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India is all set to host its first Denimsandjeans show from September 25, 2017 in Bangalore. The two-day international trade show will bring together all segments of the Indian denim industry including denim brands, retailers, traders, second tier brands, garment manufacturers and exporters, buying houses, global buyers and others, on one platform.
A trend area on the major trends emanating globally will be created where latest looks in various categories will be created at the show. It will be an opportunity for the visitors to know about latest global looks.
During the trade fair, Jordi Juani, Division Director from Jeanologia will give a talk on “The evolution of jeans finishing, from manual to technological” September 25 at 3.30pm.
Juani will take a journey from traditional methods for finishing jeans, based on manual labor with high water and chemical consumption, to the current transformation that the industry is experiencing with eco-efficient and sustainable technologies from Jeanologia. The new model uses technology as its main tool to obtain the right product with maximum quality, while also reducing environmental impact, production costs and time-to-market.
The Spanish company starts a new era in laser design processes, allowing greater creativity and saving time, while avoiding second-rate production and providing the sector with a common language. The new High Dynamic Range (HDR) simplifies designing, reduces laser marking times and guarantees “what you see is what you get” achieving more natural and three-dimensional designs.
Jeanologia has been present in India since 2004 and 6 per cent of the total jeans production in the country is done using their sustainable technologies.
Guess is ramping up its environmental standards. The brand aims at embracing existing solutions as well as trying new ones to address social and environmental challenges. It’s taking the steps necessary to improve its supply chain.
By 2020, it aims at making its global operations greener and encouraging consumers to buy more eco-conscious garments. This year Guess mapped its denim production by water availability and assessed the sustainability of its denim products. To improve its denim production and products, the company is currently drafting a comprehensive water action management plan to address these impacts, which is set to debut in 2018.
Guess will be incorporating a product take back program at the end of 2017, so employees, customers and the community can take part in a more circular economy and provide apparel with a second life.
Energy efficiency also remains crucial to the company’s sustainability goals. Since 2015, Guess has upgraded 286 stores in Canada and the US with more efficient LED lighting. At its distribution centers, including Guess’ primary US distribution hub in Kentucky, Guess installed new units and achieved 46 per cent savings in natural gas consumption.
Another goal is to transition its current emission reduction goal over the next two years to reduce the impact of climate change.
Bangladesh’s readymade garment exports achieved a substantial growth in all its major export destinations including the European Union, the US and Canada in the first two months (July and August) of the current fiscal year 2017-18.
Germany has outstripped the US to become Bangladesh’s biggest apparel export destination in the last two months. Bangladesh’s exports to Germany grew by 9.72 per cent.
Earnings from readymade garment exports to the US market in the first two months grew by 9.62 per cent. Apparel exports to the UK, the third largest export destination for Bangladesh, rose 29.38 per cent during the period.
Bangladesh is enjoying the benefits of the recent rebound of the euro against the dollar. Despite a declining trend in apparel product prices on the global market, volumes of exports have increased in the major markets. Remediation work in the country's garment sector also has helped in bringing back buyers' confidence.
Export earnings, however, from Asian countries including China, Japan and India declined. Readymade garment export earnings from China in the July-August period fell by 6.80 per cent.
Though the Chinese market is a promising one for Bangladesh’s apparel industry, it has been failing to gain market share there due to lack of competitiveness. Vietnam is, however, gaining a market share in China rapidly.
Cordura is broadening its portfolio of protective performance fabric technologies for today’s work wear environments.
The latest innovations on display range from solutions featuring Cordura fabric technology for enhanced durability to specialist stretch materials for garment reinforcement.
Cordura is a brand belonging to Invista. It combines science and technology to help provide technical performance solutions for workers’ gear and apparel.
These innovations support the brand’s commitment to developing durable fiber and fabric technologies.
For Cordura finding next generation solutions for today’s workers means looking at how to increase the comfort quotient and functionality of textile technologies without compromising on the durability or protection required.
In collaboration with its strong mill partners, Cordura is dedicated to developing cutting edge solutions that power the work and protective wear of the future.
Cordura’s high visibility, lightweight, waterproof, durable two- and three-layer laminated fabrics for outerwear are targeted for garments used in road/rail construction as well as security and emergency services.
