Event

92% Of FESPA Visitors Seek To Invest In Next 12 Months

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Firming up investment plans was high on the agenda of visitors in four co-located FESPA events held in March in Amsterdam, with 92 percent buyers looking to invest in equipment in the next 12 months. According to a FESPA press release, the collective median budget was over €2.7 billion. The

Event

CMAI Hosting Fabrics Accessories & Beyond Show From April 15

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) is organising the fourth edition of Fabrics Accessories & Beyond Show 2024 (FAB Show) from April 15-17 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Over 200 fabric suppliers from different parts of the country as well as accessories manufacturers, machinery suppliers, real estate developers, and software developers

Fibre

Cellulose Fibre Producer Lenzing Updates Its Climate Targets

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Cellulose fibre producer Lenzing has updated its climate targets to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit the human-induced global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees celsius. The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), the most respected organization in the field of climate-related target setting, has reviewed and confirmed this target improvement. “This

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Archroma Displaying Planet Conscious Innovations At Techtextil

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Archroma is bringing its planet conscious innovations to Techtextil that deliver optimised productivity, enhanced sustainability and value creation. Archroma will introduce its new Super Systems+ concept and highlight breakthrough product innovations in Hall 11, Booth B-41. Drawing on the industry’s broadest product portfolio, the Super Systems+ suite encompasses wet

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Nonwovens Output In Greater European Countries Drops 5.7%

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Nonwovens production in Greater European countries dropped 5.7 percent year on year by volume to 2.86 million tons in 2023, while it fell 5.5 percent in surface area to 81.7 billion square metres. “However, differing trends were seen at the national level when comparing output between Greater European countries, and also when assessing the various […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Active Apparel Group Embraces Toxin Free Printing Inks

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Activewear and performance apparel retailer Active Apparel Group (AAG), has adopted toxin free printing inks in their manufacturing process. “We have embraced Oeko-Tex 100 Class 1 Standard Printing Inks which is as a part of an initiative to reduce environmental impacts and keep ahead of global chemical regulations,” an AAG press release said. According to […]

Industry

China Commissions World’s Largest Single Location PTA Plant

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

China’s Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fiber Company has commissioned the largest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) single location plant in the world. PTA is primarily used as a raw material for producing polyester staple fibre (PSF) With a production capacity of 3 million tons per year, the single site project will effectively drive and develop the downstream […]

Export

Indonesian Illegal Imports Of Clothing Total $2.9bn Per Year

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

The import of illegal garments into Indonesia is projected at three million pieces per day with the import value estimated at US $2.9 billion per year. This was disclosed by Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Textiles (API) West Java branch, Ian Syarif, who said that rise of illegal clothing imports is main cause of […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

M&S Marches Towards Achieving Net Zero Emission 2040 Target

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

Global apparel retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced several new investments in pioneering projects, funded through its Plan A Accelerator Fund, to help achieve its net zero target by 2040 goals. “M&S’s industry-leading, fully integrated sustainability plan ‘Plan A’ was launched in 2007, well before most mainstream businesses were thinking about

Export

Bangladesh Seeks To Expand Apparel & Jute Exports To Russia

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

Jahangir Kabir Nanak, the Bangladeshi Textiles and Jute Minister said his government wants to expand exports of apparels and jute-made products to Russia. “Russia can be a big export market for Bangladeshi garments as well as jute made products,” the minister said after a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Alexander Mantytskiy. While addressing journalists […]