BRFL Textiles Private Limited (BTPL), India's largest single-roof state-of-the-art fabric processing facility, has increased production at its Tarapur plant from 100,000 metres per day to now 150,000 metres per day as a consequence of improved capacity utilisation within two months of raising private equity funding. BTPL processes a wide range of fabrics.Pic: ShutterstockBTPL aims to reach annual processing capacity of 144 million metres (400,000 metres per day) over due course of time. Rece

The Joe Biden administration has announced anThese measures were taken in response to allegations of forced labour and ill-treatment ofAs a result, US imports which remained stable in 2020 at $12,150.38 million (2019: $12,468.87 million) might be affected this year.Pic: TexProAccording to Biden, China has detained approximately 1 million Uighur Muslims. US’s allegations against China may increase thetextiles and apparels in US as the major cotton supply done in the world is fulfilled by Xinjiang

American Blossom Linens, direct to consumer brand from 122 year old Thomaston Mills, has launched an organic cotton blanket grown to sewn in the US. For the past 20 years, Thomaston Mills, a family owned bedding manufacturer focused on the healthcare and hospitality market. Hilton, Marriott, Radisson, and Intercontinental hotels have all used their sheets.Pic: American BlossomUnlike textiles sourced from overseas, which travel on average 8,000 miles from the factory to your door, American Blosso

LONDON – A letter signed by 50 British celebrities has been sent to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging that the sale of real animal fur be banned.Actress Dame Judy Dench, Queen guitarist Brian May and comedian Ricky Gervais are amongst the group that’s pledged its allegiance to animal welfare NGO Humane Society International’s (HSI) #FurFreeBritain campaign.The organisation’s executive director, Claire Bass, said: “This letter from some of the country’s top celebrities proudly backing a ban

GOTHENBURG - Swedish label Nudie Jeans has teamed up with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in a project to recycle second-quality jeans into new denim.Nudie Jeans has been working with UNIDO, as part of the European Union-funded SwitchMed project, in Tunisia where two facilities manufacture more than half of Nudie Jeans’ produce.In December 2020, a two-phase pilot project began to test the feasibility of recycling second-quality jeans into fabric for new jeans in th

LONDON – British footwear brand and certified B Corp Vivobarefoot says it will reduce the environmental impact of its operations by using fewer materials and shortening its supply chain.The company says it is “prioritising the de-growth” of business models “for products and processes that aren’t good enough to take forward into the future”.It’s started with improvements to its Hero footwear range which, after reproducing with fewer materials, it reports “are now better for people, their feet and

Shanghai-based Challenge is investing $150 million in an industrial park on Lahore’s border with Kasur. The park will host fabric units, dyeing facilities and garment manufacturing units for exporting sportswear from Pakistan to the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other regions. The firm is already operating in Pakistan as Challenge Apparel since 2017.Pic: ShutterstockIt has a garment manufacturing unit on Multan Road near Lahore, fetching nearly $44 million in export revenue during the last

GRONINGEN – New research suggests that the presence of textile microfibres in human lungs could make it difficult for the body to recover from respiratory infections and viruses, such as COVID-19.Academics at Groningen University, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory exposed air sac organoids (serving as miniature lungs) to both nylon and polyester over two weeks, finding them to be detrimental to lung tissue regeneration.It follows rese

JYVÄSKYLÄ – Fibre innovator Spinnova is partnering with the world’s largest pulp producer Suzano to build the first commercial scale Spinnova production site in Finland by 2022.Suzano, situated in Brazil, will invest€22 million (US$26.8m) to help establish the facility – a figure that could rise to€50m (US$61.1m) when real estate is factored in – and will also supply the site with micro-fibrillated cellulose obtained from eucalyptus on its land in South America.“Suzano uses only planted trees in

Maeen Md. Khairul AkterPrinted garments perhaps, is the most popular fashion now days. Prominent availability of printed garments in major retail shops and people from all ages wearing printed out-wears in the streets are evidence of its popularity. In fact, a reliable statistics depict that by 2025 44.9% of the wearable garments will be printed. This is why we see rapid innovations and expansions in the textile-garment and special effect market globally. Eyeing the huge demand, innovative busin