Vaude, a European environmentally friendly outdoor garment brand will introduce a fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester supplied by UPM Biochemicals. Finland based UPM Biochemicals, is a supplier of sustainable wood-based biochemicals for replacing fossil-based raw materials. According
India based Simta Machinery displayed and unveiled its automated Cone Transport and Cone Packaging Solutions for the first time in an international exhibition at ITMA 2023. “Both, Cone Transport as well as Cone Packaging Solutions have been designed and developed to meet the existing challenges of spinning mills. Both are automated solutions which will help […]
Sewts GmbH, a German tech startup, designs autonomous robots that handle textiles, like clothing, and anticipate how they behave using 2D and 3D cameras. As is well known, the global textile and garment industry faces several challenges that hinder production, like labour and equipment shortages. “While moving production of garments to Europe, brands will be […]
World cotton mill use is forecast to rebound in cotton year 2023-24 to 117 million bales (1 bale = 480 pounds), up seven percent or 7.9 million bales from the previous cotton season. After two years of decline in mill consumption, attributable in part to relatively high cotton fibre prices and rising yarn and fabric […]
In the first four months of 2023, US garment imports plummeted 22.15 percent year on year. In the first four months of 2022, they stood at US $32.38 billion as against which they fell to $25.21 billion in January-April 2023. According to OTEXA, which published the data, imports from all top import sources like China, […]
Epson will launch a new hybrid SureColor F2270 for both direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTFilm) printing, which goes beyond traditional garment printing and transfer to a wider variety of materials, including uniquely shaped items. “The Epson SureColor F2270 is designed to increase productivity and efficiency while bringing customised apparel to the market that
The biggest garment manufacturing factories in Vietnam, who employ thousands of workers each, are accepting orders as small as several hundred units to survive through the tough times, a situation, which they say they have never experienced before. Statistics released by the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) reveal that in the first five months […]
Uzbekistan based Global Textile, which is a vertically integrated textile company, producing cotton, yarns and dyed knitted fabrics has joined International Textile Machinery Federation (ITMF) as a Corporate Member. Global Textile which started in 2018 has factories located near the largest Uzbekistan transportation hubs of Tashkent and Fergana. “The decision of Global
The Delhi government is all set to beautify the Gandhinagar Market, which is Asia’s largest wholesale garment market and convert it into a ‘Grand Garment Hub’. The redevelopment work will be done at an estimated cost of Rs 150 crore and will be carried out in two phases. According to the Delhi government, due to […]
US fashion brand Lululemon has now become the seventh external brand partner of Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good’s Sorting for Circularity USA project, which was launched earlier in January 2023. Within its first six months, the project has expanded to cover six key US states including, California, Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York and Texas and […]





















