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Textile manufacturer Schoeller and Textilcolor the auxiliary and dye specialist have come together to create Ecodye. It is am innovative concept used in polyester dyeing. The technology accelerates the dyeing process and contributes to cutting costs, while at the same time helping to preserve the environment with a low level of demand on resources.
Ecodye allows eco-friendly and cost-saving dyeing for polyester yarns and piece goods. It shortens the heating phase, thus accelerating the process time by more than 30 per cent. At the same time it reduces energy consumption by 20 per cent and water requirement by 25 per cent as the goods can be cleaned in the cooling dye bath.
In addition, Ecodye improves the dyeing levelness in polyester textiles. Spots and dye agglomeration are almost completely avoided, and the precipitation on the goods that arises as a result of polyester oligomers are no longer evident. Ecodye provides good shade stability and avoids reproduction problems from batch to batch, thus reducing the rate of double staining and increasing the capacity utilization and productivity of the dyeing mill on a long-term basis.
The technology is being used by polyester-processing customers in categories including outdoor, sportswear and technical knitted fabrics, primarily in Europe, South and Middle America, Turkey, Bangladesh and China.
Apparel Textile Sourcing Canada will take place from August 21 to 23, 2017. The show is an opportunity for Canadian importers, manufacturers, retailers, designers and small businesses to get a first-hand look at global fashions, fabrics and textures that are in trend.
Top apparel and textile manufacturers from more than 20 countries will be participating. China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the US, UK, Canada, Turkey, Jordan, Switzerland, Vietnam, Nepal and more will share with Canadians their latest products and production processes in an effort to forge new business relationships.
There will also be a display of unique artisanal apparel, textiles and related goods from Madagascar, Uganda, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Haiti, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Nepal. The 2017 show will see a larger delegation of exhibitors and speakers from both China and Bangladesh after the show’s successful debut last August.
As Canadian demand for apparel increases, goods are increasingly coming from abroad. Canada’s apparel imports were up 8.3 per cent in 2015. Domestic demand for apparel has increased annually since 2011. More than 40 industry experts will provide insights and expertise on all aspects of the apparel and sourcing industry. The exposition features workshops and seminars from the world's top experts in fashion, sourcing, logistics, marketing, government and many other topics.
The Brexit decision is looming large over the UK and the EU, with a great deal of uncertainty around important factors such as trade agreements, EU funding, and the flow of people between Britain and the rest of Europe.
Fashion and retail companies have seen solid sales since the decision. However this is often offset by a higher cost of raw materials and other imports. Fashion manufacturers have many suppliers in the EU, and argue that it will be impossible to fulfill all their needs from within the country. The weaker pound therefore makes material costs higher, driving up the cost of manufacturing and causing many companies to raise their prices. This then minimizes the sales benefits of having a lower pound. It will become more difficult for British fashion brands to compete with other European ones because their material costs are now higher.
It remains to be seen whether sales offset the increased production costs, but there is potential for beneficial changes to the market. Departure from the EU may bring with it new tax incentives and deregulation that help fashion companies to operate and thrive. While there are challenges to overcome, there will also be opportunities to take advantage of.
The Vietnam Saigon Textile and Garment Industry/ Fabric and Garment Accessories Expo 2017 (Saigon Tex 2017) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 5, showcasing a wide range of machinery and equipment and feedstock for the textile and garment industry. The expo spread over 35,000 sq.m has attracted nearly 1,200 exhibitors from 23 countries, including Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the UK, the US, and the host nation Vietnam.
It’s hosting several seminars focusing on increasing the value of Vietnamese textile and garment products, investment opportunities in the textile and footwear sector and trade barriers from the free trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam.
Saigon Tex 2017 offers garment makers a gilt-edged chance to foster relations with foreign enterprises and explore investment opportunities, acquire technologies to increase local content in garment products and improve quality to meet the needs of local and international buyers.
After the Vietnam War, the southern city of Ho Chi Minh was the highlight of this expo. During the past 28 years, the organisers of the exhibition have always striven to introduce new generation of machinery, equipment and technology as well as input materials and accessories for the industry,
Rieter has opened a service branch in Turkey. The new branch complements Rieter’s strong presence in Turkey and provides state-of-the-art solutions and dedicated support to local customers.
