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New York Denim Days will take place from September 22 to 23. Spearheaded by true denim insiders, the festival connects denim professionals, designers and brands with denim consumers.
Denim lovers from across the spectrum -- fashionistas searching for the perfect pair of jeans, fade junkies looking to compare notes on raw denim, purists on the hunt for handmade indigo items, and designers shopping for Americana inspiration - will find the largest selection of indigo available at one event. Food, live music and art will round out the festival experience.
Plans include events with retail partners throughout the city. The show will have a mix of denim heads, the best brands and retailers and the most forward fashion. It will feature the who’s who of denim trade, from top designers to creatives and executives on the cusp of what's next in the denim industry.
New York Denim Days is organized by Kingpins, the global denim sourcing trade show. Last year, Kingpins brought Denim Days to New York believing the concept would resonate with the New York denim scene. This year the event will be put more spotlight on the jeans industry. Following the event, Denim Days will return to its original home in Amsterdam from October 22 to 28.
Sensil Breeze cooling fabrics will be in focus at Performance Days
Written by FWNILIT, the worldwide leader in Nylon 6.6 for active wear, intimate apparel, hosiery and other apparel will showcase at the upcoming Performance Days trade show to be held from in Munich on April 18-19. The show provides a unique forum where fashion professionals and textile suppliers can discover and share latest product, trend and market innovation ideas for the apparel market.
Nilit’s Vice President of Global Marketing and R&D Pierluigi Berardi will also present a workshop on April 19. Sensil will showcase at the Performance Days Fabric forum selections from premium European fabric producers, and these fabrics will be designed with Sensil Breeze, to provide athletes with a refreshing cooling effect when body heat and temperatures rise. Cooling fabric technology is just one topic that Pierluigi Berardi will discuss in the Performance Fabrics for People and Planet workshop.
Sensil is the premium Nylon 6.6 from Nilit for apparel that is used in intimate apparel, legwear, activewear, athletic wear, outdoor apparel, denim, and other products. Nilit is a producer and marketer of high quality Nylon 6.6 fibres for apparel and other products. The company was founded over 40 years ago in Israel and has grown to be one of the largest Nylon 6.6 producer, with manufacturing and marketing operations in key regions including Europe, North America, Latin America, China, Asia Pacific, and Turkey.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its annual Prospective Plantings Report, issued on March 29, estimated the planted area for all US cotton in 2018 is at 13.5 million acres, a 7 per cent increase over 2017.
Upland cotton area is estimated at 13.2 million acres, up 7 per cent from last year. American Pima/ELS cotton area is estimated to grow by 4 per cent to 262,000 acres. Acreage increases are projected in 15 of the 17 cotton producing states in the U.S. Only Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia showed slight decreases. The largest state acreage estimates came from Texas (7.3 million acres) and Georgia (1.45 million acres). American Pima area is estimated at 262,000 acres, up 4 per cent from 2017.
Italian textile machinery manufacturers will be present at Indo Intertex, Indonesia from April 4 to 7. The textile industry is a major driving force for Indonesia’s national economy. In recent years, the country has supported a widespread modernisation program of existing technology, allowing for increased exports in the garment industry, and making Indonesia the eighth largest exporter in this sector worldwide.
Over the course of the past few years, Indonesia has represented one of the primary markets in Asia for Italy’s machinery manufacturers. There was a 19 per cent increase in Italian machinery sold over the first nine months of 2017 compared to the same period for 2016.
Italy’s participation at Indo Intertex is part of an intensive program of trade initiatives aimed at promoting the Italian textile machinery industry in Indonesia. A total of 13 Italian textile machinery manufacturers will be present at Indo Intertex. Among the companies are Bonino, Busi, Caipo, Cognetex, Red Carpet, Santex Rimar, Sei Laser, Sicam, Ugolini.
Indo Intertex is a trade fair for the textile and clothing industry where machines for processing of textiles and related equipment including materials and raw materials will be exhibited. The latest materials, fabrics and garment accessories are introduced to Indonesian producers.
The US cotton market is facing a surge in demand. Typical demand factors include a change in consumers’ tastes and preferences (a switch from the acid-based crude oil polyester as well as the desire for a pollution-free fiber). The price competition between polyester and cotton has shifted towards cotton. This was led by China cracking down on polyester manufacturing facilities because of water and air pollution. Additionally, consumers are again expressing a desire to return to the comfort offered by cotton.
