Green Theme International (GTI), the creators of sustainable and water-free textile technologies, is participating in the Planet Textiles 2018 Sustainable Summit in Vancouver, Canada. During the one-day summit, GTI will be featured as a 'real world example' of technologies that are helping to minimise water and chemical use in textile processing. During the one-day summit, GTI will be given a platform to submit its own innovative, compelling and entirely new manufacturing ideas with its ‘re

Gartex, the comprehensive trade show on garmenting and textile manufacturing solutions and technologies, has joined hands with Denim Manufacturers’ Association of India to showcase latest trends in the denim industry. The exhibition beginning August 18 will facilitate a platform for denim fraternity to show denim fabrics and its various applications. The three-day show is expected to add value to the entire value-chain of denim industry encompassing the accessories like zipper and buttons,

Top Drawer London, a trade event beginning September 9, will provide a space for children with the launch of Play, featuring fashion, accessories, toys and home décor. A major new destination for leading brands and new designers, Play will respond to changes in the retail landscape where creative stockists continue to diversify and broaden their offering. The three-day programme is the UK's leading retail trade event for creative lifestyle buyers, showcasing a curated edit of 1,500 brands t

Textile processors in Surat have collectively decided to hike their job charges for processing all types of finished fabrics by ₹2 per metre due to rising costs of dyes, chemicals, coal and textile workers’ wages. The decision was taken during a meeting that was held recently under the guidance of South Gujarat Textile Processors’ Association (SGTPA). Prices of dyes have increased by 25 per cent, while chemical prices have gone up by 15 per cent. Coal prices have soared by ₹1,5

Walmart Inc has sought approval from Competition Commission of India (CCI) for its proposed acquisition of 77 per cent stake in India’s e-commerce major Flipkart. Walmart said it will buy stake from most of Flipkart’s investors including SoftBank Group, Accel Partners, Naspers and eBay Inc through its subsidiary Wal-Mart International Holdings. Approval of CCI, India’s anti-trust regulator, is needed for mergers and acquisitions beyond a certain threshold. Last week, Walmart signed an agree

The Copenhagen Fashion Summit 2018, which was held on May 15 and 16, 2018, in Denmark, has taken its next big step towards sustainability. The summit launched a brand new component, Innovation Forum, an exhibition space for sustainable solutions, in order to address the urgent need to support and accelerate the decision-making process for fashion businesses. With 50 exhibitors, including some of the most noteworthy sustainable solution providers to the fashion industry, such as ISKOTM, I:C

The 19th edition of Textech will kick-start from September 12, 2018 in Bangladesh. The four-day event will provide an international platform for the exhibitors to interact directly with the buyers/ importers for a perfect buyer - seller meet and a strong under-one-roof market place for the ever-growing textile and garment industry of Bangladesh. "Textech will once again be a great B2B platform with a unique networking opportunity for textile, garment and machinery manufacturers to interact fa

The flame-retardant Duet fabric by British editor, Holland & Sherry has been named as the most attractive CS collection at the Munich Fabric Spring (Münchner Stoff Frühling or MSF), an annual event celebrating interior design and textiles, which was held from March 16 to 19, 2018. Trevira GmbH is an innovative European manufacturer of high-value branded fibres and filament yarns. For the third year in a row, visitors to the MSF could cast their vote on which of the CS collections shown

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