by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Feb 27, 2023 | Traditional Textiles
Although the markets have stabilised following the global pandemic and the textile sector has seen strong growth, certain textile processing facilities in south Gujarat have closed in recent months as a result of declining demand for their goods. In south Gujarat,...
by DIGITAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE | Feb 8, 2023 | Corporate / SME, Corporate Update, E-commerce, Featured, Global Textiles, Import/Export, Industry View, Market Reports, Sustainability, Textile Articles
Peru’s CALLAO on February 6, 2023 The premier manufacturer of dry-spun acrylic fibres, Sudamericana de Fibras (SDF), is happy to launch Drytex Cycle®. This product category meets the Recycling Blended Claim Standard because it contains up to 50% post-industrial...
by Manali bhanushali | Dec 19, 2020 | Home Textiles, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
To meet the growing demand for protection against viruses and bacteria, Finnish biotech innovator Nordic BioTech Group has accelerated the market entry of its ‘cutting-edge’ NordShield, antimicrobial technology for consumer textiles. NordShield BioLayr provides a...
by Ssmundra2612 | Dec 12, 2020 | Fashion, Home Textiles
US garment chain Francesca’s is planning to shut 97 more stores after filing for bankruptcy safety, according to court documents. The Houston-headquartered firm, which filed for Chapter 11 recently, had earlier stated it wants to close about 140 of its 700 stores....
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 26, 2020 | Articles, In-Depth Analysis, Sustainability
The fact that most fashion brands use mill-made fabrics over handloom, digital embroidery and printing over hand embroidery and hand techniques is what made NIFT think of ways to encourage traditional Indian handloom, whether in the form of dyeing, embroidery or even...
by SaachiBhatia | Sep 9, 2020 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights
Over the past few years, sustainability has rapidly become the biggest and most-used buzzword for the fashion community. While the Indian fashion industry and its designers — think Naushad Ali, Soham Dave, Rahul Mishra, Ka-sha — have focused primarily on using the...
by Priyanka | Sep 2, 2020 | News & Insights
To tackle the challenge of climate change, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, with partners from science and industry, has pursued a new path in the EU-funded project Celbicon. Greenhouse gas CO2 is being used as a raw material for...
by Prachi | Aug 11, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Zhejiang Province, home to approximately 50% of China’s textile dyeing sector,-shut down for a few days during the G20 summit in Hangzhou later this year, Chinese media reports claim. Zhejiang falls located within Hangzhou ‘s 300 kilometer radius, where...
by msi.pipon | Aug 7, 2020 | Textile Articles
The concept of creating one’s own fade is mostly relevant for raw unwashed dry denim fabrics, and will only be a successful project through months of wear before the first wash. Just like leather has an ability to get a beautiful patina through time, denim, almost...
by Millionaires | Jul 15, 2020 | Basics of Textiles, Featured, Textile Articles
Acrylic fibre is a man-made fibre, made from a synthetic polymer called acrylonitrile [-CH2-CH(CN)-] (FTC definition). The acrylic fibres are very different from the melt-spun synthetic polymer fibres; they also differ more among themselves. Acrylic fibres are...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 19, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
“As water conservation becomes a grave environmental concern in the industry, the textile industry needs to put in place practices to curb rampant usage. The UN estimates that a single pair of jeans requires a kilogram of cotton. And because cotton tends to be grown...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Mar 18, 2020 | Dyes & Chemicals, News & Insights, Textile Articles
GHCL, India’s leading chemical and Textile Company, post its board meeting recently, has approved the scheme of demerger of its inorganic chemicals and textiles businesses. The textile business shall be demerged into a separate company through a Scheme of Arrangement...
