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Related Keywords: Epson America, fashion, sportswear, SureColor, Textile, UltraChrome, workwear

Epson America today introduced new 64-inch dye-sublimation printers – the SureColor® F9470 and SureColor F9470H. Designed to offer reliability and high image quality with outstanding print speeds, the new printers are ideal for roll-to-roll textile, home décor, promotional product, and soft signage markets. The SureColor F9470H also offers businesses the option of printing with two genuine fluorescent inks – Yellow and Pink – which brings bright, vivid colors to the production of sportswear, workwear and fashion items.

Related Keywords: America, apparel, brand, Europe, innovation, manufacturing, retail, sportswear, UK, Unify

American outdoor apparel brand Cotopaxi has appointed Wales-based Unify Brand Partnerships to be Cotopaxi’s first European distributor. The partnership begins with the launch of Fall/Winter 2020 season and will focus on the UK and Ireland.

Cotopaxi has identified the UK as the next natural step for wholesale distribution, citing the country’s trendsetting consumers and innovative retail opportunities.

Related Keywords: Adidas, Asia, brand, Europe, Interbrand, luxury goods, Nike, North America, sportswear

Interbrand released its Best Global Brands 2019 report, marking 20 years of the agency tracking the world’s most valuable brands. Sporting goods made a relatively sparse showing, with only Nike (up 7 spots to 16th place) and adidas (up 11 spots to 45th place) placing in the top 100 global brands.

Related Keywords: America, cotton, dresses, fashion, fashion industry, jersey, sportswear, suits, Textiles, wool

The educational and cultural-influencing aspects of fashion exhibitions are often eclipsed by their visual appeal, but a few new exhibitions are set up to be more thought-provoking.

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: Anta, Anta Sports, BCI, Chinese sportswear group, Geneva, sports, sportswear, sustainable development

Chinese sportswear group Anta has announced that it has become a member of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI). It said this decision was part of efforts to execute its “sustainable development philosophy”.

BCI is a Geneva-based organisation that works to promote greater sustainability in cotton production around the world. It is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2019.

Related Keywords: Arquas, denim, fabrics, innovation, ISKO, manufacturing, microcapsules, R&D, sportswear, Turkish, Vulcano

Denim manufacturer ISKO has unveiled a wellness collection that features Aloe Vera, Q10 and coffee microcapsules offering benefits for the skin.

The Turkish group is known for innovation in denim and holds 20 patents, with 100 more pending and 100 trademarks.

Its latest collection features 98 new fabrics, which includes the Mantra wellness collection as well as a finish called Vulcano that aids the laser process and a water-repelling option called UltraDry.

Related Keywords: Adidas, import, India, PET bottles, plastic, polyester, Polygenta, sportswear, upcycling

Global sportswear giant Adidas aims at eliminating the use of virgin plastics in its products by 2024 — with a little help from a Maharashtra-based firm — the only one of its kind in the country to produce yarn out of discarded PET bottles.

At its first factory set up in Nashik five years ago, Polygenta Technology Limited deploys an unique technology to break down used PET (short for Polyethylene Terephthalate) bottles and convert them into polyester filament yarn.

Related Keywords: chemical, Demeto, global, home textiles, PET industry, polyester, polymer, recycling, sportswear, Textiles, waste

Demeto, a European project established to build a network of like-minded organisations in the PET industry with the goal of creating disruptive recycling solutions, has announced the addition of polyester fibre producer Kolon to its Industrial Advisory Board (IAB).

Related Keywords: fitness and aerospace applications, functional clothing applications, graphene-based textiles, graphene-based yarn, healthcare, high performance clothing, Multi-functional wearable e-textiles, potentially good material for applications in healthcare, scalable graphene-based yarn, Smart wearable textiles, sportswear, sportswear and fitness, textile-based sensors into garments, using existing textile machineries, Wearable e-textiles

Graphene has been considered a potentially good material for applications in healthcare, sportswear and fitness due to its high conductivity and flexibility. © The University of Manchester. A team of researchers led by Dr Nazmul Karim and Prof Sir Kostya Novoselov at The University of Manchester has developed a method to produce scalable graphene-based yarn.