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Textile machinery’s next decade will be won by software, not steel

Technology
Smarter machines, greener systems and more fragmented supply chains are turning textile-equipment makers from hardware vendors into industrial problem-solvers. The...

Sock manufacturing goes digital as Shima Seiki and Lonati link design to production

Machinery
By connecting virtual design directly to machine programming, Shima Seiki and Lonati are trying to cut sampling waste, shorten...

AI textile sorting could make recycling less manual and more viable

Apparel
Germany’s textile-waste problem is no longer mainly about collection; it is about sorting mixed garments fast enough, accurately enough,...

Uniqlo bets on comfort-led denim for Spring/Summer 2026

Denim
The retailer is treating jeans less as rigid fashion staples and more as everyday uniform: softer fabrics, easier silhouettes...

Bangladesh’s new government faces a simple test: can it keep garments competitive?

Apparel
The BNP’s election win has raised business hopes, but the apparel sector needs policy stability, cheaper energy and faster...

Hong Kong textile leaders explore Egypt as the next manufacturing hub

Business
A delegation of 14 garment and textile industry leaders from Hong Kong has completed a business mission to Egypt,...

Saudi Arabia wants geotextiles to become strategic, not peripheral

Trade
The Alujain–Beaulieu tie-up is less about one factory than about moving geosynthetics and nonwovens deeper into Saudi Arabia’s localisation...

Sewing & Embroidery Industry leaders gather at 2026 ITCPE Guangzhou to co-draw a New Blueprint for the Industry

Business
In recent years, against the backdrop of consumers’ growing demands for apparel quality, personalization and environmental sustainability, the sewing...

ICAC projects slight decline in production, relative stability for consumption

Cotton
Global cotton production is projected to decline by 4% in the 2026/27 season to 24.8 million tonnes, while consumption...

Hormuz shut, India’s garment exporters count the days

Trade
If ships must detour via the Cape of Good Hope, fashion’s tight calendars turn geopolitics into late deliveries and...

An internal market legal basis to drive waste management step-change in the new circular economy act

Nonwovens
The undersigned industry associations express their strong support for the European Union’s ambitions for circularity. To achieve a true...

Rieter – Milestone reached in strategic repositioning

Machinery
Order intake of CHF 703.4 million Sales of CHF 685.1 million Positive operating EBIT of CHF 2.5 million New medium-term targets Rieter successfully completed...

Winding machines: the quiet upgrade that makes mills faster—and yarn safer

Machinery
Behind the talk of “automation” lies a simple logic: better winding reduces defects, labour and downstream stoppages—so mills keep...

Bangladesh gains ground in America’s jeans-and-tees aisle as China retreats

Trade
Bangladesh’s rising share is less a boom than a reallocation: buyers are diversifying away from China and rewarding suppliers...

Supreme Court curbs Trump’s “emergency” tariffs, but fashion’s uncertainty remains

Trade
The Court has knocked out a blunt instrument—yet left plenty of sharper ones on the table. Fashion executives have spent...

Intertextile Shanghai turns “one-stop sourcing” into an industrial strategy

Fabrics
As apparel brands juggle cost, compliance and speed, the fair’s pavilions reveal where power is shifting: toward fibre platforms,...

Over 1,500 exhibitors: Techtextil 2026 grows in key future sectors

Innovation
Techtextil 2026 continues to grow: more than 1,500 exhibitors from 49 countries present their products and innovations in Frankfurt...

Apparel Group bets big on Saudi Arabia with 200 new stores and a retail SuperApp

Apparel
The Gulf retailer is doubling down on Saudi scale—more shops, more brands, and a tighter digital loop—to win share...

Italian textile machinery orders slump in Q4 2025 as domestic demand collapses

Machinery
Italy’s textile-machinery makers are staring at a thin order book: a sharp late-year slide and a 2.9-month backlog leave...

Reju and Goodwill pitch Rochester as America’s first textile-to-textile regeneration hub

Trade
Charity retail is being rewired into industrial feedstock—linking local donation flows to circular polyester production. Rochester, long defined by industrial...
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