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Clothing exports from the Philippines in Q3 declined over six per cent compared to the same period last year. Last year’s exports plunged 15.57 per cent from 2017. Because of labor and power costs, Philippine prices are high compared to prices of Lao, Myanmar and Vietnam. This leads to problems with international buyers. Therefore, garment makers in the Philippines want subsidies that can help them lower export prices of clothing products.
Besides tough competition at the global level, garments makers are faced with uncertainty at the domestic level over the move to rationalize fiscal incentives. Mostly located in economic zones, garments firms will need to give up their incentives once the Corporate Income Tax and Incentives Rationalization Act is passed into law. The measure will bring down corporate income tax to 20 per cent by 2029, from 30 per cent at present but will overhaul the set of tax perks granted to firms operating in economic zones. Among those that will be rationalized is the five per cent tax on gross income earned paid in lieu of all local and national taxes, which investors find crucial in maintaining operations in the Philippines.
Tommy Hilfiger is using 3D design technology. This will allow the company to meet consumer needs faster and in a more sustainable way and has the potential to significantly accelerate its speed to market and replace traditional product photography entirely. For fall 2020, the brand’s dress shirts will be 100 per cent 3D designed and require no sample production. The difference will be almost indistinguishable from styles designed and presented historically. The company wants to digitize its end-to-end value chain.
Since Tommy Hilfiger’s 3D design journey began in 2017, teams of software engineers, 3D design experts, and transformation specialists have developed an ecosystem of proprietary tools that enable a fully digital design workflow. This includes a digital fabric, pattern and color asset library, digital 3D presentation tools and rendering technology. While the digital showroom technology revolutionized the company’s sell-in methods, the bottom-up approach of its ongoing 3D design transformation will further expand the digitalization of Tommy Hilfiger’s end-to-end value chain. In fall 2020, Tommy Hilfiger will launch a capsule collection designed, developed and sold digitally, including products modeled on virtual avatars. The initiative is the next step in uncovering the full potential of sample reduction, time savings, cost savings and sustainability by leveraging 3D design.
Xaar will showcase its Ultra High Viscosity capability inkjet printing machine at Inprint Munich 2019.
The launch at InPrint is the first part of Xaar’s strategy to focus the printhead business on its Bulk platform, including its Xaar 2001+ printhead and High Laydown Technology.
Ultra-High Viscosity jetting opens up a wide range of new inkjet capabilities and applications for OEMs and manufacturers using Xaar technology. The ability to lay down fluids with higher particle loading and particle sizes offers advantages such as an increased colour gamut, opacity, and special effects. In addition, jetting higher molecular weight photopolymers for Advanced Manufacturing and 3D printing applications is made possible.
The announcement of Ultra High Viscosity capability across printhead platform is, therefore, an exciting moment for the business and clearly demonstrates the continued relevance of Xaar technology in leading inkjet printing across the latest market applications.
India ITME Society has decided to facilitate the honorable service that multiple associations are providing to the textile industry. Working to make their venture successful, India ITME Society had called for open nominations from all the associations of the industry through mailers, website and social media campaigns. The award nominations were called for three main categories consisting of Outstanding Association, Digital Adoption, Emerging Association and Women Leadership.
With channelising the campaign for more than 2 months and after collecting successful applications in the tenure, from November 4, a panel of jury met at Business Center, The Oberoi Mumbai’ Nariman Point, for finalisation of winners. The jury discussed on the nomination received for various categories and after fine discussions and scrutinising the fine-tuned applications, the jury individually ranked the shortlisted nominations. The compiled result of all the jury rankings were discussed and the final winner names where sealed and stamped by the jury.
The panel of jury consisted of textile stalwarts of the industry comprising of Suresh Kotak, Gurudas Aras and Suresh Vaidya along with S Hari Shankar, chairman, ITME Society, Ketan Sanghvi, Narendra L Shah, GT Dembla, Sanjiv Lathia and R S Bachkaniwala.
The announcement of the winner will be done on the ‘Global Networking Program for Associations’ to be organised on December 20, 2019 at Taj Mahal Palace, Rendezvous in Mumbai.
Prior to the jury meeting, India ITME Society along with their knowledge partners Suvin Advisors had contacted the various associations and women leaders to submit their applications and later fine-tuned all the applications received and presented shortlisted nominations in front of the Jury to make the final decision. Few of the well-known associations who are part of India ITME Society, were not allowed to take part in this contest in order to maintain the unbiased nature while selection.
Piave Maitex will participate in the Performance Days show with its extended collection Again. The event will be held from November 13-14, 2019 in Munich, Germany. The collection has a technically advanced line that balances performances, functionality and sustainable features form of highly performing jerseys.
