Browsing: Industry Update

Breaking through the clutter of mundane innerwear lining the shelves of both offline and online stores, XYXX, a comfortable, elegant, yet quirky brand of innerwear, just released its new collection – BEND(IN) – on the digital shelves of big e-commerce sites like Amazon.in, Myntra, Jabong, and many more.

Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital production technologies, and Standfast & Barracks have announced plans for a centre of excellence in the UK at the fabric printing company’s UK headquarters in Lancashire.

Matthew Miller and Bodice – from the British Isles and India – were announced the winners of the menswear and womenswear 2017-2018 International Woolmark Prize, presented at a special event during Pitti Uomo at Stazione Leopolda in Florence. In addition, the USA’s DYNE was announced the winner of the inaugural Innovation Award.

Turkey will launch its ecolabel certification allowing consumers to identify environment-friendly products. The official from the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanization said the ministry has already completed a project aimed to integrate Turkey?s legislation into the European Union?s ecolabel legislation.

Welspun India has incorporated a wholly-owned US subsidiary Welspun Nexgen Inc registered with the State of Delaware, having paid up capital of $4.25 million to make investment in e-commerce companies.

The biggest international trade fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil, which hosts around 2,975 companies from various parts of the world, has kicked off in Frankfurt, showcasing design innovations.

Archroma, a global leader in colour and speciality chemicals, has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, joining the world’s leading voluntary corporate social responsibility initiative, with more than 9,500 participating companies from 160 countries.