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ITMACH India, the largest textile machinery exhibition in the country will be launched in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Participants are expected from all over the world. The four-day exhibition will take place from December 7 to 10, 2017 at a modern venue ‘The Exhibition Centre’. The show will host over 350 exhibitors from 10 countries and occupy 40,000 sq. mt. area.
ITMACH India is an ideal opportunity for investors and machinery marketers to interact. It is worth noting that Gujarat recently extended its flagship Textile Policy to draw investment for the sector and backed it up by an unique Apparel Policy that incentivise garment making and employment in the state. Further, incentive policies from the Centre and other states (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana etc,) for the textile industry offers a conducive environment for growth in the post GST era.
ITMACH India would bring together latest textile machinery and technology worldwide. Machinery from each segment of the industry from spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, printing and processing will be showcased during the show days. Visitors will get to learn about the latest trends, developments and opportunities to share their knowledge and fine-tune their ideas. The mega event will ensure that a wide range of business ideas will be discussed and ensure facilitation of dynamic business networking.
This season, Eurovet, a leading organiser of lingerie, swimwear and activewear network events, reinvents the show experience offering numerous new elements for its two January shows: Salon International de la Lingerie and Interfilière Paris, which are comprehensive showcase of the market and its innovations. Organisers of the shows say, “Faced with markets undergoing profound shifts, Eurovet trade shows support key stakeholders and visitors in dealing with these changes. Breaking with traditional rules of the game, the Salon International de la Lingerie and Interfilière Paris shows will share their vision and innovative ideas from 20 to 22 January at Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles.”
The Interfilière Paris show offers a preview of innovations processes and experimental research while offering flexibility for brands and retail platforms. The objective of this edition is highlighting expertise and new technology for the world of lingerie. Today, shopping is no longer a purchasing process, rather it is a yearning for a fun filled experience in a meaningful setting and a desire to socialise and have fun.
Nearly 400 brands are expected to participate in the Salon International de la Lingerie which brings together brands, offering a diverse selection that includes essential labels, venerable craftsmanship and multifaceted creativity: luxury collections from designers, young creative brands, must haves names in lingerie and corsetry, sleepwear, loungewear, home wear and ready-to-wear brands, alternative labels, bold ranges and men’s collections. Nearly 180 exhibiting companies will be coming to display their latest innovations at Interfilière Paris.
The lingerie and loungewear selection is expected to showcase innovative designs with the arrival of new European accessory firms such as Soyelle (France) and Preformatex (Spain). New technical stakeholders who were in Paris in July, such as Japanese company Seiren, a seamless shape wear specialist, and Italian company Cadica, an innovative label and packaging specialist, have also confirmed their participation for this session. This year at the Salon International de la Lingerie Wacoal, a Japanese brand is presenting lingerie that is all about beauty, serenity, and innovation.
GOTS hosted a pre-conference to the 19th Organic World Congress of IFOAM - Organics International in New Delhi. The conference was a first of its kind, solely focused on ‘Social Compliance Issues in the Organic Textile Supply Chain’. The GOTS accredited independent Certification Bodies report over 1.4 million people working in GOTS certified facilities.
More than 80 high profile attendees and speakers from 12 countries – including scholars, CSR managers and HR representatives of companies, certification bodies, standard setters, government and NGOs discussed on hot spots like income equality within countries and globally, land grabbing, dealing with non-compliances or how certification as a diagnostic tool could be supplemented by instruments or measures which provide a measurable continuous improvement process.
Three main outcomes were agreed upon to put to larger scale in presenting them in Track 7.A of the 19th Organic World Congress (OWC) by GOTS representatives Christopher Stopes and Satoko Miyoshi. These were: Social criteria in sustainability standards help improving working conditions. Improve standards with measurable criteria and keep inspection/certification as a diagnostic tool; In addition or – if possible – in combination find and apply suitable aspirational approaches and tools; Find and apply efficient means to draw the big brands and retailers into utilising their responsibility for sustainability of the textile industry.
GOTS is the stringent voluntary global standard for the entire post-harvest processing (including spinning, knitting, weaving, dyeing and manufacturing) of apparel and home textiles made with organic fibre (such as organic cotton and organic wool), and includes both environmental and social criteria. GOTS was developed by leading international standard setters - Organic Trade Association (US), Japan Organic Cotton Association, International Association Natural Textile Industry (Germany), and Soil Association (UK) - in order to define globally-recognised requirements that ensure the organic status of textiles.
The global cooling fabrics market size is expected to touch $3.24 billion by 2025, reveals a new report by Grand View Research. Growing focus on fitness, sports, and leisure activities along with increasing health consciousness of people worldwide is expected to expand market growth. The numerous benefits of cooling garments such as moisture wicking, sweat evaporation, breathability, and ventilation have enhanced its use among athletes.
