Inspite of blessed with a complete supply chain – from raw material to fibre to yarn to fabric – India has not been able to cash in on the opportunity created with China vacating some segments in the global textile market.

Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialise a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibres with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated by leading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. Petri Alava, CEO & Co-founder, Infinited Fiber Company sheds light on why conscious clothing is becoming a popular choice, the growing market for regenerated fibres and more.

To create a truly Good Fashion industry disruptive innovation is needed. The good news is game changing technologies can bring real change to the industry, which can offer major leaps forward towards circularity.

Cotton is the most widely used textile fibre. However, from an ecological point of view it is considered to be the most water, energy and chemical consuming fibre. The cold–pad-batch method is economical and environment-friendly but needs critical control.

Paramount is a group engaged in textile testing and quality control instruments since 1964. We setup complete quality control labs for garment exporters, buying houses, textile mills, dyeing and processing houses. Paramount has a large Portfolio of more than 180 products, being manufactured at the three state of the art facilities. Manjit Singh Saini, CEO & Executive Director, Paramount Group, sheds light on the Indian textile testing industry and the latest in textile testing technologies

Textile testing plays an important role in textile manufacturing, promotion and distribution. The key purpose of textile testing is to evaluate the performance of the textile product and provide an analysis based on the test results.

Ministry of Textiles is contemplating a New Textile Policy. At present, New Textile Policy has not been finalised and it is at draft stage.

To boost exports, government has announced a scheme namely “Scheme for Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products” (RoDTEP) to all export goods, including textiles and garments with effect from 1st January, 2021.

The Lenzing Group is enhancing sustainable offerings for the denim industry with TENCELâ„¢ branded modal fibres with Indigo Color technology. The pioneering Indigo Color technology behind this new market offering incorporates indigo pigment directly into TENCELâ„¢ branded modal fibres.