Wastewater treatment poses a significant challenge to manufacturers and fashion brands as well as an attractive opportunity for innovation.

Huntsman Textile Effects and Bao Minh Textile, one of the largest and most modern woven fabric producers in Vietnam, are collaborating to produce fabric that meets the stringent performance standards required of isolation gowns.

Liva, an ingredient fabric brand from the house of Aditya Birla Group, has conducted a consumer study in association with MRM, the digital arm of Mccann World Group and released a research report titled “A Brave New World”.

Rajendra Agarwal, Managing Director, Donear Industries, shares information on the collaboration with Swiss innovator HeiQ, and demand of the products in India.

Union Minister Smriti Irani has called upon big commercial brands like BIBA and Arvind Mills to source cloth directly from the weavers, a move that will help provide remunerative prices to them by eliminating middlemen engaged in the process.

Several big players in the industry have launched fabrics and clothing that they claim can provide protection against the COVID-19 virus. Is it really foolproof or just a marketing gimmick? The ITJ cover story delves deeper into this.

Alessandro Liberatori—Trade Commissioner and Director of the Italian Trade Commission, New Delhi and the Coordinator of Trade offices in Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bangladesh—speaks on the emerging trends in textile machinery industry globally.

Jeanologia, world leader in sustainable and efficient technology development, presents “Sanibox”, the only sanitisation technology on the market certified to eliminate the coronavirus from textiles, apparel, workwear, and footwear.

Rajendra Agarwal, Managing Director, Donear Industries, shares information on the collaboration with Swiss innovator HeiQ, and demand of the products in India.