Browsing: Industry Update

Lenzing Group, a leader in high-quality, botanic cellulose fibres and dissolving pulp to standard and speciality cellulose fibres, will be investing in a new Tencel fibre plant in the US, with the aim to increase the share of speciality fibres as a percentage of revenue to 50 per cent by 2020.

The hometech textiles market comprises a strong part of the technical textile market including upholstered furniture industry, household textiles and furnishings. Hometech textiles range from filter products used in vacuum cleaners to fibre fills in mattresses and pillows.

Teijin Limited has launched Xfire® DENIM, a practical and fireproof denim-like aramid fibre fabric for firefighting uniforms. The new aramid fabric is expected to meet the growing demand for extra-maneuverable clothing for volunteer fire corps. Sales of Xfire® DENIM has begun in December and Japanese manufacturers will start selling uniforms for fire corps made with Xfire® DENIM in 2017.

Arvind Limited, India’s leading lifestyle and fashion conglomerate, clinched Asia’s Best First Time Sustainability Report award at the recently-concluded 2016 Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) in Singapore.

At the upcoming edition of Colombiatex, to be held in Medellin, Colombia from January 24 to 26, 2017, Italian textile machinery manufacturers are once more expected to stand out, with 20 industry leaders exhibiting in the common area set up by the Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT.

Epson, the pioneer of digital printing on fabric, has opened two new centres dedicated to the development of new products for industrial digital printing on textiles.

Sanjay Vakharia, COO, Spykar Lifestyle Pvt Ltd, speaks on Spykar’s plans for the next four years. He says, “We would be seeing a natural growth of 15 per cent CAGR in the next four years. Additionally, we are planning to enter into women’s wear and also increase the contribution from online channel.”