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Related Keywords: China, future, goals, ISPO, management, Messe München Shanghai

The chief executive of Messe München Shanghai, Edwin Tan, left the company by mutual consent at the end of July owing to what the company has called “differing views on the future strategic goals”. He has been replaced by Xu Jia, who has been the company’s chief operating officer since 2013.

Messe München Shanghai is the largest subsidiary that Messe München has. Events it organises include ISPO Shanghai, which will next take place in July 2020.

Ms Jia will form a new senior management team with Stephen Lu as chief operating officer and Candace Hua as chief financial officer.

Related Keywords: 12 billion, 2018, apparel, brand, Dubai, Dubai Chamber, Sales, womenswear

The value of apparel sales in the UAE amounted to $12.3 billion in 2018, registering an annual growth rate of about 4.8%, while the sector is expected to see stronger performance over the 2019-2023 period, new analysis released by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has revealed.

Related Keywords: consumpation, denim, econyl, fabrics, recycling, save, sustainable, Volcom, waste, water

Volcom, a modern lifestyle brand that represents the creative spirit of youth culture, has announced the worldwide launch of Water Aware, a denim collection for men’s, women’s and kids. A significant milestone in Volcom's journey to sustainability, Water Aware features a reformulated, water-saving wash and finishing process in the production of denim resulting in an average savings of 13 litres of water per jean.

Related Keywords: Asia, cloathing industry, fashion, Fashion Summit, Hong Kong, Hugo Boss, sustainability, sustainable fashion, Textile

The 2019 edition of The Fashion Summit, which bills itself as Asia’s sustainable fashion event, will go ahead in Hong Kong on September 5 and 6.

Co-organisers include the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel, the Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium and the Clothing Industry Training Authority.

Related Keywords: Boost, geotextiles, innovation, procurement, Russia, Russian textile industry, Textile, Textile Industry

The Russian technical textiles industry may receive an additional impetus for growth this year, thanks to the recently announced government plans to ease the existing restrictions on global producers taking part in public tenders for the purchase of innovative textile products for state needs.

Related Keywords: Belgium, Concordia Textiles, global expansion, PurFi, Recycle, sustainable textile, technology, Textile, upcycling

PurFi, the U.S. developer of high-end products derived from rejuvenated textile waste streams, announces a joint venture with Belgium-based manufacturing partner Concordia Textiles. The new formation will be PurFi Manufacturing Belgium, headquartered in Waregem, Belgium, with management provided by Joy Nunn of PurFi and Carl Baekelandt of Concordia.

Related Keywords: Bangladesh, brand, China, consumers, Germany, import, price, Puma, sportswear, US, Vietnam

Sportswear brand Puma has warned that an increase in the price of its products is inevitable should proposed tariffs on more China-made products imported into the US come into effect.

Chief executive Bjorn Gulden has said the brand is already taking action in response to the situation. This has included moving some of its production from China to other countries like Vietnam, Bangladesh and Cambodia.

Related Keywords: CAS, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, cotton, fertilization, Taklimakan, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography

Researchers have devised a new method of efficient fertilization of cotton with lower nitrogen leaching in sandy soil in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Fertilizers like nitrogen are necessary for the plant's growth, however the ease with which they leach into sandy soil through traditional flood irrigation methods results in low nitrogen uptake efficiency and cotton productivity.

Related Keywords: Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd, fashion, fast fashion, Louis Philippe, Pantaloons, Peter England, profit, quarter

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd on August 6 reported over threefold jump in its net profit to Rs 21.56 crore for the first quarter ended June 30.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 5.60 crore in the June 2018 quarter, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL) said in a statement.

Its net sales rose 7.94 percent to Rs 2,065.46 crore during the quarter, compare with Rs 1,913.52 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.

ABFRL's total expenses were at Rs 2,047.83 crore as against Rs 1,916.39 crore, up 6.85 percent.

Related Keywords: Carbon, carbon fiber, fiber, Montefibre, Plant, polyacrylonitrile, printing

Montefibre Carbon's 80k aims to be the new standard for large-tow carbon fiber for industrial purposes, and the company expects its impact on the industry to be similar to the 50k tow first launched more than 20 years ago.

Montefibre's carbon fiber precursor is produced from an exclusive polyacrylonitrile formulation (PAN), which enables a carbon fiber of high resistance, high elastic modulus, and low density, and which translates to very rigid and lightweight high performance composites.