Archive: December 2020

The Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) has launched its studies on Philippine products with big market potential in European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries –...

Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) of Gildersome, Leeds, UK, reports sales exceeding £25m in the biomedical sector when its 40th melt spinning system was installed recently...

Denmark-based fashion clothing company Bestseller is working in collaboration with German development agency GIZ to develop a communications campaign for Myanmar’s clothing sector that will...

In a recent online event, German manufacturer Freudenberg Performance Materials (FPM) brought experts and users together to discuss the potential of performance and lightweight materials...

Klopman Argo International has obtained the highest level (Level 3) of STeP certification by Oeko-Tex.

Russian imports of Chinese and Turkish textiles and clothing decreased in the second half of 2020 owing to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and decline of...

Switzerland-based Autoneum has developed a “frunk” (front trunk) made of Ultra-Silent, its lightweight, noise-reducing and sustainable technology initially designed for electric vehicle (EV) underbodies.

Asia Pacific Rayon (APR), which claims to be Asia’s first fully integrated viscose fibre producer that sources its raw materials from a renewable industrial plantation,...

Russian financial and investment holding Bronka Group is considering investing RUB1. 5bn (US$18.

The Atyrau Textile Factory, one of the largest and oldest textile enterprises in Kazakhstan, could be closed owing to financial problems and a lack of orders....

Embroidery has been a well-established textile decoration technology for decades.

Listed Estonian clothing manufacturer and retailer Baltika Group has announced that it will cease production of men’s garments, because men are no longer buying clothing,...

A considerable number of vehicle accidents can be attributed to driver drowsiness: several studies have concluded that drowsiness while driving contributes to traffic-related morbidity and...

Workers in many ASEAN countries sewing clothing for major fashion brands are “going hungry” and taking out loans to feed their families owing to pay...

Donut Robotics – a Japanese venture founded in 2014 out of a garage in Fukuoka – has been inundated with enquiries from international marketing companies in the past few...

Capacativo is a Microsoft smart fabric that can detect different non-metallic objects ranging from avocados to credit cards.