The past week established a near lifetime record of weekly sales and shipments. More such weeks will be forthcoming. The Australian and Brazilian crops are essentially sold out, and Indian export sales are delayed and limited. Thus, the demand for US cotton – already one of the cheaper growths in the world – will do nothing but boom.
A counter-cyclical tariff on cotton by Turkey could disrupt some established trade flows, but the critical shortage of US quality cotton this year and the next would mean that the solid Turkish market honed out by US merchants and cooperatives would shift to other export locations and US export volume would not be hurt. Simply, Turkey would end up paying more for cotton than it currently does.
Archroma appoints Marcos Furrer President brand and performance textile
Written by FWArchroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, has appointed Marcos Furrer, of President, Brand & Performance Textile Specialties, and Innovation, based at Archroma's headquarters in Reinach, Switzerland.
Marcos Furrer will takeover from Thomas Winkler who will retire at the end of March 2018 after more than 30 years in the textile industry, among which 12 years at the helm of the business. Alexander Wessels, CEO of Archroma says, Furrer was an obvious choice and is the right combination of strong textile expertise and leadership skills needed to drive the business in line with Archroma’s ambitious growth strategy.
Furrer has earned a strong reputation as a well-rounded business manager with excellent leadership skills and a taste for delivering on targets. He started his career with Clariant in Switzerland as Product Manager Sulphur Dyes, Textile Business, in 1997, his latest role as Head of Regional Business Line Europe, BU Pigments, Strategic Plastics, brought him back to Switzerland in January 2015, with the mission to implement the new BU Pigments regional structure in Europe.
Cairo Fashion and Tex is on from March 8 to 10, 2018. Around 23 of Indian textile companies are showcasing a wide range of Indian yarn and fabric products. Six of them are repeat companies. The products on display include a cross section of Indian yarn and fabric products, including denim.
Indian companies are using this exhibition as a platform to meet textile entrepreneurs and understand the recent development in the Egyptian textile sector. Entrepreneurs will benefit from first-hand knowledge of the evolving market conditions and domestic textile industry enabling them to identify areas of mutual cooperation.
Textile products have played an important role in the growth of Indo-Egyptian bilateral trade. Egypt is a significant market in North Africa for Indian exports. India is the world’s second largest producer of synthetic fiber and yarn, cotton, cellulosic fiber and silk. India exported textile and clothing products worth around 342 million dollars to Egypt in 2017. Cotton yarn was the dominant product in the export basket, followed by manmade yarn fabrics and cotton fabrics.
Indian cotton yarn is increasingly being recognised in Egypt but there are also opportunities for some other fabrics Indian producers offer. The Indian textile industry is modern, vibrant and many manufacturers have set up state of the art processing houses to roll out large volumes of high quality products.
Zimbabwe is expecting a sharp increase in cotton production. Cottco, the country’s sole authorised cotton buyer, has set aside 44 million dollars to buy the crop. Cottco has set up 433 buying points across the country where farmers can sell their produce.
The expected increase in production can be attributed to the steps taken to revive the industry. To boost cotton production, free inputs were provided to growers during the 2016-17 cropping season.
During the current buying season, Cottco would initially pay 40 cents per kg, and after grading the crop it will pay additional grade-related price adjustment of 15 cents for Grade A, ten cents for Grade B and five cents for Grade D.
So cotton growers can expect to receive a price between 40 cents per kg to 55 cents per kg depending on the quality of their cotton.
Production of cotton had significantly declined in recent years owing to the high cost of production and unending fights over pricing between farmers and merchants.
During the 2016-17 cropping season, the government provided growers with free cotton inputs worth 36 million dollars to boost production of the crop.
Zimbabwe’s textile and clothing sub-sector consists of three components: production and ginning of cotton, transformation of lint into yarn and fabric, and the conversion of fabric and yarn into garments.
