Courtesy: OSHeN ActiveOSHeN Active has launched its high performance not from plastic activewear line. Its revolutionary, ultra-comfortable, eco-friendly trademarked bamboo fabric provides unparalleled strength, compression and flexibility while staying true to the brand's commitment to ocean conservation. The line offers various styles and colours for every activity. Headquartered in Marina Del Rey, OSHeN is disrupting the sports apparel industry with sustainable studio-to-street styles that

Courtesy: Shima SeikiShima Seiki, leading computerised knitting machine manufacturer, is set to exhibit at the 16th Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG 2019) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in cooperation with its partner Pacific Associates, in hall 7, booth 311. The textile machinery exhibition will be held from January 9-12, 2019, in Bangladesh. The company will be exhibiting its latest solutions to meet the current needs of the Bangladeshi market as well as advanced

The area under cotton sowing in Pakistan has reduced by 26 per cent due to the absence of appropriate crop zoning in the country, posing a serious threat to the production of the cash crop, cotton commissioner Khalid Abdullah recently informed the country’s Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research during a briefing. Cotton arrival in the domestic markets reduced by 700,000 bales this fiscal compared to the last, Pakistani media reports quoted Abdullah as saying. H

Courtesy: BTCBTC Information Technologies, a global leader in digital textile printing, has joined hands with Armor, which was launched by Armor Group recently, at Istanbul, Turkey. Armor, a globally known brand in the field of industrial printing inks, will be involved in the development of paint under the name of BTC and under the cooperation of BTC. In line with its approach to sustainability and less water consumption, BTC will develop new generation coatings and present it to the Turkis

The New York City Council has approved a comprehensive plan to support fashion production and commercial office expansion in the Garment Center. Based on recommendations of the Garment Center Steering Committee, the City has created a multi-pronged approach to balance the interests of fashion industry with those of other industries in the Garment Center. The City will implement a set of targeted zoning changes with real estate and programmatic support. The initiatives will provide fashion man

Courtesy: PR NewswireFanatics and Jakprints are collaborating through a new five-year partnership agreement that will allow Jakprints to support the domestic production needs of Fanatics, the largest distributor of licensed sports merchandise, which holds apparel and fan gear licenses with all major sports leagues and hundreds of professional and collegiate partners. With this partnership Jakprints is also opening a new 140,000-square-foot facility in Eastlake, OH, which includes a $7 millio

Courtesy: AmazonAmazon is to set up its first Mississippi fulfillment centre in Marshall County. The facility will create 850 jobs. Employees at the 554,000-square-foot facility will pick, pack and ship household consumer goods such as lawn and garden products, and toiletries. Customer reviews and 1-Click shopping are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. “We are excited to bring our first fulfillment centre to Mississippi, creating 850 full-time jobs with a $15minimum hourl

Courtesy: Aalto UniversityAalto University is setting up a pilot plant in the Aalto Bioproduct Centre in Otaniemi for enhancing Ioncell fibre manufacturing process to accelerate production of fibres. The pilot plant can be used to produce about 10 kilograms of textile fibre a day whereas so far, it has been produced manually in a laboratory with an output of 100 grams per day. Ioncell is a method for producing regenerated cellulose fibres “There is a strong interest in ecological textile

Courtesy: Boll & BranchDirect-to-consumer startups are all trying to make a mark, but, NJ-based Boll & Branch is truly being celebrated for changing the world. In just five years, the luxury bedding brand has emerged as the world's largest consumer of Organic Fair Trade Certified cotton, ranked number one in the 2018 Textile Exchange Preferred Fiber and Materials Benchmark. The socially and environmentally conscious startup has used millions of pounds of raw organic cotton to make its

The Indian ministry of textiles will soon take up the issue of reducing the tax rate of Kashmiri handicrafts under the goods and services tax (GST) with the GST Council, Shantamanu, development commissioner, handicrafts, in the ministry told a seminar on Kashmiri art and craft organised by the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently. Local artisans told Shantamanu that the 12 per cent GST on handicrafts has badly affected the trade, according to a report in a top Kashmiri newspaper