Cotton

Global Cotton Trade To Grow 16% in 2023-2024

Textile Insights June 19, 2023

Global trade in raw cotton is expected to grow 16% year on year, to 43.8 million bales (1 bale = 480 pounds) in the 12 month period ending July 2024, as against the same period ending July 2023. According to a latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) report, this hike in cotton trade in

Export

Indian Textile & Garment Exports Drop 12.2% In May

Textile Insights June 19, 2023

Indian textile and garment exports dropped 12.2 percent year on year in May 2023 and stood at US $2,816 million, as against US $3,206 million in same month of 2022. Considering just textiles, exports declined 11.8 percent, while clothing exports dipped 12.7 percent. Handicrafts and handmade carpet shipments fell 21.1 percent, while jute exports plummeted […]

Dyes & Chemicals

India To Test Chinese Textiles For Azo Dyes Content

Textile Insights June 17, 2023

India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in an updated exemption list, has removed China from a list of countries, which were exempt from Azo Dye tests for textiles imported into the country. This means all Chinese textiles that are imported by India will be tested for Azo Dyes Content. Azo Dyes are known to […]

Corporates

ITEMA Partners SECO To Launch Innovative Service Solutions

Textile Insights June 17, 2023

Italy based ITEMA Group has planned to launch an innovative as-a-service solution, developed in partnership with SECO. ITEMA, a manufacturer of weaving solutions gave a preview of the solution at ITMA, which is aimed at introducing a set of value-added services based on artificial intelligence for textile industry. According to a press release from SECO, […]

Fibre

Diesel To Launch Recycled Fibres Denim Jeans Range

Textile Insights June 17, 2023

Denim and garment brand Diesel, will launch a new line of denim jeans, made using a minimum 20% of recycled fibres. These recycled fibres are derived from cutting waste, sourced from its Tunisian garment factories supply chain. Around 7,500 kilograms of cutting waste from Diesel’s denim production in Tunisia were collected and sent to recycling […]

Industry

Tool For Spinners To Evaluate Performance Vis-À-Vis Others

Textile Insights June 17, 2023

The Cotton Council International (CCI) has launched an essential new benchmarking tool – the COTTON USA Mill Performance Index for spinning mills, which allows mills to evaluate their performance vis-à-vis others and definitively show the positive impact of US cotton. The COTTON USA Mill Performance Index anonymously collects data from participating spinning mills and

Corporates

First Bruckner Stenter Buyer Invests In New Coating Line

Textile Insights June 16, 2023

Textilveredlung Drechsel which bought the first Stenter from Bruckner in 1952, has again invested in a state-of-the-art new Bruckner coating line Textilveredlung, a German contract finisher and coater, was founded as a Dyehouse and initially dealt in dyeing of yarns as well as re-dyeing used clothing. According to Bruckner, the heart of the new coating […]

Corporates

Trevira Renamed As Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany

Textile Insights June 16, 2023

Germany based Trevira GmbH which was acquired in 2011 by Thailand headquartered Indorama Ventures, has now been renamed as Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany GmbH. In the last few years, Indorama Ventures has made several acquisitions and now has 147 locations in 35 countries and employs more than 26,000 people in three business segments. “To strengthen […]

Corporates

Karl Mayer & Lenzing Collaborate On Eco-Friendly Textiles

Textile Insights June 16, 2023

Karl Mayer and Lenzing Group are collaborating to create a more environmentally friendly textile value chain. This cooperation intends to increase the proportion of botanic and biodegradable as well as fossil-free materials used in the production of textiles on both warp knitting and flat knitting machines. The collaboration has targeted use of up to 100% […]

Dyes & Chemicals

CHT Unveils Most Modern Reactive Dye Range Bezaktiv One

Textile Insights June 16, 2023

CHT Germany has unveiled the most modern reactive dye range Bezaktiv One, which covers a broad colour spectrum with tinctorial very strong dyes and which enables a cost-efficient dye process with significantly less dye and salt. “The excellent wash-off behaviour allows short rinse cycles at lower temperatures and therefore offers further ecological and economic advantages