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Related Keywords: apparels, China, fabric, innovation, Lycra, Textile, Textiles, yarn

In May, the Lycra Company opened its brand new, state-of-the-art research & Development (R&D) lab in Nanhai, China. The Advanced Textile Innovation Center (ATIC) represents a significant increase in the firm’s global R&D capabilities and demonstrates its commitment to providing its services to its customers in Asia.

The lab will help mills, brands and retailers, as well as Western-based companies with local sourcing offices, accelerate the development of innovative garment solutions that meet apparel market needs and add value to customer’s products.

Related Keywords: Ayurganic, ecofriendly, fabric, fashion, organic, skin, sustainability, Textiles

We are at an Ayurvastra dyeing centre in Balaramapuram near Thiruvan-anthapuram in Kerala, watching how organic cloth is being treated using Ayurvedic principles. Global Organic Textile Standard-certified organic cotton is scoured in fresh water to clean it, then put into vessels filled with water with a small portion of oil. The fabric is then dried and treated with buffalo milk and cow urine mixed in water—the milk and urine taken from cows and buffaloes fed with herbs—as well as cotton seeds and leaves.

Related Keywords: acquisition, apparel, fabric, innovation, manufacturer, Milliken, Polartec, technology, Textile, workwear

The sizeable Milliken & Company is about to get bigger.

The diversified textile manufacturer has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Polartec, a global brand that develops performance textiles for outdoor and military apparel, from Versa Capital Management.

The acquisition is expected to close this month. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Related Keywords: apparels, be-spoke, e-commerce, fabric, Garments, Indian apparel industry, readymade garments, tailor-made

Today, if anyone asks you the question as to how far is your nearest mall, where you shop for your clothes, the answer should be "not far from my where my mobile is".

An e-commerce app, in the present day, is as good as a whole shopping mall fitted in your pocket. Thanks to the access to faster and cheaper internet coupled with larger and crisper mobile screens, e-commerce platforms are supporting be-spoke and tailor-made shopping effortlessly, making shopping fun.

The Evolution

Related Keywords: apparel, cotton, exports, fabric, fashion, fiber, Garments, import, India, Industry, revenue, Textile, yarn

India, which is emerging as a global textile hub with huge potential, needs to develop man-made fibre to remain competitive in the global market and it aims to be a $350 billion industry by 2025, industry officials June 6 said.

"It is high time that the industry changes its approach to move into the second growth phase and aim for exports of around $100 billion from the current $40 billion," Textiles Secretary Ajit B Chavan said at the CII Texexcel 2019, the National Textiles 4.0 Summit here.

Related Keywords: aircrafts, fabric, interiors, Kordsa, polyester, Textiles, Turkey, yarns

Kordsa inaugurated its additional polyester line in Turkey with an investment of US$ 18 million in order to meet the increasing demand in the field.

Kordsa, providing reinforcement technologies to the global market, had announced a polyester yarn investment in both Indonesia and Turkey which would enable 7,000 tons of additional capacity in each plant in 2016.

Related Keywords: apperals, Arville Textiles, coating, fabric, Garments, Spain, Svegea, Sweden, technology, Textile, weaving

Arville Textiles has recently taken delivery of a new wide-width bias cutting and winding line in order to meet the demand for advanced technical textiles that are employed in a range of components by the aerospace and automotive industries.

The line is being supplied by Svegea of Sweden, a member of TMAS, the Swedish textile machinery association.

Bespoke products

Related Keywords: apparel, apparel manufacturing, Bangladesh, China, export, fabric, garment, import, jeans, labour, manufacturing, production, sewing, supply chain, Textile, tshirt, workers

Offshoring of apparel manufacturing has been a blessing for many developing countries. The readymade garments (RMG) industry, employer of 4 million workers, mostly rural women, contributes more than 80 percent to Bangladesh's export revenue. Low-cost labour has been the primary reason for western retailers to wait for months to get a shipment from offshore destinations. Once technology becomes a cheaper alternative to the least costly manufacturing labour, will apparel manufacturing complete the journey in returning home?

Related Keywords: bales, cheaper goods, clothing, curtains, economic malaise, fabric, fabric factory, factory made textiles, factory selling, imported textiles, production, Textiles, towels, unemployment, Uniforms. Mzannar

The Mzannar family’s 300-year-old textile business survived Lebanon’s civil war by making uniforms for militiamen. But its business savvy was no match for years of economic malaise that followed and it has now shut its factory.

The head of Lebanon’s chamber of commerce chief said last year nearly 2,200 businesses had closed, warning that more would collapse. And while there is dispute over those numbers, Lebanese mostly agree the economy is in dire shape.

Related Keywords: brand business, CEO, craftsmanship, drive growth, Elevate Textiles, fabric, global footprint, president, sustainability, thread, thread solutions

Launched earlier this year, Elevate Textiles has appointed its first president and CEO to lead its multi-brand business.

Elevate Textiles, a fabric and thread solutions source focused on innovation, sustainability and craftsmanship, was born out of the integration of American & Efird (A&E) and International Textile Group under the leadership of Platinum Equity.