Cotton Australia has opened applications for the cotton industry’s premier entry-level leadership opportunity, the 2024 Australian Future Cotton Leaders Program (AFCLP). According to Cotton Australia, there are 15 spaces available for the best and brightest young minds dedicated to developing
National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) has applauded the actions of a bipartisan group of senators who are raising alarm about the impact of China’s predatory trade practices on the US textile and apparel industry. NCTO has called on President Joe Biden to lead a multi-agency effort to substantially step up enforcement and develop a […]
One of the world’s biggest garment retailers, Inditex and the International Apparel Federation (IAF) have signed a framework agreement to drive transformation in the apparel and textile industry “The agreement aims to promote a more respectful industry for people and planet by boosting circularity, traceability and worker wellbeing,” IAF said in a press release. The […]
SN Modani led and Bhilwara based Sangam India aims to achieve around Rs 4,000 crore in revenue by fiscal 2024-25, as against Rs 2,730 crore, the textiles company reported in fiscal 2022-23. “The textile company hopes to cross Rs 3,000 crore in revenues in the current fiscal,” media reports stated. Sangam India is a producer […]
Belgium based advanced weaving machines manufacturer Picanol has achieved a milestone of producing the 400,000th weaving machine at its facility in Ieper, Belgium. According to Picanol, the very first Picanol weaving machine was produced in 1936, based on a design by Spanish engineer Jaimé Picañol, after whom the company was named. The 400,000th weaving machine, […]
Kindly provide a history about your company like when it was started, who started, etc. Sun Yarnguides Industries is an Indian company that manufactures textile machinery parts. The company is based in Ahmedabad and was founded in 2016 to manufacture sheet metal and wire products for the spinning and weaving industry. Please share details about […]
Bangladesh apparel exports increased to $11.61 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2023-24, up 13.07 percent over $10.27 billion recorded in the comparable quarter of fiscal 2022-23. Data from the Export Promotion Bureau revealed that of overall garment exports, knitwear exports expanded 19.70 percent year on year to $6.76 billion in the July to […]
In a bid to eliminate fashion goods made with forced Uyghur labour, the US has restricted imports from three more Chinese companies, bringing the total number of banned entities to 27. The names of Xinjiang Tianmian Foundation Textile, Xinjiang Tianshan Wool Textile and Xinjiang Zhongtai Group were added to the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act […]
Better Cotton has launched a new strategic partnership in Spain with Espalgodon and the regional government of Andalucia to kickstart the production of Better Cotton-equivalent cotton in Spain. Better Cotton has worked with the regional government of Andalucia to align its Integrated Production System (IPS) with the Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS). In practice, this
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has elected new leadership with the conclusion of its 65th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on September 29, 2023, conducted through a virtual platform. The freshly reconstituted committee of CITI has elected a new team to guide the organization into the future. Chairman Rakesh Mehra: An Industry Luminary […]





