An enhanced range of high tenacity polyester and nylon 6,6 Cordura fabrics with Lycra T400 stretch technology for work wear garment reinforcement includes options tested to meet high temperature industrial wash requirements. The latest hardwearing, hard-working denims include cutting-edge fabrics with high tear strength and stretch recovery functionality for service trousers.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) may have brought the two countries closer, but the two are miles apart when it comes to infrastructure development and this is a major reason why investment is hindered.
Pakistan needs to further improve its infrastructural facilities to motivate Chinese companies, says Chang Liguo, vice director of China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT). The companies are eagerly looking to relocate their manufacturing facilities to low labor cost countries among which Pakistan is a strong contender.
The CCCT has lots of member companies, both public and private in textile and other sectors, which are looking for business in Pakistan, but infrastructural issues remain.
The Pakistani government’s policies, on the back of CPEC, suit the member companies but this is just the first phase, says Chang.
Pakistan has undertaken its biggest infrastructural investment in history, investing with the help of China in its road and railway networks along with adding power to the national grid. The investments, coming from Chinese companies, will help resolve one critical issue for Pakistan – power outage that has kept investors away from setting up business in the country.
The CCCT is part of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and is the largest textile and apparel trade agency in the world. It has more than 12,000 member companies that engage in the production, export and import of textile fibers, yarn, fabrics, clothing etc. The companies comprise the majority of Chinese textile and apparel enterprises, the trade volume of which accounts for 70 per cent of the total export and import volume of Chinese textile and apparel industry.
In Pakistan, the CCCT signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) last year, through which both bodies will explore trade opportunities by using each other’s platform.
The export of readymade garments showed a positive trend in fiscal year 2016-17, posting 5.55 per cent growth over the corresponding period. The CCCT brought its member companies to local expos twice this year and would reciprocate by helping Pakistani counterparts get business from China, Australia and Canada in exhibitions scheduled for next year.
This will be a chance for Pakistan’s readymade garments sector to showcase its products to the rest of the world,says PRGMEA Chairman Ijaz Khokhar.
CHIC Autumn welcomes around 850 exhibitors there of around 400 from 20 foreign nations and regions at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. CHIC offers the most important platform in the fashion business and enables international fashion brands to experience face-to-face discussions in order to explore the chances of exporting to China. The immense consumer market with over 1.3 billion people is worth to be discovered and to be dealt with. Whilst China is the world’s largest driver of luxury market growths there is growing space to be opened for premium and medium fashion brands from Europe. Besides the big tier 1 metropolises Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, there are many more cities with enormous capacities of shopping malls. Not to mention the unprecedented growth of China´s online retail market.
As a result of increased environmental awareness and more stringent general requirements imposed by environmental legislation, China National Textile and Apparel Council together with China National Garment Association have created this new area entirely dedicated to sustainability. Besides fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, Puma also the food sector with Coca Cola and some other international big companies is represented. Oeko-Tex explains its ecological standards, pre-supplier Lenzing and also the car industry with Tesla will be showing up. From Germany the fashion retail company C&A will give insights into its environmental efforts and the Hohenstein Institute is also going to present their work in this area.Cashmere specialist FTC Cashmere, will also join this area and demonstrate their corporate concept of combining social responsibility and goat breeding. Their exemplary production is based on pure ecological terms. FTC has built a Cashmere goat breeding farm in Shanxi province, China.
Around 20 nations will be participating. Among them will be a pavilion from PREVIEW IN CHINA from South Korea. Furthermore, strong and traditional joint participations will be created by France and Italy.
Recycled fiber can be transformed into a yarn and pleasant fabric.
Based on a carbamate dissolution process, the technology has been used to produce recycled fiber.
The method involves dissolving worn and discarded cotton and using it as a raw material for new fiber.
The fabric made from the recycled fiber is smooth with a subdued matt finish and drapes nicely. The fiber feels natural.
The method is much friendlier to the environment than the viscose process, in which carbon disulphide is needed for dissolution. In addition, polyester residues are removed from the cotton material using methods familiar from the pulp industry.
The carbon footprint of recycled fiber produced using carbamate technology is about a third smaller than for cotton and in the same category and as the most environmentally friendly viscose. The water footprint of the recycled fiber is around two per cent that of virgin cotton and ten per cent of viscose.
