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The government may impose anti-dumping duty of up to $528 per tonne for 5 years on a Chinese polyester yarn, used in automobile and other industries, to provide a level playing field to domestic players and guard them against below-cost imports. The decision to finally impose the duty was taken by the finance ministry. SRF and Reliance Industries had jointly filed before the DGAD for initiation of the antidumping investigation. The proposed duty ranges between $174 and $528 per tonne.
As per Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), the authority recommends imposition of antidumping duty for a period of five years, to address the injury to the domestic industry. DGAD, the commerce ministry's investigation arm, in its final findings of probe has stated that that the imposition of antidumping duty is required to offset dumping and injury on the imports of 'High Tenacity Polyester Yarn' from China.
This yarn, also called as industrial yarn, is used for manufacture of tyre cord fabric, seat belt webbing, ropes, coated fabric, conveyor belt fabric and automotive hose.
Filipino textiles are experiencing a resurgence as entrepreneurs and designers are incorporating them in everything from bags and laptop cases to shirts, skirts, and even gowns. Tribes have their own traditional weaving patterns. Even though each group has its own distinct style, there are striking similarities as well, and each design is testament to these groups’ rich colorful heritage.
The Yakan tribe’s designs are inspired by the natural landscape. Their fabrics are characterized by geometric patterns and vivid hues and are made from pineapple and abaca fibers dyed with herbal extracts. The entire process is so labor-intensive that it can take a week to weave just one meter of fabric.
Another tribe makes fabrics from abaca. They believe their designs and patterns have been passed down to them by their ancestors through dreams. They’re well known for their cloth, which is used during occasions like birth, marriage or death. The hilets, or belts with small brass bells, are believed to drive away bad spirits; while the embroidery they use to accentuate their traditional blouses narrates the story of their relationship with nature and the spirits.
Apart from material, the color of textiles can hold significance as well. Yellow is associated with royalty and high status. Green stands for peace, tranquility and stability. Red stands for bravery and violence, white for mourning, and black for quiet dignity and purity.
Keeping up with other brands and changing face of retail space TexPro is now a necessity. The analysis of brands and retailers feature in TexPro does an excellent job at making things simpler by providing access to downloadable data on top brands and retailers. It further helps analyze data by compartmentalizing information and covering the essential aspects such as, financial, geographical, segmental and historical. Offering relevant insight and enabling the analysis of multiple areas of other brands and retailers, the feature identifies potential avenues of growth.
The feature gives access to quarterly, yearly and half-yearly reports. It helps in evaluation of the financial performance of brands and their positioning. It also provides accurate and relevant information tailored to meet business requirements.
TexPro offers well-rounded information on raw material prices, export-import data, and existing tariff rates of various countries, non-tariff barriers in place, trade agreements and government policies, amongst others.
Launched in November 2017, TexPro provides customers access to information that can enable customers to understand their needs, enhance their experience and ultimately exceed their expectations. With meticulous detailing and high-value information, TexPro can serve as one of the most essential elements of your textile business. Moreover, it can help come up with winning marketing strategies, thereby maximizing your business’ revenue.
Specialty Japanese fibre producer Roica, will showcase its unique responsible premium stretch and new innovations by Roica Eco Smart family of stretch fibre for modern wardrobe at the Premiere Vision show, the global event for fashion professionals, to be held from July 7 to 9, 2018 in Paris.
Roica will demonstrate functionality, their advanced color technology system, and a range of stretch innovations from smart shapewear to soft compression that can enhance designs. Roica partners featuring Roica Eco-Smart family include Giemme, Iluna Group S.p.A, Maglificio Ripa S.p.A, M.I.T.I. Spa, Penn Textile Solutions, Sofileta, Tessitura Colombo Antonio Tintex Textiles.
The unique Roica Premium Stretch yarn function, has been especially developed for new high-function concept. The design is completed with breathable mesh braces for added comfort and a reflective pixel detail on the leg to improve visibility in low light conditions.
Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) organized a one-day international conference on nonwoven technical textiles with a focused theme on nonwovens for high-performance applications on June 6, 2018. It happened concurrently with the Nonwoven Tech Asia 2018 exhibition, organized by Radeecal, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.
The conference received an overwhelming response from the industry. The topics were chosen as per the theme of conference covering high-performance applications of nonwovens, spread over eleven presentations by eminent speakers from the industry. Sanyal Desai, CEO, Radeecal Communications, and Suresh Patel, president, INDINON, spoke about the ban on nonwoven bags in Maharashtra and how it has affected the nonwoven roll goods and bag manufacturing industry.
