A textile and garment exhibition (VTG) will be held in Vietnam, November 21 to 24, 2018. The show is expected to attract more than 400 exhibitors from countries like Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam.

Specialized seminars in the textile industry will be held during the exhibition with the participation of speakers from foreign associations and universities. Speakers will provide information from strategy to practical solutions to develop the textile industry. The Textile Export Promotion and Development Council (PDEXCIL) will lead the booths coming from India.

Companies such as Bao Lun, Rich Peace, Tajima and ZSK will display the latest embroidery machines. Heinz Walz, Epson, Grafica and Sulfet will introduce a variety of high quality printers. Beworth and Silk Road will bring the most advanced knitting machines. Maika will exhibit a CAD system. The exhibition will also feature famous brand names in sewing machines from Japan such as Brother, Hikari, Juki and Yamoto.

Vietnam’s export revenue in the first eight months of 2018 was up 15 per cent over the same period last year. In addition, the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement is expected to create ripple effect for the country’s textile and apparel industry.

Inditex CEO Pablo Isla has topped Harvard Business Review’s list of the best-performing chief executives in the world for the second year in a row. The ranking takes into account economic results and other elements of social responsibility. The other nine CEOs in the list include Jensen Huang, Nvidia; Bernard Arnault, LVMH, François-Henri Pinault, Kering; Elmar Degenhart, Continental; Marc Binioff, Salesforce; Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo; Johan Thijs, KBC; Hisashi Ietsugu, Sysmex and Martin Bouygues, Bouygues.

As per the publication, if rankings were measured on financial returns alone, Isla would have come in 29th, compared with 18th a year ago. But the company’s strong performance in terms of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG), which makes up 20 per cent of each CEO’s ranking, helped him take the top spot.

H&M is the world’s leading user of sustainable cotton and manmade cellulosic materials including lyocell. H&M aims to use only recycled or other sustainably sourced materials by 2030. With its yearly and steady increased use of recycled or other sustainably sourced materials, the group not only pushes the demand for widely used materials such as organic cotton, but also influences the scalability of new sustainable materials.

Nike tops the list of recycled polyester users. C&A is the world’s biggest user of organic cotton. Ikea is the biggest user of recycled cotton. Inditex is the second largest user of lyocell and the fourth largest user of preferred manmade cellulosics). Target is the third largest user of recycled polyester and the fifth largest user of preferred down. The North Face is the second largest user of preferred down.

All these companies show a deep commitment to scaling their global value chains of preferred fiber and to benchmarking their progress against the industry. These companies have also made significant investments in developing the supply chain needed to achieve the necessary measures of scale in preferred fiber production. What’s important is the growth of the 100 per cent club, those who have converted completely from conventional fiber.

The outlook for global growth in 2019 has dimmed. The US-China trade war and tightening financial conditions are expected to trigger a downturn. While the US is booming, most of the rest of the world is slowing or even stagnating. Financial conditions are tightening and trade tensions are intensifying.

The top two triggers for the next global downturn are a further escalation of US-Sino trade tensions, and tightening in financial conditions driven by a deep sell-off in global equities or a rapid rise in government bond yields. Even if aggregate costs are modest and skewed towards more open economies, all countries would ultimately be worse off compared to the status quo.

Only a slim majority expect US wage growth to pick up meaningfully before the next recession. The risk of a self-inflicted wound in the US is rising. The dominant downside risk to the global outlook remains America’s attempt to rebalance trade with China through tariff policy. With no let-up in the US-China trade war, growth forecasts point to more pain ahead - not just for developed but also emerging market economies.

The consequences of escalating trade actions are higher prices in China and the US, less purchasing power for consumers in these countries, higher input costs, heightened financial market volatility, and possibly higher interest rates.

Roica yarn has been used by Candiani to develop a new eco-smart denim range called ReLAST. Candiani, based in Italy, is a denim mill. Sustainability and innovation are values deeply woven into each fabric made by Candiani conferring inimitable quality and uniqueness. Roica is a yarn developed by Asahi Kasei.

