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February 21, 2026

Corporates

Aditya Birla Fashion And Retail To Raise Rs 750 Crore

September 3, 2023

In a recent regulatory filing, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) announced its intention to secure Rs 750 crore in funds through debt bonds. The fundraising is scheduled to take place on or after September 4, 2023, through a private placement offering. The company plans to issue 75,000

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

First Steps Babywear Wins Fourth Consecutive Award For Excellence In Worker Welfare

September 3, 2023

First Steps Babywear has once again demonstrated its commitment to excellence by receiving the Excellence in Worker Welfare Award from Apparel Sourcing Week (ASW). The company was honoured in the Social Impact category at the prestigious Sustainable NXT Awards 2023, a platform aligned with the evolving dynamics of the apparel industry. This category specifically recognizes

Cotton

Project To Promote DNA Testing Of Cotton In India

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal informed that a project will be initiated for development of cotton markers in order to promote DNA testing of cotton in the country. Piyush Goyal said this while presiding over the seventh interactive meeting with the Textile Advisory Group (TAG) on Cotton, in Coimbatore to review progress of initiatives for cotton […]

Industry

India Has Capability To Become World’s Biggest Textile Hub: Goyal

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

India has the capability to become the world’s biggest textile hub and the Indian textile sector has done commendable work, but should multiply their efforts, as a lot still needs to be achieved. This was said by Chief Guest and Textile Minister Piyush Goyal, while delivering the keynote address at the 11th Asian Textile Conference […]

Machinery

Trützschler 12 Head Comber Offers 50% Higher Productivity

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

Trützschler has introduced an advanced technology comber, TCO 21XL which has 12 combing heads, instead of the standard eight heads, resulting in 50 percent more productivity, while also saving space. “Two heads are better than one, so just imagine what 12 heads can do! That’s the simple but effective idea behind the TCO 21XL,” the […]

Cotton

Traces of Xinjiang Uygur Cotton Found In US Apparel Imports

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

US Customs has detected links to cotton grown in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in 28 percent of all tests done on apparel and shoes imported from China. Under an act enacted in 2022, the US banned import of garments produced from cotton grown in the Xinjiang Uygur region, over allegations of forced labour. “These […]

Fibre

Lenzing Invests €100mn In Indonesian Plant To Produce VSF

Textile Insights September 2, 2023

Austrian manufacturer of cellulose fibres, Lenzing has made significant technical improvements to its PT. South Pacific Viscose, Purwakarta plant. Lenzing has invested more than €100 million since 2021 to convert existing production capacity to specialty viscose. “With the imminent completion of the investment, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing

Industry

Indian Textile Sector Will Regain Lost Glory: Piyush Goyal

Textile Insights September 1, 2023

The Indian textile sector will regain its lost glory and Tamil Nadu is going to be the vanguard of the revival. This was informed by Minister for Textiles Piyush Goyal, while speaking at the office of the Southern India Mills’ Association in Coimbatore. “Most developed countries are facing economic challenges. But I feel proud to […]

Machinery

Avery Bridges Physical & Digital Realms Of Garment Sector

Textile Insights September 1, 2023

Visitors to the Avery Dennison stall at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics 2023 discovered the potential of bridging the physical and digital realms with advanced digital identification solutions for apparel. With the ability to interact directly with connected garments at the Avery Dennison booth, visitors were invited to ‘See Beyond the Physical, the Digital and into

Export

Bangladesh Largest Shipper Of Cotton Apparels To UK

Textile Insights September 1, 2023

Bangladesh has become the largest exporter of apparels made from cotton to the UK in 2021, and is followed by China in second place. Shipments of exports of cotton clothing to UK from the South Asian country reached $1.95 billion in 2021, thereby gaining a market share of 21.9 percent, which is double the market […]

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