At ISPO 2017, held in Munich on 5-8 February, there was almost as much knitted fabric to be examined in the footwear ranges on display as there was in the clothing. This follows the success of Adidas and Nike in introducing one-piece seamlessly knitted uppers into their footwear ranges. Constructions featuring full uppers or knitted mesh panels certainly now dominate the market. They include the ISPO 2017 Product of the Year, the extremely lightweight Cloudflash by Swiss brand On Running, whic

Brazilian exports of textiles and clothing to the Arab World has surged during the first two months of 2017, increasing by 87.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2016. Huge demand for synthetic fabric and sisal rope used in ships and rigs led to the increase in total sales reaching $3 million up from $1.6 million in January and February 2016. The export figures have been announced by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC). The Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (

Under the heading ‘Living in Space’ and in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt – DLR), Techtextil is also in the age of space travel. Here the JWST’s primary mirror is inspected (c) 2017 Photo: ESA/NASA–C. Gunn There is hardly any other sector that can boast of having a development dynamic and innovative power as impressive as the technical textile industry including the non-woven sector. This is not only

Mimaki USA, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutters, has designed a new direct-to-textile printer, TX300P-1800B, which has an advanced belt transport system to ensure stable feeding of stretchy and thin fabrics. The printer with many features of high-end direct-print models is suitable for users making samples or short-run pieces. The 74-inch wide TX300P-1800B direct-to-fabric textile printer has been designed specifically for direct-to-textile applications. It inclu

Aamir Fayyaz, chairman of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) exhorted the Chinese textile sector to invest in Pakistan by setting up joint ventures with Pakistani entrepreneurs or by relocating their facilities to Pakistan. He said the Chinese investors could take advantage of the duty free market access under the GSP+ facility. "Fayyaz was addressing a delegation of textile companies from Tianjin city of China in the APTMA Punjab office," Pakistan media reported. He also

North Carolina State University has developed a thrips forecasting tool to help cotton farmers make preplant management decisions. Thrips injury is a function of weather-driven seedling growth and thrips pressure. The tool uses planting date, temperature, precipitation and knowledge of when and how severe thrips pressure will be to predict time of risk. It is known that something preplant for thrips is needed. It can be an insecticidal seed treatment or an insecticide in-furrow. The new tool

Pakistan’s polyester staple fibre industry struggling for its survival as almost a third of total annual installed capacity of around 800,000 tonnes already closed and moreover its gross margins continue to be under pressure owing to a several factors like cheaper and under invoiced imports from China and volatility in raw material prices. In February last year, imposition of anti-dumping duty in the range of 2.8pc and 11.5pc on low-priced PSF imports from China, for five years and rebounding

Vietnam earned 6.84 billion USD from garment and textile exports in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 11.2 percent year on year, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS). Currently, Vietnamese garment and textile products have been available in 40 countries and territories over the world, with major markets including the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China and the EU. Most businesses have had orders for the second quarter this year. However, orders have

Domestic production of cotton yarn and cotton cloth during first eight months of current financial year grew by 0.67 percent and 0.43 percent respectively as compared the production of the corresponding period of last year. According the computation of Quantum Index Numbers of large scale manufacturing industries released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics about 2.285 million tons of cotton yarn produced during the period from July-February, 2016-17 as compared the production of 2.269 mill

Despite acknowledging the recent upward trend, earlier in April, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) warned that cotton prices will get down next season, regardless the smaller world inventory. The industry body had previously estimated average cotton prices in 2017-18 at 73 US dollar cents a pound, as measured by the Cotlook A index of physical values. If meeting this forecast, prices would come 5 cents lower than the 78 cents a pound expected for 2016-17, on an August-to-J