Eco Spindles, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPPL Holdings Ltd (BPPL), recently inaugurated Sri Lanka’s first ever polyester yarn plant at Horana Export Processing Zone with an investment of SLR 800 million. The unit, with spinning and texturing machinery from Europe, will manufacture polyester yarn from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle flakes.

The GST Council in its 28th meeting held recently under the Chairmanship of PiyushGoyal, Union Minister for Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs has approved the new return formats and associated changes in law. It may be recalled that in the 27th meeting held on 4thof May, 2018 the Council had approved the basic principles of GST return design and directed the law committee to finalise the return formats and changes in law.

Sri Lanka’s deficit in the trade account has been on a continuous expansion, but the pace at which it grew during the month of May decelerated after many months, as the country’s goods exports grew faster than its imports bill.

The ongoing trade war between the US and China will be beneficial for Bangladesh’s garment sector as the American brands will place more work orders here to branch out their sourcing, according to a new survey.

Most textiles do not require high water and oil repellency, and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) should be limited to applications for which technical performance is “unique and critical”, according to the European Commission. For other applications, safer alternatives should be used, said the Commission’s Valentina Bertato.

Growth in the fair and growth in the market: exhibitor and buyer increases at Intertextile Pavilion Shenzhen, which concluded recently, reflected the strength of the Southern China fashion sector.

Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has announced collaboration with Ternua, an outdoor brand with a strong connection to nature.

Based on the mechanism of the recently unveiled, patent-pending instant cooling hydro functional polymer, the Swiss textile innovator HeiQ has announced that a suite of new products will be added to the HeiQ Smart Temp product family for a full range of activated cooling technology, customizable for each fabric type and intended cooling performance.

The Government of India’s decision to increase basic customs duty (import duty) to 20 per cent on 76 textile and apparel items at 6-digit level, is a significant move and will strengthen the domestic textile industry