Policies

Gujarat Textile Policy 2024: Comprehensive Incentives To Propel Sustainable Growth

Textile Insights October 17, 2024

Gujarat, a leading textile hub of India, has announced its Textile Policy 2024, designed to boost investments, support local enterprises and promote sustainable manufacturing practices. The policy provides a mix of capital subsidies, interest relief, payroll assistance and infrastructure

Industry

Textile Waste Mismanagement Costs Bangladesh Billions

Textile Insights August 28, 2024

A recent study reveals that Bangladesh is losing out on $5 billion in potential annual export revenue due to a lack of policies for recycling post-industrial textile waste, known as jhut. The report, “Regulatory Framework to Enable Recycling of Post-Industrial Waste (Jhut) for the RMG Industry in Bangladesh,” stresses the need for a circular economy […]

Corporates

Shinkong Invests US$10M in Ambercycle’s First Facility

Textile Insights August 15, 2024

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation, a global leader in polyester production, has invested US$ 10 million in Ambercycle’s inaugural state-of-the-art commercial facility. This investment will expand global production capacity for Ambercycle’s premium material, made from end-of-life textiles, and marks a significant milestone in the three-year collaboration between the two

Sustainability

VDMA Textile Machinery Issues Position Paper on EU Sustainability Regulations

Textile Insights August 2, 2024

In a position paper released, the VDMA Textile Machinery Association addresses the ambitious EU regulations and their national implementation for a sustainable and circular transformation of the textile and clothing industry. Textile production demands significant resources, including water, energy, and chemicals. “The members of VDMA Textile Machinery support

Sustainability

CARBIOS And Nouvelles Fibres Textiles Partner For Polyester Recycling

Textile Insights July 25, 2024

CARBIOS, a pioneer in biological technologies for plastic and textile recycling, and Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, a specialist in recovering end-of-life textiles, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply polyester textiles to the first PET biorecycling plant in Longlaville, France. This collaboration will utilize CARBIOS’ enzymatic depolymerization

Fibre

Selenis Innovates High-Quality rPET Using Circ’s Recovered Terephthalic Acid

June 20, 2024

Selenis has achieved a significant milestone by successfully producing recycled PET chips using terephthalic acid supplied by Circ®, a leading textile-to-textile recycler based in Virginia. The production took place through a successful multiple-batch campaign at Selenis’ pilot plant in San Giorgio, Italy. Utilizing inputs recovered from polycotton textile waste,

Sustainability

EuRIC Textiles Raises Concerns Over Stricter Controls On Textile Waste Shipments

May 10, 2024

In a recent joint statement, the governments of Denmark, France and Sweden have urged the European Commission to present a draft Council Decision on a shared EU proposal. This proposal aims to subject textile waste to stricter control mechanisms under the Basel Convention, ostensibly to improve waste management practices. However, EuRIC Textiles, the textile reuse […]

Sustainability

Recycled Fibres: Machinery And Services Promoting Circular Practices

March 10, 2024

Swiss manufacturers are at the forefront of providing tailor-made solutions for achieving circularity in textile production. With an increasing demand from end-users for recycled materials in textile products, innovation is driving the industry forward. Despite the technical and economic challenges faced by yarn and fabric producers using recycled resources, members of the