Supplier of innovative polymer solutions Americhem has announced a global campaign called ‘Americhem, a Sustainability Enabler’. This campaign aims to increase awareness of sustainability and help key business stakeholders achieve their sustainability goals. Americhem is focusing its
The Society of Dyers and Colorists (SDC) is hosting a global conference on sustainability and circularity within the global textile colouration space between June 18 and 19, 2024. The event which is open to members and non-members of the SDC aims to explore four key themes across two days. Professor Calvin Wong, Professor in Fashion […]
India is very close to becoming a net importer of cotton and it’s high time for the Indian textile industry to have higher per hectare yield of lint for which we are in need of immediate seed upgradation, says Aditya Agrawal, Director, Shivkrupa Cotspin Pvt. Ltd. What motivated the recent expansion into cotton yarn manufacturing […]
The domestic technical textiles sector is all set to commence its next phase of growth trajectory going forward as the industry is finding itself in a much more conducive situation in the last few years. Though the government has been trying to promote this sector for some time now, it is only in the last […]
Exporters from the Pakistani textile industry are seeking subsides and incentives to boost the prospects of the exports industry, which is reeling under a slowdown. These incentives include preferential cost-based electricity tariff, deferral of principal and interest payments on loans and restoration of a no-sales tax payment scheme. The industry also proposed priority
Indian Ministry of Textiles has extended implementation date for the Geo Textiles Quality Control Order (QCO) 2022. The QCO which was originally scheduled to come into effect on October 7, 2023, will now be enforced from January 1, 2024. The decision to extend the implementation date was made in consideration of requests made by firms […]
To celebrate World Cotton Day, Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) launched the ‘Bale Identification and Traceability System’ (BITS) using Blockchain Technology at a conference on cotton. CCI has launched BITS to ensure that the quality, variety, origin, and other vital parameters of cotton are transparent to both Indian and international buyers. Each cotton bale now […]
Bangladesh garment exports rose 13.07 percent year on year in the first fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2023 and totaled to US $11.61 billion. Of overall apparel exports between July and September, knitwear shipments reached $6.76 billion, a rise of 19.70 percent year-over-year, while woven garment exports grew slower at $4.85 billion, up 4.97 percent. […]
The Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA), in collaboration with the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM) of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, and in partnership with The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills’ Research Association (SASMIRA) and COE-Agrotech, successfully organized the “National Conclave on Agrotech – Accelerating Productivity
European fashion giant Mango is embracing digital transformation with Lisa, its conversational AI platform. Lisa, developed in under nine months, leverages both private and open-source AI models. It resembles a ChatGPT interface and will enhance various aspects of Mango’s operations, from collection development to after-sales service. Mango’s broader





