Key players include: Coolcore LLC; Kraton Corporation; Invista; Ahlstrom Corporation; Nilit Ltd.; Polartec LLC; Nan Ya Plastics Corporation; Tex-Ray Industrial Co., Ltd.; Formosa Taffeta Co., Ltd.; HexArmor; Adidas AG; and Nike, Inc. These companies key focus is on extensive innovation and increasing their production capacities to fulfil international product demand.
Demand for cooling fabrics in military and industrial applications is increasing. This is due to its benefits such as temperature regulation, resistance from harmful UV rays and pollutants, as well as the protection they provide to the wearer in case of excessive heat exposure. The augmenting demand from healthcare and fashion industries is anticipated to enhance market growth.
The sports apparel segment is expected to account for 44.5 per cent of the global market in 2025. This can be attributed to heat, moisture, and perspiration resistant, light weight, smart, and easy to carry wearables which help in regulating the wearer's body temperature in line with the outside temperature.
Increasing R&D activities and various government incentives are projected to accelerate the production, thereby enhancing market demand. Various EU funded projects have drawn a large number of manufacturers to the market for the development of innovative products to stay competitive. Additionally, these fabrics also address sustainability issues by saving energy that is required to heat or cool the environment around the wearer. North America is the leading market for cooling fabrics owing to the early adoption and augmenting sports and outdoor activities in the region.
Hismer Bio-Tech based in Ningyang County, Tai'an City, in east China's Shandong Province, is manufacturing biomass fibre from shrimp and crab shells. Textile companies have long been dependent on crude oil when making common synthetic materials such as nylon or polyester but that could soon change with companies turning to biomass fibres.
Indeed, piles of shrimp and crab shells emit a strong odour but after going through the company's processing machine, the shells are turned from food waste to chitosan fibre that is indistinguishable from other synthetic fibres The biomass fibre can wean textile companies' off their reliance on crude oil.
Hu said Hismer collects 10,000 tonnes of the shell waste from seafood processing companies in China's ports of Qingdao, Yantai, Dalian and Ningbo a year for the production of some 6,000 tonnes of biomass fibre. The fibre is then used by a variety of garment producers. The fabric is not only used for making socks, underwear, bedding but also medical products such as masks and sanitary pads as well as special cloth used in aerospace planes, Hu said.
Innovation has saved the textile company from going bankrupt. The factory was in financial trouble due to rising cost at home and stagnant export market. Five years ago, the textile producer developed production technology and equipment for making the biomass material.
The company has developed materials used in China's "Shenzhou" manned spacecraft and "Tiangong" space lab, as they are mildew-proof and resistant to fire, static electricity and odour.
‘Blossom Première Vision’ will unveil the latest developments, innovative materials and colour trends for spring/summer ’19 on December 12-13 at the Palais Brongniart in Paris. This bi-annual event, dedicated to the launch of collections for creative, luxury and high-end fashion brands, will unveil fabric, leather and accessory pre-collections from 93 exhibitors for the spring-summer 19 season. All were selected by Première Vision for the quality and creativity of their products.
For spring/summer ’19, Blossom Première Vision strengthens its offer through collections and creative directions from 93 rigorously selected exhibitors: new product developments, the latest material innovations, colour trends an offer perfectly suited to the requirements of leather good, footwear and apparel designers, enriched this season with the presence of 14 new companies. 61 weavers including eight newcomers; 26 tanners including; 6 accessory and component makers, including 1 newcomer for clothing, jewellery, and leather goods et al will be present.
Bangladesh will amend labour laws and the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) law to comply with recommendations of the European Union (EU) to retain trade benefits. Law Minister Annisul Huq has said the laws will be amended considering the interest of the country along with conditions given by the European Union as they are the largest buyer of our garments.
New laws will be introduced in Parliament this winter. Referring to the labour’s right to have trade union in Export Processing Zone (EPZ), the minister said existing worker welfare association will work as trade union there. Earlier, the EU called on Bangladesh to show tangible progress on labour rights to avoid temporarily losing the generalised system of preferences (GSP) benefit that permits the country duty-free export to the 28-nation economic bloc. This will be essential for Bangladesh to remain eligible for everything but arms regime.
EU had said they will need to monitor the situation more closely in the context of the GSP regulation, including through a dedicated mission to Bangladesh. Such monitoring could eventually lead to the launching of a formal investigation, which could result in temporary withdrawal of preferences. In the fiscal 2015-16, Bangladesh exported goods worth $18.68bn to the EU, which was 54.57 per cent of the total receipts for the year.
Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (AFBWS), a platform of North American fashion brands and buyers, wants to hand over its safety programme in Bangladesh’s readymade garment factories to a local body that should be independent and credible. AFBWSs Executive Director, Jim Moriarty said recently, ‘We are in conversations now with International Labour Organisation, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Bangladesh government and other stakeholders so that a credible, independent effort to monitor factory safety remains, long after the Alliance is gone.” He noted the Alliance would expire next year and its member brands would continue to do business with Bangladesh’s factories that would remain safe in the future.
