Tete-A-Tete

‘Global Customers Are Looking Beyond Price. They Want Reliable, Integrated And Agile Partners’

Textile Insights August 9, 2026

Biji Chacko shares insights on the company’s renewed focus, customer re-engagement, and the growing opportunities arising from India’s integrated textile manufacturing capabilities. For Alok Industries, Bharat Tex 2026 has been more than just a trade exhibition. It has provided the company with

Industry

ITMF Survey: Textile Industry Stays Cautiously Optimistic

Textile Insights August 7, 2026

The global textile industry witnessed a slight weakening in business conditions during July 2026, although companies remain cautiously optimistic about the months ahead, according to the latest 39th Global Textile Industry Survey (GTIS) released by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF). The survey, conducted between July 14 and 22, 2026, found that 10%

Corporates

PDS Secures Multi-Year Textile Sourcing Partnership With Leading French Retailer

Textile Insights July 13, 2026

PDS Limited, the global fashion supply chain solutions company, has announced a multi-year Sourcing as a Service (SaaS) partnership with the global sourcing arm of a leading French-headquartered supermarket group to manage and operate its textile sourcing operations across Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Turkey. Under the agreement, PDS will provide end-to-end

Corporates

Shawmut Acquires Fairystone, Launches Shawmut Infinite

Textile Insights September 15, 2024

Shawmut LLC has announced the acquisition of long-time warp-knitting supplier Fairystone Fabrics through its newly formed affiliate, Shawmut Infinite. Operating out of Burlington, NC, Shawmut Infinite will serve as an independent supplier of contract knitting and warping services, maintaining Fairystone’s management team and workforce. This asset purchase will allow

Sustainability

China’s Textile Waste Crisis And Recycling Efforts

July 11, 2024

In Zhejiang province, workers at the Wenzhou Tiancheng Textile Company, one of China’s largest cotton recycling plants, feed discarded cotton clothing and bed linens into shredding machines. This is the first step in recycling textiles, a critical issue given that only 12% of global textile waste is recycled, with a mere 1% of castoff clothes […]

Cotton

Sourcery Expands Provisional Partnership Programme To Transform Cotton Trade

April 19, 2024

Sourcery announces the expansion of its Provisional Partnership Programme, extending invitations to ten denim mills, manufacturers, and verticals from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Turkey, and Italy. This initiative, successful in India and Pakistan, offers Provisional Direct-to-Grower™ Manufacturer Partners the opportunity to engage in a “test-drive” of

Sustainability

Textile Supply Chain Challenges: How The Yarn Bazaar Is Transforming The Landscape

November 10, 2023

The term “supply chain” remained largely within the confines of business discussions until the Covid-19 pandemic thrust it into common parlance. Prior to this, consumers had little insight into the intricate web of connections and processes that sustain global trade which, in turn, makes world economies function. However, as the world collectively wrestled with

Event

ICAC’s Seminar In Taiwan To Focus On Textile Innovation And Sustainability

September 3, 2023

The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) is set to host an exciting international seminar in Taipei on October 18-19, 2023, in collaboration with the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF). The seminar, the 8th in the series, will be centred on the theme of ‘Sustainability and Innovation in the Global Textile Value Chain.’ Mark Sussman, a member […]

Dyes & Chemicals

REVECOL® By ERCA: The Circular Revolution Takes A Step Forward

April 22, 2023

A step forward in research, a big step for circularity in textiles: REVECOL® represents a new generation of textile chemical auxiliaries, which are high-performing and obtained from vegetable exhausted cooking oil. For the first time, this step of the textile supply chain can thus also make use of materials with a circular approach, contributing to […]