by SaachiBhatia | Sep 3, 2020 | Apparel, Fashion & Retail, Covid 19, News & Insights
A few months ago, most of us did not know where to buy face masks. These days, it’s hard to walk ten steps without seeing one. Masks have quickly transitioned into an incontestable necessity during the era of the coronavirus. You would have to think hard about another...
by rohandinda | Aug 26, 2020 | Covid 19, Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The Centre for Healthcare Entrepreneurship (CfHE) at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H), on Tuesday announced its latest entrepreneurial entity, USafe Healthcare. An innovation-driven enterprise currently focused on protective equipment against...
by Priyanka | Aug 19, 2020 | News & Insights
Researchers from the Center for Physics of Condensed Matter (IFIMAC) of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) are developing new technology to achieve protective masks consisting of non-woven textiles modified with graphene. Since its discovery in 2004, graphene...
by munimji | Jul 14, 2020 | Finance & Economy, News & Insights
The government has decided to lift the prohibition on the export of all non-woven fabrics used for manufacturing coveralls and masks. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade in a notification said that exports of non-woven fabrics for 25 to 70 GSM and melt fabrics is...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Jun 5, 2020 | Apparel, Fashion & Retail, Fashion, News & Insights
Cosmetics maker Avon will step up focus on essentials such as sanitizers and masks, the company’s recently appointed managing director Jayant Kapre told ET. “We have already seen a strong improvement in our share of essential products; there will be more launches in...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 30, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
The South African fashion industry is developing, by initiating mask manufacturing, to meet the needs of those living under lockdown conditions. Milliner Crystal Birch, for example, produces a range of fabric face masks, as well as protective shield visors with...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 28, 2020 | Apparel, Fashion & Retail, Fashion, News & Insights
The biggest pandemic to hit the world in hundred years has changed things all across the globe. While shopping was all about entering your favourite store and picking things earlier, now it’s about using mandatory masks, shelves being rearranged, paying bills...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | May 26, 2020 | Industry And Cluster, News & Insights
Metro Screenworks is eager to declare the consideration of VirusGuard, a progressive infection sifting material, to its item contributions. VirusGuard can be used in a few applications including making masks, channels for masks, and developing allotments and as of...
