Industry

Maharashtra’s Technical Textile Moment: The Roadmap To Become A Global Powerhouse

Textile Insights August 10, 2026

Maharashtra is aiming high. At Bharat Tex 2026, Maharashtra Minister of Textiles Sanjay Savkare made it clear that the state is not looking at technical textiles as a niche opportunity. It sees the sector as a critical pillar of industrial growth, employment generation and the state’s ambition

Tete-A-Tete

We Try To Create That Bond, That Trust And The Feeling That We Are A Part Of The Fair: Rajeev Gupta

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

Rajeev Gupta on Bharat Tex becoming India’s signature textile exhibition, the company’s transformation journey, India’s need to strengthen garmenting, and the next phase of growth. For Rajeev Gupta, Joint Managing Director, RSWM Ltd., Bharat Tex 2026 has evolved into far more than an industry exhibition. It has become a meeting point for India’s

Sustainability

Weaving Circularity Into India’s Textile Future

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

Sustainability is no longer a niche agenda for India’s textile industry. As global markets demand greater transparency, traceability and environmental responsibility, circularity is emerging as a strategic imperative for the sector’s next phase of growth. India’s textile and apparel industry has long been one of the country’s most important economic pillars.

Technology

Neumag BCF Line Successfully Processes 100% Recycled Carpet Material Into BCF Yarn

Textile Insights July 7, 2026

Barmag has successfully demonstrated the production of bulk continuous filament (BCF) yarn using 100% recycled polyester carpet material on its Neumag BCF line, marking an important step toward achieving closed-loop recycling in the carpet industry. The development was carried out through a collaborative project involving Object Carpet GmbH, the Institute for Textile

Sustainability

Weaving A Circular Future For India’s Textile Waste

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

For decades, the textile industry has been a cornerstone of craftsmanship, employment and economic growth. Yet alongside this progress, textile waste has emerged as one of the sector’s most pressing environmental challenges. Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated annually, while less than 1% of used clothing is recycled back into […]

Sustainability

‘Recycling Was Always Last. Someone Moved It To The Front’

Textile Insights June 9, 2026

In this incisive and insightful article penned exclusively for Textile Insights, Mansi Bihani writes that the carbon footprint of recycling is not zero, it is simply lower than producing virgin material from scratch, which is a meaningful difference but not the same as being without cost. On World Environment Day, it is worth asking what […]

Sustainability

ReFiber Launches Mumbai Textile Recycling Initiative

Textile Insights June 4, 2026

ReFiber, powered by OterRi, will launch a city-wide post-consumer textile waste collection and upcycling initiative in Mumbai on World Environment Day, June 5, 2026. The programme aims to establish a structured ecosystem for collecting, sorting, recovering and repurposing discarded textiles while generating environmental and social benefits. The initiative will be

Corporates

Syre, Target Expand Recycled Polyester Partnership

Textile Insights May 18, 2026

Syre has expanded its collaboration with Target to accelerate the adoption of next-generation recycled materials across apparel and home textile categories. Under the partnership, Syre will support Target in integrating textile-to-textile recycled polyester into high-volume product segments as part of efforts to scale circular textile solutions. The initiative is expected

Sustainability

Filatex India, Revti Business And Wastewear Join Forces To Promote Textile Recycling

Textile Insights October 23, 2025

Filatex India Ltd., Revti Business Pvt. Ltd., and Wastewear Inc., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on textile waste recycling, product innovation, and global co-branding. The agreement, signed in New Delhi, outlines the companies’ shared goal of sourcing, processing, and marketing recycled polyester products to reduce textile waste and promote

Event

Recover And Intradeco Win Textile Exchange Award For Circularity Partnership

Textile Insights October 19, 2025

Recover and Intradeco have been honoured with the Climate and Nature Impact Award for Textile-to-Textile Partnership at the 2025 Textile Exchange Conference in Lisbon. The recognition celebrates their transformative collaboration driving circularity across the textile value chain in the Americas. The award highlights their joint venture, Recover Central America, a regional