Alliance-listed factories would be significantly safer when the platform would transition to a new body compared to what the factories were in 2013. He was hopeful that a different strategy would be required to keep the factories safe. “Our plan has always been to transition this work to local partners in 2018,” Moriarty, also a former US ambassador to Bangladesh, said.
According to the report, 85 per cent of the required safety flaws that included 80 per cent high priority safety issues have been fixed in the Alliance-listed factories. It recorded that 234 factories completed all required remediation prescribed in a corrective action plan, while the platform suspended business relations with 162 factories due to their non-implementation of CAP.
As per the fourth annual report, the Alliance formed safety committees in around 171 Alliance-listed factories and over 13 lakh workers across 941 Alliance and non-Alliance factories that have access to its confidential worker helpline. Over 14 lakh workers and nearly 27,000 security guards received training in basic fire safety from the platform.
"Showcasing ways to improve productivity, save costs, enhance quality, cut down turnaround time, and much more, the 26th edition of Garment Technology Expo (GTE) ’18 will be held from January 19-22, 2018 at NSIC Exhibition Complex, New Delhi. This edition promises to be bigger and grander compared to the previous editions with an array of fresh offerings. The key highlights are enhanced area, close to 70,000 sq. mt. with more than 350 exhibitors. The trade expo is expected to attract more than 21,000 visitors during the four-day power-packed show."
Showcasing ways to improve productivity, save costs, enhance quality, cut down turnaround time, and much more, the 26th edition of Garment Technology Expo (GTE) ’18 will be held from January 19-22, 2018 at NSIC Exhibition Complex, New Delhi. This edition promises to be bigger and grander compared to the previous editions with an array of fresh offerings. The key highlights are enhanced area, close to 70,000 sq. mt. with more than 350 exhibitors. The trade expo is expected to attract more than 21,000 visitors during the four-day power-packed show. This is Indian subcontinent’s largest show for apparel technology, with unparalleled representation from all segments of the sector, representing over 800 companies and brands from over 20 countries. All the industry stalwarts are present at this platform under one roof. GTE is Indian subcontinent’s largest show for apparel technology, with representation from all segments of the sector. Apparel 4.0 Conference, the latest buzz in apparel technology world, is the key highlight.
Exhibiting segments
The exhibition is known for showcasing latest machines and processes. Nearly 85 per cent participants in the initial editions of GTE continue to be steadfast. New innovations, product launches, product upgrades, live demonstrations, new materials, etc., are the cornerstone of each successive show. Companies from every sphere of textile and garmenting would be a part of this show. Key categories on display are: sewing machines, dyes & chemicals, home furnishing Machines, embroidery machines, equipment & supplies, laundry equipment, spares & attachments, digital textile printing, accessories & trims, spreading & cutting fancy yarns/fabrics, quilting/packaging, IT-enabled services, leather garment making, software solutions, finishing & testing, fusing/dying, etc.
At the exhibition, one would find companies and brands from the wide spectrum of textile sector. These include garment exporters, domestic manufacturers, ordinance factories, home furnishing manufacturers, job workers, traders and suppliers institutional and government bodies, merchandisers, textile designers fashion institutes, shop floor managers, retail chains, etc. The organisers also expect a strong overseas visitor participation.
A successful track record of shows
GTE has a strong history of successful shows. Some show stealers at GTE 17 included printing machines that can successfully work with disperse, reactive and pigment; high speed Industrial Digital Textile Printer for 24-hour printing with daily output of 1000-3500 mts; latest Mimaki & Roland DG Printing Machines; Flat Circular Knitting Machines; Embroidery Machines with Laser cutting technology; Go Green Technology in fabric finishing by Ramsons; Automated sewing machines by Robotech and elastic sewing machine by Supreme, among others.
Most exhibitors were very happy with the response they got at GTE 17. China’s Jack Sewing Machine makers were one of them. As Lucian, Regional Manager (South Asia), opined, “We are one of the largest Chinese manufacturers of sewing machines and our experience has been excellent at this show. I have been told by our various agents that they have received serious inquiries from many buyers. We are fully satisfied with our participation at GTE 2017.”
Bangalore-based Madhu Kapoor, MD, Apparel & Leather Technics, observed, “We have been participating at GTE since its first edition. Our objective behind participating at a show is to do research and development. We have lots of technicians at our booth. We encourage buyers to share their ideas as well as challenges and we turn those ideas into reality. This is the reason our booth is always jam-packed.” On similar lines, R Gopal Kukreti, GM, Juki India, said, “All four days of the show were excellent. We met a lot of new buyers, particularly those manufacturing for the domestic market. We also noticed there was more number of genuine buyers in this edition than in earlier ones. This year, the show has also been better organised.”
