Major cities in Cambodia have gone into lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a relief to the textile industry, the government will now allow workers in the yellow zone to work with certain restrictions.

The Polygiene® partner Colors is now launching the Regenesis ViralOff® Trigger Shield sprays and other ready-to-use products for consumers, with Polygiene ViralOff® as the active ingredient.

Aiming to capitalise on the booming demand for advanced nonwovens seen in recent years, Danish industrial group Fibertex Nonwovens is investing DKK 300 million to expand its output capacity and meet the growing need for local production of nonwovens in North America.

Joachim Fetzer will be appointed to the new position of Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO), while Hannes Prenn will join the company to take on the leadership of the Electric Powertrain business.

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global sustainable chemical producer, has been awarded ‘Best Regional Loan’ in the manufacturing sector for its US$300 million Blue Loan – the first of its kind granted to a plastic resin manufacturer.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a highly permeable and superelastic conductor which can be used for wearable electronic devices that can withstand long-time wearing.

ANDRITZ receives order for needlepunch production lines from Chongqing Double Elephant, China

Freudenberg Performance Materials launches online shop for interlinings and padding for the clothing industry

Though India has become the largest producer of cotton in the world, the country faces acute shortage of Extra Long Staple (ELS) cotton as the BT technology that was introduced during 2003, provided the technology only for long staple cotton.