12 April 2022, Mumbai:

HKRITA Wins a Special Prize with 3 Gold Medals and 6 Silver Medal At the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days.

HKRITA will showcase and demonstrate 9 leading-edge innovations from the Special Edition 2022 Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days, including 3 promising projects which received the ‘Gold Medal’ and 6 ‘Silver Medal’ titled projects on 19 April 2022.

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Showcase projects:

Gold Medal:

- Developing A Customised Comfort Bra to Aid Recovery from Mastectomy

- Regenerating Bio-based Leather from Leather Waste

- Flexible Loop Structure Technology

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Silver Medal:

- A Sustainable Approach to Growing Extra Long Staple (ELS) Cotton: Vertical Hydroponic Cultivation (VHC)

- Acousweep: An innovative Microplastic Fibre Separation System Using Sweeping Acoustic Waves

- Removal of Indigo Dye in Denim Plant Wastewater by CO2

- Capturing Macroalgae

- Waterless Solid State Decolourisation and Durability Treatment of Post-consumer / Recycled PET Fibres

- A Method for a Yarn-Spun Structure with Inherent Moisture Wicking and Fast-Drying Effects

- Viscose Fibre Production Using Recycled Cellulose Material

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07 April 2022, Mumbai:

Even during pandemics, the demand for underwear has increased. According to OTEXA records, the United States imported the US $ 359.63 million worth of underwear in January of this year, up 15.16 percent over January of the previous year.

China began the year on top of the count, Bangladesh and Vietnam are coming up quickly, while India's exports to the United States remained slightly respectable. In January of this year, US imports of underwear from China totaled $78.47 million, up 11% year on year.

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In January of this year, Vietnam earned $ 73.76 million from its underwear exports to the United States, a 23.15 percent increase over the previous year.

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Bangladesh also did well, with a 45.15 percent year-on-year increase on February 22 to US $ 49.73 million in underwear exports to the United States, while India's yearly growth remained minimal (9.52 percent) to the US $ 27.48 million in underwear exports to the United States on January 22.

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CREDITS: Apparel Resources.

05 April 2022, Mumbai:

Wonderful success!

STOLL from the KARL MAYER Group launches its new WONDERFUL; trend collection.

Flat knitting is one of the most versatile textile forming technologies.

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What is possible here is shown by STOLL's regular trend collections.

The latest compilation of inspiring designer pieces is entitled WONDERFUL; On display are wonderful products designed to make the viewer pause and marvel.

WONDERFUL; shows what it means to create wonderful knitted articles.

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In today's world, moments of true wonder seem rare, but with the right technology, creative visions become products that inspire and amaze. With STOLL's technological solutions, wonderful product ideas can be realized for everything that is important to us: our children, our home, our appearance, and our well-being.

Accordingly, the new trend collection serves different areas of application: Extraordinary STOLL-knit and wear® products in the new gauge of E 10.2 and in established gauges, such as E 7.2, inspire the market for seamless articles.

Extravagant combinations of intarsia, STOLL-weave-in®, and STOLL-ikat plating® techniques create novel pattern possibilities, material usages, and color impressions.

The possibility of individualization is supported by selected products via STOLL-autocreate®.

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11 April 2022, Mumbai:

Garments 2nd is the largest forex earner for its economy.

The textile hub of Tirupur in Tamil Nadu and tea estates of southern India and Assam are witnessing a surge in overseas orders as the export demand has diverted to India from Sri Lanka owing to the economic and political crisis in the island nation.

Garments and tea are the major exports from Sri Lanka. "It has crippled the manufacturing sector in Sri Lanka, especially apparel," said Raja M Shanmugam, President, Tirupur Exporters' Association. "

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The Sri Lankan apparel industry even imports buttons.

Due to the ongoing crisis, global brands have started diverting some of the orders from Sri Lanka to India's Tirupur textile hub.

These orders are being placed for the upcoming fall season." Global brands such as Zara, Mango, and H&M place orders with Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam. "Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Cambodia have huge orders in their hands.

The only option left in this scenario in India.

However, high cotton and yarn prices are a major concern for the Indian textile trade," said Shanmugam.

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Sri Lanka exports $5.42 billion worth of garments to the global markets annually.

While export orders for apparel are being diverted to India, the tea industry in the country, too, has started getting export enquiries from the markets where Sri Lanka used to sell teas.

