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Turkey’s textile and clothing sector is grappling with the fact that around a third of the country’s garment and textile production capacity was clustered around the epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 47,000 people, left millions homeless and destroyed hundreds of thousands of buildings.…

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) textile industry needs ambitious investment and a strong state aid subsidy plan to survive rising energy costs, enabling them to continue operating efficiently in global markets, European textile experts have told WTiN.

“Since last summer, the EU textiles sector has been faced with sky-high gas and energy prices and this puts further pressure on an already strained supply chain,” the European apparel and textile confederation (Euratex) senior policy officer for trade and industry Paolo Sandri noted.…

After weathering a Covid-impacted 2021, Vietnam’s apparel and footwear sectors rebounded in 2022, along with the rest of the economy, and while they are looking forward to medium-term expansion, 2023 could be a rocky ride.
Exports of footwear in the first half of 2022, for example, rose 13% by value compared to the same period in 2021, according to data released by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) the state-run news agency (1).…

Fresh food manufacturers worldwide are developing intelligent packaging that can help them reduce both food and plastic waste, responding to regulatory and consumer pressure to minimise their products’ environmental footprints.

Such bio-innovations may be of particular importance to European Union (EU) food manufacturing companies, given the EU is revising its packaging and packaging waste directive.…

The agreement of the first two International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards may help new tech-based data networks unlock capital and investment flows to smaller businesses and especially in emerging markets, a symposium in Montréal, Canada, has been told.

A panel of development experts speaking at the event on Friday (Feb 17) noted how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning-based data platforms can mesh with digitised smaller businesses, helping entice investors seeking sustainable opportunities.…

China’s Zhongguancun Inspection, Testing and Certification Industry Technology Alliance has released a standard to promote Chinese conformity with European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control regulation in the automotive industry. The standard proposes REACH-compliant restrictions on REACH-regulated automotive chemicals, including paints and coatings.…

A desire to contribute to nation-building and improve standards of universities within Somalia is luring Somali intellectuals to return home to work in academia.

Professor Abdullahi Barise, the founding president of the City University of Mogadishu, said his institutions and others were welcoming this increasing number of foreign-educated Somalia lecturers and professors.…

Paradigm shifting technology involving collaboration between different scientific disciplines looks set to strengthen the impact of medical adhesives on clinical care as unhealthy lifestyles fuel increasingly diverse interventions, according to researchers and industry observers.

With sustainability “a front and centre priority”, said Paul Saunders, senior manager, global marketing, for Avery Dennison, a Los Angeles, USA-based material science company, issues such as bone reconstruction, wound management, haemorrhage prevention and drug dispensing devices are all being enhanced, with adhesives development a key element.…

Traceable pigments are increasingly being used as a favoured trackable method to help textile and garment companies prove that cellulosic fibres utilised in fabric and final products have been made according to high social and environmental sustainability standards. With regulation, non-financial reporting and green consumer demand pushing the industry towards using fabrics that are demonstrably sustainable, cellulosic fibres derived from wood pulp and other woody plants such as bamboo, have become more attractive as inputs.…

India’s textile sector is working with the country’s strong IT industry and professionals to deliver monitoring and labelling systems that comply with forthcoming digital product passport (DPP) requirements being pioneered especially in the European Union (EU). Its executive, the EU, released plans last March (2022), to pass rules that would insist that products, including textile lines, are released with detailed electronic information demonstrating that their materials sourcing and final manufacture are sustainable.…