The Global Fashion Agenda has unveiled a new platform, the Global Textiles Policy Forum (GTPF), which will help textile industry collaborate on sustainable solutions. The new platform was launched at The Global Fashion Summit, which took place in Copenhagen from June 27-28. GTPF’s objective is
With 422 exhibiting companies, Italy was the country with the largest contingent at the recently concluded ITMA 2023 exhibition held in Milan. Italy also stood first in the number of visitors or 29 percent of all buyers who visited the exhibition. Italians were followed by buyers from Turkey, India and Germany with six percent each. […]
The Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry (FIASWI) has demanded removal of implementation of Quality Control Orders (QCO) for Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) certification on various polyester yarns. “FIASWI in a letter addressed to Rachna Shah, the Textile Secretary and JK Gupta, Head Specifications (Textiles) at BIS, has highlighted the need to rectify […]
Worldwide textile yarn market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.1 percent to reach US $18.5 billion by 2028 from $14.4 billion in 2023. “China is expected to account for the largest market share in Asia-Pacific in 2023,” Report Linker informed. “The increasing global population, coupled with urbanisation trends, has a direct impact […]
Taiwan headquartered and ‘Green’ polyester fibre manufacturer, Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC), has bagged first place in the ‘Plastic Waste Maker Index 2023’ report, published by the Australian philanthropic organisation Minderoo Foundation in 2023. “FENC stands out from 400 companies worldwide for its excellence in circularity performance and is committed to
Mauritius based and CIEL owned Ferney Spinning Mills and Floreal Knitwear launched Otenya, a new yarn collection made from Spiber’s Brewed Protein fibres. This launch marks an important milestone as Ferney Spinning Mills becomes the first global spinning mill to introduce yarn collections incorporating Brewed Protein fibres. Brewed Protein fibres are a new class of
US based Rubi Laboratories, which pioneered ‘Carbon Negative’ textiles and Denmark based fashion brand Ganni launched a yarn produced directly through a fully enzymatic process made from carbon emissions. The two companies unveiled the yarn, which they claim is both water and land neutral at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen and will design garments […]
Kerala based and one of the biggest global producers of baby garments, Kitex Garments has plans to start a yarn to garment manufacturing facility in Kakatiya Mega Textiles Park (KMTP) in Telangana state. This was announced following several meetings with Telangana Industries Minister KTR Rama Rao and officials of the state Industries Department. The Sabu […]
Fiera Milano was home to ITMA from June 8-14, 2022, the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition. SPGPrints took a different approach to the show by focusing on the customers’ needs and sustainability. By showcasing its reliable, innovative and sustainable solutions, SPGPrints looks back at a very successful ITMA 2023. Sustainability put into
The Lycra Company has launched Lycra Sheer Sensation technology which it said, is designed to put an end to the unpleasant sensation from sticky tights, caused by static electricity, with various other fabric materials like polyester or viscose. The Lycra Company added that the new technology makes tights static free and has proved its effectiveness […]





















