Accelerating Circularity, a new apparel industry collaborative project, has launched efforts to accelerate textile industry’s move from linear to circular. Its project partners are ensuring broad stakeholder representation by collaborating with industry organisations on this work including sharing information, amplifying key messages & streamlining of efforts.Pic: ShutterstockThe organisations include American Apparel & Footwear Association, Apparel Impact Institute, Circle Economy, Outd

will see the international print community converge in Madrid during March 24-27. Europe’s largest exhibition for screen and digital wide format printing, textile printing and sign making will see latest developments in each area even as Print Make Wear, the fast fashion factory which was a favourite section last year, returns.Pic: FESPAPrint service providers and sign makers will be able to experience the latest innovations in screen and digital printing presses, consumables, workflow, and colo

The 47th edition ofconcluded in Tiruppur with business enquiries of around ₹300 crore. New buyers from countries like Sri Lanka, Mauritius, the Uniyted Arab Emirates, the United States, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Europe and Canada visited the February 17-19 event to identify and source their requirements.Pic: India International Knit FairMore than 30 buyers and 142 buying houses or agents visited the event organised by, according to a report in a top Indian business daily.Around 40 leading

Drupa 2020, leading trade fair for printing technologies, will have a new special show for digital textile printing - Touchpoint textile. The show reflects the rising significance of digital textile printing and its importance as a driver of innovation and growth for the printing industry. A special attraction of the show will be a microfactory.Pic: DrupaDrupa 2020 is to be held from June 16 to 26, in Düsseldorf.Touchpoint textile is backed by two main partners - the German Institutes for Textil

Recently, Saudi Arabia has shown interest to invest USD 50 billion in power and textile sector. If the investment goes in textile-based on the by-products of petroleum then it would open local sources for synthetics and help textile value chain to cater to non-cotton products that consist more than two-third of total world demand for fiber.Figure 1:Due to the effect of Coronavirus, the supply chain has been massively distorted and this would impact exports dependent on the Chinese materials.The

Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA) informed that Myanmar’s garment factories are facing the risk of shutdown as the coronavirus in China has blocked imports of raw materials.90 percent of raw materials are imported from China and the rest from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and South Korea for the garment industry which largely uses a cut-make-package (CMP) model.“We have problems as 90 percent of raw materials come from China. We are waiting for the day when the Chinese side will re

STITCH & TEX EXPO- AFRO EDITION, distinguished as “Africa’s Premiere Sourcing Trade Fair for Textile Technologies”; is tremendously featuring the presence of over 1000 brands from 37 countries namely: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tu

Maeen Md. Khairul Akter,Managing Editor, Textile FocusIntroduction2020 is going to be a crucial year for the Bangladesh garments and textile industry. As the industry is going through a transformation phase some major organizational changes are on the card in the upcoming days. Starting in the late 1970s, expanding heavily in the 1980s and finally booming in the 1990s, Ready Made Garments industry has created a success story for Bangladesh. Turning up as a gigantic industry within a short span o

American Eagle Outfitters has taken several steps towards its goal to be carbon neutral by 2030. It has joined RE100, a global initiative that brings together businesses committed to the use of renewable power, and signed the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action to drive the fashion industry to net-zero emissions no later than 2050.Pic: American Eagle Outfitters, IncThe company has also developed Science Based Targets (greenhouse gas reduction goals aligned with climate science) and su

Investment of Rp. 15 trillion (USD1,1 billion) in facilitySupports development of national textile industry and ‘Making Indonesia 4.0’ roadmapThe President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, today inaugurated Indonesia’s largest integrated viscose rayon production facility, injecting a boost for the country’s textile sector and the Indonesian Government’s industrial 4.0 development strategy.Photo: The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (centre), pictured during a tour of the new Asia Pacific Rayon (APR