India’s textile value chain is facing renewed pressure as a sharp rise in cotton prices tightens margins for spinning mills already grappling with weak downstream demand and global uncertainties. The benchmark Shankar-6 cotton variety, largely produced in Gujarat, has climbed to around Rs
India’s textile exports, including handicrafts, recorded a growth of 2.1 percent in FY 2025-26, reaching Rs 3,16,334.9 crore compared to Rs 3,09,859.3 crore in the previous financial year, according to data released by the Ministry of Textiles on Wednesday. The steady performance highlights sustained global demand for Indian textile products and the continued
Vietnam and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization have signed a new Country Programme for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development for 2025–2028, marking a major step toward accelerating the country’s green industrial transition. Signed in Hanoi on April 20, the US$ 72 million initiative aims to modernise Vietnam’s manufacturing sector through a
Italian yarn specialist MIC Spa is presenting its latest innovations at Techtextil 2026 in collaboration with Shima Seiki Italia, highlighting the evolution of yarn into a high-performance technological component. At the centre of the showcase is the EXTE 2.7 yarn, engineered for advanced applications and used to create technical gloves directly on Shima Seiki machines.
Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high-quality and mission-critical textile solutions, has released its 2026 Sustainability Report, highlighting significant progress across its operations and brands. The report covers updates from its distinguished portfolio, including American & Efird (A&E), Burlington Industries, Cone Denim, Gütermann and Safety
Europe’s textile and apparel industry continues to face mounting challenges, with factory closures becoming an increasingly frequent reality across the region. Each shutdown brings not only job losses and community disruption but also the erosion of critical industrial capabilities. According to the latest Economic Update released by EURATEX, the industry recorded negative
Circulose has entered into a collaboration with China Textile Academy Green Fibre (CTA) to enable the production of lyocell fibres using CIRCULOSE pulp, marking a key step toward expanding textile-to-textile recycled materials across a broader range of applications. Lyocell fibres, produced through a solvent-based spinning process, are widely recognised for their strength,
Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN have successfully completed a major semi-industrial trial to recycle post-consumer, polyester-rich textile waste into high-quality raw material for new polyester production, marking a significant step toward circularity in the textile industry. The trial involved processing several tens of tonnes of European textile waste, sourced from public
Shahi Exports, one of India’s largest apparel manufacturers and exporters, has partnered with Innovo Fiber LLC, USA, to scale its Fibre52 cotton pretreatment technology across integrated textile operations. The deployment at Shahi’s knits processing facility marks the largest industrial-scale implementation of the technology globally, signalling a major advancement in
India has the potential to unlock nearly US$ 9.4 billion (Rs 78,500 crore) annually from textile waste by strengthening collection, sorting and recycling systems, according to a joint report by FICCI and Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition. The country generates around 7.25 million tonnes of textile waste each year, but a large portion […]





















