste Maker Index 2023’ report, published by the Australian philanthropic organisation Minderoo Foundation in 2023. “FENC stands out from 400 companies worldwide for its excellence in circularity performance and is committed to

Product Launch & Innovation

CIEL Unveils Brewed Protein Fibres Made Yarn

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

Mauritius based and CIEL owned Ferney Spinning Mills and Floreal Knitwear launched Otenya, a new yarn collection made from Spiber’s Brewed Protein fibres. This launch marks an important milestone as Ferney Spinning Mills becomes the first global spinning mill to introduce yarn collections incorporating Brewed Protein fibres. Brewed Protein fibres are a new class of

Product Launch & Innovation

Rubi & Ganni Launch Carbon Negative Yarn

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

US based Rubi Laboratories, which pioneered ‘Carbon Negative’ textiles and Denmark based fashion brand Ganni launched a yarn produced directly through a fully enzymatic process made from carbon emissions. The two companies unveiled the yarn, which they claim is both water and land neutral at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen and will design garments […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Kitex Setting Up Yarn To Garments Facility in Telangana

Textile Insights June 29, 2023

Kerala based and one of the biggest global producers of baby garments, Kitex Garments has plans to start a yarn to garment manufacturing facility in Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park (KMTP) in Telangana state. This was announced following several meetings with Telangana Industries Minister KTR Rama Rao and officials of the state Industries Department. The Sabu […]

Product Launch & Innovation

Lycra Sheer Sensation Makes Tights Static Free

Textile Insights June 28, 2023

The Lycra Company has launched Lycra Sheer Sensation technology which it said, is designed to put an end to the unpleasant sensation from sticky tights, caused by static electricity, with various other fabric materials like polyester or viscose. The Lycra Company added that the new technology makes tights static free and has proved its effectiveness […]

Software

Coats’ GSDCost Helps Nobland Reduce Turnaround Time

Textile Insights June 28, 2023

Since its adoption of Coats Digital’s GSDCost, South Korea headquartered Nobland International, a manufacturer of fashion knit and woven garments has reduced the time it takes to produce core styles by 13 percent. Following its successful completion of Coats Digital’s GSDCost training bootcamp, Nobland has been quick to capitalise on GSDCost’s scientifically based tools

Home Textiles

Two Uttar Pradesh Textile Products Bag GI Tag

Textile Insights June 28, 2023

Home furnishings from Baghpat and handlooms of Barabanki, both located in Uttar Pradesh have received the Geographical Indication (GI) tags GI tag is a sign used on the products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or reputation that are due to that origin. These GI tags not only protect the authenticity of […]