The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan is expecting production of 1,050,000 tons of cotton during the current year, for which harvesting will begin this week. Around 545,000 hectares of land was sown with various finely- and medium-fibres cotton varieties—133, Yoloten-7, Dashoguz-120, Serdar, C-4727, Yoloten-39, Yoloten-49, etc—in spring.The main cotton growing provinces of Mary, Lebap, Dashoguz and Ahal are projected to produce 313,000 tons, 300,00 tons, 230,00 tons and 207,000 tons of crop.

Australian fashion technology company BlockTexx is collaborating with New Zealand textile research company the Formary to develop strategies and workflow models for recycling and repurposing the textile waste - a rapidly worsening worldwide problem with fast fashion and high consumption driving the creation of one hundred billion garments each year. BlockTexx founders, Adrian Jones and Graham Ross are in Auckland to attend the Circular Economy Summit, a collaboration between the Sustainable

Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, has announced that the Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Committee (CTNBio) issued a positive technical opinion authorising the cultivation and commercialisation of WideStrike 3 cotton in Brazil. This technology will be available for launching in the 2019 growing season in Brazil. WideStrike 3 is an advanced insect protection pyramid which contains three proteins: Cry1Ac and Cry1F proteins plus a vegetative insecticidal protein (Vi

Keder Solutions has released an extensive and versatile line of fabric, designed to answer the project needs of its clients. A Wisconsin, US based manufacturer that was established in 2009 with the intent of selling Keder, Keder Solutions is an industry leader for Keder, Vinyl & PVC Fabrics, PVC Cording, Extrusion, and Converting Services. The first fabric line released by Keder Solutions is called KS1000 Series. It is a cost-effective workhouse with its laminated vinyl fabric that is ex

The market for quality control equipment is constantly growing in textiles as well as nonwovens, as per a top official of Mahlo GmbH, a manufacturer of measuring, control and automation systems for the textiles and finishing industry. He added that poor quality leads to reprocess cost and claims, while investing in quality allows optimising processes. For the textiles industry, specially denim and knitted goods, the company has developed a pick counter which not only controls the density of

The September 4-6 autumn/winter edition of Munich Fabric Start will see the launch of ReSource, an extended sourcing platform at the Munich Order Centre (MOC) as the next dimension of sustainability for innovative and future-oriented production, according to show managing director Sebastian Klinder. It will interpret sustainability in a new and holistic way. The dedicated ReSource area will showcase textile innovations in the natural/organic, recycled, regenerative, innovative, denim and lea

Changshu Zheng Xing Yuan, a garment knitting company in China’s Jiangsu Province, is happy with the high stability of flat knitting machinery by Stoll. The company installed the Stoll computerised flat knitting machine in July 2004. Stoll is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of flat knitting machines and pattern software, headquartered in Germany. “Our main machine type is CMS 803 HP knit & wear because our products are divided into two categories: one being blanket products while

Cotton USA licensees can now avail bigger business benefits by giving customers products made from materials better in quality, having high value, and which are sustainable. Cotton USA is the label used to denote that over 50 per cent of a product’s material is made from US cotton. Cotton Council International (CCI) promotes US cotton fibre and products. Brands, retailers, and consumers are increasingly conscious of the fabric content of products they sell and purchase. According to a 2017 g

The Philippines is exploring the possibility of forging a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Turkey to take advantage of the latter’s weak currency, according to the former’s trade undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo. The aim is to help revive the local garment industry by sourcing textiles for garment manufacturers and exporters, he said. The pact could introduce a zero-tariff regime. Rates are between 10 per cent and 20 per cent at present. The idea of a PTA first emerged in February

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen recently cautioned workers that an unreasonable rise in the minimum wage could drive companies to bankruptcy and out of the country. Addressing garment workers in Phnom Penh, he urged them to be reasonable in their expectations from their employers. The minimum monthly wage for workers in the sector was set at $170 for 2018. The labour ministry and relevant parties started talks on the minimum wage for 2019 earlier this month. The prime minister noted tha