Meech will showcase solutions for static and cleaning related issues in textile production at ITMA 2019 .

One of Meech’s most popular tools to be displayed includes its range of Hyperion pulsed DC ionising bars, including the 924s, 924IPS, 960IPS and 971IPS–30kV, and the Hyperion 233v4 Pulsed DC Controller. This range provides short, medium and long-distance static elimination and can be installed quickly and easily onto textile manufacturing lines.

Meech is a manufacturer of static control equipment, web cleaning systems and energy efficient compressed air technology. With Meech’s SmartControl, connected Hyperion devices can be altered quickly and easily with remote monitoring and control through mobile devices which allows operators to make alterations and adjustment to up to six static control devices, wherever they are. The Meech EX range is well suited to a wide range of textile applications, given the highly flammable nature of many synthetic fibers. Electrical equipment installed in such locations must be specially designed and tested to ensure its suitability. The Meech EX range has been comprehensively tested to meet these rigorous safety requirements.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail is joining a platform named Circular Apparel Innovation Factory (CAIF) in collaboration with Intellecap.

CAIF is India’s first industry-led platform, aiming to build a circular apparel and textile industry in India. Its mission is to search, seed, support, and scale circular textile and apparel innovations in India by building an enabling ecosystem of brands, manufacturers, enterprises, and innovators across the value chain. CAIF accelerates the speed of innovation, creates opportunities for collaboration and shapes the conversation around circular apparel and textiles.

Through the association, Aditya Birla Fashion will demonstrate its commitment to shift the industry from its current take-make-dispose approach to one that encourages the use of sustainable materials, maximising utilisation of clothing and textile and thereby promoting recycling. These initiatives will help the textile company retain its focus on creating a significant social impact. The association with Intellecap will help it create, collaborate and mainstream the conversation around circular economy and sustainable fashion. As part of the partnership, Aditya Birla will support a number of CAIF initiatives such as industry convenings to discuss opportunities for circularity as well as undertake specific pilots on identified initiatives and identify and adopt innovations.

Intellecap launched the Circular Apparel Innovation Factory in 2018 as a neutral industry platform that drives the circular fashion agenda.

Bangladesh garment manufacturers and exporters want cash incentives to be raised from one per cent to three per cent against exports to traditional markets for the next fiscal year. At present, apparel makers enjoy a four per cent cash incentive for exports to non-traditional export markets.

The apparel sector has also sought a devaluation of the currency, which would help increase the competitive edge of Bangladesh’s exports in the global export market. Due to the controlled exchange rate, the country’s manufacturers were losing their competitive edge in the global market. In addition, manufacturers want the import duty on security and workplace safety related equipment to be withdrawn to make the sector safe and eco-friendly. They have made a request for funds which will enable them to invest in technology upgradation, product diversification and value addition and research.

Bangladesh’s apparel sector is now a 30 billion dollar industry. Cash incentives were introduced to the non-traditional market back in 2010, which were five per cent at that time. Owing to duty-free access and cash incentives, garment owners have now started exploring new destinations and markets. China, the world’s largest apparel supplier, now allows duty-free access to over 5000 Bangladesh products, which eventually has enhanced the export growth of the apparel sector.

Bangladesh Garment Accessories and Packaging Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGAPMEA) has urged the government to reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 12 per cent. This will boost exports, and attract new investments.”

In the national export policy, direct and indirect exporters are entitled to enjoy the same benefits but in the proposed budget for the FY2019-20, the corporate tax for the garment accessories sector remains at 35 per cent despite its contribution to apparel export. The knitwear and woven products exporters are paying 12 per cent corporate tax which is 10 per cent for certified green factory owners and 15 per cent for the textile industry.

Meanwhile, the accessories makers have also urged the government to keep the tax at source rate 0.25 per cent. In the outgoing budget, the government set tax at source at 1 per cent, which was lowered to 0.25 per cent in response to the sector people’s demand, which will expire on June 30, 2019. As the government did not propose the existing rate in the budget, the apparel makers have to pay 1 per cent source tax from the next fiscal.

The China Textile Innovation Conference will be held July 4 to 6, 2019. The aim of this conference is to effectively promote the value transition of China’s textile and garment industry. The event will gather fashion resources and innovation power to jointly explore the concept of intelligent design to meet consumer demand, intelligent brand to promote value growth, and intelligent future to achieve sustainable development.

Participants include leaders from IT, textile and apparel councils and trade associations as well as presidents and senior managers, textile suppliers from home and abroad, delegates from textile industrial clusters and senior managerial personnel from the textile chain.

In the new era, design is not only the creative expression of the aesthetic field and the pursuit of perfection in the craft category, but also the new-type productivity that integrates technological innovation, cultural creativity and green development. It continuously creates new consumer demand and business growth. Information technology such as artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, is the new engine for the future development of science and technology innovation. The deep integration of the real economy and information technology will build a new economic form of data-driven, cross-border integration and sharing, which will stimulate the innovation vitality of the industry and the endogenous power of enterprises.

Grasim has added Rieter’s latest air-jet spinning machine the J 26 at its textile center in Gujarat.

