The Philippine Textile Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PTRI) has developed an environment-friendly shoes insoles, through the ‘Diversification of Philippine Textiles through Nonwoven Innovations R&D Programme’ or the Nonwoven Innovations Programme, with natural textile fibre-based nonwovens and knitted and woven fabrics.
US’ CleanChain has launched chemical score, a new feature designed in collaboration with global brands, and leading third-party safer chemistry solution providers, Scivera and ToxServices.
Messe Frankfurt has announced that Heimtextil will open its doors with admission for vaccinated or recovered participants from January 11, 2022 in Germany.
In the aftermath of COP26, Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), the Copenhagen-based non-profit for industry collaboration on sustainability in fashion has published Scaling Circularity, a new report which reveals the opportunities and investment required to scale circular fashion systems.
Cotton Council International (CCI), along with the leadership of the US cotton industry, recently held the second virtual Cotton Day India that once again focused on the need for sustainability and transparency in the industry and how companies could use it to create and drive value for all stakeholders.
The cotton area harvested was 2.45 million hectares in MY 2019-20, which dropped by 10.20 per cent to 2.20 million hectares in MY 2020-21, according to Fibre2Fashion’s market analysis tool TexPro.
