While two more textile export bodies have criticised the Foreign Trade Policy, a shoes and apparel major has welcomed it. Over the last week, several textile trade bodies have slammed the new policy for ignoring their concerns. Apparel ...
Tags: AEPC, Negative Reactions, Apparel
The Mumbai chapter of SDC EC recently organised its 5th National Students Competition – Young Talent Search 2015 at the Textiles Committee’s office in Mumbai. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Innovations ...
At a recent two day handicrafts exhibition and buyer seller meet in Peru, the 20 member Indian delegation met up with more than 350 Peruvian entrepreneurs. “Alongside, 108 Peruvian companies also participated by showcasing ...
TXT Retail, a specialist provider of integrated and collaborative end-to-end solutions for the fashion, luxury and consumer sectors, has launched a new release of its Supply Chain Collaboration software named ‘TXTChain 6.0’, on ...
Tags: consumer sectors, modern style, Textile
American non-profit scientific and educational institution National Geographic has entered into a licensing deal with the Indian-based hand-knotted carpet maker Jaipur Rugs, granting rights to sell products from the former’s Home ...
Tags: compelling stories, art forms, Textile
DyStar, a marketer of textile dyes and chemicals will be showcasing its innovations at China International Dye Industry, Pigments and Textile Chemicals Exhibition (China Interdye) held in Shanghai from April 15-17, 2015. According to a ...
Although visitor numbers fell at the recently concluded Interfiliere Hong Kong, mainly due to the close-by Chinese New Year, it was made up with visitors from newer countries visiting the show. This edition of Interfiliere Hong Kong saw ...
Tags: Interfiliere Hong Kong, sustainability projects, Apparel
Kornit Digital Ltd., a marketer of digital printing solutions has priced its initial public offering of 7,100,000 ordinary shares at a price of $10.00 per share. Kornit has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an ...
Tags: Kornit Digital, printing systems, Textile
Retailers will resort to source-tagging for RFID, and this will eventually lead them to apply compliance guidelines to get the required quality in RFID tagging, as per RFID expert. "Retailers who have already adopted RFID item tagging, ...
Tags: RFID expert, reliable suppliers, Textile
DuPont Protection Technologies has launched the latest version of DuPont SafeSPEC, its suite of online interactive product selector tools. “SafeSPEC for Nomex Flame Resistant (FR) Apparel-North America enables professionals to make ...
Tags: SafeSPEC platform, DuPont Protection Technologies, Textile
Zünd Systemtechnik is exhibiting fully automated and the latest innovations in digital cutting systems for garment manufacturers and fabric processers at Texprocess 2015 at booth C/63, hall 4. Zünd is showcasing the G3 L-2500, ...
Tags: Zünd Systemtechnik, roll-off system, Textile
Advanced weaving technology producer Picanol reached an impressive milestone this week when the 20,000th OptiMax rapier weaving machine rolled off the production line at its plant in Ypres, Belgium. “The first OptiMax which was ...
Tags: Picanol, weaving machine, Textile
Belarus and Turkmenistan plan to set up a joint venture to make cotton products, according to a Belarusian news agency BelTA. Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich told the agency ...
Tags: cotton industry, joint venture, Textile
The new Foreign Trade Policy has come under fire from two major textile trade bodies. The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry or CITI says the new policy has not provided any additional benefits to the textiles sector, though measures ...
As of 1 April 2015, Oeko-Tex has revised requirements applicable for the certification of environmentally friendly and socially responsible production facilities in accordance with STeP by Oeko-Tex. “In the future, production sites ...
Tags: PFOA, Oeko-Tex Association, Textile