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EDANA hosts groundbreaking Sustainability Forum 2024, showcasing pathways to a greener future for the nonwovens industry
EDANA, the leading global association for the nonwovens and related industries, concluded its annual Sustainability Forum yesterday at the prestigious KBR Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. This year's forum, themed “Building a Sustainable Future Together,” featured a series of keynote addresses, panel discussions, and collaborative sessions focused on environmental responsibility, corporate social responsibility, and circular economy innovations within the nonwovens sector. With an agenda that bridged policy and practice, the Forum highlighted the latest advancements and strategies aimed at tackling climate change, reducing waste, and enhancing sustainability practices.
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APTEXPO 2024 kicks off with key fashion and supply chain leaders sparking innovation
APTEXPO 2024 officially kicked off today at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, marking the start of a groundbreaking three-day event poised to create new opportunities for change in the textiles and apparel value chain.
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EURATEX and AMITH sign Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen Euro-Mediterranean partnership in the Textiles industry
On 7th November 2024, EURATEX (the European Apparel and Textile Confederation) and AMITH (Association Marocaine des Industries du Textile et de l'Habillement) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 21st edition of Maroc in Mode (MIM 2024) in Casablanca. This MoU aims to foster deeper collaboration and mutual growth within the European and Moroccan textile and clothing (T&C) industries.
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IVGT on tour in Albstadt
For the second edition of the Albstadt ID industry event on 10 October 2024, more than 300 school students from all over Germany and around 200 other interested parties from the industry came to Albstadt to find out about new training and employment opportunities in the textile and clothing industry through numerous presentations. The IVGT was also there! In room 205-141, Iris Schlomski reported on the current status of the ADDTEX Erasmus+ project and explained in particular the content of the ADDTEX Academy and the Hackathon and Bootcamp programmes that have now been successfully implemented.
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Green Label becomes CLIMA!
During a press conference occurred at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024, the world textile machinery exhibition, last October 15 in Shanghai, ACIMIT, the Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers, unveiled CLIMA (Committed to Low Impact Machinery), the new green certification applied to Italian textile machinery. CLIMA will replace Green Label previous certification designed by ACIMIT back in 2011.
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European and Mercosur business associations ask swift conclusion of EU-Mercosur FTA
In a joint call from both sides of the Atlantic, 78 business associations representing a diverse array of industries from the EU and Mercosur ask their governments to expedite the conclusion of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The statement underscores the strategic importance of reinforcing trade links, fostering investments and promoting sustainable development, which this historic agreement is built to deliver.
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Italian Textile Machinery: Order intake down in the third quarter of 2024
In the third quarter of 2024, the order index for Italian textile machinery, as reported by the Economics Department of ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, showed a decline compared to the period July – September 2023 (-19%). In value terms, the index stood at 50.6 points (base 2021=100).
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Pioneering start-ups join ITMF
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has recently welcomed three innovative start-ups as corporate members, each bringing groundbreaking solutions to the circular textile economy. Syre (Sweden), RE&UP Recycling Technologies (Netherlands), and Sci-Lume Labs Inc. (USA) are at the forefront of transforming the textile industry, aiming to accelerate the shift toward a circular and sustainable future. Each company was honored with the ITMF Start-up Award 2024, recognizing their contributions at the ITMF Annual Conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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Italian textile machinery at Expotextil Peru
Expotextil, the most relevant trade fair for the textile and clothing sector scheduled in Peru, will be held in Lima, from November 7 to 10. A delegation of Italian textile machinery manufacturers will also be present at Expotextil. Within the pavilion organized by Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, 14 Italian companies will exhibit, including the following 11 ACIMIT members: Color Service, Danti, Dettin, Ms Printing Solutions, Ferraro, Flainox, Ima, Salvadè, Santoni, Ugolini, Willy.
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Heberlein Technology (Switzerland) joins ITMF as Corporate Member
Founded in 1835, Heberlein Technology is a world leading provider of air interlacing and air texturing jets for synthetic continuous filament yarns. Heberlein’s core competence is the development and production of highly specialised key components for process-optimised treatment and finishing of synthetic yarns – especially filaments.
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The business situation has slightly improved in September but remains dire
The ITMF Global Textile Industry Survey (GTIS) for September indicates an improved business situation, marking the best conditions since September 2022, with progress largely driven by recoveries in South America and Africa. Despite this, other regions showed no significant advancements.
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Smart technologies for green textile production
With 42 exhibiting member companies, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024 is once again marked by a strong presence of VDMA companies. They cover nearly all different machinery chapters with a focus on spinning and man-made fibers, nonwovens, weaving, braiding, knitting & warp knitting, finishing & dyeing as well as technologies for textile recycling and processing of recycled material. In total, the German participation at the fair is the largest from outside China.
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ITMA ASIA + CITME 2024 features a bigger cutting-edge textile technology showcase to advance the textile industry
Asia’s leading business platform for textile machinery, ITMA ASIA + CITME opens in Shanghai with a display of cutting-edge textile and garment technologies. The five-day combined exhibition highlights an interesting array of solutions that will help propel the textile industry in Asia toward advanced and sustainable manufacturing.
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