The center offers both mechanical and electronic services. These include: revision of gear units, servomotor adjustments, as well as repairs and upgrades using original parts.
The branch also has a spare parts warehouse, where the most important and critical spare parts are available. These include, for example, control units, sensors and drive systems. This enables fast replacement and therefore minimum production downtime – for the benefit of customers, which can access these at short notice, especially in emergencies.
Switzerland-based, Rieter is the world’s leading supplier of systems for short-staple fiber spinning. The company develops and manufactures machinery, systems and components used to convert natural and manmade fibers and their blends into yarns. It maintains a global sales and service organization. Service employees with a high level of expertise are available there.
Besides original spare parts, Rieter also offers after-sales service products such as mill assessments to its customers worldwide. Other features include comprehensive after-sales solutions across all processes. This enables customers to increase their competitiveness over the long term. The product range is rounded off by installation and repair services, technology consulting and training.
Production of nonwovens and technical textiles has the potential to fortify the textile market in Belarus and make it a new hub for European textile production. Mogilevkhimvolokno, a textile company and the largest European producer of polyester yarns and fibers, will create a new industrial cluster. The first stage of this project will focus on production and processing of technical yarns, while the second stage will focus on production of products aimed at exports.
This new cluster will also house research and development facilities for testing and design of new products, and will operate from processing of raw materials to production of final products. Production from the cluster will be exported primarily to North America and Europe, with a special focus on Germany, where demand for technical textiles has increased substantially over the last few years.
The increased production that Mogilevkhimvolokno’s new project will provide is expected to contribute significantly to the overall success of Belarus’s textile industry and technical textiles, and will open new doors and opportunities for other textile manufacturers in the country.
Additionally, companies in Belarus are establishing contracts and agreements with companies in Pakistan to capitalize on the growing demand for yarn and technical textiles in Pakistan.
After the baffling Syrian crisis that has lasted for six years, garment is going to hit the Syrian markets soon. A new garment sector alliance has been formed in Jordan to make the war torn nation improve the standard of living of its citizens.
The Jordan Garment Alliance is a joint partnership with the World Bank Group, International Labour Organisation, Better Work Jordan, the Jordan Investment Commission, the Jordan Industrial Estates Company, the Jordan Garments, Accessories, and Textiles Exporters' Association (JGATE) and the Jordan Chamber of Industry and Trade.
The civil war has resulted in an exodus of refugees from Syria to neighboring countries like Jordan and Turkey. This initiative can increase the jobs both in Jordan and Syria. A number of Syrians reside in Jordan as refugees. Hence this partnership could create around 200, 00 job opportunities.
In apparel industry accounts for some 20 per cent of the country's exports, this step will help boost the economy of Syria. Jordan has been suffering due to the influx of refugees, hence the country’s economic growth has slowed down
Gerber Technology, a world leader in integrated software and automated solutions for the apparel and industrial markets, has announced they will be delivering integrated Digital Solutions, including AccuMark, AccuMark 3D, AccuPlan and YuniquePLM, at PI Apparel in Hong Kong. They are also supporting their long-time customer, Helly Hansen, as they their upgrade from webPDM™ to YuniquePLM In The Cloud.
The fashion and apparel industry spends billions of dollars on sampling. The shipping of these samples back and forth around the world is not carbon positive. Gerber's team will be demonstrating how AccuMark 2D and 3D software simulates virtual garment samples are realistic and there is no need for designers to spend time and money cutting and sewing real items. Gerber discloses by combining AccuMark with the their YuniquePLM In The Cloud platform permits fashion entities to collaborate and save around 30 to 50 per cent on sample costs.
Loyal AccuMark and YuniquePLM customer, Helly Hansen will present key business challenges of upgrading from webPDM to YuniquePLM In The Cloud. For over 10 years, Helly Hansen has used webPDM as the central database for all product information and AccuMark for its technical design and pattern making. Key reasons for upgrading to YuniquePLM In The Cloud were to resolve communication and inefficiencies across their value chain.
"C&A Foundation, with Fashion for Good, made an industry-wide call for collaboration to transform the apparel industry at a gathering of innovators, sustainability and fashion thought leaders today in Amsterdam. Created with an initial grant from founding partner C&A, Fashion for Good is a global initiative that brings the industry players together to reimagine how fashion is designed, made, used and reused."
