Textile testing and research partner Hohenstein is set to celebrate 75 years of operation. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the company will spend this landmark year expanding its foundation for the future. The company has specialised for over 70 years in the testing, certification, and research of all kinds of textile products.Pic: HohensteinIng. Otto Mecheels laid the foundation for an internationally-renowned company in 1946 when he founded the Hohenstein Institutes, a textile

AMSTERDAM – The ZDHC Foundation has tweaked the latest version of its manufacturing restricted substance list (MRSL) to align with bluesign, updated its MRSL candidate list and phased out the self-declared conformance level 0 on its ZDHC chemical gateway.New limits on certain trace chemicals associated with denim indigo dyes have been proposed along with more stringent limits on PFCs (perfluorocarbons) used in water repellent textiles.The move comes as efforts to harmonise chemical management wi

A mini textile park will be set up at Kodakandla in Telangana’s Warangal district to create new livelihood avenues for about 20,000 weaving families in the region, according to state information technology and industries minister KT Rama Rao, who recently said thousands of weavers from Kodakandla who had migrated to other states are keen to return.The state will continue to extend further support to such weavers, he was quoted as saying by media reports from Hyderabad, where he addressed a meeti

Surgical drapes and towels import of USA fell by 1.42 per cent in values during January-October ’20 period, a fall which has been witnessed despite other PPE products like disposable apparels and masks seeing a rise in a pandemic-affected year.Valuing US $ 512.11 million in the first 10-month period of 2020, the imports of surgical drapes and towels were marginally better in the same period of 2019 – US $ 519.46 million.The imports were done under four HS Codes – 6307906090, 6307906800, 63079072

After reporting better-than-expected sales in the holiday season, Next doesn’t seem to be too worried about the current lockdown in the UK.Image Courtesy: thesun.co.ukThe British clothing retailer has said that despite lockdown being imposed in several regions across the UK, 2021 isn’t going to be impacted much.Substantiating on this, Simon Wolfson, CEO, Next, said that this is traditionally quietest period of the year and will continue for some time. However, it will improve in April and is lik

Sri Lanka-based global apparel manufacturer Hela Clothing announced the acquisition of 50 per cent stake in Indonesia’s Submiri Intimates Apparel Plc.Image Courtesy: forbes.comThe step marks the creation of a new joint venture project for the production of intimate products at Ethiopia’s Hawassa Industrial Park.The collaboration at full scale will result in providing employment to over 3,000 people in Hawassa, increasing the capacity of the manufacturing unit to produce 1 million pieces a month

Sun Haifeng who is a first-grade teacherwill give a lecturefrom15:30 to 16:30 on January 7th. He will teach how to operate a successful community online.

Vandewiele, the supplier of carpet and velvet weaving machines and textile accessories, has acquired 100 per cent of Savio Group, provider of machinery in yarn finishing sector, dealing in manufacturing and distribution of winding machines, quality control devices and electronic boards for the textile industry.Image Courtesy: www.cmo.com.auUnder this partnership, Vandewiele’s customers will be benefited with the services offered bySavio Group. Vandewiele is also excited to welcome the Savio cust

Saarland University computer scientists invented a new way to turning fabric into e-textiles without changing unique properties. And these special textiles can be produced in a comparatively easy way, thus opening up new use cases.Jürgen Steimle, Computer Science Professor at Saarland University says, “Our goal was to integrate interactive functionalities directly into the fibers of textiles instead of just attaching electronic components to them.”Figure: Saarland University computer scientists

The biggest challenge for the past year in global economies and their supply chains was the COVID-19 itself. One of South Asia’s textile manufacturing countries, Pakistan also faced difficulty throughout the period but surprisingly within a few months, the country’s textile sector was moved on track.Figure: Pakistan faced difficulty throughout the COVID-19 period but surprisingly within a few months, the country’s textile sector was moved on track.Courtesy: ILO Asia-Pacific/Flickr. Creative Comm