"Almost all tea processing units in Sri Lanka are witnessing power cuts for almost 12-13 hours a day and have not enough fuel to run their generators. This is leading to production disruption and thereby impacting the quality of black tea leaves," said Dipak Shah, chairman, of South India Tea Exporters Association, who was in Colombo a few days ago.

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Sri Lanka produces orthodox teas that are exported to countries such as Iraq, Iran, the UAE, Libya, Russia, and Turkey. India, too, produces orthodox tea, which mostly goes to Iran and Russia.

"Some of the orders from the orthodox tea-consuming nations are being diverted to India," said Shah.

He said even packet tea players in Sri Lanka are facing problems as they cannot import packaging materials due to the economic crisis.

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CREDITS: TEA Tirupur (The news article has not been edited by DFU Publications staff).

06 April 2022, Mumbai:

Woolmark Company’s parent firm, Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has appointed John Roberts new CEO.

Roberts has already been acting in the role since October 2021 and was appointed through an internal selection process by an executive recruitment firm.

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Roberts comes from a wool-producing family at Binalong in Southern NSW and has been employed in a wide range of roles at AWI including managing international offices and as the company’s chief operating officer.

He has also worked in private agribusiness companies, as a wool buyer, trader, and processor.

He has an in-depth knowledge of the industry’s players, says Jock Laurie, Chairman, AWI.

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Owned by more than 24,000 Australian woolgrowers, Australian Wool Innovation is a not-for-profit company that invests in R&D and marketing along the global supply chain for Australian wool – from woolgrowers through to retailers.

The company's mission is to make strategically targeted investments to enhance the profitability, international competitiveness, and sustainability of the Australian wool industry and increase demand and market access for Australian wool.

AWI is the owner of The Woolmark Company and the world-renowned Woolmark logo – the world’s best-known textile fibre brand.

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CREDITS: As per Rag Trader reports. 

02 April 2022, Mumbai:

Decathlon, a French sporting goods retailer, will close all of its 60 stores in Russia as a result of consumer boycott calls.

Several customers have recently taken a stand against the shop, with demonstrators in Poland carrying images of Ukrainian war victims outside Decathlon stores.

In addition, Decathlon's owner, French retail behemoth Association Familiale Mulliez, has recently come under fire for its choice to keep stores open. The clothes retailer, on the other hand, indicated that supply chain issues prompted its decision to leave Russia.

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Decathlon had rejected all requests to discontinue trading in Russia, even when hordes of fashion shops such as H&M, Zara, and others decided to leave following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The outcry from customers, however, appears to have been too much for the business to handle.

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Decathlon has stated that, in strict conformity with international sanctions imposed on Russia, the supply requirements for continuing its operations in the country are no longer met.

Decathlon is the world's largest athletic goods retailer, with 1,697 locations in 60 countries and regions.

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CREDITS: BBC & Apparel Resources.

08 April 2022, Mumbai:

Export orders to the textile hub of Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu are surging with demand diverting to India from Sri Lanka owing to the economic and political crisis in the island nation.

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The current crisis in Sri Lanka has crippled its apparel manufacturing sector, says Raja M Shanmugam, President, Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA).

It has compelled global brands to divert few orders to India. These orders are being placed for the upcoming fall season. Global brands such as Zara, Mango and H&M place orders with Asian countries, including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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As Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia already have huge orders in their hands brands are concentrating on the Indian market.

However, high cotton and yarn prices are a major concern for the Indian textile trade, adds Shanmugam. 

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CREDITS: ET Dt 08-04-2022 (The news article has not been edited by DFU Publications staff).

06 April 2022, Mumbai:

VDMA TFL "Texprocess 2022: The leading trade fair is back".

The garment and textile processing industry is looking forward with great anticipation to Texprocess, the leading trade fair for the sector, which will finally open its doors again in Frankfurt from 21 to 24 June 2022.

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"After three years have passed since the last Texprocess, the industry has a lot of catching up to do in terms of face-to-face communication," said Elgar Straub, Managing Director of VDMA Textile Care, Fabric, and Leather Technologies at the international press conference for Texprocess in Frankfurt.

"Exhibitors want to show what innovations they have developed in the last three years.

They have hardly had the opportunity to show these to a larger audience since the pandemic began.

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In turn, visitors are looking for solutions for more sustainable, more flexible, and also more regional production.

Accordingly, the expectations for Texprocess are enormous and linked to the hope that many necessary investments will be made.