Roica is a specially produced GRS certified yarn. This is a premium stretch fiber with an innovative range of smart functions to suit every modern wardrobe need. It shapes comfort with quality, performance and fit, adding value to everyday living for sport, intimates, fashion and business wear.

ReLAST is a range of market fresh responsible denim products, designed by Candiani that ticks every smart box: from new ways in coloration, to better, more sustainable raw materials, new finishing and fade-tech that minimises water waste, and now with a key responsible stretch ingredient in Roica. This yarn perfectly completes this range, making it better, more sustainable, sharp fashions for customers looking to live and wear better with better values. All ranges in the ReLAST collection have customized Roica advanced sustainable stretch yarns. Candiani and Asahi Kasei have rewritten the rules for responsible denim stretch manufacture, designing fashion forward denims that are now guaranteed completely 100 per cent sustainable.

As per the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC), exports of garments and footwear products in the country will remain strong for the rest of this year owing to the pre-orders from international buyers. The garment manufacturers will continue to see strong export growth from October till December as the orders for this period were already placed in August and September.As a result, the export volume in the second half of this year will be as strong as the one in the first six months.

However, the possible loss of preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) trade scheme for exports to EU countries could pose a psychological impact on international buyers, which could be seen next year. According to a National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) semi-annual report released in July, garment and footwear exports represented $4 billion in the first half of this year, an increase of 11 per cent compared to the same period last year,

Cambodia’s factories supply to global brands such as Gap Inc, Swedish fashion brand H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, and sportswear brands Nike, Puma and Adidas, and others. The Kingdom’s main markets for garment and footwear products are the US and the EU.

Exhibitors from 25 countries, including Arc‘terix, Maloja, Mountain Hardware, Jack Wolfskin, Ortlieb, Petzl, Scott, Sining Rock, Tatonka and Vaude, as well as the Oberalp Group, with its brands Dynafit, Salewa, Pomoca and Wild Country, have already registered for International trade fair OutDoor by ISPO. The trade fair will be held at the Messe München Exhibition Center in Munich from June 30 to July 3, 2019.

OutDoor by ISPO offers market players the opportunity to present themselves to the world 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With it, the annual leading trade fair for the outdoor industry is supplemented with a far-reaching platform, which is available to the entire outdoor community, from brands and manufacturers right through to retailers and consumers all around the world.

PADDLEexpo will be partner at the trade fair and represent booming water sports. The professional trade show for kayaking, canoeing and stand-up paddling (SUP) in Nuremberg has been an ISPO partner for ten years. It has now installed the Paddlesport Village at the fair, which will be exclusively dedicated to paddlesport products and will be an important meeting place for kayaking, canoeing and SUP experts.

Bangladesh sees great opportunities for exporting apparels to Japan. Bangladesh is the third largest garment exporter to Japan. Knitwear is currently Bangladesh’s number one export item to Japan. Overall, Bangladesh 5.9 per cent share of Japan’s apparel imports. Until August, the growth in Bangladesh’s apparel export to Japan was over 128 per cent – an all-time high.

Japan is one of the most promising emerging apparel markets for Bangladesh. Last fiscal, Bangladesh’s apparel exports to Japan grew 13.7 per cent. The most upbeat prospect is Japan offers a big break to apparel manufacturers with its demand for high-end apparel items.

Bangladesh pins high hopes on Japan as has good market demand and can afford high-quality apparels. Bangladeshi apparel manufacturers are taking part in Fashion World Tokyo, October 22 to 24, in the hope gaining penetration into the country’s high-end garment market. Eight apparel and leather enterprises from Bangladesh are showcasing their modern and new design products at the fair.

After the opening ceremony, a seminar was held highlighting the prospects of Bangladesh’s apparel industry. Participants highlighted Bangladesh’s apparel business prospects and elaborated on the favorable investment climate in the country.

Picanol launched its newest rapier, the GTMax-i 3.0 at ITMA Asia +CITME 2018. The GTMax-i 3.0 builds further on the success of GT-Max and GTMax-i. The combination of a redesigned gripper drive and extra reinforced sley drive as well as the integration of the future oriented BlueBox electronic platform allow for even higher production speeds. Moreover, the look of the machine was reworked completely, with a special focus on ergonomy and user friendliness.

