Flameproofings Ltd., a leader in the flame retardant coating of fabric for upholstery and household textiles, has installed and commissioned a state-of-the-art Bruckner coating plant in its facility in Bolton, UK. The line was sold by Bruckner agent, John Bradley, in UK. The coating line handles energy consumption, productivity, and easy handling. Brückner worked extensively with the Flameproofings team to define requirements and customise the design of the machine to ensure that all expec

More than one million bales of cotton (236,000 metric tonnes) were produced by farms in the Better Cotton licensing programme under the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) in 2017. This marked the end of BCI’s fourth season in the US. Key to BCI’s rapid growth has been an innovative ‘group assurance’ approach to managing the requirements for participating farms. BCI, a global not-for-profit organisation, is the largest cotton sustainability programme in the world. “We launched in the Unit

Unifi, Inc., a leader in synthetic and recycled performance fibres, has bagged the 2018 UNC sustainability award from Kenan- Flagler Business School’s Centre for Sustainable Enterprise and the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise. The award recognises leadership and best practices in environmental and business sustainability for North Carolina enterprises. UNC chose Unifi to receive the award because of the company’s strong history of commitment to sustainability, along with its strategic

The Lenzing Group has introduced the eco-responsible process for the production of Lenzing Ecovero branded viscose fibres at its Chinese location, Lenzing Nanjing Fibres (LNF). The company first launched the fibres in autumn 2017. The expansion of the production of Lenzing Ecovero fibres emphasises the focus of the Lenzing Group on specialty fibres. Lenzing Ecovero are derived from sustainable wood and pulp, coming from certified and controlled sources (FSC or PEFCTM certified) following t

Isko, a leading, global denim ingredient brand, is displaying the future of responsible denim at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit (CFS) 2018. The sixth edition of CFS, one of the world’s leading business event on sustainability in fashion, is being held on May 15 and 16, 2018, at Copenhagen concert hall, Denmark. Isko is the principal sponsor of the event. Isko is hosting three events at the summit. The launch of its new Isko Earth Fit collection, the Innovations for Supply Chain Efficiency d

The near-term cost to retailers of US’s exit from North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is estimated at $15.8 billion, according to a study released recently. The report quantifies the impact of a potential withdrawal of US from the treaty and outlines what changes US retailers should expect in the event that the country exits from the pact. The study called ‘How NAFTA Affects US Retail’ by global strategy and management consulting firm, A.T. Kearney, points to how the American retai

The government of Pakistan has allocated Rs 2.5 billion to boost the production of cotton in the country during the financial year 2018-19. The government is working towards using all the available resources to improve the agriculture sector as well as the financial condition of farmers and other involved in the industry, said a minister. The farming community of Pakistan does not have access to good quality seeds, said Haji Sikandar Hayat Bosan, federal minister for national food security

Directa Plus Plc, a leading producer and supplier of graphene-based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, has entered into an exclusive collaboration agreement with Arvind Limited, India’s leading textile-to-retail-and-brands conglomerate, to infuse the high-performance benefits of Directa Plus’ G+ graphene-based products into denim fabrics. Directa’s graphene-based products can be used in a variety of ways to alter or enhance the properties of conventional denim fabrics, and t

The order index for textile machinery prepared by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, for the period from January to March 2018 dropped 12 per cent compared to the same period for 2017. The decline mainly affected textile machinery orders for the domestic market, while the drop was more contained in export markets. The value of the index for the first quarter of 2018 stood at 104.8 points (basis: 2015=100). For the Italian market, the index was at 94.1 points

Imports at the major retail container ports in the US are expected to grow steadily throughout the summer despite the prospect of heavy tariffs on goods from China, says a recent report. Ports handled 1.54 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU) in March, that was down 8.6 percent from February because of Lunar New Year factory shutdowns in Asia. TEU in March was down only 0.7 percent YoY, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation (NR