Recently it is the talk of the town that due to automation needs of workers is decreasing and future of garments labor is in uncertainty. How much is this thinking true? In addition, the real scenario of the industry is needed to be clarified. Textile Today has tried to explore this issue and in this regard, the magazine team talked to several factory owners and related other stakeholders. This report will help to understand the real possible impact of automation in Bangladesh apparel industry.

Every Year JC Penney, one of the most important buyer of apparel products from Bangladesh, buys around the US $160 to the US $180 million worth of readymade garment from Bangladesh through to direct and indirect strategic sourcing. Only in 2017, the company’s direct liaison office of Bangladesh exported around USD $50 million except the exports of Max, Hong Kong office and Opex, India. JC Penney, an American Buyer, started its journey in 1902, which now operates roughly 875 departmental sto

The progress achieved in fortifying worker safety in the last five years, after Rana Plaza building collapse, has been unprecedented and serves as a model for other countries to follow, said an Alliance official press release. Five years ago, today, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building claimed the lives of 1,134 men and women, left thousands more injured and changed the Bangladesh garment industry forever. In the aftermath of the disaster, stakeholders from across the industry came togethe

Fashion trend is changing very rapidly with the concept of fast fashion and now consumers are accepting synthetic garment for both fashion and many functional aspects. Manufacturers are also changing their process and developing technologies to meet the consumer’s demand in synthetic garments area. With this succession CHTC Fong’s Industries Co. Ltd. brought DYECOWIN, the revolutionary high temperature dyeing machine with cutting-edge patented technology for modern synthetic fabrics. Fong’s and

SOLOTHURN, Switzerland — April 27, 2018 — The TX801 — Mouvent’s new digital textile printer — was one of the star attractions at this year’s ITM, in Istanbul, Turkey, according to the company. The TX801 is an eight-color multi-pass digital textile printer producing highest print quality on textiles with up to 2,000 dots per inch optical resolution at high printing speeds. With four live demonstrations a day, plus an international press conference, the Mouvent booth was a constant center of activ

GASTONIA, N.C. — May 1, 2018 — Champion Thread Company — a producer and provider of industrial sewing threads, engineered yarns, narrow fabrics, product packaging and identification solutions — will exhibit its latest innovations at the Texprocess Americas 2018 trade show on May 22-24 in Atlanta. Located within the largest-ever Supply Chain USA Pavilion in Booth #1606, the company will feature several new and most popular products, sponsor a special evening industry event, and hold an in-booth p

UTTAR PRADESH, India — May 1, 2018 — ThreadSol, the technology leader in material management solutions for the apparel industry has announced the launch of their flagship product IntelloCut, Version 2.0 for Sri Lanka. It will be available for live demonstration at the Apparel Industry Suppliers Exhibition, running from May 8-10 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ThreadSol’s exhibit will be located at Stall 3, Hall A, of the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Colombo. IntelloCut Versio

NEW YORK CITY — April 30, 2018 — The Lenzing Group is pleased to announce a collaboration with Country Road, an iconic Australian lifestyle brand. Under the collaboration Country Road will be the first major Australian retailer to introduce denim garments made from TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers with Lenzing’s innovative REFIBRA™ technology. Feel Good Innovation Country Road’s top selling Sateen Jean is now made from Tencel Lyocell using Refibra technology by Lenzing. The fabrication created by

Experimentation with cotton in the International Space Station receives big boost.Target Corporation has committed to 100 percent sustainable cotton by 2022. This effort is getting a boost from Target by providing huge sums of money towards sustainability of cotton. The International Space Station cotton sustainability challenge program sponsored by Target and supported by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASS) recently selected three projects.Each project will receive up

Cotton will be experimented in space.The cotton sustainability research challenge program sponsored by Target and coordinated by Center for the Advancement of Science in Space has selected a project by Simon Gilroy of University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of its three winners. The project will endeavor to grow cotton on the International Space Station, to acquire more knowledge for growing it back on earth in a sustainable way.According to Gilroy, the goal is to understand the growth of th