Sustainability

VERDEinMED Launches Knowledge Platform To Support Circular Transition In Textile Industry

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

The European VERDEinMED project has launched a new Knowledge Platform designed to accelerate the shift toward a circular textile industry. Funded by the Interreg Euro-MED Programme, the platform was developed by the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) with contributions from

Sustainability

Preventing Pollution Delivers Major Health, Economic And Social Benefits, Experts Say

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

Many of the impacts of pollution are invisible, making their scale difficult to measure. Yet experts warn that preventing pollution is far more cost-effective than addressing its consequences, and doing so offers benefits across health, economic growth, food security and social equality. Pollution remains the world’s largest environmental cause of disease and premature

Industry

Four Garment Factories Receive Grants To Improve Worker Commuting Safety

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

Four garment factories in Cambodia and Vietnam have been awarded grants through the Commuting Safety Challenge, an initiative of the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s Vision Zero Fund supported by Nike Inc. The programme encourages factories to propose practical, scalable solutions to reduce commuting-related accidents for garment workers, an often overlooked

Industry

ILO Unveils New Digital Grievance Tools For Indonesian Workers

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

The International Labour Organization (ILO), together with major trade union federations in Indonesia, has launched a new suite of upgraded digital grievance applications aimed at improving workplace conditions in the garment, footwear and palm oil sectors. The launch event, held in Jakarta on 29 October, marks a significant step toward strengthening industrial relations

Tete-A-Tete

Automation, Digitalization And Sustainability Were The Overarching Themes At ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025: Cornelia Buchwalder

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

The innovations showcased at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025 showed a clear vision of the future, one where textile factories operate with higher automation, reduced staffing needs and improved sustainability, averred Cornelia Buchwalder, in this exclusive tete-e-tete with Henry Dsouza, Associate Editor, Textile Insights How was ITMA ASIA + CITME 2025 for the Swiss Textile […]

Tete-A-Tete

‘Sustainability And Energy Efficiency Will Be Crucial Focus Areas For Future Growth Of Fabric Processing’

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

In this exclusive tete-e-tete with Textile Insights, Mukesh Pachauri, Chairman & Managing Director and Akkshitta Pachauri, Vice Chairman of Texfab Engineers (India) Pvt. Ltd., provide insights into the future growth prospects and the key challenges faced by the fabric processing industry and how Texfab’s innovative solutions are driving growth for their clients.

Tete-A-Tete

‘We Want To Build More Sustainable & Long-term Relationships With Customers’

Textile Insights November 10, 2025

We offer numerous retrofit solutions that bring the innovations of our latest machines to existing installations. Through continuous upgrades, customers can maintain high productivity and efficiency throughout the machine’s lifetime, states Alexander Özbahadir in this exclusive interview with Textile Insights Associate Editor, Henry Dsouza. What will be the key priorities

Special Report

Textile Industry Struggles To Dodge Headwinds As Uncertainties Loom Large

Textile Insights November 9, 2025

The domestic textiles and apparel sector is facing severe disruptions following the imposition of 50 per cent tariff by the U.S. on Indian exports. A nationwide survey conducted recently by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has revealed that around 33 per cent of businesses have reported more than 50 per cent decline in […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Rice University Startup Turns Everyday Fabrics Into Silent Communication Devices

Textile Insights November 9, 2025

What began as a high school bow tie business has evolved into a breakthrough in wearable technology. Rice University doctoral candidate Barclay Jumet, alongside his adviser Daniel J. Preston, has co-founded Actile Technologies, a startup that transforms regular fabrics into smart textiles capable of delivering touch-based signals, enabling a new, silent form of

Sustainability

Keeping Clothes In Circulation: How EU Research Is Transforming Textile Waste

Textile Insights November 9, 2025

Europe is taking bold steps to slash textile waste by up to 80% and make sustainable products the new standard. Across the continent, EU-funded researchers and manufacturers are working together to turn old clothes into high-quality new products, transforming the way Europe approaches textile recycling. In Waregem, north-west Belgium, an innovative machine accessible only