Chinese archaeologists say the carbonised texture residue in an urn coffin buried in the Neolithic Yangshao culture ruins in the Henan province are the world's earliest found silk fabrics. Gu Wanfa, director of the Zhengzhou Municipal Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said a cluster of those ruins dating back to 5,000-7,000 years has been found.Pic: ShutterstockWith the help of an enzyme-linked-immunosorbent assay (ELISA) developed by the China National Silk Museum, it h

BSL, formerly Bhilwara Synthetics Ltd, plans to revamp marketing operations and the senior management team to make itself one of the top three manufacturers of suitings and furnishing fabrics in India, according to joint managing director Nivedan Churiwal, who said the company is focusing on improving bottomline now and will go for capacity expansion later.Pic: Bhilwara Synthetics LtdThe financial health of BSL has been good, although the company is making low post-tax profits, Churiwal told a n

Applied DNA Sciences, a leader in large-scale PCR-based DNA manufacturing and authentication, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to develop and commercialise apparel made from RIL’s R|Elan GreenGold fabric and Recron GreenGold recycled polyester fibre and filament powered by CertainT.Pic: Applied DNA SciencesThe collaboration as set forth in the MOU, provides for potentially extending apparel manufacturing using R|Elan GreenGold, and use

Neonyt, the global hub for fashion, sustainability and innovation, will gather green fashion labels in the German capital during January 14-16, 2020. Neonyt brings together decision-makers and stakeholders of the fashion and textile industry, remaining committed to interpreting sustainability not only as a fashion trend, but as a complete innovation process.Around 170 international exhibitors are currently proving that product ranges in retail can be both sustainable and competitive. For retail

From November 25-28, Karl Mayer welcomed around 400 guests from more than 220 textile companies at its location in Changzhou, China for Shanghaitex fair. Most of the visitors came from China, some came from Turkey, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Despite the current difficult economic policy conditions, the mood during the event was good.Pic: Karl Mayer"Our customers are used to cyclical crises. During the low, they are preparing themselves for new market opportunities an

After the continuous decline from 2015 to 2017, the global trade of flax yarn has shown a sharp rise with a high CAGR (compound annual growth rate), according to data from TexPro. In terms of value, the global trade of flax yarn was $971.98 million in 2015, which increased to $1,058.46 million in 2018 registering a growth rate of 8.90 per cent.Pic: ShutterstockThe total trade gained by 14.41 per cent in 2018 over the previous year, and is anticipated to reach $1,153.37 million in 2021, growing a

A spinning factory of Alliance Trade and Industrial Company, a joint venture of Kazakhstan Investment Fund JSC and the Alliance Textile Uzbek Association of Light Industry Enterprises, was inaugurated recently in Shymkent in Kazakhstan. The unit was set up as part of an agreement signed last June between the two sides to create a joint textile cluster.Pic: Prime Minister of the Republic of KazakhstanThe agreement was signed on June 22 at the XVIII meeting of the Joint Intergovernmental Commissio

Commercialisation of circular business models is one of the key focus areas for VF Corporation, one of the largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies, to reduce its environmental impact, according to the latest iteration of its Made for Change Sustainability and Responsibility report. The company has also unveiled science-based targets (SBTs).Pic: VF CorporationVF’s Made for Change report details the company’s aspirations for advancing environmental and social improvements across its bu

The Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) has appointed CRISIL for a pan-India study on working capital issues and financial performance of spinning and readymade garment (RMG) sector. CRISIL will complete the study in next 30 to 40 days by covering 1146 spinning units and 690 RMG units covering Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, NCR region.Pic: ShutterstockAs part of its study, CRISIL will analyse the financial performance of entities in the spinning and RMG sector for four year

Mobile phones are driving fashion shopping this festive season, accounting for 67 percent of traffic to fashion retail sites and 52 percent of online sales revenue, according to new research.Conversion rates on phones also jumped 53 percent higher since last year as consumers become more comfortable shopping with their mobiles and retailers work on better utilising personalisation technologies.That’s according to an early analysis of global fashion shopping habits by AI-powered e-commerce person