More than 200 exhibitors will showcase promotional textiles and related products at PSI 2018, the leading European trade show of the promotional products industry during January 9-11, 2018 in Düsseldorf. Only logos, slogans and pictures turn textiles into promotional textiles.

Supercapacitor fibres that can serve as power source for wearable technologies has been recently developed. A team of scientists from Deakin University, Australia has spun 2-dimensional “MXene,” into fibrous strands, which can be a power source for electronic gadgets.

Nandan Denim Limited (NDL), has reported a net profit of Rs16.33 crore for the second quarter ended September 2017 as against net profit Rs 16.41 crore in the corresponding period of previous year. Net sales for the Q2 FY 18 were at Rs 414.98 crore higher by 37 per cent over corresponding net sales of Rs 302.63 crore.

Over the last three months Ethiopia has earned 31.2 million USD from textile and garment export, disclosed the Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute. The Institute also stated that the foreign currency generated from the textile sector has been steadily growing.

Textiles are used to make homes, offices, and entertainment, commercial and health establishments both appealing and comfortable. Things like seat covers, carpets and curtains are used in most establishments. Time and again studies into fire-related catastrophes have revealed that fabrics / textiles are to be blamed for the quick spread of the fire.

Teijin Frontier Co Ltd, the Teijin Group’s fibre-product converting company, announced today that it will establish a R&D facility for fibres including polyester fibres in Thailand.

Mouvent, a company that is focused on digital print technology, achieved a major milestone with its first ever global tradeshow demonstration of its ground-breaking textile printing machine, the TX801, at ShanghaiTex expo, held from November 27 to 30, 2017.

COTTON USA will show the global home textile industry WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON™, including five new innovative technologies to drive sales growth, at its booth in Hall 8.0 / Stand D 63 at Heimtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, from January 9-12, 2018.

The Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation has launched its implementation hub, which helps best practices of chemical and environmental management and accelerates impact along the value chains of the textile and other industries.