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Related Keywords: apparel, clothing, fabrics, fashion, forecast, Garments, innovation, technology, Textile, wearable tech

How many times have you seen a headline around “smart clothing” or “wearable tech” and you’ve been disappointed that the product doesn’t look so wearable at all? Personally, I don’t have enough fingers to count the amount, quite honestly. Despite being sold as "wearable", much of the time, wearable tech is cumbersome and awkward, and never really works as intuitively as you'd like.

Related Keywords: apparels, brands, clothes, cotton, Egypt, fabrics, kilogram, Textile

Brands such as Zara, Adidas, Nike and Marks & Spencer are out of reach for many Egyptians but a store in one of Cairo’s lower income districts is making these products more affordable.

Some of the customers say ‘Kilo Stock’ sells clothes by the kilogram, trading garments at relatively inexpensive prices compared to what they would have cost at the brand shop itself.

Customer, Heba, was so pleased with her experience, she described the prices and variety as unimaginable.

Related Keywords: apparels, clothing, export, fabrics, Garments, import, manufacturers, pollution, raw materials, recycling, Textile, traders

Every second, the equivalent of a truckload of fabric is thrown into a landfill or burned, leaching chemicals (such as dye) or non-biodegradable synthetic fabrics (such as polyester) into the ground. Every year, roughly USD 500 billion of barely worn clothing is discarded, even though manufacturing these items takes a tremendous toll on the environment – using coal and petroleum to create synthetic fibers and pesticides to grow natural ones, including cotton.

Related Keywords: Africa, brand, ethical garments, fabrics, Gambia, Garments, Non profit, Origin, Textile, United Kingdom

Origin is the UK's first fully not-for-profit fashion brand, and its founders are hoping to inspire others into a new way of doing business.

Tom and Alice Cracknell launched Origin last year, with the help of a crowdfunding campaign, to prove that fashion could truly be a force for good. Origin invests all of its profits into running humanitarian projects in the communities where the brand's fabrics come from - in Mali, Ethiopia and The Gambia.

Related Keywords: bottles, eco friendly, fabrics, manufacturer, plastic, polyester, polymer, raw material, Recycle, Textile

Beverage-producing powerhouses PepsiCo, Nestlé Waters and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe are the three latest large-scale firms to join a consortium designed to tackle plastic waste.

The initiative, founded by bioindustrial innovator Carbios and cosmetics firm L’Oréal, seeks to promote Carbios’ PET-enhanced recycling technology; bringing it to scale and opening the process up to the mass market within four years.

Related Keywords: chemicals, fabrics, fibers, market, metals, polyester, report, research, Textile, thermoplastic, thermoplastic polyester elastomer

Thermoplastic polyester elastomer is consists of hard and soft segments. Hard segments include crystalline polybutylene terephthalate, while soft segments include amorphous polyethers. Thermoplastic polyester elastomers have flexibility of rubber, strength of plastic, and processibility of thermoplastics. They can be easily processed by convectional thermoplastic processes such as injection molding, calendaring, rotational molding, extrusion, and melt casting. Thermoplastic elastomer is used to manufacture parts of electrical devices, automobiles etc. that requires high temperature.

Related Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, fabrics, gas, meltblown, Mexico, Nonwoven fabrics, polyester, polymer, Textiles

Melt blowing is a technique used for the manufacture of thin sheets of nonwoven fibers. It is a method by which polymer melt is extruded out through tiny nozzles and subjected to high-speed blowing gas. Due to presence of gas, the extruded polymer forms a nonwoven polymer sheet. Different polymers are used as raw materials in the process of melt blowing. The process starts with a polymer resin and ends with a finished, self-bonded fabric with superior properties.

Related Keywords: apparels, cotton, cotton yarn, exports, fabrics, Imports, India, Industrial Production, man-made fabrics, textile exports, Textiles

India’s textiles and apparels exports for the fiscal 2019 just grew 1.66% to $35.969 billion as compared to $35.381 billion in the previous fiscal, mainly due to a sharp drop in the shipment of apparels.

India’s textiles and apparels exports for the fiscal 2019 just grew 1.66% to $35.969 billion as compared to $35.381 billion in the previous fiscal, mainly due to a sharp drop in the shipment of apparels.

Related Keywords: cotton, Dhuri, ecological dyes, environmental friendly, fabrics, natural fabrics, organic dyes, pollution, silk, sustainable fashion, textiles eco-friendly fabrics, traditional fabrics, zero wastage

In a world where pollution caused by textiles is a major threat, a brand specialising in eco-friendly fabrics claims it can be a better option for the environment.

Related Keywords: apparel and textile industry, apparels, fabrics, fashion trends, International Apparel and Textile Fair (IATF), Textile, textile exports

International Apparel and Textile Fair (IATF), the industry’s biggest showcase platform in the region, the go to sourcing hub for fabrics, textile, apparels and more, with exhibitors from 14 countries has expanded to offer greater and richer variety than ever in its 9th edition.