In response to the Greenpeace Detox Campaign, Aldi one of the top ten discounters worldwide, has pledged to ban all hazardous chemicals from their textile and footwear supply chain by 2020. “Aldi scored poorly when Greenpeace tested ...
In the first two months of 2015, prices of competing crops like wheat, maize, and soybean all declined while cotton prices held steady. “The recent gain in cotton price has made sowing of the white gold attractive and may mitigate ...
Tags: ICAC, world average yield, Textile
The new cloud-enabled YuniquePLM software integrates various features that focus on usability and reducing efforts for efficient work and better user experience, according to the statement given by a company official. "We have now made ...
Tags: YuniquePLM, New features, Textile
Milano Unica, organisers of the trade fair of the same name will collaborate with organiser of textile trade fairs across the globe, Messe Frankfurt and participate at the NYC Textile Week in July 2015. “This means that there will ...
Tags: Milano Unica, Messe Frankfurt, Textile
Five years after introducing I-Fix, Netherlands based Setema, a producer of fabric finishing equipment, mainly for printing will show a complete newly developed high speed II-Fix, for the fixation of disperse dyes and pigments up to 5 ...
PPSS Group has now launched Cut-Tex PRO, an ultra-high performance cut resistant fabric in five additional colours to better fulfill needs of textile and clothing manufacturers. According to a PPSS Group press release, Cut-Tex PRO is with ...
Tags: Cut-Tex PRO, line uniforms, Textile
The government of Ethiopia has ushered in a manufacturing boom that is set to make the country a major regional player across several lines of products. According to government sources, the textile sector is among the industries poised to ...
Tags: domestic market, Growth and Transformation Plan, Textile
Indian government has decided to set up 800 SFURTI (Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries) clusters with an investment of Rs 850 crore by March 2017 to boost khadi and village industries, according to media reports. ...
Despite efforts from the leading Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to carry out some cotton farming projects, Vietnam’s cotton production in 2014-15 is forecast less than the previous marketing year, according to ...
Exporters from select labour intensive sectors will be able to access cheaper credit soon as the government prepares to reintroduce an interest subvention scheme in the next couple of months, according to media reports. “The ...
Tags: select labour intensive sectors, interest subvention scheme, Textile
Patagonia, through its $20 Million & Change venture fund, announced a strategic investment in Beyond Surface Technologies, a chemical company focused on producing high-performance textile treatments based on natural raw materials. In its ...
A Finnish research and product development company Spinnova is developing fibre to yarn (F2Y) technology which is completely different from traditional textile yarn production. F2Y technology uses no chemicals to dissolve wood fibre to a ...
Tags: F2Y, VTT Technical Research Centre, Textile
The Andhra Pradesh government’s new industrial policy has come as a shot in the arm for the textile industry in the state. According to media reports, the new policy which will be in force till 2020, provides a host of incentives for ...
Tags: Andhra Pradesh, textile industry, Textile
The first ever Global Textile Congress held recently in Bangkok discussed ways to develop lasting business relations between countries producing textile fibres, fabrics, machineries and carrying out extensive research in all related areas. ...
The Indian subsidiary of Clariant, a producer of specialty chemicals has acquired the black pigment preparations business of Lanxess, located at Nagda in Madhya Pradesh. Lanxess manufactures black pigment preparations used for processing ...
Tags: specialty chemicals, acquisition, Textile