In total 4 machines of this type were displayed at the show. On the Picanol booth, a GTMax-i 3.0 weaved a denim fabric, another one weaved a zebra style curtain fabric. On the Bonas booth a decoration fabric was weaved on a GTMax-i 3.0 with jacquard, whereas on the Tongxiang booth a GTMax-i 3.0 weaved a label.

Product portfolio at ITMA-CITME

Next to the all-new GTMax-i 3.0, four more machines were displayed completing the Picanol weaving machine range on display. The Picanol booth presented two OptiMax-i 190 cm para-aramide and shirting machines and two OMNIplus Summum. The Stäubli booth presented a TERRYplus Summum with jacquard is weaving a high quality terry fabric. In total 9 Picanol machines were displayed, of which six on its own booth (Hall H3, booth F01). One Picanol TERRYplus Summum with jacquard was displayed at the Stäubli booth and one GTMax-i 3.0 on the Bonas booth.

Chinese adventurs

One of the world’s leading weaving machine manufacturers, Picanol has always been closely related to the Chinese textile industry. The growing installed base of Picanol machines in China, as well as the increasing demand for a higher level of service and support resulted in the establishment of the Picanol Service Centre, which was set up in Shanghai in 1987.

Today PST houses a complete production unit with assembly lines, a mechatronics division, and a sales, service and spare parts organisation. The Chinese management, engineers and technicians have been trained in Belgium.

Investments in Belgium

With more than 100 engineers headquartered in Belgium, Picanol invests heavily in R&D activities every year, resulting in the most advanced and performing weaving machines program available in the market. The company’s airjet and rapier technology covers the full spectrum of textiles including apparel, household and technical fabrics. The high degree of digitisation of all these machines, together with its Sumo main drive, ensures a lower weaving cost, higher quality of the fabrics produced, greater flexibility and exceptional ease of operation in comparison with other weaving machines.

The Picanol Service Team offers on-site technical support in every corner of the world. Its local service teams are being trained on a permanent basis in the training centers in Ieper (Belgium) and Suzhou (China). Original Picanol parts ensure a high performance throughout the whole lifetime of the machines. The Picanol Aftermarket Sales Team advises its customers on how to optimise the preventive maintenance of your machines, proposing spare parts packages tailored to your specific needs.

Rieter is further upgrading its end spinning product range by launching new ring spinning machines G 37 and G 38, as well as the new compact-spinning machines K 47 and K 48.

Unrestricted spinning for all applications

The machines G 38 and K 48 are particularly suitable for markets having limited personnel availability and requiring particularly high levels of flexibility and yarn quality. They are equipped with the electronic drafting system drive FLEXIdraft as standard. This reduces downtime when changing to a different yarn count and maximizes production time. The premium version of the individual spindle monitoring ISM is integrated into both models whereby customers can save personnel costs of about 5 percent compared to the G 32 and K 42.

The machine concept for the G 38 and K 48, which features double-sided suction, allows unrestricted spinning for all applications at full machine length. The VARIOspin system for slub yarns allows customers to change between standard and slub yarns simply at the touch of a button.

Unrestricted application range provides high flexibility

The models G 37 and K 47 were developed for markets where there is not a shortage of available personnel and the requirements for flexibility and yarn quality are high. They provide customers with a high level of flexibility thanks to their unrestricted application range at full machine length, also for special yarns.

Machines in the 7 series are also equipped the electronic drafting system drive FLEXIdraft, maximising production time. They are available with the integrated basic version of the individual spindle monitoring ISM as standard, meaning customers can about three percent on personnel costs compared to the G 32 and K 42.

Other advantages

The K –models, K 47 and the K 48 are fitted with a new sieve drum, which now allows customers to spin blends containing polyester and 100 per cent viscose alongside cotton. They require unbeatably low energy requirements for compacting: less than one watt per spindle, just 20 per cent of that of other solutions.

All four new models can be upgraded with the new LENA spindle and the highly efficient 110-kW motor, enabling customers to make further significant energy savings. The “EliTe compact spinning system” for producing high-quality compact yarns is available as an option on the three conventional ring spinning machines G 32, G 37 and G 38.