Three premium global recycled standard certified sustainable ingredients have been involved in the production of Again. These include the premium stretch fiber ROICA EF part of Roica Eco-Smart Family constructed out with more than 50% pre-consumer recycled content, perpetual high-quality sustainable polyester born from a cost-effective process that reverses engineer consumer waste PET bottles and Reco Nylon yarn by NUREL from 100 per cent made of pre-consumer waste revalorising the discarded nylon material, which is diverted from the waste stream during our manufacturing process thus closing the nylon life cycle. Lastly, Piave selected the NILIT Ecocare recycled nylon 6.6 with deep, uniform color that is certified as a pre-consumer recycled fiber by Scientific Certification Systems.
The brand will showcase its unique and an innovative combination of two Again articles to obtain an entirely sustainable bonded fabric with the possibility of personalised color combinations. The range of functional fabrics, dyeable and transfer printable perfectly combines creativity, innovation, real performance, and sustainability all at once offering unparalleled comfort, performance, and tenacity. Lastly, two brand new developments will be presented a mesh combining transparency and performance features, made with Reco Nylon yarn by NUREL and ROICA EF premium stretch yarn and a high gauge microfiber with nice a handful, fine compression and sustainable credentials being made with NILIT Ecocare and ROICA EF.
The new development, 4D-Knit.Solutions was illustrating what can be achieved with double-bar raschel technology for 3D warp-knitted textiles. With their unique, three-dimensional, cushioning construction, these voluminous fabrics offer a new level of design potential. Ready-made panels, e.g. entire back components for use in mid-layer jackets, can be produced, as well as imaginative designs with pronounced sculptured effects, and combinations of 4D effects and breathable openings.
Following its first successful time exhibiting at ISPO Munich 2019, Karl Mayer will attend the next edition of fair that will take place from January 26-29, 2020. The company will showcase functional, warp-knitted textiles and smart, on-trend lingerie and clothing items for its visitors.
Textile solutions for sportswear
The highlights of Karl Mayer’s stand include an ECG shirt for measuring vital signs. This garment, which features integrated sensor technology, was developed under the concept of Textile Circuit in the company’s Textile Makerspace and was premiered at ITMA 2019 to a highly interested audience. The sensors have been upgraded for the ISPO show. One of the reasons for doing this was to improve the wear comfort. The electrically conductive material required is incorporated directly into the textile on the warp knitting machine in the desired arrangement.
Simultaneously there will be a presentation of warp-knitted textiles that have been especially developed to meet the requirements of the sports sector. These include lightweight, stable mesh linings, hardwearing shoe fabrics, stylish 4-way-stretch fabrics with breathability and compression characteristics, a variety of tricot fabrics with decorative, striped patterns, and warp-knitted spacer textiles for a range of end-uses.
The new development, 4D-Knit.Solutions was illustrating what can be achieved with double-bar raschel technology for 3D warp-knitted textiles. With their unique, three-dimensional, cushioning construction, these voluminous fabrics offer a new level of design potential. Ready-made panels, e.g. entire back components for use in mid-layer jackets, can be produced, as well as imaginative designs with pronounced sculptured effects, and combinations of 4D effects and breathable openings. Different fabric weights can also be produced. Thanks to the internal cushioning, the cuddlesome fabrics provide good insulation, without any micro-particles being produced – performance characteristics that are tailor-made for functional garments and shoes.
Design aesthetics of Karl Mayer’s machines can be exploited optimally by linking them to KM.ON’s digital systems. The digital products and software of this Karl Mayer start-up will also be at the center of the ISPO presentation. In particular, the features of the k. The innovation product category is revolutionising warp knitting with an intuitive design tool, which reduces the time-to-market considerably. A special feature of k. Innovation is the possibility of web-based collaboration between different partners involved in the project. All the designers, customers and suppliers involved in producing the sample patterns have access to the same data – enabling them to engage easily with the development process.
Under the concept of Body Mapping Revolution, Karl Mayer will be showing the potential of The Rascheltronic for producing new, virtually seamless, comfortable clothing for wearing during active sports or for every day. Design edges and hems, as well as functional zones can be worked during actual production on this versatile machine. Breathable mesh designs, stable areas, and zones with different elastic moduli for providing support and a perfect fit can be placed wherever they are needed.
Cutting Edge Classic, the new capsule collection created by Carvico and Jersey Lomellina, in collaboration with The Lycra, was showcased at Mare di Moda on November 5, 2019.
The collection, designed in collaboration with designer Angelo Figus, has been transformed into a collection dedicated to the world of beachwear and water sports.
Lightness, fluidity and dynamism, Cutting-Edge Classics is a collection created to inspire designers, brands and garment makers that perfectly combines 17 of the most famous and performing fabrics by Carvico and Jersey Lomellina, all powered by the best in class & fiber Lycra Xtra Life™.
Cutting-edge fabrics that recall the fluidity of water and classic elegance, enriched with hi-tech details and sporty suggestions. The iconic and versatile Aqua wear proposals, is perfect for every type of activity from water sports to the coolest of beach parties.
The stand of Carvico and Jersey Lomellina, inspired by a Hollywood pool, is the backdrop to the exhibition of a crew of fashion dancers who, wearing the garments of the capsule-collection, which interpreted the essence of glamour and exclusive performances, enchanting the public of the fair.
