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February 20, 2026

Apparel, Fashion, Retail

Bharat Biotech Picks 20% Stake In Eastman Exports

Textile Insights July 28, 2023

Bharat Biotech Group has picked a 20 percent stake in one of India’s biggest knitted garment exporters, Tirupur based Eastman Exports. Eastman Exports will use the new investment for capital expenditure, strengthening backward integration and customer acquisition among others. The funds will

Product Launch & Innovation

Anteprima Unveils Colour Changing Knitted Garments Using AI

Textile Insights July 28, 2023

Hong Kong based fashion brand Anteprima has introduced glowing and colour changing knitted garments using artificial intelligence (AI). The innovative material has been developed by Hong Kong based Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence in Design (AiDLab). It is the world’s first contactless gesture-recognition illuminative textile and has a patented structural design made

Sustainability

Walmart Pilots Project To Convert CO2 Into Lyocell Yarns

Textile Insights July 28, 2023

The world’s biggest retailer Walmart has partnered Rubi Laboratories to test technology, that removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from its supply chain and eventually turn that CO2 into yarn for garments. As part of a pilot project, Walmart will identify factories in its supply chain where CO2 in waste gases can be captured using Rubi’s reactor […]

Event

Gartex Texprocess Kick Starts From August 3

Textile Insights July 28, 2023

Garment and textile machinery exhibition Gartex Texprocess will be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 3–5 August, 2023. The exhibition showcases cutting-edge technologies that facilitate efficient manufacturing, value added machinery, including software solutions that optimise supply chain management and streamline production processes. Furthermore, the event will

Export

22 Countries Open Bank Accounts To Trade In Indian Rupee

Textile Insights July 28, 2023

Banks of 22 countries have opened Rupee Vostro accounts in Indian banks in order to trade in the Indian currency as part of gradual plan to veer away from dollar payment. “This would enable exporters and importers to invoice and pay in their respective domestic currencies enabling the development of a bilateral foreign exchange market,” […]

Sustainability

1.5 million Jeans Meet Circular Textile Guidelines

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

Between 2021 and 2023, 1.5 million pairs of jeans were redesigned or confirmed to circular textile norms by brands to meet the guidelines of circular textiles. One-in-nine brands have redesigned at least 40 percent of their jeans portfolio and more than a third of participants, have applied the principles of circular design beyond jeans also […]

Industry

183,844 Beneficiaries Trained Under Samarth Scheme

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

In a written reply, Minister of State for Textiles Darshana Jardosh informed Lok Sabha that during the last three years and the current year, 183,844 beneficiaries have been trained under the Samarth scheme. The written reply added that 1,880 textiles training centres are operating in the country under the scheme as on 20 July, 2023. […]

Machinery

Italian Textile Machinery Orders Drop 30% In Q2

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

During the second quarter of 2023, orders for Italian textile machinery dropped significantly by 30 percent compared to the same quarter of 2022. “This drop is the result of a reduction in the collection of new orders recorded by manufacturers both domestic and foreign markets,” the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) said. The […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

BIS Releases Four New Technical Textiles Standards

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

At the recently held National Conclave on Standards & Regulations for Technical Textiles, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) released four new standards during the conclave. There was a special session which discussed rationalisation of HSN codes and standards and implementation of QCOs, which was attended by more than 150 participants. The new four new […]

Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Low Demand & Over Capacity Puts Stress On Nonwovens Sector

Textile Insights July 27, 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic forced spunmelt nonwovens and medical nonwovens industry to increase their capacity and build up production. In the two-year period, when the pandemic was at its peak, meltblown and well as spunlace products production doubled. “But with the impact of the pandemic on a decline, demand for single use medical textiles dwindled, resulting […]

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