The April edition of Performance Days in Munich will not now take place in its usual form. The event was to run on April 22 and 23.Organiser, Design & Development GmbH Textile Consult, announced on March 25 that it was cancelling the event and that it would not seek to rearrange it later in the year (a second 2020 edition of Performance Days is due to take place in Munich on October 28 and 29).Instead, Design & Development GmbH Textile Consult said it wanted to find a way to allow Perfor

MANCHESTER – Scientists have found a new way in which microplastics and textile microfibres find their way into deep sea marine environments – through submarine avalanches.It’s estimated that over 10 million tons of plastic pollution is exported into the oceans each year with around 99 per cent of this is stored in the deep sea. However, it was previously not known how plastic pollution gets to the deep sea from land.The researchers say that studying the distribution of different types of marine

AMSTERDAM – Denim trade fair Kingpins is to host a two day online event in place of its Amsterdam event which was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.'Kingpins24' will take place on 22-23 April, the same dates when the Kingpins Amsterdam denim trade show would have taken place. It will go live at 9am CET on April 22 via the Kingpins' website-- and wrap up at midnight on April 23.“We, as a whole, are resilient, resourceful and optimistic,” said Kingpins founder Andrew Olah who

ITM 2020 International Textile Machinery Exhibition and HIGHTEX 2020 International Technical Textile & Nonwoven Trade Fair, organized with the partnership of Tüyap Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım A.Ş and Teknik Fuarcılık A.Ş to be held in Istanbul Tüyap Convention and Congress Center this year between June 2-6, have been postponed to 14-18 July 2020, as a result of decisions taken by World Health Organization (WHO) and Turkey – Ministry of Health.The ITM and HIGHTEX Project Groups, see their primary res

Agricultural waste burned in fields across states around Delhi would be enough to replace over half of global cotton production by building bio-refineries and textile fibre production plants to make efficient use of biomass, according toprogramme. This would help improve air quality and carbon dioxide levels.Pic: Shutterstockfocusing on the Nordic and Baltic countries, Poland, Russia and India. Fortum operates power plants, including co-generation plants.The crop residue potential varies signifi

Following an increase in the number of brands integrating recycled materials into their items, sorted post-consumer textiles tend to struggle to find appropriate end markets that maintain their full value. The problem is to accelerate consumption and disposal practices which cause textiles to enter the market quickly to reach their end of use.Main market readiness challenges and the adoption of such materials include difficulties in separating fiber blends, accessible textile-to-textile recyclin

A multi-sport collection from adidas uses responsive fabrics and intuitive design said to be suitable in a range of weather conditions.Called Ready, the apparel uses a smart layering system that allows athletes to build modular sports outfits to address seasonal needs, selecting different pieces that can be worn together without bulking at the seams.There are four technology systems. One is for hot weather, which uses ventilation zones, Aqua-X yarns and lightweight fabrics. The cold weather syst

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) recently reduced its policy rate by 75 basis points to 12.50 per cent from 13.25 per cent along with two other steps to deal with the situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic. SBP governor Reza Baqir said with the domestic deceleration in food prices and a significant decline in consumer price expectations, the outlook for inflation had improved, paving the way for the rate cut.Pic: ShutterstockTextile exporters and economists rejected the 75-basis points cut i

15% of manufacturing companies in Vietnam have slashed their production as the textile and apparel industry hard hit due to coronavirus outbreak, reports Reuters.The country’s labour ministry informed this data last week.This crisis situation directly impacted 2.8 million workers in the labor-intensive garment and textile industry as firms have reduced shifts and stopped overtime, according to Vietnam News Agency report.Figure:15% of manufacturing companies in Vietnam have slashed their producti

3DLOOK, 3D body scanning system, joins hands with with Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide (PCIAW)!Image Courtesy: i.pinimg.comThe partnership aims to assist the members of PCIAW with the digital approach for fit and sizing. PCIAW members will be able to leverage the technology by providing their customers to use the app.And how! Using smartphones, customers can put their body measurements to the app they are using, which will further help the clothing brand know the accurate bo