Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Kelheim Develops Sustainable Women’s Period Innerwear

Textile Insights March 28, 2024

Kelheim Fibres and Gebr.Otto will showcase their joint concept aimed at making women’s period innerwear high performance and more sustainable at Techtextil 2024. The two companies will showcase a solution for period innerwear made from biobased materials, distinguished by performance metrics at

Industry

Textile Park With ZLD Facility To Be Set Up Near Ahmedabad

Textile Insights March 27, 2024

A new Textile Park being set up near Ahmedabad is expected to address pollution challenges faced by the fabric processing industry in Ahmedabad. The Rupam Eco Green Textile Park will be spread across 100 acres of land at Mahijadi village near Ahmedabad. The company had signed a MoU to invest Rs 500 crore for the […]

Industry

Several Initiatives From Maharashtra To Become Textile Hub

Textile Insights March 27, 2024

Advancing its vision of establishing itself as a textile hub, Maharashtra has committed to developing 18 mini textile parks among various other initiatives. “These mini textiles parks will attract investment of Rs 1,800 crore and create employment for 36,000 people,” Chandrakant Patil, Textile Minister, Maharashtra wrote in the Financial Express. Furthermore, the

Cotton

Brazilian Cotton To Be Promoted In India & Other Countries

Textile Insights March 27, 2024

Following the success of visits to Indonesia and Bangladesh to promote Brazilian cotton, the Brazilian Cotton Growers Association (Abrapa) is now planning such visits to more countries. More such visits are on the agenda aimed at promoting Brazilian cotton around the world, which include India, Thailand, China, Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, the EU and […]

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Fast Retailing Closing 50 Uniqlo Unprofitable Stores In China

Textile Insights March 27, 2024

Fast Retailing, the owner of Uniqlo brand and retailer of apparels is planning to close 50 unprofitable stores in China. But at the same time the Japanese company also plans to open 80 new stores. This was disclosed by Takeshi Okazaki, Chief Financial Officer of Fast Retailing who said it will adjust its store-opening strategy […]

Policies

Brazil Initiates Anti-Dumping Investigation On PSF Imports

Textile Insights March 27, 2024

Brazil has initiated an anti-dumping investigation in to imports of polyester staple fibre (PSF) originating from India, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. The Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services issued a notice regarding this earlier on March 25, 2024. The Foreign Trade Secretariat did this in response to

Machinery

Uster Technologies Automate Fabric Inspection System

Textile Insights March 27, 2024

Uster Technologies is supplying a flexible solution to upgrade fabric inspection from manual to automated system. Integration in existing production lines is quick and easy, and the data flow also brings extra benefits, which can help fabric producers significantly improve yield with fast and accurate quality monitoring. “The system offers up to 50 percent lead […]

Export

Vietnam Textile & Apparel Exports Optimistic Of Reaching Target

Textile Insights March 26, 2024

The Vietnamese textile and garment is witnessing a rise in export orders since the beginning of this year and so is optimistic about achieving target of US $44 billion in exports this year. A majority of textile and garment exporters have reported that they have in hand production orders in hand till May 2024. Experts […]

Export

Indian Textile & Apparel Exports Drop 7.38% Between April & Feb

Textile Insights March 26, 2024

India’s textile and apparel exports dropped 7.38 percent to US $40.76 billion in the eleven months of fiscal 2023-24 from $44.01 billion in the same period of earlier fiscal. Exports of textiles totaled $30.96 billion in the period between April and February 2024, down 4.2 percent compared to $32.33 billion in the comparable months of […]

Cotton

SIMA Chief Advises Mills To Rely Only On Govt Agencies Forecast

Textile Insights March 26, 2024

The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has urged its member mills to plan their cotton purchase according to reports issued by the Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC). Dr SK Sundararaman, Chairman of SIMA has advised cotton textile mills to rely only on the estimates published by the Office of the Textile Commissioner, Ministry […]