2021-01-22

LEICESTER - A £300,000 training academy for the fashion sector is to be set up in the heart of Leicester’s troubled garment industry.The city council is to establish the Leicester Fashion Technology Academy (LFTA) in the Spinney Hills district where many of the city’s apparel factories are based. Read More

2021-01-22

PEORIA - Sustainable startup Natural Fiber Welding (NFW) has announced it is doubling manufacturing capacity at its Illinois base for the production of its 'Mirum' plant-based leather. Read More

2021-01-22

Cotton yarns import value of USA has dropped 8.64 per cent to US $ 71.61 million in Jan.-Nov. ’20 period, as per OTEXA data. Read More

2021-01-22

For the past four to five years, stand-alone spinning segment in India was performing very poorly (with an unsustainable EBITDA margin of 7 to 8 per cent) compared to all other segments of the textile value chain. However, now due to pent-up demand for finished goods, there is good demand for yarn, Read More

2021-01-22

Now a day competition is increasing in the garments industry. In past, factories rely on few buyers with huge order volumes. Now, because of huge competition, factories have to work with lots of buyers with short volume orders. If one style is running in a garments line continuously, productivity sh Read More

2021-01-22

HONG KONG – Eurofins Softlines and Leather has received approval from ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme for four of its laboratories in India, Spain, Italy and Turkey to conduct ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MRSL) tests for Level 1, 2 and 3 conformance in its chemical gateway. Read More