C&A Foundation, with Fashion for Good, made an industry-wide call for collaboration to transform the apparel industry at a gathering of innovators, sustainability and fashion thought leaders today in Amsterdam. Created with an initial grant from founding partner C&A, Fashion for Good is a global initiative that brings the industry players together to reimagine how fashion is designed, made, used and reused.
As per Leslie Johnston, Executive Director of C&A Foundation the C&A Foundation will transform the fashion industry, and to do this we need to completely change mindsets. That is why Fashion for Good was incepted. It aims to inform a new way of thinking and at the same time nurture and embed innovations that can bring crucial change. Johnston says this kind of transformation can only be done with others, so today C&A is calling for brands, manufacturers, funders and innovators to work together to realise a shared vision.
Aim & intent
Fashion for Good enables the industry to embrace innovation and change its business models, promoting the five essential goods of a new, transformed fashion industry – good materials, good economy, good energy, good water, and good lives. It finds and funds early-stage ideas, and scales proven technologies and business models to be adopted by the industry. Its Apparel Acceleration Fund catalyses access to finance and its open-source ‘Good Fashion Guide’ shares knowledge to help the apparel industry transform. In addition, as a convener, Fashion for Good will use its first hub in Amsterdam to enable conversation and collaboration by bringing co-locators together, as well as by inviting visitors to The Launchpad Exhibition on good fashion.
Fashion for Good is supported by partners Plug and Play, McDonough Innovation, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Impact Hub Amsterdam. The first brands to partner with Fashion for Good are C&A and Kering.
Fashion for Good’s six programmes
This initiative is part of C&A’a wider efforts to drive the transition to circular economy within the fashion industry. They are nurturing and scaling solutions that will accelerate this new system by enabling best practice today and supporting innovation of tomorrow. The foundation is partnering organisations that will challenge the industry to rethink its material choices, chemical choices, manufacturing choices, and retail and use choices. Fashion for Good's six programmes are:
Early-stage innovation Accelerator: Fashion for Good works with Plug and Play, a leading Silicon Valley accelerator, to give promising start-up innovators the funding and expertise they need to grow.
Late-stage innovation Programme: Fashion for Good finds innovations that have proof of concept and helps them scale by offering bespoke support and access to expertise, customers and capital.
Apparel Acceleration Fund: The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) is scoping a fund that catalyzes access to finance where this is required to shift at scale to more sustainable production methods.
Good Fashion Guide: This open-source guide proves that good fashion is feasible today and shows brands how to embrace it. The online guide provides practical tips, a self-diagnostic tool and a step-by-step guide to production, based on lessons learned while creating the world's first Cradle-to-Cradle Certified™ GOLD T-shirt.
The Launchpad Exhibition: Fashion for Good has opened two floors to the public in its historic building in the heart of Amsterdam. The Experience Centre's first exhibition opens 30 March 2017 and inspires guests to think differently about how clothes are made.
Circular Apparel Community: Fashion for Good is using its historic building to bring key organisations and partners together, including Sustainable Apparel Coalition, ZDHC and Made-By. This coalition will embrace collaboration to create change and it will be the first time such a vibrant eco-system of entrepreneurs and innovators has come together in the name of circular fashion.
Fibers and Yarns show is on in Mumbai from April 6 to 8, 2017. The show is about fiber, yarn and fabric collections. Leading fiber and yarn producers are revealing their range to downstream fabric garment and home textile value chain.
The aim of the exposition is to bring different types of fiber and yarn manufacturers on one platform where weavers, knitters and garment brand managers get an opportunity to have a look at the latest and specialty yarn collections for conversion into innovative fabrics and garments.
Leading specialty fiber and yarn manufacturers from India and abroad are displaying silver yarn soyabean milk and bamboo fibers, nylon micro fibers, modal and tencel fibers, fire retardant viscose hi-tech polyester fibers and filaments for functional fabrics and pure silk linen and jute yarns. The largest collection of fancy yarns for woven and knit wear are on display from prominent Indian and foreign exhibitors.
The event has been scheduled at a time when the industry is planning its production program for the season ahead. The expo gives them an opportunity not only to see the yarns but also have fabric samples of the displayed yarns and fibers. Sourcing of the yarns thus becomes easy for visitors and they can transmit their requirements directly to the manufacturer.
