Corporates

Mayer & Cie’s China Subsidary Shifts Headquarters to Jintan

Textile Insights March 11, 2024

Mayer & Cie. CN Changzhou LLC, the Chinese subsidiary of the German circular knitting and braiding machine manufacturer has changed its headquarters from Shanghai to Jintan in Jiangsu Province. The new location within a Sino-German Innovation Park comprises a production hall of around 5,000

Economy

Archroma Introduces State-Of-The Art Wet Fastness Improver

Textile Insights March 11, 2024

Archroma has developed a new wet-fastness improver that helps brands and mills produce durable clothing, towels, linens and other textile products with long-lasting colours without compromising on quality or introducing hazardous chemicals. Albafix Eco Plus is a next-generation fixing agent that delivers the strongest possible wet-fastness for all reactive dyes on cotton

Industry

CITI Welcomes FTA With European Free Trade Association Nations

Textile Insights March 11, 2024

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has welcomed signing of the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries. EFTA members include Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland which are an important trade bloc for the Indian textile industry. “CITI had been requesting the government to expedite

Industry

Tamil Nadu Initiates Textile & Garment Skill Training Program

Textile Insights March 9, 2024

The Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC), the South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) and the Department of Textiles have launched a skill development training program. This skill development training has been started at KG Denim in Coimbatore as a part of a scheme to train 8,950 workers across the state for jobs in the […]

Machinery

Karl Mayer Group Focuses On Sustainability At Techtextil

Textile Insights March 9, 2024

The Karl Mayer Group will highlight how sustainability and cost-effectiveness go hand in hand at the upcoming Techtextil in Hall 12, Stall B-73. Under the motto ‘Master the Change – profitable, flexible, sustainable’ Karl Mayer Group is presenting solutions for challenges in the fields of warp knitting, flat knitting, composites, warp preparation, digitalisation and Care

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Andritz Showing Innovative Nonwovens Solutions At Techtextil

Textile Insights March 9, 2024

International technology group Andritz will be presenting its innovative nonwovens production and textile solutions at Techtextil in Frankfurt in Hall 12, Stall B-93. Andritz technologies cover air-through bonding, airlay, airlaid, needlepunch, spunlace, spunbond, wetlaid/Wetlace, converting, textile finishing, recycling, and natural fibre processing. At Techtextil,

Export

Vietnam’s Textile & Apparel Exports Up 15% In Jan-Feb 2024

Textile Insights March 9, 2024

Vietnamese exports of textiles and garments totaled US $5.2 billion in the first two months of the ongoing year, which is an increase of 15 percent over the same period last year. According to a Vietnamese expert, the growth has been achieved due to the momentum in orders from key export markets since December 2023. […]

Industry

Odisha Expects Rs 10,974cr Investment In Textiles

Textile Insights March 9, 2024

Odisha is creating an eco system to attract investments in textiles, apparel, and technical textiles sectors and is looking forward to a total investment of Rs 10,974 crore. The Odisha government has developed or plans Technical Textiles Park at Bhadrak, Textiles Park at Kalibeti in Khordha, and an Apparel Park at Aranga in Khodha. The […]

Export

Bangladesh Clothing Exports Increase 13.93% In February 2024

Textile Insights March 8, 2024

Bangladesh exported apparels totaling to US $4.49 billion in February 2024, increasing by 13.93 percent over a year ago period and also recorded one of the highest figure for any single month. In January 2024, garment exports had reached a record high for a single month and had amounted to $4.97 billion or close to […]

Fibre

Indonesia’s Guideline For Monitoring PSF Raw Material Import

Textile Insights March 8, 2024

The Indonesian textile industry has received a positive boost with the issuance of a government guideline regulating the import of textile raw materials like MEG, a key raw material for PSF. This regulation provides clear guidance for industry players in managing imports of raw materials, with the main aim of maintaining stable supply and demand […]