Synthetic dyes are common ingredients in the textile industry, but because of their general use, they often find their way into water bodies from industrial wastewater, where they pollute the water and threaten water security.

South Korea's textile major, Youngone Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Ki-Hak Sung said that five of their factories would be up and running at the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park (Warangal) in the next six months. “Another three units will come up in the...

Sateri has entered into an agreement with Funing Aoyang Technology Co., Ltd. (Funing Aoyang) to acquire its viscose fibre business. The acquisition is part of Sateri’s growth strategy which will bring Sateri’s total number of viscose mills in China to six...

The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) will set up its new head office in M3 Industrial City of Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC). Spread across an area of 150 acres, the new office will help promote the c...

The IIITDM team that developed the machine consisted of Assistant Professors Dr. P. Kalpana and Dr AVS Sivaprasad, students Manonmani, Mohammed Yusuf and 12 others have come out with an integrated machine that can process the banana stem

I have a confession. The last item of clothing I bought wasn’t real. I purchased the abstract print maxi dress online and while the £40 of cold, hard cash I spent on it was most definitely real, my dress didn’t arrive all nicely wrapped in tissue paper in...

Kornit Digital has come up with a key feature ‘XDi’ of the new MAX digital printing technology, which delivers 3D capabilities for high-density graphic decoration that can simulate embroidery, vinyl and heat transfer in a single, waste-free digital proces...

While COVID-19 hit the textile and apparel industry especially hard, businesses with a strong online presence, several manufacturing locations and an ability to quickly adjust their merchandise were better able to withstand the pandemic's impact, accordin...

Garment workers in the U.S. have long rallied against a wage system that they say effectively keeps them earning below minimum wage.

Its government might think the worst of the pandemic’s impact has passed, but Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry needs continued support before it can achieve a new normal, Shahidur Rahman writes.

The Lenzing Group defined ambitious sustainability targets in each of these strategic core areas. Other objectives were added in the year under review to provide further impetus to Lenzing’s efforts on its path to a sustainable future.

Hayleys Fabrics, a subsidiary of Hayleys group has bought a 98.84 percent stake in Sri Lankan circular knitter, South Asia Textiles Limited. The 3.953 billion rupees (US$28 million) deal includes a 97.68 percent stake from publicly traded Ambeon Holdings...

The entire hemp plant can be used to produce everything from textiles, bioplastics, insulation, and even milk! Naturally, the sneaker world has experimented with hemp fabric uppers over the years.

Circular fashion and textile technology group Infinited Fiber Company is looking for a location in Finland to build a flagship factory to produce its unique, regenerated textile fibers for the global market. Infinited Fiber Company will decide on the loca...

Exporters in the textile hub of Tirupur have a strong order book but are spooked by the possibility of a hard lockdown.

Sri Lanka is all set to ban the import of textile fabrics in a bid to protect domestic industry, the state minister for batik, handloom textiles, and local apparel productions, Dayasiri Jayasekara, has announced. The relevant gazette notification has been...