Prices of textiles and garments made in China are likely to rise by 30 to 40 per cent in the coming weeks on account of planned shutdowns in industrial provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong. The shutdowns are due to the government’s effort ...

Haelixa, a Swiss DNA-based tracing services provider, has collaborated with Diamond Denim, one of the leading denims fully vertical manufacturers, to promote transparency within the denim supply chains. Haelixa offers a traceability solution based o...

Influenced by increase in supply in the spot market and devaluations abroad, cotton prices fell in the Brazilian market in the first fortnight of September. The CEPEA/ESALQ Index for cotton closed at 5.2685 BRL/pound on September 15, 1.

Pakistan is expected to witness an improvement in its cotton trade in the next few months, despite a reduction in cotton area harvested from 2.20 million hectare (HA) in market year (MY) 2020-21 to 1.9 million HA in MY 2021-22.

Cotton growers have almost halved the water needed to grow one bale of cotton in Australia in the last 25 years, as per a new study. The water usage has fallen from 1.43 megalitres per bale (ML/bale) in 1995 to 0.74 ML/bale in 2020, driven by improv...

Pakistan’s textiles and clothing exports are expected to rise in the coming months due to the diversion of the orders out of China and other neighbouring Asian countries. The focus on more value addition and new textile policy of the country will ...

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Malaviya National Institute of Technology in Jaipur and MBM College in Jodhpur have developed an improved wastewater treatment solution that can completely reuse industrial dye wastew...

The import of textiles and apparel by the United States increased by 29.29 per cent to $60.393 billion in the first seven months of 2021, compared to $46.712 billion in January-July 2020. With 27.74 per cent share, China was the largest supplier of ...

The Cross Industry Agreement (CIA) has revealed the results of a fibre fragmentation trial that has been carried out in advance of establishing a CEN Standard (from the European Committee for Standardization). Once confirmed, the standard will also ...

As a global leader in auditing and testing for filled textiles, IDFL puts in the time, energy and resources to make sure that the filling that goes into blankets, pillows, coats, etc, meet industry standards. Its skills and principles including ethi...