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Vicunha Unveils Expanded Range Of Regenerative Cotton Denims

Textile Insights October 27, 2023

Vicunha, a denim fabric manufacturer from Brazil displayed an expanded range of regenerative cotton denims at the recently concluded Kingpins Show in Amsterdam. Vicunha expects to produce 15 percent of its denim fabrics with regenerative-grown cotton within the next five years, representing a

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GTT Partners Haartz On PFAS-Free Textile Fabric Finishing

Textile Insights September 28, 2023

The Haartz Corporation, a producer of highly engineered and uniquely designed textile materials and Green Theme Technologies (GTT), an innovator of waterless and PFAS-free textile finishing announced a partnership to revolutionise how textiles are finished in the US. The first of its kind in the North American market, GTT’s PFAS-free and waterless Empel textile finishing

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Textil Santanderina & Archroma Partner On Eco-friendly Denim

Textile Insights September 14, 2023

Spain based Textil Santanderina, a manufacturer of sustainable fabrics launched its Advanced Black denim fabric collection in partnership with Archroma, a producer of specialty chemicals. The Advanced Black collection uses Archroma’s new Diresul Evolution Black LIQ dyestuff to produce on-trend authentic black denim apparel with industry-leading sustainability and resource

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Bangladeshi woven fabric imports drop almost 26%

Textile Insights September 8, 2023

Bangladeshi imports of woven fabrics declined by volume in the first seven months of 2023, due to shortening of garment delivery lead times. Import shipments of woven fabrics by Bangladesh slipped 25.9 percent between January and July 2023, when compared with similar months of the previous year. “Between January and July 2023, woven fabric imports […]

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Lankan Garment Manufacturer To Increase Sourcing From India

Textile Insights July 31, 2023

Sri Lanka based garment manufacturer Aitken Spence is planning to expand its apparel business by increasing sourcing from India. Aitken Spence Apparel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aitken Spence, is currently the sourcing, designing and tailoring partner for Reliance Industries’ (RIL’s) Gap business in India. RIL is the India franchise for Gap, an American clothing and

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Fabric Blended With Tencel Lyocell & Creora Spells Functionality

Textile Insights July 20, 2023

US based Laguna Fabric has launched a new collection called Natural Selection made with Lenzing’s Tencel Lyocell and Hyosung’s Creora bio-based spandex fibre, which altogether prioritises style, functionality, and environmental responsibility. According to Hyosung, Creora bio-based spandex replaces 30 percent of petroleum-based resources with bio-based materials sourced