Archroma heads outdoor with nature-focused ways to enhance gear
Written by FWArchroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, is keeping nature top-of-mind for its OutDoor 2017 ( an event organized by Messe Friedrichshafen, Germany) debut with a showcase of advanced innovations and solutions to enhance outdoor, urban and active wear. Under the motto: “Enhancing your gear, it’s our nature”, Archroma invites show visitors to discover how to Create exciting color effects, Make gear more resistant to extreme weather, to bring softness and comfort to your gear and lastly to take a sustainability step up. In keeping with the event’s progressive feel, easy-to-use Outdoor Solution Navigators will be available on touchscreens at the booth, side-by-side with experts and samples, to encourage visitors to explore their ideas and uncover new ways to enhance their gear sustainably. Visitors at the booth will also be able to discover the new fabric collection created by Flocus and colored with Archroma’s Earthcolors. Flocus is a company producing yarns, fillings and fabrics made from kapok fibers, for which they received the 2016 OutDoor Industry award in the Sustainable Innovation category.
There will be a 11 hours OutDoor conferences program with the presentation that will be held on 19th June that will present EarthColors technology – Garments from nature to the store”, Conference Center East, Room Paris. The presentation will be delivered by NuriaEstape, Head of Marketing & Promotion for Archroma’s Brand & Performance Textile Specialties business. Headquartered in Reinach,Archroma is a global color and specialty chemicals company. It operates in 35 countries and with 24 production sites. Archroma helps the outdoor, urban and active wear sectors bring ideas to life and develop collections with a soul. Its three businesses – Brand & Performance Textile Specialties, Packaging and Paper Specialties, and Coatings,deliver specialized performance and color solutions to meet customers’ needs.
EDANA, the global association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has announced its new board of governors for 2017 - 2018.
Returning chairman Martin Rapp (vice-president and general manager at Glatfelter) will again provide leadership, supported by re-elected vice-chairs Mikael Staal Axelsen (Fibertex) and Pieter Meijer (McAirlaid’s).
Paul Eevers’ (Unilever) position as treasurer was also renewed for another one year term.
The newly elected board will begin its term on July 1, 2017.
In addition to his long-standing support of the association as a board member, Martin Rapp is the chair of the Communications Steering Group, and has ensured widespread member backing for a broad range of EDANA initiatives throughout his tenure.
His ongoing focus will be to ensure that the group’s activities meet the strategic interests of stakeholder engagement, global outreach, and sector expansion.
This year’s review of strategy and objectives featured update presentations from key EDANA working groups and committees.
EDANA provides a comprehensive range of services and supplies its members with the information and data necessary for them to enhance the industry goals and performance.
Formed in 1971, and unifying the diversified interests of over 220 member companies in a unique vertically integrated structure along the supply chain, EDANA is the single, powerful voice of nonwovens, representing, protecting and actively promoting the common interests of nonwovens and related industries throughout the world, with a particular focus on Europe, Middle East and Africa.
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Genetic engineering, innovations in tillage, and changes in farm size and efficiency have combined to reduce cotton’s impact on the environment over the past 35 years.
Cotton farming has evolved from horses to robots and drones. Great improvements have been made in reduced soil loss, water use, and pesticide use.
Measuring evapo transpiration offers real-time information to help schedule irrigation.
Plus these environmental improvements have not been at the expense of production. From the ‘60s until now, cotton farmers have almost doubled the amount of cotton they grow with no more acreage.
Commercial cotton breeding has created new varieties that produce more lint. Integrated pest management programs allow producers to be more precise in targeting insect pests. And those pesticides are more selective, targeting specific insects, diseases or weeds. Now, selective pesticides preserve beneficial insects like lady bugs.
Reduced tillage systems are helping conserve moisture, increase organic matter in the soil and limit water and wind erosion.
Biotechnology now protects plants from insect damage. Herbicide tolerant varieties also allow a more efficient weed management system. Cotton farmers also reduce energy consumption because of biotech.
Genetic engineering has improved varieties in other ways. Cotton is already known for drought tolerance. It requires significantly less water than corn, wheat or rice.
For the end consumersif the central government implements 12 per cent GST on fabrics made of MMF and 18 per cent on branded textiles, the cheapest sari sold at Rs 200 will become costlier by Rs 95. About 40 percent of the production of saris and dress material is done targeting mainly the poor and lower middle class consumers and major part of the production of saris and dress material is supplied throughout the country.
If the central government implements 12 percent GST on fabrics made of MMF and 18 percent on branded textiles, the cheapest sari sold at Rs 200 will become costlier by Rs 95 for the end consumers.
