Corporates

SANKO Textile Earns TRUECYCLED Certification For Post-Consumer Textile Recycling

Textile Insights June 10, 2026

Trützschler has awarded its TRUECYCLED certification to SANKO Textile, recognizing the Turkish textile manufacturer’s efforts in transforming post-consumer textile waste into high-quality recycled yarns and advancing circular textile production at industrial scale. The certificate was

Event

Shenzhen Textile Fairs To Showcase Next-Generation Materials And AI

Textile Insights June 10, 2026

Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics and Yarn Expo Shenzhen 2026 will bring together more than 600 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions from June 9–11 at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre, highlighting the latest developments in sustainable materials, digitalisation and textile innovation. Spanning approximately 45,000 sq mtr across Halls 1 and 9, the

Industry

Geopolitical Risks Weigh On Tirupur’s Export Performance

Textile Insights June 10, 2026

India’s knitwear capital, Tirupur, faced a challenging fiscal year in 2025-26 as geopolitical tensions, trade uncertainties and rising logistics costs impacted export performance. The cluster recorded exports worth Rs 42,544.40 crore during the year, compared to Rs 44,747 crore in FY2024-25, reflecting a decline of 4.91%. The slowdown comes at a time when global apparel

Cotton

Higher MSP, Monsoon Boost Cotton Sowing Across India

Textile Insights June 10, 2026

Cotton sowing is gaining momentum across key growing regions of India, with farmers increasingly favouring the crop during the ongoing kharif season, supported by higher minimum support prices (MSP), assured procurement and lower water requirements compared to competing crops. In Gujarat, the country’s largest cotton-producing state, farmers had planted cotton on

Special Report

‘AI Skills Gap Hits 45% As India’s Workforce Lags Readiness’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

SHRM India, the India operations of the world’s largest HR professional body, has released the 2026 edition of its flagship annual study, SHRM India Skill Intelligence Report 2026: From Talent to Skills, India’s Future of Work. The report was unveiled during SHRM Tech26, the 12th edition of SHRM’s flagship conference on HR and workplace technology. […]

Special Report

Inside the Box: How We Turned 5S Into A Geometry Exam

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

The VP shot me an accusatory glance. I had just stood up to leave after an important technical discussion. His disapproving look conveyed to me what he was intending to say to me. ‘Don’t you dare leave that chair misaligned.’ I understood immediately. “Sorry!” I whispered and pushed the chair back so that all four […]

Technology

Baisheng And Rieter Take Air-Jet Spinning To The Next Level

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

With its new Rieter air-jet spinning system featuring J 70 technology, Baisheng, based in China, is setting a new benchmark in productivity, efficiency and yarn quality. The advanced system combines high delivery speeds with stable performance, reduced space requirements and long-term cost advantages. This powerful combination lays the foundation for Baisheng’s continued

Sustainability

Weaving A Circular Future For India’s Textile Waste

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

For decades, the textile industry has been a cornerstone of craftsmanship, employment and economic growth. Yet alongside this progress, textile waste has emerged as one of the sector’s most pressing environmental challenges. Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated annually, while less than 1% of used clothing is recycled back into […]

Sustainability

‘Recycling Was Always Last. Someone Moved It To The Front’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

In this incisive and insightful article penned exclusively for Textile Insights, Mansi Bihani writes that the carbon footprint of recycling is not zero, it is simply lower than producing virgin material from scratch, which is a meaningful difference but not the same as being without cost. On World Environment Day, it is worth asking what […]

Tete-A-Tete

‘Garment Manufacturing Will Unlock India’s Full Textile Potential’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

In this exclusive interview, J C Laddha speaks candidly about Sudiva and India’s textile industry with Henry Dsouza, Associate Editor, Textile Insights Could you take us back to the start of your textile industry journey? My journey in the textile industry began in 1973, when I joined the prestigious LNJ Bhilwara Group as a management […]