To start by end of this year, adidas will use its Speedfactory technologies to produce athletic footwear at two of its suppliers in Asia. The company expects this to result in better utilisation of existing production capacity and more flexibility in product design. adidas consumers will benefit as the combination of existing technical possibilities of the suppliers, and new production methods developed in Ansbach and Atlanta will work on variations of Speedfactory footwear models in the future. This will continue particularly for short production time, allowing the company to continue to respond quickly to consumer needs. Production at the two Speedfactories in Ansbach, Germany, and Atlanta, USA, however, will be discontinued by April 2020 at the latest. In the future, adidas will concentrate its resources and capacities even more on modernizing its other suppliers and using 4D technology in footwear production.
“adidas initiative Speedfactories has been instrumental in furthering our manufacturing innovation and capabilities. Through shortened development and production lead times, we’ve provided select customers with the hyper-relevant product for moments that matter. This was our goal from the start. We are now able to couple these learning with other advancements made with our suppliers, leveraging the totality of these technologies to be more flexible and economic while simultaneously expanding the range of products available," says Martin Shankland, Member of the Executive Board of adidas AG, responsible for Global Operations.
Moving forward, not only running shoes, but also a bunch of other product categories will be able to produce in a short period of time by using the production processes tested in the Speedfactories.
However, adidas will continue to develop, improve and test manufacturing processes in Germany. Process innovations will be bundled and driven forward at the adidas production site in Scheinfeld, the so-called adiLab.
adidas will continue its collaboration with Oechsler, the operator of both Speedfactories, in other manufacturing areas such as the production of soles for shoes using Boost technology, soles for football shoes and 4D-printed soles.
"Brands introduced a bunch of initiatives for ensuring sustainability in denim manufacturing, these drove up the cost of the garment. So the real challenge before Morrision was to offer customers a more sustainable solution at much closer price value proposition. He believes, though people are interested in being carbon neutral to a certain extent, they are not willing to pay more for it. Fortunately, today there are enough brands offering sustainable denims at affordable rates."
Scott Morrison, Founder and President of American denim brand 3X1 views jeans as one of the dirtiest garments produced by the fashion industry. The designer, who has been at the forefront of the high-end denim movement in America since its inception at the end of 20th century, owns three denim brands: Paper Denim & Cloth launched in 1999, Earnest Sewn launched in 2004, and 3x1 that was launched in 2011.
Paper Denim & Cloth was started in Italy-the country which has been a major source of inspiration for Morrison. Inspired by the Italian denim brand Diesel, Paper Denim & Cloth explores denim’s recent history to understand its evolution and create future strategies for its growth. On the other hand, Tonello focuses on more eco-friendly processes like waterless washing and laser distressing.
Italian brands focus on technology and innovation
One major reason why Morrison started his denim journey in Italy was unlike traditional capitalist businesses, Italian brands take a long term perspective on teeing up the future. Also, these brands focus more on technology and innovation. For example Tonello manufactures incredible machines and technology for waterless washing. The company has also been involved in the creation of lasers for garment processing for denim for the last 12 to 14 years.
Sustainability at an affordable price
Though his brands introduced a bunch of initiatives for ensuring sustainability in denim manufacturing, these drove up the cost of the garment. So the real challenge before Morrision was to offer customers a more sustainable solution at much closer price value proposition. He believes, though people are interested in being carbon neutral to a certain extent, they are not willing to pay more for it. Fortunately, today there are enough brands offering sustainable denims at affordable rates.
Hence, Morrison is optimistic about the future of the denim industry. His recent documentary series Common Thread, explores how the most democratic of garments can survive the coming environmental storm. This project, inspired by Morrison’s passion for denim, focuses on three major denim players of the luxury denim industry: fashion brand Diesel, denim manufacturer Candiani, and garment finishing company Tonello. He looks at how these multi-generational businesses take a longview approach to both financial and environmental sustainability, and how that view stands in stark contrast to the race-to-the-bottom influence of fast fashion.
Destination Africa is on in Egypt from November 9 to 11, 2019. This is an opportunity for textile exports from Egypt to reach international markets through increasing shares in existing markets or by accessing new ones. Destination Africa is an annual international pan-African B2B sourcing event for the textile industry in Egypt. It brings together African textile, apparel and home textile manufacturers in one place along with international buyers.
The event has a regional exhibition with African countries’ pavilions. Destination Africa has witnessed outstanding success, with a growth of 74 per cent visitors since 2016, resulting in an increase in exhibitor numbers, exhibiting space, and the number of local, regional and international visitors. Around 150 exporters and 230 buyers from the United States and European Union are participating in the exhibition. There are field visits to textile and apparel factories. The participation of major international buyers working in the textile field is an opportunity for Egypt to maximise its benefits from its huge potential in the textile industry. Important bilateral meetings are being held in the exhibition to close export deals between Egyptian exporters and foreign buyers.
The US is the top export market for Egyptian textiles, followed by the EU and Arab markets.