The fiber’s characteristics rival those of commercial yarns when being spun. Yarn was spun at Tampere University of Technology from discarded cotton turned into fiber. Following this stage, the first model products, gloves and flat-knitted fabrics, were made by a knitwear company.
However R&D is still required in order to achieve process reliability.
The US cotton industry will build upon the strong environmental gains already achieved over the past 30 years.
The industry will be the supplier of choice for those who are committed to only buying cotton that is produced with sustainable and responsible environmental, safety and labor practices. It aims to reduce by 13 per cent the amount of land needed to produce a pound of cotton fiber and reducing soil loss by 50 per cent; increase water use efficiency by 18 per cent; reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 39 per cent; increase soil carbon in fields by 30 per cent and reduce energy to produce seed cotton and ginned lint by 15 per cent.
Goals will be developed for measurable continual improvements in environmental stewardship, farm productivity, and resource efficiency such as land, water, air, input, and energy use.
US cotton growers have achieved significant environmental gains over the past three decades. Scientists have worked diligently to develop and refine US cotton’s sustainability initiatives. The United States may be the only country in the world with these kinds of specific, measurable, quantified goals.
The US cotton industry is using science-based metrics and benchmarks to assess environmental impacts and identify opportunities for improvement.
Haji Muhammad Akram Ansari, Minister of State for Commerce and Textile Industry, while addressing the 31st annual general meeting of Pakistan Textile Exporters Association recemt;ly stated that government is fully committed to expedite growth of commerce to maximum possible level by using all available means. Prime Minister's package has helped in attaining competitive edge in international market.
He has underlined the need for serious and well-planned efforts for increasing value-addition especially in textile sector for capturing more share in the regional and international markets. With support of the masses, we will overcome the challenges being faced by the country, the government is committed to imparting all possible facilities to the business community as it is playing a major role in bringing economic stability. No country could achieve economic targets without the due role of exporters therefore government is making all-out efforts to overcome export challenges. He also appreciated the successful efforts of outgoing team in resolving the issues confronting exports.
Pakistani exports are under pressure due to prevailing economic financial, industrial crisis in the country as well as persistently high cost of production, heavy burden of taxes and high energy cost which are badly affecting the industrial and trade activities and productivity output.
Outgoing Chairman Ajmal Farooq, presenting his annual report, stating that despite big challenges, it was wonderful experience representing as chairman of the country's premier association of textile manufacturers and exporters. During the year, utmost efforts were made to look after the trade related issues of members by advocating their voice at appropriate forums.
He termed the Prime Minister's package and payment of long outstanding refunds as positive which will definitely help to accelerated industrial pace in the country. He expressed the hope that new team will continue the efforts to strengthen the linkages with the local and international businesses to promote and protect the interests of textile industry.
Morajee Textiles Ltd. India, purchased a Brückner sanforizing range in 2015, the main components of which are the rubber belt compressive shrinking unit, a felt calander and the cooling cylinders. The company’s Managing Director, R K Rewari, confirms that this Brückner machine has been the right choice for their very light and thus particularly sensitive fabric made of 100 per cent cotton, viscose or crepe for woman’s dresses and men’s shirting fabric. The compressive shrinking line provides the fabric with a more stable structure, a silk-like shining surface and a smoother hand. In addition, it reduces residual shrinkage by up to 3 per cent.
The manufacturer discloses that their sanforizing range is easy to handle – the control of tension and the software ensures treatment of very light fabrics without any marks. The production speed is around 60 and 70m/min and the production team is very satisfied and they recommend the machine especially for difficult and sensitive fabrics.
Morajee Textiles Ltd. India, established in 1871 under the name Morarjee Goculdas Spinning and Weaving Co. Ltd., was one of the first five companies listed on the Indian stock exchange. After unparalleled growth and expansion Morarjee Textiles is now part of the Ashok Piramal Group, a diversified and leading business group in India.
With over 100 years of experience and modern integrated manufacturing facilities for 100 per cent cotton premium yarn, dyed shirting and printed fashion fabric, the company manufactures cutting edge fashion textiles and is today one of the biggest players in the Indian textile industry.
The company showcases all premium international and domestic brands as its customers and supplies its products internationally.
