02 February 2022, Mumbai:

The Plan For Change outlines three focus areas and twelve commitments including science-based targets.

MAS Holdings, the Sri Lankan based design to delivery solutions provider, announces its company-wide sustainability strategy, the MAS Plan For Change. Knowing it operates in an industry with a large negative impact, The Plan For Change outlines three focus areas to improve its operations: Product, Lives, and Planet, with twelve goals to be achieved by 2025.

MAS has also recently signed up for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) with commitments to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 25.2% by 2025 from a 2019 base year, and further commits that 85% of its suppliers by spend and 100% of joint ventures in scope 3 investments, will have science-based targets by 2025.

The Plan For Change is a commitment to inspiring sustainable change within its operations, amongst its customers, communities, and for the planet as a whole. 

MAS Holdings is the largest apparel tech company in South Asia, headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka with facilities in 15 countries, powered by over 100,000 employees globally. 

Since its founding in 1987, MAS has prioritized employee wellbeing based on a founding principle of doing the right thing and providing safe, secure, and comfortable places of work, with fair, equitable wages for team members.

This core principle percolates to all areas of business, including the relationships built with brand customers, work in local communities, the ethical treatment of people, and actions towards the natural environment.

Over three decades, MAS created many programs and initiatives aimed at improving workers’ lives, the products it makes, and the planet. MAS acknowledges that the industry it operates in has significant negative impacts and it is doing its part to mitigate these effects.

The Plan For Change combines the work of these individual programs and formalizes the goals into one cohesive strategy to be carried out across the group. 

While the Plan For Change is a new strategic approach to the company’s product, social and environmental goals, MAS has been dedicated to uplifting people and the planet since its inception.  Progress towards sustainability is an ongoing journey for the company and is demonstrated by its long-standing membership in the UN Global Compact (since 2003), signing of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, commitment to reaching many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and partnerships with the IFC, SAC, ZDHC and many others.

MAS recognizes that addressing many of the challenges the world and its inhabitants face requires sustainable, systemic change and is committed to doing so through ambitious, collaborative initiatives. 

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28 January 2022, Mumbai:

Transformation Starts With Innovation

Start-Up Valley, a new initiative by CEMATEX, spotlights companies in its early stages of development with new and game-changing solutions and technologies to support and inspire innovation for the textile, garment and fashion industry.

Transformation is more critical than ever, and ITMA is excited to put start-ups on the largest global stage in the textile industry to share their latest services and innovations, as we drive the industry forward together for a more digitalised and sustainable future.

We invite you to join the 100,000+ industry professionals at ITMA 2023 in Milan, a global hub of fashion, and garment manufacturing, to help truly transform the world of textiles and put your company on the map.

Application for participation at the Start-Up Valley and the CEMATEX Start-Up Grant closes on 30 June 2022.

CREDITS: ITMA

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25 January 2022, Mumbai:

Geneva-based International Labour Organisation (ILO) has downgraded its forecast for labour market recovery in 2022, projecting a deficit in hours worked globally equivalent to 52 million full-time jobs, relative to the fourth quarter of 2019. The previous full-year estimate in May 2021 projected a deficit of 26 million full-time equivalent jobs.

While this latest projection is an improvement on the situation in 2021, it remains almost two per cent below the number of global hours worked pre-pandemic, according to the ILO World Employment and Social Outlook—Trends 2022 (WESO Trends).

Global unemployment is expected to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until at least 2023. The 2022 level is estimated at 207 million, compared to 186 million in 2019.

The ILO report also cautions that the overall impact on employment is significantly greater than represented in these figures because many people have left the labour force. In 2022, the global labour force participation rate is projected to remain 1.2 percentage points below that of 2019.

The downgrade in the 2022 forecast reflects, to some extent, the impact that recent variants of COVID-19 , such as Delta and Omicron, are having on the world of work, as well as significant uncertainty regarding the future course of the pandemic.

