Specialty chemicals company LANXESS on January 10, 2020 completed the sale of its chrome chemicals business. The buyer is Brother Enterprises, a Chinese leather chemicals producer.

Free trade agreements (FTAs) with Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) will help boost India’s textile exports, according to the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), whose chairman A Sakthivel recently said the government should pursue FTAs with these countries as they hold tremendous potential for India’s exports.

Welspun India’s leading innovation brand—HygroCotton—has completed 15 years. The company has also accomplished another milestone of achieving $1 billion of global sales (FOB) since its introduction.

With effect from January 08, 2020 the management of Fagus-GreCon GmbH & Co. KG changes. After 12 years of service, the shareholders relieved Kai Greten of his role as Managing Director, due to irreconcilable differences.

Exports of Indian man-made fibre (MMF) textiles is expected to reach $7 billion by the end of fiscal 2020-21, witnessing a growth of at least 10 per cent from the current level, according to Ronak Rughani, Chairman of the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC).

UKFT’s latest figures show that value of UK fashion and textile exports have reached almost Euro 10 billion representing an increase of 66 per cent in a decade.

A close partnership between the Austrian Fibers Institute and KOFOTI as well as DYETEC from Korea enables to arrange the 1st Dornbirn-GFC congress for the Asian market.

Focusing on sustainability, COTTON USA showcased WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON™ to the global home textile industry at its booth in Hall 11.0 / Stand D 11 at Heimtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, from 7-10 January 2020.

Focusing on sustainability, COTTON USA showcased WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON™ to the global home textile industry at its booth in Hall 11.0 / Stand D 11 at Heimtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, from 7-10 January 2020.