South Africa’s Clothing and Textile Competitiveness Programme has helped sector exports grow from 7.1-billion rand (R) in 2008 to R25.1 billion in 2017 and will receive its share of the R15.9 billion allocated to incentives and the Expanded Public Works Programme. The Small Business and Innovation Fund will also help entrepreneurs in the pre-start-up phase. Twenty two new leather factories have been opened in the last nine years creating 2,200 jobs. To augment this, government funds will be

The Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has expressed concern over employees availing long leaves during festivals such as Diwali which is impacting productivity at knitwear units. TEA is worried that delay in delivery schedule will lead to cancellation of orders which will have cascading effect on working capital leading to severe financial stress. This will be an advantage to our competing countries at a time when we are struggling to withstand the onslaught of their competition, TEA pr

Courtesy: Messe Frankfurt Messe Frankfurt, which has become a market leader in the international trade fair sector, has completed 70 years. It organised the Export Fair in Frankfurt in October 1948 - the first after the Second World War –stimulating German foreign trade and reconstruction of the exhibition grounds. In 1948, the company had two managing directors and 35 employees. Some 2,000 exhibitors from 32 industrial sectors from Germany and Europe presented an international range that i

Courtesy: Deckers Brands The net sales of Deckers Brands, a global leader in designing, marketing and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories, has increased 4.0 per cent to $501.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2019 as compared to $482.5 million during the same period last year. On a constant currency basis, net sales increased 3.3 per cent. During the reported period, the company's gross margin was 50.2 per cent compared to 46.7 per cent for the same period last y

Israel-based nylon manufacturer Nilit and BV Sport, a performance activewear company, are supporting the Negev Adventure to be held later this month where five women will compete against their own past performance while running for four days in the Israeli desert. These runners have been selected from more than 300 competitors for the final race. "BV Sport is thrilled to be providing running apparel made of Sensil Innergy to these talented and multi-faceted athletes,” said Nicolas Corona, Gen

The Elleti Group displayed ReMind, a new project designed to rethink the timeless soul of denim at Kingpins Show, which was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on October 24 and 25, 2018, in booth T4. ReMind is a special capsule collection produced with the creative collaboration of three former students from the Jean School – House of Denim of Amsterdam. A unique combination of traditional Italian mastery and a ceaseless development process, involving facilities as well as machinery and technol

Courtesy: Zappos Native Shoes has partnered with Zappos for Good, the community outreach arm of Zappos.com, which will collect the well-loved Native Shoes and recycle them into playground matting. The initiative called 'The Remix Project' is one of Native Shoes' programmes that aim to have each and every pair of their shoes 100 per cent life cycle managed by 2023. Native Shoes is a global footwear brand creating accessible, easy-to-wear silhouettes that are environment friendly. Zappos on the

Courtesy: Welspun In the second quarter of fiscal 2019, Welspun, one of the world’s largest home textile manufacturers, has recorded total income of ₹17,978 million as against ₹16,299 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2018. The 10.3 per cent y-o-y was predominantly volume driven, partly offset by change in drawback rates. Sequentially, sales improved by 13.9 per cent. EBITDA was at ₹3,073 million in the second quarter as against ₹3,063 million in the same quarte

Courtesy: Roberto Lopez on Unsplash The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of Indian Institute of Skills (IISs) at different locations across the country. The IISs shall augment the global competitiveness of key sectors of Indian economy by providing high quality skill training, applied research education and a direct connection with industry. The Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode will be explored for promotion of IIS at select locations based on

The biobased textiles segment still remains handicapped by uncompetitive prices, but it appears that after less than a century of market dominance by oil-based synthetic fibres, the textiles industry is returning to fibres made of biomass. Jozef De Coster reports from Ghent, Belgium, where the Third International Conference on Biobased Textiles was held on October 16. Many businesses in Europe have the ambition to introduce and use biobased polymers in textile applications. Biobased polymers