Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Crealet Displaying New KAST ECR Solution At Techtextil 2024

Textile Insights April 3, 2024

Crealet, a manufacturer of sophisticated warp feeding technology and tailored solutions will present its latest developments for technical textile applications at Techtextil 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany. Crealet’s mission is to empower narrow fabric weaving with a consistent high-quality level

Machinery

Cavitec Showing Redesigned Caviscreen At Techtextil Frankfurt

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

Cavitec, which is a division of the Sintex Rimar Group will for the first time show the redesigned Caviscreen at Techtextil Frankfurt. “Caviscreen features latest technology attaining unparalleled results for breathable laminates and offering an interesting cost bonus,” a Santex Rimar press release informed. Cavitec is known for manufacturing high-end machines for coating,

Export

Chinese Viscose Yarn Exports Hit Seven Year Low In Jan-Feb

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

Chinese viscose yarn exports in the first two months of 2024 totaled 13.18 kilo tons, a seven year low and was also down by 29 percent from a year ago period. Of this, export of single ply viscose yarn touched 9.24 kilo tons, a massive year on year decline of 40 percent, while exports of […]

Fabric

Meghalaya’s Garo Textile Awarded Geographical Indication Tag

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

Meghalaya’s rich craftsmanship has received recognition with the granting of four Geographical Indication (GI) tags for its Garo Textiles and three other local products. “These four GI-tagged products, while representing the rich culture of the state, also offers livelihoods to 30,000 individuals directly involved in their production and trade,” a press release said. The

Dyes & Chemicals

CHT Presenting Sustainable Auxiliaries At Techtextil Frankfurt

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

The CHT Group is focusing on tailor-made and modern product and process solutions to optimise performance and functionality of technical textiles at Techtextil Frankfurt in Hall 11, Stall B-11. The CHT Group’s product portfolio includes water-based as well as silicone based finishing and coating systems that enable new innovative functionalities, which are all from a […]

Fibre

Hyosung’s Backward Integration Into Raw Material For Spandex

Textile Insights April 2, 2024

Hyosung is initiating a backward integration project and is investing in producing bio-Butanediol (BDO), which is a chemical, used as a raw material for PTMG, which is used to make spandex fibre. This was announced by Hyun-Joon Cho, Chairman of Hyosung who added that the company is investing US $1 billion to establish a 200,000 […]

Industry

Indonesian Trade Minister Refutes Claim Of Continuing Slump

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

The Indonesian Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang stated that the textile industry in Indonesia is not experiencing a decline as previously reported. “Even though there are reports of plans of massive layoffs, the textile industry and related sectors are currently experiencing increased activity,” he said while addressing reporters. “I am in receipt of a report […]

Policies

Mexico To Review Antidumping Duty On PFY Imports From India

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

The Mexican Ministry of Economy through a gazette informed that is reviewing the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of polyester filament yarn (PFY) from India and China with tax number 5402.33.01. The gazette said that the review is initiated by a change in the circumstances that led it to conclude that there will be no […]

Export

Chinese Cotton Fabric Exports Up 10.24% Between Jan & Feb

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

Cotton fabric export volumes in the first two months of 2024 increased 9.32 percent year on year to 938 million metres, while value-wise it rose 10.24 percent to US $1.51 billion. Of this, cotton fabric overseas shipments grew to 560 million metres in January, down 2.77 percent from a year ago month and was also […]

Cotton

Increase In Acreage To Boost Cotton Production In Myanmar

Textile Insights April 1, 2024

A total of 612,712 acres of cotton would be sown in Myanmar in the 2024-25 fiscal across 19 cotton plantation zones in six states and regions as against 576,324 acres in the earlier fiscal. “This cotton acreage would be increased gradually to reach 747,000 acres by fiscal 2027-28,” Mynamar’s Union Minister for Agriculture U Min […]