Local Bangladeshi mill owners are making more investments in the segment of synthetic yarn to reduce their reliance on cotton yarn. According to a study by Textile Today, leading spinning mills, such as Envoy, DBL Group Matin Spinning, Maksons, Square, and Shasha Denim are investing in synthetic yarn. The demand for cotton films has decreased by 35% on the global market, according to Mohammed Ali Khokon, president of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) .Matin Spinning Mills, a sister of

Suffering due to the acute shortage of viscose staple fibre (VSF) and extra long staple (ELS) cotton, the Indian textiles and apparel industry has urged for immediate support from the Central Government in this regard.Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern Indian Mills’ Association (SIMA), has also urged for immediate intervention of the Prime Minister in the matter regarding removal of both anti-dumping duty on VSF and also the withdrawal of 10 per cent import duty on cotton.Both are high valu

One of India’s largest home textile manufacturer, Indo Count Industries has announced massive expansion plans!The company has planned expansion of its bed linen capacity by about 20 per cent from its existing annual capacity of 90 million metres by debottlenecking and balancing its facilities.The Mumbai-based company also proposes to make a brownfield investment for adding commensurate cut & sew facilities and for enhancing the capacity for Top of the Bed (TOB) products. This will entail a c

GASTONIA – US textile manufacturer Champion Thread Company (CTC) has launched a range of new industrial sewing threads, each made from 100 per cent recycled materials.The firm’s Renu line has been created to offer more ‘sustainable’ alternatives to polyester, and has been tipped for applications across fashion, personal protective equipment and home textiles.CTC president Matt Poovey said:“The Renu line addresses growing industry and consumer demand for products made from non-virgin materials.”S

YANGON - Japanese fashion company Fast Retailing, owner of the Uniqlo brand, has confirmed that two of its supplier factories have been set on fire in Myanmar during ongoing disturbances since the military coup.The factories, both located in the country's biggest city of Yangon, were not operating at the time and nobody was injured in the fires, although production is expected to be disrupted.A Fast Retailing representative said the company was "deeply concerned" about the situatio

WILMINGTON – The Lycra Company has announced that its six manufacturing sites have all completed sustainability self-assessments using the Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM).The company first trialled the tool at a factory in Northern Ireland a year ago, and says that based on its initial findings it saw value in extending this across its units to establish an overall benchmark from which to progress.Gary Huffman, the company’s director of operations excellence, said:“Having all sites comp

LONDON — Some of Britain’s leading fashion designers are urging British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make the UK the world's first country to ban the sale of products containing real animal fur.Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Katharine Hamnett, Christopher Raeburn, Erdem Moralioglu, Helen Moore and Hannah Weiland have written a joint letter calling on Johnson to act.They cite a "shared belief that fashion, driven by consumers and enabled by innovation, is evolving to make animal

MASSY – French conglomerate Carrefour has announced plans to trial blockchain technology on products in its own-brand textile product range.The company, which already uses the solution amongst its food supplies as part of blockchain provider IBM’s Food Trust, says an initial 450 products – such as bed linens and baby bodysuits – will be traced across France and Spain.It falls under Carrefour’s 2030 strategy of ensuring all its textile-based products are sustainable and traceable.Source:Eco Texti

MASSACHUSETTS - Researchers have produced a new textile from polyethylene (PE) which they say could make the fashion industry more sustainable and reduce the world’s plastic waste mountain.Scientists involved in the project say the easily-recyclable fabric offers superior cooling properties to cotton or linen, while being more stain resistant than polyester.Their study, published in the peer-reviewed Nature Sustainability journal, says PE - commonly used in plastic bags - has been overlooked by

MUNICH – The team behind the Performance Days trade fair has cancelled its May showcase over lingering travel concerns related to COVID-19.Organisers say the ongoing pandemic makes it “difficult or even impossible for many manufacturers and trade fair visitors to participate”. It will subsequently be replaced by a digital event to be held across the week starting May 17th.Marco Weichert, founder and general manager of Performance Days, says the elongated digital showcase will “provide the indust