At present, the MMF centre in the city manufactures around four crore metres of fabric per day on more than 6.5 lakh powerlooms. There are around 165 textile markets housing over 65,000 wholesale textile shops, having daily turnover exceeding Rs 120 crore.
Industry experts says that an average of one kilogram of yarn can manufacture three saris of 5.50 metres each, which are sold not less than 200 per sari. The higher range of saris cost more than Rs 1,000 and beyond, which generally has value addition in the form of embroidery, etc.
At present, the cenvat, excise duty at 12.50 percent and 5 percent and VAT put together on one kilogram of yarn comes to around Rs 16.31 and tax forgone on dyes and chemicals comes to around Rs 7.42. However, the total tax on fabric and yarn comes at Rs 23.73 per kg.
The government shall get maximum revenue in the new GST regime than the present level of revenue incase if the government fixes uniform GST of 5 percent on the entire textile value chain then the GST revenue on one kilogram of fabric and saris would be Rs 30. Thus,.
The wholesale sari valued at Rs 200 will attract GST of Rs 95 and it will be passed to the end consumer, making the cheapest sari costlier only if the GST slab of 12 percent on fabrics and 18 percent on branded textile is fixed.
Turkish investment in Serbia is expected to grow in the short term as the country offers the best conditions for foreign direct investments (FDI) in the Western Balkans. The Balkan country is offering financial incentives, such as government subsidies, as well as a prime strategic position as a link between southern and central Europe and the emerging markets of Eastern Europe, says Aleksandar Medjedovic the chairman of Turkey.
Currently, 12 or 13 Turkish companies operate factories in Serbia and their number is expected to double by the end of the year, as Turkish knitted fabric and knitwear manufacturers are being urged to set up manufacturing plants in Serbia.
Nis and the surrounding region has attracted a growing level of investment from foreign textile firms in recent years with manufacturers attracted by financial incentives, such as government subsidies, as well as its strategic position as a link between southern and central Europe and the emerging markets of Eastern Europe.
Turkish investors began looking at the Serbian market five years ago, when some companies opened factories in southern Serbia, mainly in the textile sector, and interest has been constantly growing, Medjedovic stated during the Vienna Economic Talks forum in Belgrade.
Most recently, Aster Textile, one of the largest and fast growing knitted jersey and woven womenswear, menswear and childrenswear producers in Turkey, invested €7.2 million on a new plant in the southern Serbian city of Nis. Of the total €7.2 million investment, €2 million was funded by State Aid. The site employs 250 people although this number is expected to rise to more than 2,000 over the next three years.
Aster stated that that within three yearsit would be producing garments worth around €60 million of women’s and menswear per year for some of the world's leading brands.
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is looking to provide same and next day deliveries to more than 600 million mainland Chinese consumers, with the opening of its own flagship online store on JD.com on Thursday.
That launch comes nearly a year after Walmart and JD.com, China’s biggest online retail service provider by revenue, formed a strategic alliance and more than a month since Walmart’s British supermarket chain Asda opened a store on the same platform.
Ben Hassing, the senior vice-president of e-commerce at Walmart China, stated thatWalmart is committed to providing the most trusted retail experience to consumers in China.
It assured mainland customers they would be buying only authentic, quality goods with categories including food, consumables, general merchandise, toys and apparel since all items are sourced through the same supply chain system that Walmart China’s network of stores use.
Walmart have made a US$50 million investment last October in New Dada, the joint venture between JD.com and delivery specialist Dada that operates the mainland’s largest on-demand logistics and online-to-offline grocery platform.
By the end of March, New Dada had partnered with 80 Walmart stores and 165 Yonghui Superstores to provide consumers with one-hour home delivery of groceries ordered through the JD Daojia Dada app. JD.com invested 4.3 billion yuan (US$624 million) to acquire a 10 per cent stake in Fuzhou-based Yonghui in 2015.
JD.com had 236.5 million active customer accounts at the end March. Orders placed through mobile accounted for 81 per cent of the total orders fulfilled by the company in the first quarter.
The deeper alliance between Walmart and JD.com could help bolster e-commerce spending on the mainland, already the world’s largest online retail market.
JD.com posted total revenue of US$28 billion last year, compared with rival Alibaba Group’s turnover. On the other hand according to Forrester research Mainland China is forecast to become the first market to reach US$1 trillion in total online retail sales by 2020, driven by a rise in mobile e-commerce transactions.
