PrimaLoft, a leader in providing comfort solutions with high-performance insulation, fabrics and yarns, says it has developed an enhanced collection of Performance Fabrics and Yarn technologies, resulting in more year-round product applications and elevated consumer comfort. Available to brand partners immediately, designers now have clearer choices and increased resources to create unique, high-performing garments with the perfect balance of comfort and performance, according to the manufacture

The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) has urged the government to continue with the Rebate of State Levies (ROSL) scheme for three years as committed even under the GST regime as there are still many state taxes/levies which are not subsumed under the GST. The ROSL scheme was announced in December 2016 for the made ups sector for 3 years. The ROSL rates were announced and were made effective from March 23, 2017. The objective of the scheme is to provide rebate of state levi

The agriculture department of Pakistan's Punjab province has launched cotton crop monitoring system to safeguard cotton crop from pests. About 6 million acres of land will be under cotton cultivation in Punjab with the production target of 10 million cotton bales for 2017-18. Pakistan government has set a target of producing 14.04 million bales of cotton. The newly introduced system will help cotton growers identify the presence of cotton pests through information technology, said a spokesper

The textile industry fears that the Rebate of State Levies (ROSL) scheme will be withdrawn prematurely, with Goods and Service Tax (GST) subsuming all other taxes and benefits and hence urged the government to continue with the ROSL scheme post GST for the benefit of made up exports. ROSL scheme was introduced in March 2017 initially for three years. Under ROSL, exporters of made ups get incentives of 3.9 percent of the value of exported goods. The ROSL benefit not only ensured Indian made

Zhejiang Xinao Textiles Inc (Xinao), a leading worsted spinner of wool, producing machine knitting yarns for the sweater, sports, outdoor, underwear and sock industry, will launch a series of newly developed yarns in its Autumn/Winter 2018/19 collection during the Spinexpo exhibition to be held in Paris. Xinao’s new range of “fashion meets performance” yarns include built in moisture management, UV-blocking, enhanced wear performance, water resistance, anti-bacterial, stretch-recovery, and ya

Denim was once recognised solely for its origins. The name “denim” derives from the French “serge de Nimes”, a hardwearing blue workwear cloth manufactured for heavy duty items such as trousers for seamen, in a thick cotton-dyed dark blue with indigo. The fabric was made in Genoa, with the term “jeans” coming from Gênes, the French word for Genoa. Denim was adopted widely for workwear from the mid-19th century onwards. It went on to find its enduring place in the folk history of the Western w

Export-oriented readymade garment factory owners will pay festival allowance to their workers by Ramadan 20, according to one of the leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Following a meeting of Crisis Management Core Committee on the RMG sector held on Monday at the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments office in the city, the BGMEA vice-president Mohammad Nasir told New Age that the factory owners would give partial wages for the month of

Following a few weeks of uncertainty and mixed sentiment, the Australian wool auction market this week finally relented to a weakening price versus demand scenario. Prices for all types and descriptions across the Merino offering faltered somewhat and falls of varying degrees occurred, the Australian Wool Innovation said in its Wool Market weekly report.however, the crossbred and carding sectors bucked the trend and stayed relatively firm around the established basis, said the report for the wee

The first quarter revenue of fiscal 2017 at apparel marketer PVH Corp increased 4 per cent, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. GAAP earnings per share for the reporting quarter were $0.89 compared to guidance of $0.73 to $0.75 while non-GAAP earnings per share amounted to $1.65, which exceeded guidance of $1.58 to $1.60.Revenue in the Calvin Klein business for the quarter increased 5 per cent to $756 million compared to the prior year period. Similarly, there was also a 6

Major Chinese wool buyers will attend for the first time in Australia at the Ballarat district property of leading Chinese importer and processor Tianuy wool. The conference’s theme is ‘From Farm to Fashion’ and it is a major step in building a wool bridge between Australia and China. The Chinese buyers, who have been estimated to purchase $2 bn of Australian wool each year, are among 130 delegates attending the internal wool conference. It is the first time the China Wool Industrial Assoc