Gap Inc., a world-renowned clothing, fashion and retail brand, released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, marking the company’s twentieth year of sustainability reporting and nearly three decades of sustainability programming. The report reflects the company’s progress in the full year 2023 toward building a more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive business as a house of iconic brands, including Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta. Introducing the report, Gap Inc. CEO Richard Dickson noted, “When Don and Doris...

Asteks, the leading manufacturer of advanced grinding and automation solutions, will share its innovative products with the local and global textile industry at the international textile exhibition ITM 2024 to be held in TÜYAP on June, 4-8. Asteks, at the booth 705B in Hall 7, will display both its rich product portfolio and its strength to access the global market and to textile professionals...

Oerlikon’s Polymer Processing Solutions division and its joint venture partner BB Engineering will once again be taking part at ITM 2024, Türkiye’s most important textile machinery exhibition, on June 4-8. The machine and system manufacturer Oerlikon will be presenting visitors with complete solutions from melt to yarn, fibers and nonwovens. The experts from both companies will be providing information about their sustainable machines and...

Brückner, the manufacturer of coating and finishing textile machinery, will be ready to present its latest innovative solutions at Techtextil 2024 to be organised on April 23-26 in Frankfurt. At Booth B45 in Hall 12.0, the company will be waiting for its visitors to tell its technologies’ advantages, especially in terms of energy efficiency via visual tools such as videos and 3D animations. Brückner’s innovative heating systems provide more energy efficiency Brückner Advertising & Marketing Department Head Verena Ruckh explained that...

BRÜCKNER, worldwide known for decades for its high-quality lines for textile finishing, also offers a wide range of lines for the carpet industry. For more than 70 years customers around the globe have been working with BRÜCKNER lines for coating, drying and finishing a wide variety of floor coverings. In recent years, a wide range of lines have been supplied for finishing tufted and woven carpets, as well as thermofusion ovens for needle felt and back coating lines for...

ITM 2024 International Textile Machinery Exhibition and HIGHTEX 2024 International Technical Textiles and Nonwoven Exhibition were included in the 2024 ‘Buyer Delegation Support List’ announced by the Ministry of Commerce of the Republic of Türkiye. In light of this, ITM and HIGHTEX 2024 will host purchasing delegations from several countries, such as Bangladesh, Algeria, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Morocco, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Egypt, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Peru,...

Techtextil, the trade fair for technical textiles, and Texprocess, the trade fair for textile and flexible materials processing, to be held on April 23-26, 2024 will provide a comprehensive platform for industry stakeholders to explore the transformative potential of digitalization in driving growth, innovation, and sustainability within the textile and apparel industry. At these leading international trade fairs, supporting companies on their journey into...

Itema, one of the leading global providers of advanced weaving solutions including weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, is preparing to welcome its visitors at ITM 2024 at the Istanbul TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center on June 4-8. In Hall 8, Booth 806, the company will exhibit its latest weaving innovations and the full set of digital functionalities and smart solutions offered by the HelloItema Customer Portal. Itema...

Itema, one of the leading global providers of advanced weaving solutions, including weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, will exhibit the most complete product portfolio to weave technical fabrics at Techtextil 2024 in Frankfurt on April, 23-26. The exhibition will represent an unmissable opportunity to discover all the Itematech weaving solutions and to discuss with the experts any weaving need. At Booth D24 in Hall 12, the Itematech...

Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics, one of the world’s leading producers of specialty polymer-coated and calendared materials, introduced Dartex® Microclimate EcoPlus, a polyurethane coated fabric for the medical device and mattress cover industries. This innovative fabric combines exceptional chemical resistance with unparalleled breathability, setting a new benchmark for performance, comfort, and sustainability.   Polyurethane fabrics have long been recognized for their superior qualities, making them an ideal choice for a wide range...

Lenzing Group, one of the world’s leading wood-based specialty fiber manufacturers, introduced LENZING ECOVERO with REFIBRA technology at the exhibition, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics. The application of REFIBRA™ technology, proven in TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers, to LENZING™ ECOVERO™ product will help increase the total post-consumer content of the company’s products. At the same time, thanks to this development and scaled-up production, REFIBRA™ technology is now available to customers worldwide. LENZING...

The global technical textiles market size grew from 201.71 billion dollars in 2022 to 213 billion dollars in 2023 at an annual growth rate of 5.6% according to The Business Research Company’s ‘Technical Textiles Global Market Report 2023’. The Russia-Ukraine war disrupted the chances of global economic recovery from...

DuPont Personal Protection announced the launch of a new portfolio of patented DuPont™ Kevlar® engineered yarns, which combine cut and heat-resistant soft-spun Kevlar® materials, high-strength inorganic yarns, and elastic stretch-core yarns. Hand injuries continue to present a significant risk to workers across industries. Selecting the appropriate protection for the...

Carrington Textiles, the global workwear fabric manufacturer, will introduce new sustainable technology for textiles at Techtextil 2022, to be held in Frankfurt on June 21-24. Carrington Textiles, being the first textile manufacturer to use biodegradable technology to produce workwear fabrics, has announced their focus on the promotion of Orca...

EDANA, the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries today released its statistics on Nonwovens Production and Deliveries for 2021. Nonwoven production in Greater Europe, which includes Western and Eastern European countries, Türkiye, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, increased by 2.0% in volume and reached 3 million 120 thousand...

Technical Textiles Research and Application Center (TEKSMER), which has been working in technical textiles since 2014, has developed functional, sustainable and recyclable fibres in this process and introduced them at the launch themed  “Discover the Power of Technical Textiles. Add Value to Textile”. The outputs of numerous R&D projects...

Groz-Beckert will be exhibiting its Felting and Carding product areas at IDEA 2022 in Miami, USA on March 28-31. Groz-Beckert experts will be presenting the latest products and solutions for the production of nonwovens to its visitors at booth 1420 in the Miami Beach Convention Center. IDEA takes place...

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For the Italian textile machinery sector, the year 2024 started without any significant differences in the global and domestic markets. The first quarter has seen the orders index, as reported by the Economics Department of ACIMIT – the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers – remain stationary compared to the same period the previous year. Based on 2021, the index was calculated as 61.2 points in absolute terms (basis: 2021=100). This result is due to entirely different trends between the domestic and foreign markets. On the home front, orders were...