Courtesy: Gucci/KeringKering has been named as the world’s second most sustainable company across all industries by the Corporate Knights’ 2019 Global 100 Index. As further recognition of its continued sustainability leadership in its own industry, the luxury group has been ranked first in the Luxury and Apparel and Accessories sectors for the second year in a row. The annual Corporate Knights’ Global 100 rating index is considered one of the leading benchmarks for corporate sustainability

The continuous rise in Turkish textile imports to Morocco has reduced the sales volume of textiles of several manufacturers in the domestic market and caused loss of nearly 46,000 jobs between 2013 and 2016, according to the country’s secretary of state for foreign trade Rakiya Eddarhem. Production meant for the domestic market fell by MAD 11-13 billion. A 200 per cent increase in imports of Turkish products between 2013 and 2017 disrupted Morocco’s textile industry destined for the domestic

Courtesy: Munich FabricMunich Fabric Start has presented the HighTex innovation award to Becker Tuche from Aachen, a leader in the production of fabric for high quality work-wear and corporate-wear. The company, based in Germany, got the award for a new product development made combining wool and Cordura with spandex, which is super lightweight and highly functional. The woven fabric features high abrasion resistance despite its low weight as well as very high water vapour permeability. Pref

Courtesy: Messe FrankfurtThe recently held Texworld USA and Apparel Sourcing USA Winter 2019 edition closed its doors to another highly successful event. Together, the two shows connected 330 international suppliers of textiles, trims and accessories, manufacturing, and private label development services and finished apparel to a host of industry buyers, designers, and experts. In attendance, collectively, Texworld USA and Apparel Sourcing USA welcomed more than 4,100 qualified buyers spanni

The Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Association (SLAEA) recently urged the government to negotiate through the Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) for sector-specific liberalisation so that apparel manufacturers from the country can have greater access to the Indian market. Sri Lanka’s apparel exports to India are limited, up to $40 million. Despite the request, SLAEA sees ‘a serious reluctance’ in the negotiation process, its chairman Rehan Lakhany said at the 36th annual ge

Courtesy: Avery DennisonAvery Dennison Corporation, a global materials science company specialising in design and manufacture of a wide variety of labeling and functional materials, reported net sales increase of 1.9 per cent to $1.77 billion for Q4 FY2018 ending December 29, 2018. The total net sales of the company increased 8.2 per cent to $7.16 billion FY2018. By segment, the label and graphic materials segment of the company reported sales increase of 1.7 per cent. On an organic basis, sa

Courtesy: PR Newswire/Foot LockerFoot Locker is investing $2 million in Pensole, which operates the Pensole Footwear Design Academy (Pensole). Pensole has been founded by former Jordan design director and inspirational educator D'Wayne Edwards. A celebrated member of the global sneaker community, Edwards' wants to create a pipeline of new designers for the entire footwear industry. Edwards does this by offering free tuition and a learn-by-doing curriculum that teaches students the entire foo

As part of the Kudumbashree’s initiative to ensure employment and income for women, a fashion designing training centre, called the Primero Apparel Park, has been set up in Kerala’s Punalur. Kudumbashree is the women empowerment programme of the State Poverty Eradication Mission. State forests minister K Raju will inaugurate the apparel park on February 1. The project is a joint venture with the Punalur municipality. The park will take orders from other sellers, but Kudumbashree will als

The department of clothing and textile of Vadodara-based M S University’s faculty of family and community sciences recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) in Gurugram, Haryana, to offer skill development training. The MoU was signed at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar. ATDC has a pan-India presence under the aegis of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC). “The MoU is a collaborative agreement for implementin

Courtesy: RieterDuring fiscal 2018, total sales of Rieter, a textile machinery company, were CHF 1,075.2 million, 11 per cent higher than CHF 965.6 million in the last fiscal. The company's net liquidity also increased to CHF 150.3 million over CHF 130.5 million in fiscal 2017. However, the order intake was down 17 per cent year-on-year to CHF 868.8 million. In the Asian countries excluding China, India and Turkey, Rieter increased sales in the reporting year by 36 per cent to CHF 433.9 milli