"The pandemic has shown that no virtual meeting can replace face-to-face exchanges on site."

Industry records significant increase in order intake German manufacturers of Textile Care, Fabric, and Leather Technologies ended the year 2021 with positive figures.

Incoming orders increased by 35 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year.

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In the sewing and garment technology sector, German machinery manufacturers were also able to increase exports in 2021 by 7 percent to 439 million euros.

VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather

Technologies are the conceptual partner of Texprocess Texprocess is the leading international trade fair for the processing of textile and flexible materials.

From 21 to 24 June 2022, for the sixth time, international exhibitors will present to trade visitors at Texprocess the latest machinery, equipment, processes, and services for garment manufacturing and textile, and flexible materials.

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02 April 2022, Mumbai:

Digital platform, Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) has so far collated data from 3,723 export-oriented RMG factories spread all over Bangladesh using the census method, resulting in a digital map that is free, neutral, interactive, and open-access Afshana Choudhury, Lead Operations Officer informs, the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) of Brac University (BracU) has implemented the Mapped in Bangladesh (MiB) project to make data more vibrant and useful in this age of information technology.

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The initiative is funded by Laudes Foundation and co-funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, she adds. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) are strategic partners of this initiative, with the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) providing necessary strategic support.

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The MiB is being coordinated by BRAC, The project is a combination of both database and map.

Each factory has a unique number, allowing the rights-based organisations working for the benefit of workers by using the map to figure out how many brands are working in Bangladesh and with which factories, adds Choudhary. 

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08 April 2022, Mumbai:

Pure London, the UK’s leading and most unmissable trade fashion buying event which returns to Olympia London on the 17-19th July, has announced its investment in an extensive International programme incorporating a comprehensive Agent Network in over 30 countries created to make the show the UK’s most exciting international fashion event showcasing brands from as far afield as Peru and Australia.

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With governments in many markets using events to drive exports post-pandemic, the new international team is also securing subsidies from key countries including France and Poland to bolster its international brand offering.

Robert Sapwell, European Development Director, UK Division, Hyve Group plc says “The international agent network is a huge investment which we have built up during the last 18 months enabling Pure London to be the most international market-leading event in the UK.

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Our trusted agents are experts in their markets, they have the knowledge and experience to understand the needs of the leading brands and designers in their countries, discover and seek out the latest up and coming brands, as well as secure subsidies for brands wishing to show in the UK.

This, alongside the invaluable government subsidies agreed so far with France and Poland, will make Pure London a truly international showcase unlike no other in the UK.”

Nihat Berktas, European Development Manager, Pure London, says; “We are very excited to be partnering with Business France to help enable French brands to enter the UK market and showcase their collections at Pure London.

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05 April 2022, Mumbai:

German manufacturers of Textile Care, Fabric, and Leather Technologies ended the year 2021 with positive figures.

Incoming orders increased by 35 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year. Exports also increased again in 2021: In the sewing and garment technology sector, German machine manufacturers were able to increase exports by 8 percent to 439 million euros.

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Industry meeting on-site in Nuremberg After two years, the VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies was finally able to hold its industry meeting on April 4 and 5 in Nuremberg again in presence.

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"As we have learned in the pandemic over the last two years, no virtual meeting can replace personal exchange on site," said Elgar Straub, Managing Director of VDMA Textile Care, Fabric and Leather Technologies.

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01 April 2022, Mumbai:

ISKO has signed the Dutch Denim Deal for circular denim.

The Denim Deal, a public-private initiative, was launched by the Dutch government following the EU Green Deal and the Circular Action Plan and includes agreements to make the denim textile chain more circular.

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In the deal, more than 40 parties, such as Scotch & Soda, PVH and Soorty, are working together to improve post-consumer textiles in the denim industry and make fiber recycling the new norm.

The signatories cover a wide range of manufacturing companies, brands and stores, collectors, sorters, cutters, and weavers.

The main objective is to collectively produce a total of 3 million jeans with (a minimum of 20%) post-consumer recycled cotton (PCR) by the end of 2023.

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"The Dutch Denim Deal fits perfectly into ISKO's circular strategy," says Marc Lensen, ISKO Head of Global Communication. "Our scale and knowledge of sustainable technological solutions will increase the overall impact and accelerate circularity in the denim chain.”

The complexity of properly separating worn textiles, which can be years old and very contaminated, requires a lot of knowledge and research, which ISKO can provide.

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