The WESO Trends report warns of the stark differences in the impact the crisis is having across groups of workers and countries. These differences are deepening inequalities within and among countries and weakening the economic, financial and social fabric of almost every nation, regardless of development status.

This damage is likely to require years to repair, with potential long-term consequences for labour force participation, household incomes and social and, possibly, political cohesion, said an ILO press release.

The effects are being felt in labour markets in all regions of the world, although a great divergence in recovery patterns can be observed. The European and the North American regions are showing the most encouraging signs of recovery, while South-East Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean have the most negative outlook.

At the national level, labour market recovery is strongest in high-income countries, while lower-middle-income economies are faring worst.

The disproportionate impact of the crisis on women’s employment is expected to last in the coming years, the report says. While the closing of education and training institutions “will have cascading long-term implications” for young people, particularly those without internet access.

The ILO report shows that, as in previous crises, temporary employment created a buffer against the shock of the pandemic for some.

While many temporary jobs were terminated or not renewed, alternative ones were created, including for workers who had lost permanent jobs. On average, the incidence of temporary work did not change.

CREDITS: Fibre2Fashion News Desk 

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01 February 2022, Mumbai:

Patterning from the cloud SwapKnit – KARL MAYER's first Smart Machine function revolutionizes the way of guide bar control.

A view of machine data from anywhere and at any time, service support as if on site but from far away, patterning from the cloud: digitalization offers completely new possibilities in warp knitting, which KARL MAYER is using to offer its customers a wide range of advantages for their business.

In doing so, the world market leader is pursuing a well thought-out strategy: coordinated innovation activities are being used above all to rethink aftersales support and machine maintenance, and to develop coordinated offers in three areas. These are Care Solutions, Digital Solutions and Smart Machine.

Smart Machine comprises special functions that are backed by KARL MAYER's expertise and enable customers to maximize their productivity. In addition, a previously unattainable reproducibility of quality is possible.

A first solution for this is SwapKnit.

The new patterning concept manages completely without pattern discs, but still enables the high operating speeds typical of mechanical guide bar drives. The basis for this is the networking of the machine via the k.ey device with the KM.ON cloud.

Speed of operation and pattern change SwapKnit can be used for the production of new or tried-and-tested articles with pattern repeats of up to 36 stitch courses.

The required lapping data is acquired with just a few clicks in KARL MAYER's WEBSHOP SPARE PARTS and loaded directly from the KM.ON cloud.

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28 January 2022, Mumbai:

FESPA has launched the promotional campaign for its FESPA Global Print Expo 2022 and European Sign Expo 2022 events, scheduled to take place from 31 May – 3 June 2022 at Messe Berlin, Germany.

The campaign strapline ‘Experience Print in Motion’ highlights how, despite the challenges of the past two years, the speciality print market and the technology that supports it continue to evolve and progress.

“Speciality print businesses are back up and running and making future plans, and FESPA Global Print Expo 2022 will give them fresh momentum, supporting them with investment decisions and ideas development at a critical time in the sector’s sustained recovery”, says Michael Ryan, Head of FESPA Global Print Expo.

“After more than two years dominated by virtual alternatives, business decision-makers really need the energy and connections that only live events enable. The true value of a FESPA event for exhibitors and visitors is the wider experience: close-up views of technology and consumables; making human connections; networking with like-minded business people; being inspired and discovering the latest technologies and consumables.

In Amsterdam last autumn, we took the first steps to bringing colour back to speciality print. Now we all need to experience print in motion.”

Berlin has previously hosted highly successful FESPA exhibitions in 2007 and 2018, and the facilities and travel connections make the venue a popular destination amongst exhibitors and visitors.

Occupying eight halls, the 2022 event will provide a platform for technological innovation in digital wide format, screen and textile printing. International manufacturers are lining up for the event, with over 250 suppliers including Brother, Canon, Durst, Fujifilm, HP, Kornit, Mimaki and M&R fully committed to the event to date.

Enhancing the visitor experience at FESPA Global Print Expo 2022, FESPA’s popular Printeriors interior décor feature will highlight the many opportunities in printed interior décor, again taking the form of an interactive visitor experience. 