“There has been increase in visitor footfall and also increase in number of genuine and new buyers who visited our stall,” says Kartik Kapoor, Project Manager, IIGM. Anil Anand of Hari Chand Anand & Co, observed, “The footfall of genuine visitor/buyer was huge from all over India, especially Bengaluru and Tirupur. On the same lines avers, Akshay Sharma, CEO, Magnum Resources Pvt. Ltd., “Quality of buyers was much better than in the earlier editions, visitors from Kolkata were a big surprise for us.” Many leading exhibitors like Viraf Turel, EH Turel & Company and Manjeet Singh of Paramount Instruments appreciated the professional organization of the show and exhibitors at Tukatech went on to say this the best show in this part of the world!
Leading participants on board for GTE 2018
Among other regular leading players, GTE 2018 has new additions who have confirmed very big presence in GTE-18 the likes of Stalwart Engineering Co. (Smartex Laundry & Finishing Machines), Mobase Product (SWF Embroidery Machines), Starwhites (Laundry & Finishing Machines), Juki – India and Aalia Fashions (Fabrics).
About GTE
The annual Garment Technology Expo’s is the flagship event of GTE New Delhi and is held in spring. The maiden show started in 2001 hosting 87 participants and 4,700 visitors. GTE’s journey of progressive growth and patronage spans 25 editions. The 2017 New Delhi edition attracted 350 participants, from over 800 companies and brands from 18 countries. This hugely popular show was attended by over 21,700 trade visitors. The show covered all segments of the industry, from latest technology machines to machine spares & consumables, from infrastructure set-up to latest processes & systems, from raw materials to trimmings & embellishments, from logistics & packaging solutions to trade communication & documentation services.
The biggest industry event in the subcontinent, GTE New Delhi is hailed by trade professionals including manufacturers, exporters, CEOs, MDs and Production Heads, besides, institutions and other volume consumers, who attend to update themselves about latest technologies, materials, product launches and new innovations.
"The Mumbai unit of The Textile Association (India) is organising an international conference ‘Textile 4.0: Global & Indian Perspective’ on March 22-23, 2018, at The Lalit, Mumbai. The two-day conference will attract mill owners, top textile professionals, experts and textile technologists from India and across the globe, who will deliberate on what is Textile 4.0 and how it is applicable to the textile industry in India and across the globe."
The Mumbai unit of The Textile Association (India) is organising an international conference ‘Textile 4.0: Global & Indian Perspective’ on March 22-23, 2018, at The Lalit, Mumbai. The two-day conference will attract mill owners, top textile professionals, experts and textile technologists from India and across the globe, who will deliberate on what is Textile 4.0 and how it is applicable to the textile industry in India and across the globe.
Textile 4.0: The future of manufacturing
The world is on the threshold of a new industrial revolution Industry 4.0 characterised by artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, next-generation robotics, 3D printing, wearables and gentle engineering, nanotechnology, advanced materials, biotechnology among others. Industry 4.0, the future of manufacturing technologies, is increasingly becoming an important trend for automation and data exchange. This enhanced technology, digital systems, and automated processes will make it optimum for manufacturing quality products. Industry 4.0 includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing, which creates a ‘smart factory’.
Textile 4.0 is an interpretation and application of Industry Revolution 4.0 in the textiles technology and textile manufacturing sectors across the supply chain in spinning, weaving, finishing, and garmenting. The conference aims to educate stakeholders on how industry 4.0 is shaping up and transforming the global textile business. It will bring together textile manufacturers from all sectors i.e. textile technology, solution providers and all stakeholders across the supply chain. Discussions will revolve around major challenges that textile businesses are facing in today’s digital marketplace and identify practical steps, which companies can take to digitalise their value chain.
Conference focus
The conference put the spotlight on concerns like what would be the new avatar of textiles; textile technology and textile manufacturing? What would be the practical influence on technology and manufacturing across industry sectors in fibre & spinning, weaving, textile processing (dyeing and finishing) and apparel manufacturing? How should textile manufacturing companies engage in this new trend? What impact will it have throughout the textile value chain for productivity, quality, and efficiency? What does the future hold for textile business commercially through investments and profitability? How would the western technology phenomenon be translated into global production centers in Asian/Indian industry?
The conference will be addressed by international experts on the subject, and mill owners as user perspective renowned experts from across the world and India who are experts in technology. The conference It is expected to be attended by 500 quality participants.
About the Organiser
The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit is the first to organise such a conference in India/Asia, which will help the industry to gear up for Textile 4.0. The Textile Association (India), Mumbai unit is the largest unit of the Association with around 4,000 members. The unit has a reputation of organising events of topical interest both at national and global level.
