Automation, especially in an integrated textile and garment manufacturing chain, will help address the fashion and clothing industry’s current concerns of short production cycles and sustainable business practices, according to CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers.
Source Africa and ATF, two of Africa’s largest textile, apparel and footwear shows hosted by organizer LTE has been acquired by Messe Frankfurt, one of the world´s leading trade show organizers. This acquisition will supplement Messe Frankfurt’s current portfolio of textile related trade shows under the umbrella of 'Texpertise Network'.
Messe Frankfurt are honoured that LTE has selected them as preferred partners, and look forward to working with them to ensure they take both events to a new level.
The 11th edition of Yarnex International Exhibition a one-stop sourcing destination and also a converging point for knitters and weavers to interact with spinners and discuss the emerging technologies got off to a radiant start in Tirupur on Thursday.
Tirupur Exporters Association president Raja Shanmugam inaugurated the event in the presence of TEA general secretary T. R. Vijayakumar and representatives of various other textile associations.
Assam State is facing a serious threat to existence of its Gamosa, a traditional multipuropose towel, which holds a special place because of nefarious trade practices by some outside-the-State textile factories. It is expected that the GI registration certificate would prevent plagiarising of gamosa by such factories.
The Indonesian textile industry is an export-oriented labor-intensive sector and believed that the value of national textile and textile product (TPT) exports will grow rapidly in the next two years. Ministry of industry Airlangga Hartanto said that the Indonesia textile exports is projected to touch USD 15 billion by 2019 and likely to employ 3.11 million people. By then, the sector’s annual production capacity will rise to 1,638 tonnes.
E-commerce is growing rapidly in the world, but in Turkey it is in its initial stage. Amazon, a global e-commerce giant is in talks with the Ministry of Economy to enter the Turkish market. Amazon is very big in the U.S. and Europe and has, recently, been very pleased with their structuring in China and India, as well as Brazil. According to Amazon, Turkey will be the next successful market.
ITMA, the world's largest textiles and garment technology exhibition for its next edition to be held in June 2019 will be focusing on smart garment technologies. According to Fritz P. Mayer, President of CEMATEX, which owns the ITMA exhibition, the garment making industry is labour intensive and associated with low productivity. Things are set to change. Recently, there has been much publicity about sewbots, considered as a major breakthrough in garment automation. Manufacturers fast enough to ride the digital wave will find new opportunities and gain an edge over their competitors.
The Germany-based Mechanical Engineering Industry Association’s (VDMA’s) Textile Machinery Association to help textile manufacturers interested in developing and manufacturing new products; or enhancing competitiveness by increasing efficiency and quality as well as tackle topics such as saving energy and material resources, digitization, and smart factories will be holding two events one in Charloote, U.S. and one in Mexico city this November to showcase German technology to industry decision makers.
In China, offers for 32s polyester yarn in Shengze were up US cents 9 a kg in the first week of this month which ended on 8th September. Spun polyester prices in China were on uptrend that week in line with a rebound of polyester staple fiber prices. The sales volume of some individual specs was moderate.
In India, polyester yarn offers were held steady that week after rising the previous week.
Asian PTA prices rose US$10 a ton CFR China and CFR Southeast Asia marker in the first week of this month which ended on 8th September. In China, offers for bonded goods were up US$15 a ton during that week. Yisheng Petrochemical raised its self-lifting price by US$15 a ton as compared to the last week of August while Hengli Petrochemical kept prices firm.
