China continues increasing its share in global exports market, despite rumours that its grip on the export markets has been slipping. Only shift is in the product mix, which is becoming increasingly sophisticated and high-tech. Last year, China recorded its first decline in export value since the financial crisis of 2009.

While Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are expecting higher exports of readymade garment (RMG) to the U.S. and European Union (EU), exports from the East Asian giant China and start-ups Cambodia and Vietnam are the on decline.

Denim brands and retailers have made a sea-change in sourcing strategies in the first quarter of 2016, according to data released last week by the International Trade Administration’s Office of Textiles and Apparel, or OTEXA.

Asia’s polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) prices may fall in the third quarter amid supply-demand imbalance, according to ICIS, which quotes industry sources. The third-quarter market outlook was a hot topic among buyers and sellers gathered in Shanghai for Chinaplas – a four-day annual exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries that kicked off on April 25.

Coimbatore, known as the textile hub of Tamil Nadu, houses a large number of small, medium and large textile mills. It also has textile research institutes like the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), South Indian Textiles Research Association (SITRA) and the Sardar Vallabhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management.

Reselling fashion and branded textiles offers new opportunities for small businesses and entrepreneurs. In the West, particularly, where garage and yard sales are common, extending this concept to re-sell high fashion and branded items may offer good scope for starting new business ventures.

The strategic partnership will be for sales & marketing of automatic winders, two-for-one twisters (TFO), continuous yarn shrinking machines, OE rotor spinning machines in India. AT.E. Enterprises Pvt Ltd of India and Savio Macchine Tessili group from Italy have entered into a strategic partnership at parity position for sales and marketing of automatic winders, two-for-one twisters (TFO), continuous yarn shrinking machines, OE rotor spinning machines in India from April 1, 2016.

In March 2016, AUTEFA Solutions and CAMPEN Machinery A/S have made an agreement to cooperate in the development and sales of machinery and production lines for the traditional airlaid industry as well as for the new “Hydro Laced Airlaid Process” (HLAL) for non-flushable and flushable, dispersible, and biodegradable nonwovens, invented by CAMPEN Machinery A/S Denmark.

The Autoconer 6 was delivered to the first customers at the beginning of the year. With its groundbreaking innovations, Schlafhorst?s new automatic package winder caused a global sensation ? ?The best original ever?. The German textile machinery manufacturer has presented the Autoconer 6 ? in a brand-new version geared to E³ ? to the general public at ITMA 2015. E³ is synonymous with triple added value in the energy, economics and ergonomics categories.