The joint co-operation between Grasim and Rieter will provide benefits both in downstream processing and in the fabric and will explore the production of best quality air-jet spun yarns and fabrics made from viscose staple fiber of Grasim and its blends. The conducted trials and development work results in distinct end products with yarns spun from mature technologies and sustainable fibers.

Grasim is a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group and is among India’s largest private sector conglomerates and a global player in viscose staple fiber. Its textile center is a pilot plant involved in addressing the downstream textile value chain and provides comprehensive research and development for all viscose staple fiber manufacturing units belonging to the Aditya Birla group. The center helps upholding Aditya Birla’s strong commitment toward contributing technological advancements and producing eco-sustainable products.

Rieter’s air-jet spinning machine includes unique characteristics that differentiate it from other air-jet machines. This machine coupled with the industry benchmark autoleveler draw frame RSB-D 50 guarantees the perfect combination of spinning preparatory and end spinning. The unique Com4 jet yarn structure excels by its low pilling tendency, high washing resistance and dimensional stability and offers great potential in the development of new, innovative products.

Dipayan Chakraborty has been appointed as the head of Analytics and Business Intelligence at Myntra. He brings in more than 16 years of IT and analytics experience as well as a decade in senior leadership positions. He is a proven leader in building and leading high-performing teams.

Chakraborty started TEG Analytics with senior partners in India and the US in 2010 and led global delivery teams across India and US. In his prior role at Flipkart, which he joined in 2015, he built and led the analytics teams for Category Management, Inventory Planning and Control, Marketplace Operations and Product Quality, Marketing, Central Planning and Fintech.

At Myntra, Chakraborty will be responsible for leveraging advanced analytics and decision sciences to help the online fashion major meet its aggressive growth targets in a profitable manner. His extensive experience in building and scaling global delivery operations and strong leadership will drive Myntra through the next phase of growth.

The key leadership hire further establishes Myntra’s strategy as a company experiencing hyper-growth under Walmart. The appointment is a strong indication of the online fashion player’s current go-to-market strategy and its plans to continue its global success. Myntra received a big boost from the investment in its parent company Flipkart from Walmart.

The Apparel Textile and Footwear (ATF) 2019 trade exhibition featured several Indonesian batik clothing and fabrics. The exhibition was held from June 12-14, 2019 at the International Convention Center in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Indonesian Embassy in Pretoria, Indonesian Consulate General in Cape Town, and the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) in Johannesburg collaborated at the exhibition to popularise and market batik in a more systematic way in African markets.

The second day of the exhibited included a Wastra Nusantara” sequence at the fashion show which featured the latest collection of batik designers and entrepreneurs from Lampung, Pekalongan, and Bandung.

Batik Siger, a brand with experience in showcasing its collections in various countries, presented clothing lines for men and women, with a typical Siger style of Lampung Province, at this exhibition.

Lovely Zia from Bandung displayed contemporary batik clothing, including patchwork skirts, shirts, dresses, and outer wear for both genders. Aruni Batik Pekalongan showcased batik clothing for men and batik fabric, while Annie.B Cape Town featured Balinese fabrics, silver jewelry, accessories, and rattan bags.

ATF is the largest annual exhibition of textiles, apparel, and footwear in Africa, which annually attracts some two thousand visitors and at least 500 exhibitors from various countries.

The Dubai-based business Landmark Group’s fashion arm Lifestyle International, recently introduced the tween lines at its stores in the country. The range includes clothing lines from international brands such as Kappa and Bossini that target a tween audience aged between nine and 15 years.

Lifestyle recently also held an interactive grooming workshop in Mumbai on June 15 with celebrity stylist Apeni George who gave a talk on fashion styling and the industry. The group also collaborated with George’s male grooming brand The Man Company for the event and held a special display of its products. As Virat Kohli’s hair stylist, George gave celebrity hair styling tips to the audience and promoted Lifestyle.

This year, Landmark Group celebrates its 20th anniversary in April 2019. The completed 20 years in the international clothing industry and celebrated this achievement on the social media.

Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Autumn Edition will feature over 1,000 exhibitors of finished products from around 25 countries and regions. The exhibition will held from August 28-31, 2019 at Shanghai. It will be organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK); the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT; and the China Home Textile Association (CHTA).

The finished product zone will feature more sourcing options in 2019, including a number of international suppliers including Fossflakes (Denmark), Fujishinkou (Japan), Jaspa Herington (Australia), and Naturtex (Hungary). Fossflakes’ product is composed of 100 per cent extended polyethylene polymers and is therefore naturally hypoallergenic, which makes it a suitable filling material for allergy and asthma sufferers. Fujishinkou, focuses on manufacturing down comforter, partner with farms in Hungary and Poland to use high quality down. Jaspa Herington’s product catalogue covers a large variety of pillows, quilts, protectors, and foam and wool underlays. They also provide products especially designed for allergy sufferers, and therapeutic use.

Solutions for the contract business and whole-home sectors will also be a major attraction at the fair. While Intertextile Shanghai’s product offerings cover all sourcing needs – bed and bath, decorative, upholstery and window treatment fabrics, carpet and rugs, wall and interior decorations, editors, whole-home solutions, design studios and digital printing technology – it is finished products that are seeing the most growth this year.