FiberVisions, an Indorama Ventures company, is set to present a new expanded range of CoolVisions dyeable polypropylene fibre, at the Denver version of Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, which will be held from July 23 to 26, 2018. FiberVisions is the global leader in developing, manufacturing, and marketing polyolefin staple fibres for nonwoven applications. The range of textile and apparel products featuring CoolVisions includes knits, wovens, denims, and insulation fill, giving brands and cons

Representatives of the Tiruppur Exporters’ Association (TEA) recently met Indian textiles minister Smriti Irani in New Delhi and requested her for increasing the rates of duty drawback, rebate of state levies (ROSL) and interest equalization scheme to bail the knitwear exporting units out of crisis. A letter signed by TEA president Raja M Shanmugham was delivered to her. TEA explained the need for India to sign as quickly as possible free trade agreements with the European Union (EU), the U

The digitalisation of production processes in the textile industry is in need of a whole new set of skills and training solutions for current trend of automation in Industry 4.0, according to a recent report released by the president of ACIMIT, Alessandro Zucchi, at the general meeting of ACIMIT. ACIMIT is the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers. Alessandro Zucchi reiterated the inevitability of the digitalisation process regarding the entire textile industry. Partnershi

The trade fair duo of FIT 0/16 and Pueri Expo held in Sao Paulo, Brazil witnessed a total of 9,424 trade visitors from 11 countries, up 9.5 per cent from 8,607 visitors in 2017. The central trade platform for the baby and children's outfitting industry had 300 attractive exhibiting brands from 22 countries presenting exclusive new products for baby stores. Pueri Expo increased its exhibition space from that of the previous year by more than 125 per cent to around 7,000 gross square metres.

Gap Inc., a leading global retailer offering clothing, accessories, and personal care products, has announced the appointment of Neil Fiske as president and chief executive officer of Gap brand, effective June 20, 2018. Fiske will serve on the company’s senior leadership team, reporting to Art Peck, current president and chief executive officer of Gap Inc. Fiske has 20 years of brand building and turnaround experience in specialty retailing. Most recently, he served as chief executive offi

Fespa Eurasia 2018 is set to display latest printing technologies with its ‘Rise with Print’ concept. The textile exhibition, which will be held from December 6 to 9, 2018, at the Istanbul expo centre, in halls 9, 10, and 11, will focus mainly on the high standards demanded by the printing industry, which is increasingly competitive among professionals. Printing professionals will have the chance to explore the latest products and services available on the market, as well as new inspiratio

Da Lat Worsted Spinning Limited Company has begun construction of a factory to spin yarn from wool in Phat Chi industrial cluster in Da Lat city, the capital of Lam Dong province in southern Vietnam’s Central Highlands region. The factory to be built at a cost of $50 million is expected to commence operation in April 2019 and employ 400 people. The spinning mill would be a joint venture between Germany’s Südwolle Group and HCM City-based Lien Phuong Textile and Garment Corporation, according

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) president Benedict Oramah recently met Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, in Abuja to discuss how the bank can support the state’s economic development, including revival of cotton exports in value added form. The bank agreed to send a team to comprehensively study the cotton value chain there. The study is expected to allow the development of a robust private sector-driven solution for value addition and to facilitate export of

Cotton prices continued to rise in Brazil in the first fortnight of June due to low supply from the 2016-17 and the 2017-18 crops in the spot market. Between May 30 and June 15, the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (CEPEA/ESALQ) cotton Index rose 1.1 per cent, closing at 3.7898 BRL per pound on June 15. During the fortnight, some processors were out of the market as they were expecting the harvesting to advance, which will result in incre

Kenya’s treasury secretary Henry Rotich recently raised the duty on imported second-hand clothes and shoes, known as mitumba, from previous $0.2 per kg to $5 per kg or 35 per cent, whichever is higher, to protect local textile companies and create jobs. He said the step will guard against low mitumba prices that make it tough for local companies to thrive. However, anxiety does exist in the country about the loss of thousands of jobs within the mitumba industry, according to Kenyan media re