Reebok's founder says moving production from Asia is hard when no one wants to sit at a sewing machine

Reebok's founder says moving production from Asia is hard when no one wants to sit at a sewing machine

August 18, 2025

By Aditi Bharade 17th July 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes Joe Foster, cofounder of Reebok, said it is difficult to move apparel manufacturing West. It is hard to find workers willing to spend hours in front of a sewing machine outside Asia, he said. Until manufacturing automation...Read More

Tamil Nadu urges Centre to shield textile sector as US tariffs loom

Tamil Nadu urges Centre to shield textile sector as US tariffs loom

August 18, 2025

Higher reliance on the US market implies that any tariff impact on Tamil Nadu would be disproportionately greater than for most other states. By Express News Service Updated on 16 Aug 2025, 4:29 pm Reading time: 2 minutes CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has called on the Union government to step in...Read More

Lenzing sees sales and profits rise in first half of the year

Lenzing sees sales and profits rise in first half of the year

August 14, 2025

Despite new trade tariffs and numerous other burdens, Lenzing was once again able to increase sales and profits in the first half of the year. The Austrian fibre manufacturer generated sales of 1.34 billion euros in the first half of the year, exceeding levels reached during the same period last...Read More

Vietnam Trade Expansion Fuels $14B Port Project

Vietnam Trade Expansion Fuels $14B Port Project

August 14, 2025

By Glenn Taylor 13th August, 2025 at 2:40 AM GMT+5:30  Reading time: 4 minutes As Vietnam’s role in global trade continues to grow, one of the country’s largest conglomerates is making inroads to expanding the Southeast Asian nation’s ability to serve ocean...Read More

Hubballi's Tricolour Crisis: Khadi Flag Sales Plummet As Code Amendment Brings In Polyester

Hubballi's Tricolour Crisis: Khadi Flag Sales Plummet As Code Amendment Brings In Polyester

August 13, 2025

The cost of a changing code, Hubballi's Khadi artisans face threat of job loss By ETV Bharat English Team Published : August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM IST Reading time: 4 minutes Hubballi: The Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS) in Bengeri, Hubballi, historically grew as the...Read More

Govt reopens textiles PLI scheme portal to invite fresh applications

Govt reopens textiles PLI scheme portal to invite fresh applications

August 13, 2025

The government has reopened the portal for inviting fresh applications under the performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for textiles sector. By PTI 8th August, 2025 / 18:06 IST The government has reopened the portal for inviting fresh applications under the performance-linked incentive...Read More

Public Consultation for the New Global Responsible Textile Standard (GRTS) is Open

Public Consultation for the New Global Responsible Textile Standard (GRTS) is Open

August 12, 2025

By Global Organic Textile Standard vide email to GTS NewsDesk dt. 15th July 2025 We are excited to announce the launch of the public consultation period for our new voluntary sustainability standard: the Global Responsible Textile Standard (GRTS). GRTS aims to extend the same...Read More

Indorama hits 150 billion milestone

Indorama hits 150 billion milestone

August 11, 2025

Group collectively recycles 789 bottles every second. 5th August 2025 By Innovation in Textiles Bangkok, Thailand Indorama Ventures has now recycled more than 150 billion post-consumer PET bottles since 2011. With more than 20 recycling facilities across 11 countries, the Bangkok,...Read More

US proposes new drone rules that could lead to Amazon deliveries

US proposes new drone rules that could lead to Amazon deliveries

August 11, 2025

The US Transportation Department is proposing new rules to speed deployment of drones beyond the visual line of sight of operators, a key change needed to advance commercial uses like package deliveries. By Reuters 6th August, 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes "We are going to unleash...Read More

Lenzing and Suominen report tariffs impact

Lenzing and Suominen report tariffs impact

August 09, 2025

US nonwoven customers stocked up in advance with nonwoven fabric supplies, mainly from China. Innovation in Textiles 7th August 2025 Lenzing, Austria & Helsinki, Finland The negative impact of Donald Trump’s 2025 tariff regime on the nonwovens industry’s supply chain is...Read More

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