Sensitive® Fabrics by Eurojersey has launched a AW 2022/23 Lingerie collection titled Relax that combines sex appeal with comfort thanks to vibrant colours, decisive prints and light fabrics.

Laces, audacious details, romantic flowers on the garments are accentuated by reassuring pastel shades, powdery and delicate nuances. The fabrics used in this collection offer breathability, freshness and lightness, dressing as if with a second skin.

Delicate and comfortable, these fabrics dry rapidly and have a three-dimensional elasticity for a perfect wearability. They adapt to the body, making every piece of underclothing elegant, even the most structured ones.

Eurojersey SpA manufactures and sells warp-knit fabrics. The company’s fabrics are used in underwear, swimwear, sportswear, and ready to wear applications. It sells its products through branch offices and local agents in Italy and internationally. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Caronno Pertusella, Italy. Eurojersey S.p.A operates as a subsidiary of Carvico Spa.

Textile finishing expert, Devan Chemicals, has been supporting high performance sport in the UK and Belgium with its ‘cool comfort technology’ Moov&Cool.

Working alongside the English Institute for Sport (EIS) and Sally Cowan the technology is being applied to garments with the aim of improving the thermal comfort of elite athletes. Moov&Cool consists of a multi-functional polymer technology that proposes to absorb heat during performance and improve the moisture management properties of the fabric. The treatment has been designed to simultaneously react to sweat build up and heat emission.

In Belgium, Devan has been involved in the Gold2Gold project carried out by Sport Vlaanderen. Gold2Gold is a unique collaboration between sports, government and the industry to prepare Belgian athletes to perform better in hot environments during world-level championships.

Accelerating Circularity, Inc has released a report on US trials of commercial scale textile-to-textile systems. Titled, ‘Putting Textiles to Good Use,’ the report concisely presents the rationale and goals for the trials, including ambitious content minimums of 40 per cent recycled blends and 20 per cent post-consumer inputs for all trials. In response to stakeholder demand, the report also lays out the role, benefits, and responsibilities of each prospective participant.

The group proposes specific trials targeting post-industrial and post-consumer feedstocks, mechanical and chemical recycling technologies, recycled cotton, polyester, and manmade cellulosic fibers, and several finished product categories.

These serve as a starting point for Trial Partner collaboration within the project that will generate multiple circular textile products at mass retail scale. Brand and retail partners have the option to buy-in at several stages in the process to maximize the potential for the circular fibers to be plugged into existing commercial supply chains. Several major brands and supply chain partners – including those on Accelerating Circularity’s US Steering Committee -- have already opted into the project.

AATCC directly supports products purchased through its website or order team. Authorized resellers also provide genuine AATCC products. Product support, however, should be directed to the reseller who will work with AATCC to resolve any concerns. Buyers can also review the AATCC Buyers Guide located on the AATCC website.

According to the Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods report issued by OECD.org, in the European Union alone, counterfeit trade represented 6.8 per cent of imports from non-EU countries. These figures do not include domestically produced counterfeit goods or pirated products distributed over the Internet.

Counterfeiting impacts most business sectors and is most pervasive in the textiles and consumer goods markets. Footwear, clothing, and leather goods account for the top three industries most hit. (OECD, 2019)

The criminality surrounding counterfeiting often funds other illegal activity, which frequently strengthens criminal organizations. The escalation of criminal activity creates cascading negative societal consequences.

Counterfeiters increasingly use new technologies and 3D printing to make it harder to spot fakes of quality control materials. They also use new processes to hijack well-known brands to get their products on established e-commerce sites.

Ade Sudrajat, Chairman-Advisory board, Indonesian Textile Association (API) believes has urged for temporary suspension of lawsuit for Postponement of Debt Payment Obligations (PKPU) against PT Pan Brothers Tbk (PBRX). Postponement can give the textile and garment industry time to recover. He emphasized companies like Pan Brothers need special attention from the government.

Sudrajat also believes the export market orientation will recover in 2022 as the American, European and Japanese markets are expected to recover soon. The rising employment opportunities in these countries will help increase consumers’ buying power, he adds. On the other hand, recover in the domestic market might not be as fast as the export market because it is still facing various obstacles. He estimates the domestic market will grow significantly in 2023.

As per an Indo Textiles report, the PKPU lawsuit against PBRX was filed by Maybank Indonesia. Maybank, in its petition, asked the panel of judges to grant a number of requests including granting PKPU to Pan Brothers (PBRX); setting PBRX in PKPU status for 45 days from the date the decision is pronounced; appointing a Supervisory Judge from the Commercial Judges at the Commercial Court at the Central Jakarta District Court to oversee the process of Postponing the Debt Payment Obligation (PKPU) of PT Pan Brothers TBK; appointing Ray Winata, Joel Baner Hendrik Toendan, David Togap Marsaor as the Pan Brothers PKPU management team and ordering the management team to summon Pan Brothers and creditors known by registered mail or by courier, to appear in court.

