Double-digit increase in the cost of raw materials for light industry is a consequence of global inflation The industrial price index (IPRI) in the Spanish textile industry in September and October 2022 reached its highest values since the beginning of Read More …
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Which is better: poplin or satin? Choosing bed linen
One is shiny and silky. Another textured and cozy. Which bedding material is right for you: poplin or satin? In this article, we compare two types of fabric. Soft and cozy or smooth and silky? Monochrome or color? Everyone has Read More …
Turkey boosts exports of blankets, winter goods to Europe amid energy crisis
Turkey has increased exports of winter goods and blankets to Europe after the energy crisis began there. This was reported with reference to the owner of a textile company in Bursa, Refik Ceylan, and the president of the Istanbul Textile Read More …
Turkey breaks into the top three world leaders
Turkey’s textile industry, which has increased its share of world trade in recent years, aims to become one of the top three players in the global textile market, Hürriyet Daily News reports today, October 10. “We have already achieved the Read More …
CashDenim: Loro Piana’s new innovative material
Loro Piana innovates in its supply chain Technology at the service of materials. To meet the expectations of a public increasingly concerned about ethics and the environment in its consumption, the houses are strengthening their research and development departments with Read More …
Media: The textile industry in Europe is going through the worst of times
Rising energy prices are seriously threatening the European fashion industry – a massive increase in energy prices leads to the fact that textile enterprises are forced to either save money or even go bankrupt. Small businesses are the hardest hit, Read More …
Scientists from Nottingham have developed textiles with sewn-in solar cells
Combined together, photovoltaic cells are capable of generating 400 milliwatts of solar energy Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have invented textiles that are embedded with more than a thousand miniature solar cells that can charge smartwatches or mobile phones. This Read More …
The sustainability of the textile industry remains low
The global textile industry continues to grow at a rapid pace and use more raw materials from unsustainable primary sources, Business of Fashion reports, citing a report from the nonprofit Textile Exchange. Thus, the annual market analysis showed that after Read More …
The role of the textile industry in plastic recycling
For more than a decade, Lafayette textiles have been carrying out actions in order to give this material a second use. The Colombian textile company manufactures fabrics made with recycled threads from PET bottles, a material derived from plastic. Very Read More …
When bacteria stain T-shirts and jeans
The Viennese start-up Vienna Textile Lab uses microorganisms to dye textiles in a sustainable way. This is even relevant for outer space. Cotton fields soaked in pesticides, factories in low-cost countries with low environmental and social standards, emission-intensive manufacturing processes Read More …