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Sateri Continues Investment and Collaboration with Infinite Fiber Company
Sateri Continues Investment and Collaboration with Infinite Fiber Company to Scale Next-Generation Textile Fibre Technology Sateri, the world’s largest viscose producer and a member of the RGE group of companies, continues its collaboration with Infinited Fiber Company, a textile fibre technolog...Read more -
Face Mask and Delta Variant Surges
By Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA (Delta variant is a mutant of concern) Double vaccination is shown to have efficacy against multiple variants, but in the case of unvaccinated people, countermeasures such as wearing face masks, hand hygiene are important. In a recent p...Read more -
CASHMERE SPINNER ACQUIRED BY FASHION BEHEMOTHS
Prada and Ermenegildo Zegna, two luxury Italian companies, have acquired a controlling share in Filati Biagioli Modesto, an Italian cashmere yarn spinner. Since the 1960s, the firm, located in Montale, Tuscany, has specialised in the manufacturing of cashmere and other valuable yarns. Each of th...Read more -
IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, CHINESE DOMESTIC APPAREL RETAIL REVENUES INCREASED BY 12.30 %
According to the most current statistics from China’s National Bureau of Statistics, clothing retail sales in the country increased 12.30% year on year in May ’21. Domestic retail sales in China for fashion companies and retailers totaled RMB 113 billion (US $ 17.44 billion) in May of this year....Read more -
INDIA NEEDS TO INCREASE DOMESTIC SUPPLY OF QUALITY VISCOSE FABRIC
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) held a webinar on sourcing of viscose fabric in association with Birla Cellulose. The event is an effort towards AEPC’s aim to fill the supply gap of viscose fabric in India. Dr. A. Sakthivel, Chairman, AEPC insisted that India needs to increase domestic s...Read more -
JAPAN’S GARMENT IMPORTS IN 2021 ARE WORSE THAN IN THE COVID-19-AFFECTED YEAR OF 2020!
Japan’s garment imports have been steadily dropping since April 2021, both in terms of weight and value. In January-April of this year, the country imported clothing worth 853.70 billion yen (US $ 7.73 billion), a 5.52 percent decrease from the same period in the previous year. The drop has been...Read more -
18.85PC TO $13.748B OF SURGE IN PAKISTAN’S TEXTILE EXPORTS
Textile exports in July-May (2020-21) totaled $13748.296 million, compared to $11567.400 million in 2019-20. Knitwear, towels, and canvas were among the textile commodities that helped boost commerce. Trade in raw cotton grew at a negative rate. Towel exports climbed by 28.54 percent, to $838.50...Read more -
The Turkish Textile Hopes To Export 11 Billion Dollars By 2021
The Turkish textile sector intends to increase exports by roughly one billion dollars by 2021. Ahmet ksüz, Chairman of the Board of the THB (Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association), assessed the textile sector in 2020. The sector’s primary agenda items were sustainability and c...Read more -
BOOST FOR CLOTHING FIRMS FOCUSED ON THE LOCAL MARKET – SRI LANKA
The government has chosen to source clothes for state institutions from local garment firms. This week, the Cabinet of Ministers accepted the Minister of Industry’s proposal, as suggested by the State Minister of Batik, Handloom, and Local Clothing Products, to acquire batik, handloom, and local...Read more -
COTTON EXPORTS, PRODUCTION & CONSUMPTION TO RISE
India’s cotton exports, production as well as domestic consumption are expected to see an upward trend in the coming months. The country is likely to produce 29.50 million 480 lb bales of cotton and export 6 million 480 lb bales in marketing year (MY) 2021-22. Total domestic consumption of India...Read more -
CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE SHIPMENTS DEVIATE FROM THE TREND IN 2020
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has released the 43rd edition of its International Textile Machinery Shipment Statistics for 2020. The report focuses on six types of textile machinery: spinning, draw-texturing, weaving, large circular knitting, flat knitting, and finish...Read more -
Worldwide Shipments of New Textile Machinery Decreased in 2020
In 2020, global shipments of spinning, texturing, weaving, knitting, and finishing machines decreased on average compared to 2019. Deliveries of new short-staple spindles, open-end rotors, and long-staple spindles dropped by -48%, -27%, and -46%, respectively. The number of shipped draw-texturing...Read more