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Authentic Brands to acquire Lee in deal worth up to $1 Billion

Business
The transaction moves Lee from Kontoor’s operating portfolio into Authentic’s licensing-led brand platform, while Kontoor sharpens its focus on...

Pakistan textile exports edge up 1.29% despite wider export slump

Trade
The sector remains Pakistan’s main export engine, but growth is narrow, with garments and cotton yarn offsetting weakness in...

Türkiye targets higher-value home textile exports as HOMETEX opens in Istanbul

Trade
The country’s home textile strength now rests on scale, design capability and export reach, with HOMETEX serving as a...

Lindex and BASF bring textile-to-textile recycled polyamide into lingerie

Fibres
The partnership moves recycled polyamide 6 from concept and outerwear trials toward one of fashion’s most technically demanding product...

India’s apparel exports fall 11.66% as textiles cushion April trade slump

Trade
April’s data shows a split export picture: garments weakened sharply, while carpets, handicrafts and man-made textiles helped limit the...

Bangladesh targets $7bn jute industry through diversification and modernisation

Fibres
The government’s ambition is to move jute beyond its traditional export base by linking better seeds, research, private management...

Mimaki pitches application-led digital printing growth at FESPA 2026

Printing / Digital Printing
The company’s Barcelona showcase shifts the focus from machines alone to complete workflows for diversification, UV production and scalable...

Smart textile climate-control workwear to debut at Germany’s 2026 SME Innovation Day

Events
The StAirS system turns everyday movement into pneumatic airflow, offering a novel approach to thermal management in protective workwear. Protective...

EU moves against Chinese PET spunbond as EDANA backs provisional anti-dumping duties

Nonwovens
The European Commission’s sharp provisional tariffs on Chinese PET spunbond signal a tougher industrial trade posture as Europe seeks...

Teijin Frontier and Asahi Kasei Advance announce new company name ahead of planned business integration

Fibres
Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., a Teijin Group company, and Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation, part of the Asahi Kasei Group,...

Pakistan textile mills face 7.2m-bale cotton import gap in 2026-27

Trade
Weak domestic cotton output is turning raw-material security into a central cost and competitiveness issue for Pakistan’s textile value...

Terrot to showcase high-system circular knitting technology at ITM Istanbul 2026

Machinery
The company’s ITM display will focus on higher-output double-knit production, functional fabric engineering and faster response to performancewear demand. Terrot...

Standard Textile named US best managed company for sixth consecutive year

Business
The recognition reinforces Standard Textile’s position as a durable private-sector leader in institutional textiles, where execution, governance and innovation...

Challenge Fashion eyes $500m Pakistan export hub as Chinese apparel investment expands

Apparel
The project could become a test case for whether Pakistan can convert Chinese industrial relocation into large-scale apparel exports...

Pakistan’s value-added textile exports rise to $11.3bn as garments cushion sector pressure

Apparel
Pakistan’s export resilience is coming less from raw cotton, yarn and fabric, and more from garments and made-up textile...

Rieter and Barmag to showcase automated spinning technologies at ITM 2026

Machinery
The Istanbul exhibition will position Rieter’s Vision 2027 around automation, AI, compact spinning, recycled fibres and man-made fibre systems. Rieter...

ANDRITZ to focus on sustainable nonwovens, hygiene recycling and digital plants at INDEX26

Machinery
The Geneva showcase will position nonwovens technology around circular hygiene, sustainable wipes, lyocell processing, high-speed web formation and lifecycle...

Santoni China Group to present integrated circular knitting ecosystem at ITM 2026

Knitting
The Istanbul showcase will position circular knitting not as standalone machinery, but as a connected system of machines, components...

Waterproof socks market to reach $50.8 million as outdoor performance apparel gains ground

Apparel
Growth is being driven less by fashion novelty and more by functional demand from hikers, cyclists, anglers and winter-sport...

Global textile market growth shifts toward e-commerce, smart materials and sustainability

Business
The sector’s expansion is being shaped by fashion consumption, online retail, technical textiles and pressure to move toward lower-impact...
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