Anjan Mukhopadhyay, Director, BTRA, highlighted how nonwovens are used in different high-tech areas like insulation material, protective suit, waste water treatment, etc. He also briefed about the R&D, testing and training facilities available at BTRA. Pramod Khosla, Chairman, ITTA, in his inaugural address, spoke about the Nonwoven Tech Asia exhibition. He hoped nonwovens are not equated to plastics. He emphasized that nonwovens are mostly used in the automotive, packaging, industrial sectors. The nonwoven market is growing in Europe and the US and woven market is stabilizing and going down. India has a great hope for the export market more than domestic market.
Marks & Spencer will source 100 per cent of its cotton from sustainable sources by 2019. The British department store now procures 77 per cent of its cotton from Better Cotton Initiative, Fairtrade, organic or recycled origins. Marks & Spencer uses around 50,000 tons of cotton a year. It produces selvedge denim from BCI cotton, recycled thread, recycled zipper tape and biodegradable leather patches.
Marks & Spencer is upping the stakes for its cotton procurement by increasing the proportion of Fairtrade, organic and recycled origins to 25 per cent by 2025. The retailer also plans to boost its transparency by translating data about raw material sources to on product information that can help guide its customers’ purchasing decisions.
At the same time, Marks & Spencer wants 100 per cent of its factories, such as those that make garments, to be on a sustainability ladder, with 50 per cent of its products achieving its highest Gold Standard. By 2025, every factory producing products for it will be systemically improving its environmental and ethical performance.
Besides using less water and fewer chemicals than conventional cotton, programs like BCI and Fairtrade also help promote decent work and fairer pay for smallholder cotton farmers, ginners and spinners.
Arundo Analytics, a software company enabling advanced analytics in heavy industry, has successfully deployed the Arundo software to improve manufacturing operations at Coats, a major UK industrial thread manufacture. The initial deployment of the software collects over 800 machine signals at 1hZ intervals at the company’s manufacturing site in Shenzhen, China.
This access will create an unparalleled level of streaming of cloud-based global insights into machine utilisation and overall equipment effectiveness. Based on the detailed granularity of these insights, concrete improvement actions can be rolled out across the business.
Coats has started an ambitious global Factory of the Future initiative to connect and improve operations internally and across the value chain through machine learning and streaming data analytics. With 19,000 employees in over 50 countries, Coats operates a global supply chain and production operation across six continents.
Vendors in Ludhiana are creating their own online platforms to tap the international market directly. The major advantage of online selling is that it helps companies clear the stock stuck in the retail market. One such company is Kazaro International which deals in women wear. The company plans to go online soon by first increasing its business by 10 per cent. As the demand picks up, the company plans to expand its online presence by 20 per cent
Besides the garment industry, other industries too are making their presence felt in the global marketplace through internet and mobile apps. Ludhiana-based Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are trying to create their own brands in the online market. Hosiery, knitwear, clothing, cycle and cycle parts and auto-parts are selling their products online. Avon Cycles is selling its products through their own website besides having presence on the e-commerce portals such as Amazon and Flipkart.
TGC (Tokyo Girls Collection) was held at the United Nations on May 31, 2018. This is a fashion festival held twice a year since August 2005 with the theme of showcasing Tokyo street culture. Around 100 popular Japanese models performed in a fashion show displaying Japan's street fashion. The festival also featured live performances by important artists, a special stage filled with popular guests, booths where participants could touch and try popular items, and various other contents that are unique to TGC.
Models, singers, and celebrities presented the latest casual wear from Japanese and international designers on the runway, while the audience could order the clothes on their smart phones instantly. TGC promotes sustainable development goals among young women. It presents the latest trends, fashion and content surrounding Japan’s girls’ market.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a set of international development goals from 2016 to 2030, which was adopted by the UN Sustainable Development Summit held in September 2015 building on the success of Millennium Development Goals.
After collaboration with FOUNAP in 2015, TGC has been promoting SDGs among Japanese women through many activities, and as a result, TGC had an opportunity to hold the event by being valued as an unique social model that advocates and implements SDGs with leveraging TGC’s overwhelming awareness and the power of diffusion.
The ever-growing denim market in India is on a roll. An organised retail sector, a young population, online penetration of denims and the increasing popularity of engineered or distressed pieces will continue to fuel the growth of this segment. Originally a product for the youth, denim has grown to cut across geographies, gender and age groups.
Given the average age of the Indian consumer today, and the influence of global style trends in the country, the industry can be expected to grow at double-digit. Today, denim is considered a multipurpose fabric. It is used as casual wear, everyday wear, and is also gaining popularity in the leisure form owing to the comfort provided by stretch denims.
New-age companies and start-ups are relaxing norms. With the introduction of Friday dressing and casual dressing to work, denim is increasingly becoming an acceptable attire at work. The Indian denim market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 14.5 per cent till 2021.
Asia has a 22 per cent market share of the global denim industry and India contributes to nearly half that market. India will have a lot of influence in jeanswear in the coming years as the demand is increasing in all segments.
