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Related Keywords: bags, brand, design, Exchange Sustainability, government, HTT’s Material, innovation, Lenzing, packaging, Textile, vinyl

Can the home textiles industry ever shake off vinyl bags? An expert in packaging innovations will address the latest developments at HTT’s Material Changes conference on Nov. 13 in New York.

Sandra Krasovec brings more than 25 years of experience in brand and packaging design as the design director of a Chicago-based design firm and then as principal of her own business. The professor and coordinator of the Packaging Design BFA program at FIT has been instrumental in creating
a network between students, alumni, brand design firms and the packaging design industry.

Related Keywords: across, Collection, design, fabrics, Maresca Textiles, Prairie Collection, Textile

Maresca Textiles needed only to look across its hometown landscape to find inspiration for its latest collection of fabric and wallcovering.

Designer Kathryn Faull drew from the architectural aesthetics of Chicago, where her luxury design studio is based, to develop a new assembly of graphic geometric patterns for drapery and upholstery and accent fabrics as well as residential and commercially rated Type II wallcovering.

Related Keywords: circular fashion, design, ethical, fashion, Gap, GFA, Global Fashion Agenda, Nike, Recycle, sustainability, sustainable

Signatories of the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, an initiative launched in 2017 by the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), will have to hurry up if they still want to reach all the circularity targets they committed to. GFA’s second yearly assessment of the progress made by fashion brands and retailers was published today and the results are rather disappointing: it turns out they have reached only 45 (21 percent) of the 213 targets set.

Related Keywords: design, digital, eco-efficient, fabric, garment, innovation, ITMA, Jeanologist, production, technology, Textiles

The Spanish company leader in developing eco-efficient technology, will present the sourcing model of the future at ITMA 2019. This innovative production process marks the beginning of a new era in the textile industry.

This operational model delivers five fundamental benefits to the textile industry: it is eco-efficient, cost neutral, scalable, agile and digital; connecting design, production and consumer.

Related Keywords: design, emerging technological advances, fabric, fashion, manufacturing base, National Institute of Fashion Technology, NIFT-Gandhinagar, Technical textile, textiles sector

Smriti Irani called for students to look for fusion of disciplines like design, fashion communication etc, which she said matters in "real world." She said the sector only has "ups and ups, and very few downs". She said that the textiles sector is the "second largest employer" in the country.

Total of 243 students graduated at the convocation of the NIFT-Gandhinagar held. The minister also asked the students to explore opportunities in emerging technological advances in the textiles sector to add value to their endeavours.

Related Keywords: Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, design, into Western wear, learn minute details of garment manufacturing, learnt intricacies of textile manufacturing, learnt style of Indian clothing, redesigned silk saris, six-week internship, Students from New Zealand, visited Coimbatore

Students from New Zealand who visited Coimbatore for a six-week internship at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology to learn the minute details of garment manufacturing and design, have turned silk saris into Western wear.

Students from New Zealand took 35 silk saris from Sathyamangalam and redesigned them into Western outfits. These will be at display on Friday during a fashion show hosted by Bannari Amman Institute of Technology.

Related Keywords: awarded a major contract to supply an olefin plant, by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, capacity to produce ethylene, design, Linde Group, Linde responsible for licensing, material procurement, member of TAIF Group, Naphtha cracker, NKNK, other chemical products, plant in Nizhnekamsk, technical engineering consulting

Linde Group awarded a major contract to supply an olefin plant by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK), a member of the TAIF Group. As part of this major contract, Linde is responsible for licensing, design, material procurement and technical engineering consulting for the plant in Nizhnekamsk, located in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

NKNK’s new olefin complex will be built in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan. In the first expansion stage, it will have the capacity to produce 600 000 tpy of ethylene and over 600 000 tpy of other chemical products.

Related Keywords: accessories, BIT and NZIFT, community engagement, delivering mutual benefits across education, design, fashion show BANEWZ, gained insights into teaching methodology, Garments, Indian Apparel and Textile Practicum programme, Indian value systems, manufacturing, mass production of textiles, MoU signed, New Zealand students, training at BIT

The Memorandum of Understanding signed last year between Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BIT), Sathyamangalam and New Zealand Institute of Fashion Technology (NZIFT) for delivering mutual benefit across education, design, manufacturing and community engagement has started not only bringing in goods results but also delivering mutual benefits.

The Indian Apparel and Textile Practicum programme’ was developed by BIT and NZIFT and Giles Brooker Education Development Services Pvt. Ltd (GBE) last year has benefitted two batches.

Related Keywords: Asia fashion hub, business platform, cashmere and blended fibres, cashmere fashion scarves, Cashmere world trade fair, design, Fashion Access, fine fibre fashion items, Hongkong, Indian exhibitors, inherent luxury, mix of exhibitors, quality, style

The third annual Cashmere World trade fair and Forum held in Asia’s fashion hub of Hong Kong ended with success. The Cashmere World exhibited a wide range of styles, quality, designs and services offered by the trade fair participants, according to Alessandra Cocchi, the Moderator of the event.

The mix of exhibitors was truly international and reflected the main cashmere producing nations of the world – Afghanistan, China and Mongolia, as well as other participants notably from India and Indonesia.

Related Keywords: design, garment importer, Japan textile importers association, Pakistan garment exports, Pakistan textile producers, quality standard

The Japan Textile Importers Association having sensed Japan was the third largest garment importer of the world following USA and Germany and offered huge potential for Pakistan’s exporters. Japanese garment buyers invited Pakistani producers to tap their market as they intend reduce dependency on China, the largest supplier worldwide.
 
Japan Textile Importers Association in a presentation to Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) has underlined the business opportunities and presented the guidelines for tapping the Japanese market.