The covid-19 pandemic had its adverse effect on the sales and profits in the textiles sector. The Wazir Textile Index (WTI) saw a drastic drop in sales and EBIDTA in H1 FY21 owing to the pandemic. In H1 FY21, overall sales dropped by 36 per cent as compared to that in H1 FY20. The overall EBIDTA showed a decline…
TOTOWA, N.J. — July 13, 2020 — Precision Textiles — a supplier of coated fabrics, nonwovens and laminations for the bedding, automotive, healthcare and home furnishings industries — has sold more than 10 million yards of its newly launched Medical Gown Series fabric line, enough material to produce 5 million hospital gowns. The milestone supports the growing demand for…
Offering inherently protective garments and accessories within the fashion industry makes perfect sense, as do antiviral textiles and surfaces for the decor industry. Textiles are the fabrics of our lives, literally, offering protection from extreme cold, excessive heat, and moisture; but in the COVID age, the urgent need for antiviral fabrics opens up a whole new chapter for the…
CAMBRIDGE, England — April 7, 2020 — Alchemie Technology is announcing the accelerated launch of Novara, a breakthrough new high-throughput digital precision coating technology for technical textiles. The textile technology innovator is supporting the global efforts to combat COVID-19 by applying its Novara technology to the manufacture of safety-critical products, including anti-viral facemasks. Alchemie is actively partnering with manufacturers…
Covid-19 has forced lockdowns across much of Europe and South-East Asia, as well as in parts of the US, as countries scramble to contain the spread of the disease by ordering people to not leave their homes except in emergencies or to shop for necessities. People in most places — even in countries where strict lockdowns are yet not…
A team of researchers from France, Columbia and the U.S. has developed a type of yarn from human skin cells that can be woven into human textiles. In their paper published in the journal Acta Biomaterialia, the group describes the process they used and applications for the materials they produced. Link to full Article
H&M has 52 seasons of fashion, the epitome of Fast Fashion. Is it any wonder that the H&M Boss, Karl-Johan Persson, is publicly speaking out against those who want to be more sustainable? In a recent article in the Independent, there was an article run about Persson and his comments about how ditching fast fashion would have significant negative social repercussions….
In the last decade, a global trend has emerged to purchase organic products, eat non-GMO food and use sustainable energy. The fashion industry does not escape from it, because, although it might seem very attractive, it is causing an important environmental impact to consider, since the textile industry is the most polluting in the world, after the oil sector,…
WTIN issued a press release on PRNewswire today discussing the details of it’s upcoming Textile Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In a previous post, we mentioned that MTIX is both sponsoring and presenting at this conference. Here’s a link to that post. This Multi-faceted conference has two main segments. Textile 4.0 will explore the latest developments, market trends and future…
Technical innovation and imagination will be recognised at the Future Textile Awards, whose finalists have been announced. Winners will be revealed at a special reception during the Innovate Textile & Apparel Europe event, held in Amsterdam on 7 November. MTIX International is a key sponsor for the Re:Think Textiles and Textile 4.0 conferences. MTIX will also be presenting the…
