The CEO of Ajmera Fashion was awarded for his consistent and commendable work towards women empowerment in the textile sector.

Nouryon will provide specialty engineering and chemical solutions for Renewcell’s new recycling plant located in Sweden. This new plant aims to prevent millions of garments ending up in landfills every year.

A study titled ‘Weakest Link in Global Supply Chain: How the Pandemic is Effecting Bangladesh Garment Workers’ revealed that 80% of the readymade garment manufacturers in the country are struggling because of the pandemic.

The lockdown seems to have encouraged more Indians to invest in knitwear. The domestic sales volume of Tirupur’s garment makers was Rs 300 billion during the last fiscal. This was higher than the region’s export values.

In spite of the pandemic situation, the SM Group has shown some hope by setting up a new RMG accessories factory that will provide more jobs, boost export, and improve the country’s economy in the near future.

KARL MAYER has further extended its range of double needle bar raschel machines. After launching an RD 7 with a new knock-over comb bar distance (from 2 to 6 mm), models that produce spacer fabrics in tried-and-tested thicknesses but at new working widths are now being launched on the market: the RD 7/2-12 EN and RD 6/1-12 EN are available now in a working width of 190″.

The award-winning in-store recycling machine, Looop, first cleans the old material, followed by shredding and spinning it into yarn which is used to knit a new product. Looop is the winner of the Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards.

The virtual trade fair TextilesExchange 2021 brought together Indian and East African textile businesses to explore the potential of trading partnership and capitalise on market opportunities

KARL MAYER’s RD 7/2-12 EN and RD 6/1-12 EN are available now in a working width of 190″. The seven-bar machine was previously available in working widths of 77″ and 138″, while the six-bar equivalent was available as a 138″ variant.