Sustainability

New UN Report To Help Fashion Sector Reduce Carbon Footprint

Textile Insights August 7, 2023

The UN Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action has released two reports which aims to help the fashion industry reduce their carbon footprint. The two reports will help better understand on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from raw material extraction, production and

Fabric

Lankan Garment Manufacturer To Increase Sourcing From India

Textile Insights July 31, 2023

Sri Lanka based garment manufacturer Aitken Spence is planning to expand its apparel business by increasing sourcing from India. Aitken Spence Apparel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aitken Spence, is currently the sourcing, designing and tailoring partner for Reliance Industries’ (RIL’s) Gap business in India. RIL is the India franchise for Gap, an American clothing and

Industry

Tamil Nadu MSME Spinning Mills Resume Production

Textile Insights July 25, 2023

Tamil Nadu based MSME spinning mills which had stopped production from July 10 have restarted production and sale of cotton yarn. The South India Spinners Association (SISPA) and the India Spinning Mill Owners Association (ISMA) urged their members to resume production following a meeting with the state government ministers. These two associations along with other […]

Industry

Century Textiles & Industries Slips Into Loss In Q1FY’24

Textile Insights July 24, 2023

Aditya Birla Group owned Century Textiles & Industries slipped into a loss in the first quarter of fiscal ending June 2023 as against profit in the same quarter of previous fiscal. The company posted net loss of Rs 5.88 crores for the period ended June 30, 2023 as against net profit of Rs 46.31 crores […]

Policies

Textiles Ministry To Keep PLI Portal Open Till Aug 31

Textile Insights July 19, 2023

The Ministry of Textiles has decided to keep the PLI Portal open till August 31, 2023 for inviting applications from interested companies under PLI scheme of Textiles for MMF Apparel, MMF Fabrics and products of Technical Textiles. In a notification dated July 18, the Ministry of Textiles stated that it did so, considering numerous requests […]

Sustainability

Green Power To Help Garment Units Become Energy Efficient

Textile Insights July 19, 2023

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Green Power Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support garment factories in becoming more energy efficient with green and clean sources of energy. BGMEA President Faruque Hassan and Managing Director of Green Power Shaikh Ehsanul Habib inked the MoU on behalf of their respective

Industry

Elgi Equipments Introduces Women Managed Assembly Line

Textile Insights July 13, 2023

Coimbatore based Elgi Equipments has introduced assembly lines which is managed by women only at the Elgi Air Center in Coimbatore. Twenty young women are managing operations at the airend assembly line, encapsulated airend assembly line, and the Elgi new generation compressor top block assembly line, delivering over 150 airends and top blocks daily. These […]