DyStar Group is a solution provider, offering customers a complete range of colorants, auxiliaries and services. © DyStarAs a strong advocate of sustainable production, DyStar is joining the ZDHC Foundation, which manages the Roadmap to Zero Programme with the aim of phasing out hazardous chemicals in the textiles, apparel, footwear and leather value chain by promoting safer chemistry and driving innovation.This initiative is a collective effort from the Global Chemical Industry Round Table (GCI

Samples from a warp beam which had been dyed with Greendye. © Karl MayerKarl Mayer, a leading textile machinery manufacturer, remains on a growth path with its Denim Excellence Center at Karl Mayer Rotal and a wide-ranging product portfolio. With itsProdye-Sunit, the company is already a leader in the fashion market, and itsProdye-Ris increasingly accepted by the genuine denim segment.At ITMA 2019, which opens this week, Karl Mayer launchesGreendye, an innovative technology for producing jeans f

Katrin Ley, Managing Director of Fashion for Good. © PresstigieuxFashion for Good is expanding to South Asia with the launch of a dedicated regional innovation programme. Leading up to the expansion, scheduled for later this year, the organisation is now calling for innovative start-ups from across South Asia with disruptive sustainability solutions applicable to the fashion supply chain. Selected innovators will have the opportunity to showcase their solutions as part of Fashion for Good’s Inno

International industry giants and Chinese market leaders, such as Arys, Ballop, Buff, Deuter, Polygiene, StreetStrider, Uyn, Wakingbee and Yvette will all be showcasing their latest products at ISPO Shanghai from 5-7 July, from running trends and innovative outdoor equipment to the latest water sports products.Up-and-coming brands, such as Tafeng, Taluer and Trickcoo will be on site in the Startup Village. The Chinese start-up Carey Design, which is one of the 2019 ISPO Brandnew finalists, will

Puma North America Inc plans to spend at least $40 million to open a distribution centre in Whitestown and hire 90 people. The sports footwear and apparel firm is reportedly negotiating a lease to open in a 635,000-sq-ft building. The amount will be spent to equip the facility for distribution operations, according to paperwork filed with Boone County, Indiana.Puma North America, an unit of Puma Group based in Germany, expects to begin equipment installation in August and start hiring in the com

The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and three othergroups—the Fair Labour Association, the Initiative for Compliance and Sustainability and the Social Accountability International—recently sent a letter to the Myanmarexpressing concerns over serious workers rights issues. It was addressed to State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.The letter expressed the associations’ increasing concern over serious and repeated violations of fundamental rights to freely associate, to organise a

Eurofins& Footwear Spain has become the first European accredited laboratory by Spanish Accreditation Body (ENAC) to test the safety of children's footwear under UNE 59300. ENAC accreditation, entitled Eurofins as a premium testing partner by the recognition of its top quality standards and qualified technicians to entrust products.In September 2018, a new mandatory standard, UNE59300 entered in force in Spain, applicable to children's footwear up to size 34. The standard includes me

Global garment companies are failing to meet living wage promises to workers, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Sheffield last month. The experts said it would take a ‘step-change in approach’ for major corporations, including Nike, Primark and Adidas, to pay wages that ‘meet the basic needs’ of workers and their families.Over the last decade, leading global corporations have made commitments to deliver living wages to the workers who make their clothes.But an in

Finland’s Infinited Fiber Company has developed a technology that allowswaste to be used repeatedly, preserving 100 per cent quality, according to its chief executive officer Petri Alava. The fibre generated is new, soft, comfortable, of high quality, has excellent dye uptake, and is anti-bacterial. Nothing is left from the original waste, he said.Pic: Infinited FiberThe process comprises a mechanical shredding sequence where contaminants like buttons and zippers are removed and textiles are shr

Indian leather exporters recently urged the finance ministry to reduce the rate of goods and services tax (GST) on footwear to boost exports and promote the growth of the sector. The issue was raised by Council for Leather Exports (CLE) chairman PR Aqeel Ahmed at a pre-budget meeting chaired by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on June 11.CLE hassought reduction of the GST rate to 12 per cent on footwear priced above ₹1,000, according to a news agency. GST rate on footwear worth up to ₹1,000 w