All Trade & Sourcing articles – Page 7
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ArticleSRAM Group commits to building a new plant
Source: SRAM Group According to the plan, the new modern SRAM Group production facility in Taichung should start in 2024. For more than three decades, US component supplier SRAM Group has relied on Taiwan for its production. After all, the island nation committed itself many years ago ...
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News briefsMunich Fabric Start “well attended”
The latest edition of Munich Fabric Start, which was held at MOC Ordercenter München on Jan. 24-26, attracted around 14,000 professional visitors from 58 countries. Most visitors were from the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), but many also came from Scandinavia, Benelux, the U.K. and Turkey. Given the current ...
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ArticleReview: Slide/OTS Winter 2023
With the flip of ISPO to before Christmas and much nearer the opening of the Fall/Winter 23/24 buying window, the British show acted more as a way to wrap up order-taking for retailers. ISPO also was reorganized to have Hall B2 as the center of conversations and thinking. Munich saw ...
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News briefsBangladesh posts 15% increase in garment exports
Bangladesh has registered a 15.56 percent increase in ready-made garment exports for the six-month period from July to December 2022 as compared to the same half a year earlier, the Exports Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh has reported. Bangladesh boasts more than 3,500 garment factories that export goods to overall 167 ...
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ArticleTextile waste handling: the invisible part of global circular supply chains
It’s no secret that waste represents a huge problem in the apparel industry, but what is less understood is the potential untapped resource such waste represents. SaaS technologies are looking to digitize, connect, and scale global textile-to-textile recycling, connecting fashion brands and manufacturers with waste handlers and recyclers and build ...
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News briefsPETA announces $1m “Vegan Wool” prize
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has launched the “Vegan Wool Challenge Award” competition to find a vegan alternative to wool. The animal rights group said that the organization would award $1 million to the first person or small business to develop a valid animal-free alternative to wool, ...
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News briefsRenewcell partners with Eastman
Swedish recycling firm Renewcell has signed a letter of intent to collaborate with Eastman to develop Naia Renew ES yarns sourced from Circulose, Renewcell’s 100 percent recycled textile raw material. This is Renewcell’s first agreement with a U.S.-based fiber producer. Renewcell has described the deal as “an important step in ...
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News briefsIndustriALL joins garment brands in advocacy to phase out production in Myanmar
In September 2022, the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) had released its independent report on the current situation of the garment sector in Myanmar. The paper found that due diligence is no longer possible in the country, which has lived under a military regime for more than a year. Now the ...
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News briefsAF+D launches recycled down that is traceable to animal welfare
Duck and goose down processor Allied Feather and Down (AF+D) is introducing Renu:Trace, described as “the world’s first recycled down traceable for animal welfare.” Current recycled down offerings do not necessarily comply with the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) protocol, making it impossible to know how ethically the geese and ducks ...
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News briefsPerformance Days: Performance Award winners announced
In the run-up to the winter season’s Performance Days and Functional Fabric Fair, the winners of the 2024/25 Performance Awards were announced this week. This year, two prizes were awarded, with the Performance Award going to Long Advance for its fabric, LPD-22015- Y4E, and the new Eco Performance Award going ...
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News briefsCotton prices are dropping
Cotton prices are dropping amid economic concerns and weak demand as fears of a global economic slowdown might negatively impact demand for apparel and other goods. In its report for September, cotton market information resource Cotlook said that international cotton prices “reversed direction in dramatic fashion” during the month, registering ...
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News briefsICC calls on businesses to pilot new sustainability framework
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has launched a call to banks, corporates and tech companies to take part in piloting a framework to grade the sustainability profile of individual trade transactions. In the project’s first phase, the piloting of the new Sustainable Trade Framework will focus on the textile ...
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News briefsNew ePE Gore-Tex membrane goes to market with major partner brands
W.L. Gore introduces its new PFC-free membrane concept together with some of its major partners in the outdoor and snowsports industries. Launching brands are Adidas, Arc’teryx, Dakine, Patagonia, Reusch, Salomon and Ziener. Several products equipped with the new type of membrane made of expanded polyethylene (ePE) have received advance praise ...
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ArticleTextile Exchange releases Preferred Fiber and Materials market report
Textile Exchange has released its annual Preferred Fiber and Materials market report, pulling together data on the production volumes and availability of different fibers and raw materials, as well as sharing insights on emerging fiber trends. The initiative sees global fiber production increasing to a record 113 ...
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News briefsThe Partnership Index survey collects data for purchasing practice metric
In its annual ”temperature check” of the industry, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition collaborates with The Industry We Want for its Partnership Index survey and metric. The industry check-up is happening for the second time and starts with the global, industry-wide Partnership Index™ survey powered by the Better Buying Institute. The ...
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News briefsNew standards for cotton sourcing released to tackle forced labor issues
The Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced Standard (YESS) initiative, established by the Responsible Sourcing Network in 2019, has published two new standards for cotton spinning mills, referring to input from stakeholders after the first edition of the standard released in the first year of the project and the associated 2021-2022 ...
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News briefsEnergy crisis slows textile production in Bangladesh
Production in export-oriented textile mills in Bangladesh has fallen dramatically because of the gas shortage. The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) said that mills are cutting or even halting production because of fuel shortages, adding that this might prevent the industry from achieving the $60 billion export earnings target set ...
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News briefsInternational Fibres Group opens fiber research center in Austria
International Fibres Group (IFG) is opening a Fiber Research Center at its IFG Asota site in Linz, Austria. The new research center, described by IFG as an “international center of competence for thermoplastic fibers,” will house the SF1000 Pilot Line, IFG’s semi-industrial melt spinning line. This pilot line tests and ...
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ArticleLenzing suspends 2022 earning outlook over market deterioration
The Lenzing Group has announced that, because of “the drastic deterioration of the market environment in the current quarter,” it has suspended its guidance for the development of earnings in the 2022 financial year. The specialist fiber manufacturer specifically referred to “the extremely low visibility on the demand side and ...
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SponsoredEco-tech accessories form plant-based polymers
The world is changing with an unstoppably evolving massive global mindset shift to sustainability. While demand for sustainable brands grows, this article will dive into polymers and will help show the way to sustainable fashion.
