Loepfe Brothers Ltd., manufacturer of sensors and monitoring equipment for yarn spinning and fabric weaving processes, has launched the new optional feature in the yarn clearer YarnMaster ZENIT+, the OffColor detection. The OffColor detection is able to detect and eliminate very small colour and shade variations in the yarn during the winding process. Mélange yarns and colour-effect yarns are a growing trend in the garment industry. In order to have an optimum mélange yarn, the fibres have t

Connected, Control Union’s supply chain traceability platform, has mapped supply chains to the origins of raw materials. Several fibre suppliers, including Lenzing Group, Aditya Birla and ENKA International have joined the Connected, an open platform, allowing companies to trace a product’s journey back, from finished garment to the source of raw materials. The platform also allows users to acquire a range of important data, from flows of materials to compliance information. Every produc

The African countries to enhance textile manufacturing sector that presently contributes 8.7 percent to the regional Gross Domestic Product to 25 percent by 2032. In March 2016, the head of states in the East African Community (EAC), which comprises of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan, had agreed to ban import of used clothes from the US and UK into the region in three years as part of the EAC Vision 2050 and the Industrialization Policy. The countries are hoping that loc

Luthai Textile, one of the market leader in apparel textile from China with strong business relationship globally, has been recording a steadily growing demand for its high-quality fabric products in China and in over 30 export markets around the world, attributes the company’s success to speed in commercialising carefully researched innovations and to close working partnerships with companies like Invista said Assistant General Manager Wang Changzhao. Invista is a leading integrated producer

It is reported that a new Chinese-made print head is in development, with digital textile printing applications in mind. A source told WTiN that the print head is being produced by Suzhou RealFast Print Technology, which was founded in 2013 and is located at Suzhou Industrial Park in Wuxi, China. Already focused on inkjet print head technology and related products, Suzhou’s business has to date been directed at development for high-speed office printing, inkjet printing broadly, printing elec

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been leaving motivational impacts on different sectors in Pakistan through its plentiful economic benefits and opportunities, said a report released here on Thursday. The report, "The economic benefits of the modern silk road: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)," is jointly prepared by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Pakistan and the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI). The report, which is based on research work and su

Kenya’s National Youth Service (NYS) has been allocated 100,000 acres of the Galana-Kulalu Complex to revive the ailing textile industry, President Uhuru Kenyatta said during the passing out parade of NYS recruits in Gilgil recently. He said the project is in line with his Big Four Agenda aimed at steering the economy to double digit growth. Under the plan, 50,000 jobs are expected to be created in cotton farming, which has a target of generating 20 billion Kenyan shilling (Sh) in apparel ex

Sri Lanka's apparel and textile export segment is likely to experience the highest rate of growth in overseas shipment in 2018 as Sri Lanka focus on achieving $20 billion in export earnings by 2020, Sri Lanka CEO survey have resoundingly voted for textile and apparel as the growth engine for exports in the year ahead, as per the a recent survey conducted by the Oxford Business Group (OBG). Textile is considered the backbone of Sri Lanka's trade able sector comprising 47% of total exports in 2

YTD staple fibre production (polyester, viscose, acrylic and polypropylene) rose 0.5% in 2017, according to accumulated figures provided by CEIC and China’s National Bureau of Statistics. 16.4 billion kg of staple fibres were produced in China, up from 16.31 billion kg quoted for the same period year before. The bulk of the increase was driven by viscose staple fibre production in China, which managed to offset the year-on-year drop in polyester and acrylic staple fibre production. Source

Bao Loc was once the center of Vietnam’s and SE Asia’s sericulture. Two decades ago, visitors to the locality could see vast mulberry fields spreading out to the roads. Kosho Matsunaga from Matsumura Company said natural conditions in Bao Loc are ideal for sericulture as farmers can have 10 crops a year. But many mulberry gardens have disappeared and there are now only several small mulberry areas among other fields of crops. According to Nguyen Tien Dung, a well-known businessman in Bao L