World Wrap Masters will also return, offering visitors the chance to see European vehicle wrappers compete for the title of World Wrap Master Europe 2022, followed by the show-down of the regional competition winners in the World Wrap Masters final.

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24 January 2022, Mumbai: 

Progress on the second year of Copenhagen Fashion Week's 2020-2022 Sustainability Action Plan.

The Annual Sustainability Report marks a status update on the second year of Copenhagen Fashion Week's 2020-2022 Sustainability Action Plan, that sets out to incur far-reaching and long-term change within the fashion industry.

"The progress made during the second year of our Sustainability Action Plan shows the potential of our strategy and three-year targets to inspire and push fashion companies to embrace more responsible business practices.

We strongly believe that the new Nordic partnerships we entered around the 2023.

Sustainability Requirements set a major milestone that fosters stronger industry alignment and we're very excited to seek out new partnerships internationally during this coming year", says Cecilie Thorsmark, CEO, Copenhagen Fashion Week.

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31 January 2022, Mumbai:

Dr. Samir Asaf, Managing Director of DelMorgan & Co, paid a courtesy call on BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at BGMEA’s PR office in Gulshan, Dhaka on January 19.

They discussed different issues including the future growth potential in the RMG sector of Bangladesh.

DelMorgan & Co, a US-based Investment Bank, expressed interest in exploring opportunities to work together in support of BGMEA Members’ strategic financial requirements.

BGMEA President Furuque Hassan highlighted the prospect of investment in different potential sectors including high value-added and non-cotton textiles along with others.

He said economic viability, the purchasing power of people, demographic dividend and ecosystem are in favour of investment in Bangladesh.

The BGMEA President sought support of DelMorgan & Co in bringing foreign investment in the potential sectors in Bangladesh.

CREDITS: BGMEA

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27 January 2022, Mumbai:

The nova-Institute invites you to the "International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022“ to get an overview of the current most important developments and innovations in the field of cellulose fibres.

All information on the conference programme, the accompanying exhibition, the awarding of the Innovation Award and more can be found here: www.cellulose-fibres.eu

Cellulosic fibres are the fastest-growing fibre group in the textile industry and also the largest investment sector in the global bioeconomy.

The challenge now is to achieve a balance between the ongoing capacity expansion and the growing demand, to avoid overcapacity while still meeting rising demand from the major brands.

These high growth rates are driven by an increasing demand for alternatives for fossil-based fibres and bottlenecks in cotton production, the microplastic issues, and bans on plastics in disposable applications. All three factors will continue to play an important role in the development of the sector in the future.

More than 170 participants from all over the world have already registered for the conference. 42 speakers from 12 countries will demonstrate the differences in regional development paths and their transferability to other areas.


Conference: "International Conference on Cellulose Fibres 2022", Hybrid Event
Opening: 2 February 2022, 9:30 a.m., CET
End: 3 February 2022, 5:30 p.m., CET
Venue: Maternushaus, Kardinal-Frings-Str. 1-3, 50668 Köln (Cologne), Germany and Online

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24 January 2022, Mumbai: 

BGMEA has urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to remove customs and bond-related obstacles from the way of business to expedite the growth of the apparel and textile industry.

A delegation of BGMEA headed by President Faruque Hassan made the call during a meeting with NIIR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem at the NBI office here on Thursday.

The association also called for simplifying business procedures like the inclusion of new raw materials and other related materials with their harmonized system (HS) code in the bond licenses.

CREDITS: BGMEA

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31 January 2022, Mumbai:

Blue of a kind and Officina+39 introduce their collaboration in the name of sustainability through an exclusive event at the Blue of a kind shop in Milan. January 28th, 2022 – On Thursday 27 January, two Italian companies strongly committed to the transition to an ecological industry have presented the results of their collaboration at the Blue of a Kind shop in Via Vincenzo Capelli 3, Milan.

