CottonConnect, a social enterprise that focuses on creating a more sustainable and responsible cotton industry has made its TraceBale traceability platform available to the wider apparel industry. TraceBale traceability platform is expected to help brands address supply chain transparency
Chinese exports of spunlace nonwovens amounted to 29.70 kilo tons in October 2023, up 6 percent year over year, but down 9 percent month on month. The average export price stood at US $2,308 tons in October, a decline of 7 percent from a year ago period and also a drop of 2 percent when […]
8.02 million bales of cotton had been ginned across Pakistan by December 15, as against 4.90 million bales of 170 kg each in the same period in the previous season. It may be recalled that Pakistan’s cotton crop was destroyed by the massive floods that the country faced last year, due to which cotton production […]
Pakistani exports of textiles continued their downward slide where they stood at US $1.37 billion in November 2023, down 3.51 percent year on year and also down 5.43 percent month on month. In the first five months of fiscal 2023-24 ending November 2023, textile exports from Pakistan amounted to $6.9 billion, a drop of 10.14 […]
For the first time in knitwear clothing imports, EU’s import from Bangladesh has exceeded the share of any other country during the first nine months of 2023, both in value and volume. Between January and September, EU’s knitwear import from Bangladesh amounted to US $9 billion as against $8.96 billion from China in value. While, […]
AATCC has launched a new Chlorine Test Control Fabric for use with TM 162 Colorfastness for swimming pools with chlorinated water. “This sunny yellow control fabric enables testing laboratories to evaluate colour change when textiles are exposed to chlorinated swimming pool conditions,” AATCC said in a press release. Proper use of the control fabric serves […]
Master S.R.L. had earlier launched the ‘Craftyflow’ and ‘Craftyrope’, for the dyeing of denim warps with indigo and sulphur dyes, which can work both in air and in the nitrogen atmosphere with ecological and economical advantages. “These machines are the results of several trials and the evolution of the concepts utilised in our original dyeing […]
Saurer Technologies will be showcasing its engineering, technology, service and automation strengths at the Domotex exhibition in Hanover which will be held from January 11-14, 2024 in Hall 5, Stall E-27. One of the technologies on display is the CarpetCabler/CarpetTwister 1.12, which has high flexibility and increased productivity and offers possibilities to produce
Teijin Frontier has developed Microft MX, made from blending nylon and polyester filaments giving the fabric, abrasion resistance and colour development capabilities of nylon, and quick-drying properties and shape stability of polyester. According to a Teijin press release, the Microft MX is a next generation, high-quality, high-performance material and is made from
Supplier of odour control solutions Polygiene has launched a unique, plant-based antimicrobial technology for the textile industry. The company has signed an exclusive distributor agreement with French biotech company Proneem, to gain access to a 100 percent bio-based active ingredient extracted from plant-based substances. This new technology, known as StayFreshBIO,





