Turkish denim mill Isko is partnering MIT’s’ Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) to develop smart textiles and wearable technologies with the help of the program’s researchers, students and industry partners. Last month, a team of 27 Isko employees participated in the CSAIL Alliances Annual Meeting to discuss cutting-edge research and network in anticipation of the new partnership.

As per Sourcing Journal, the program brings together more than 1,200 people, 60 research groups, 120 researchers and 600 students working on more than 900 active projects. Through its participation, CSAIL hopes to accelerate its vision for a more sustainable future. It will spearhead new research in computing that improves the way people work, play and learn. It centers on 25 areas of interest, including AI, big data, computational biology, energy, healthcare, human-computer interaction, internet of things (IOT) and manufacturing.

Isko has a track record of using technology to create a better future for the denim industry. Earlier this month, the company joined forces with Pakistan-based denim manufacturer Soorty to bring Isko’s fabric technology to Soorty’s vertical production capabilities through an exclusive licensing agreement. The Isko Future Face by Soorty collection features a collection of patented woven fabric that looks like a knit.

At the 6th meeting of the Uzbek-Pakistani Inter-governmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation (IGC) in Tashkent, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Governor of Bukhara, Uzbekistan to build a textile complex in the state. Spanning 30,000 hectares, the complex will reserve a vast space for cultivating cotton. It will also house spinning, weaving, processing and garment units built at a cost of $100 million.

Gohar Ijaz Ijaz, Leader, APTMA hopes, Pakistan’s cotton exports would reach $18 billion by next year. The country recently agreed to finalize a preferential trade agreement (PTA) with Uzbekistan within three months to boost bilateral trade volume. The meeting was co-chaired by Sardor Umurzakov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade, Uzbekistan and Abdul Razak Dawood, Commerce Adviser, Pakistan.

After almost a year, the 14th edition of international beachwear show Maredamare will be held at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence from July 24-26, 2021. As per a Knitting Industry report, the trade fair will exhibit a number of new collections from foreign exhibitors. The agency involved in the foreign promotion of Italian companies, ACE will promote the trade fair and Italian exhibitors alongwith ICEX, a public corporation that aims to promote Spanish companies

ICEX alongwith the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Milan will coordinate the participation of a selection of Spanish companies. ABIT, the Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association, will be present at the fair with a selection of Brazilian companies. The trade fair will include several meetings between brands and customers alongwith insights and meetings among operators. Outdoors meetings will be held on July 24 and 25. The fashion shows will be animated by dancers, live music and performers.

The fair will continue online until the beginning of September when Maredamare will reopen its virtual doors for a week of live shows with new videos from the companies.

Foresight Industry Research Institute forecasts, sale from China’s dye industry will reach 102.9 billion yuan by 2026. As per China Textiles, sales revenue from the industry will exceed 70 billion yuan this year. The average annual growth rate of the industry sales revenue will remain at about 8 percent in the next few years. Chinese dye industry experienced a small wave of rebound in the spring before showing a downward trend in the complex market environment.

In the first half of the year, Chinese dyeing and printing enterprises in March ushered in the peak season as the upstream enterprise demand for dyes led to 20 per cent rise in prices. The March price increase is also supported by higher upstream crude oil prices and early release of positive demand from downstream plant destocking.

The monthly average price of dyes continued to decline from April to June. The trend of the dye industry in the second half of the year will depend on the performance of the “Golden September and Silver October” of dyeing and printing factories and the textile and apparel industry, as well as the continued impact of overseas pandemic on orders.

In June, most dye manufacturers reported increased shipments and most traders reported reduced shipments. This phenomenon, to a certain extent, indicates that traders began to stock up after earlier de-stocking. The professional platform predicts that the price of disperse dyes will increase and the price of reactive dyes will decrease.

Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports grew by 22.94 per cent in the current financial year compared to the same period a year ago, shows data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Pakistan’s total textile and clothing exports during 2020-21 grew to $15.4 billion against $12.526 billion of the previous year. As per a Dawn report, growth is attributed to an increase in overall exports from the sectors. One reason for growth in these sectors is because of low-base of last year when export-oriented industries remained closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown and cancellation of orders from international buyers.

RMG exports increased by18.83 per cent to $3.032 billion in FY21 against $2.552 billion over the corresponding months of previous year. Exports of knitwear increased 36.57 per cent to $3.816 billion against $2.794 billion over the corresponding months of last year. Exports of bedwear rose by 28.87 per cent to $2.771bn this year against $2.150 billion of the last year. Growth of 31.81 per cent was seen in export of towels to $937.536 million in FY21 against $711.265 million of the last year. Leather garment exports rose by 14.02 per cent while exports of raw leather declined by over 12.04 per cent.

The cotton cloth export posted a growth of 4.98pc in FY21 to $1.921bn, while the export of cotton yarn went up by 3.26pc to $1.016bn on a year on year basis. Export of raw cotton declined by 95.27 per cent this year over the last year.