A union of intent that has led to a partnership initially born remotely, in the middle of the difficulties of recent years, finally set off through the live painting performance by Erik Varusio.

The artist from Vicenza, well-known in the world of fashion and illustration, has customized a selection of Blue of a kind’s t-shirts using the sustainable Officina+39's RecycromTM dyestuff.

Revolution of existing Blue of a kind is meant to be not just a fashion company, rather a community built around an idea: to combine uncompromised style, contemporary fit and products with a valuable heritage, and a sustainable production process.

The products are made exclusively from vintage products handcrafted with the use of scrap fabrics and surplus, thanks to a network of suppliers all over Europe, which makes it possible to find the best vintage garments and stock, ultimately becoming the go-to raw material to lead a luxury revolution, chic yet sustainable.

Fashion and sustainable chemicals The mission of Blue of a kind perfectly matches with the technologies of Officina+39, a Biella-based company for which the word “waste” becomes synonymous with opportunity, a source for creating something new, encouraging circularity and reducing environmental impact.

From this vision comes to be RecycromTM, a revolutionary and sustainable dyestuffs range, patented, which employs recycled used clothing, fibrous material, and textile scraps: its full range of pigment powders is obtained through a cutting-edge upcycling process that involves textile fibers from used clothing and manufacturing waste for dyeing and printing on cotton, wool, nylon or any cellulosic and natural fiber or blend.

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 26 January 2022, Mumbai:

Nike has named Ron Faris, the company's SNKRS vice president, to manage its Virtual Studios, a new business that supports the company's newest foray into the metaverse. Following Nike's acquisition of Virgin Mega, a firm started by Faris that focused on fan communities and shopping and supported by Richard Branson's Virgin Group, Faris joined Nike in 2016.

He was designated VP of SNKRS, NBHD, and S23NYC in 2020, and will now oversee Nike's Virtual Studios vertical, which will serve as an "independent studio" for virtual product development.

In an internal email obtained by Complex, Nike CEO John Donahoe wrote, "We have created Nike Virtual Studios, a new division that will operate as an independent studio to build our business around virtual products while also partnering with our core business to deliver best-in-class Web3, Metaverse, and blockchain-based experiences."

"To serve and expand the creative community in these vital locations, Nike Virtual Studios will establish creative hubs in both Los Angeles and New York."

According to the email announcing his hiring, Faris will serve as VP/GM of Nike Virtual Studios while continuing to oversee the SNKRS team until his former position is filled.

The revelation comes after RTFKT, a virtual shoe design firm and a studio for (NFTs, was bought by the Portland, Oregon-based company in December of last year.

Nike also joined up with online gaming platform Roblox a month ago to develop 'NikeLand,' a virtual realm that allows players to outfit virtual avatars in digital Nike apparel.

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23 January 2022, Mumbai:

Garment engineering combined with mobile technology will reduce returns and increase sustainability for online shopping.

BÖNNIGHEIM, Germany (January 21, 2022) – Hohenstein, a leading specialist in fit and pattern engineering, has joined forces with digital size pioneer, Presize.

The partnership now offers a variety of business services, including reliable size tables and digital scaling, that empower online retailers to automatically recommend appropriate garment sizes.

Merging traditional size tables, reliable garment fits and digital body measurements with smartphone technology reduces the number of returned online purchases. Proper fit also reduces waste, lowers footprint and bolsters customer loyalty. “The better a brand understands sizes, fits and target groups, the more accurately they can automate size recommendations.

We help brands meet the different requirements of various sizes, so the fit is comfortable across customer ranges, collections and suppliers,” states Simone Morlock, Head of Hohenstein’s Digital Fitting Lab. This size and grading advice is now underpinned by digital measurement services and technology based on artificial intelligence.

“All it takes to work out the right size, based on a user’s individual body measurements, are some quick questions regarding their age, height and weight, plus an optional video to take measurements.

We use an algorithm that learns as it goes along, and this improves the advice given on sizes with each order or return,” states Presize co-founder and CEO, Leon Szeli.

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