Cotton

USDA Forecasts Aussie Cotton Crop At 5mn Bales In 2023-24

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

Australia’s cotton production in the current season is forecast to rise by 200,000 bales to reach 5 million bales in the 2024-2025 cotton season, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its report The Aussie cotton crops are likely to benefit from average rainfall during the

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Report Links Fashion Brands Zara & H&M To Brazil Deforestation

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

Fashion retail giants H&M and Zara have been linked to reported large-scale illegal deforestation and land-grabbing in Brazil. An investigation traced nearly one million tons of cotton from farms allegedly linked to 100,000 hectares of Cerrado wilderness, to clothing manufacturers that supply to the world’s largest fashion retailers. The Cerrado has the oldest forms of

Corporates

CEO Thomas Oetterli Elected As Chairman Of Rieter BoD

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

CEO Thomas Oetterli was elected as Chairman of the board of directors (BoD) of Rieter Holding at the 133rd annual general meeting of the Swiss textile machinery manufacturing company. Additionally, 312 shareholders who attended the meeting and who represent 68.7 percent of the share capital approved the proposal to distribute a dividend of CHF 3.00 […]

Cotton

Chinese Research On Cotton Crop Resistance To Adverse Climates

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

The Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences will invest Yuan 15 million to develop cotton crops, which will cope with adversities such as pests, high and low temperatures, droughts, etc. The academy will introduce biological technologies such as genetic engineering to develop and introduce excellent genes into cotton crops to improve their resistance to various

Dyes & Chemicals

Covestro Exhibiting Innovative Material Solutions At Techtextil

Textile Insights April 18, 2024

Polymer manufacturer Covestro is exhibiting a wide range of innovative material solutions for the textile industry at Techtextil 2024 in Frankfurt in Hall 11.0, Booth E76. Covestro teams are presenting a selection of highlights from its portfolio that can help textile manufacturers improve the productivity and sustainability of their operations and products. From more

Export

Indian Cotton Textile Exports Increase 6.7% In 2023-24

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

Indian export of cotton textiles in fiscal 2023-2024 reached US $11.68 billion, growing by 6.7 percent over the previous fiscal. “This accomplishment underscores the resilience, determination, and collective efforts of all the exporters,” Sunil Patwari, Chairman of Texprocil said in a statement. “Positive growth has been achieved despite headwinds like geo strategic

Industry

Uzbek Textile Production Climbs 4.2 Times In Seven Years

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

Over the past seven years, Uzbekistan’s textile production has climbed 4.2 times, while exports of textile and apparel reached US $3.1 billion in 2023. In 2023, textile and clothing products worth $8.2 billion were manufactured in the country, which translates into a hike of 4.2 times from seven years ago. This has been made possible […]

Dyes & Chemicals

Archroma & DMix Unveil Largest Library Of Eco Textile Colours

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

Archroma and ColorDigital GmbH, the company behind DMIx, a pioneer in textile supply chain digitalisation, have partnered to bring the textile industry’s largest library of engineered colour standards to the DMIx ecosystem of fashion brands and suppliers. All 5,760 colour references in the Color Atlas by Archroma will be integrated into ColorDigital’s DMIx interactive

Machinery

Vandewiele Displaying Stunning Innovations At Techtextil

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

Vandewiele will have stunning presentations of innovations in technical textiles, feeders and other developments for multilayer fabrics, spacer fabrics, etc at Techtextil in Hall 12.0, booth D20. The company will show several examples of technical textiles based on the core technology of double piece distance weaving creating a sandwich structure. Vandewiele weaving

Product Launch & Innovation

Lunamicro’s Moisture Management Technology Wins Techtextil Award

Textile Insights April 17, 2024

LunaMicro AB which has developed an innovative moisture management technology has been awarded Techtextil’s 2024 Innovation Award in the ‘New Technology’ category. Compared to passive membranes normally used in waterproof garments, LunaMicro’s patented fabric pump technology removes moisture even when the outside environment is wet. The technology also allows over 80