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Insight19 Sept 2024

Chinese textile companies face tough challenges

Chinese textile companies keep expanding their global footprints, but simultaneously they face tough logistics challenges and trade barriers. Jens Kastner reports.

FibresYarnsSupply Chain

ScalingIntelligence22 Jul 2024

5G revolutionises textile factories

WTiN investigates the implementation of 5G connectivity within textile factory environments. Jen Kastner reports.

FabricsApparelIndustry 4.0

Insight5 Jun 2024

Progress towards temperature-regulated leather

Taiwanese-led innovations in materials research, including nonwovens, could pave the way for a new class of alternative leather materials that help regulate their own temperature and prevent overheating.

FibresYarnsResearch & Development

Intelligence16 May 2024

Smart textile standards and regulations in Asia

WTiN explores the changing status of standards and regulations that impact the smart textile markets in Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and China.

Smart TextilesCompanies & Finance

Insight25 Apr 2024

Steady growth in Germany’s digital textile sector

Jens Kastner assesses the strength of Germany’s digital textile printing industry ahead of the upcoming Drupa 2024 exhibition in Dusseldorf.

Digital PrintingDesign & Trends

Insight23 Apr 2024

Cautious optimism in bid for sustainable cashmere

With 9,300 tonnes of raw cashmere produced annually, Mongolia accounts for 40% of the world’s raw cashmere output.

NaturalManufacturing Technology

Insight22 Mar 2024

Red Sea crisis: costs rise for chemical firms

Attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea by the Houthi Islamic militant group from Yemen are creating significant concerns for the European chemical industry, including makers of dyes and textile finishing chemicals in Germany.

DyeingFinishingMarkets & Prices

Insight7 Mar 2024

Vietnam knitwear threatened by malpractice

Will human rights issues dent Vietnam’s attractiveness as a knitwear sourcing location? Jens Kastner reports.

KnittingSupply Chain

Commercially readyInsight22 Sept 2023

Inkjet technology evolving in China

Chinese textile companies are bringing digital textile printing into the realms of denim and yarn to replace unsustainable dyeing processes, industry observers have told WTiN.

DyeingFinishingTrade

Intelligence20 Jul 2023

Protective apparel’s pursuit of circularity

Workwear presents challenges for current textile-to-textile recycling, comprising various materials and chemicals to meet stringent safety standards. WTiN explores circularity in protective apparel and the factors catalysing change.

SyntheticsRecycledSustainability

Insight11 Jul 2023

China’s grand plan for textile sourcing in Asia

President Xi Jinping’s ambitious plan to elevate textile and related input sourcing in Central Asia is reportedly set to have positive effects on upstream textile inputs. Jens Kastner reports.

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Intelligence10 Jul 2023

China’s sportswear market: Trends and pitfalls

For China’s sportswear-makers, it’s domestic boom and export doldrums. WTiN explores the momentum of domestic and international brands operating in the region, including the challenges and prospects facing both sides.

CoatingApparelResearch & Development

Intelligence15 May 2023

Pros and cons of blockchain in the textile industry

Can blockchain technologies help the textile industry resolve past transparency weaknesses in the supply chain and inefficient inventory management through fundamental changes to existing processes? Jens Kastner reports.

ApparelFabricsManufacturing Technology

Insight2 Feb 2023

Digital inkjet advances in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has long appreciated the need to improve efficiency and sustainability in its finishing.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology

Intelligence1 Feb 2023

Pros of automation in textile & apparel production

A key question in global manufacturing industries is, ‘To what extent robotics could replace the human hand?’

FabricsApparelManufacturing Technology

Intelligence22 Nov 2022

New, effective textile gripping systems

WTiN investigates the state of textile gripping systems for automated manufacturing methods.

FabricsIndustry 4.0

Insight11 Jul 2022

China’s finishing sector making synthetic dyeing sustainable

klee klee’s manufacturing partners use a dye developed by an Italian company called Candiani Denim, who have a collection of technologies that combined cut down the use of chemicals, water and energy.

SyntheticsDyeingManufacturing Technology

Insight15 Jun 2022

Textile supply chains suffer from China Covid lockdowns

China’s textile industry has been under intense pressure during the first half of this year (2022) to deal with the country’s continuing struggle to contain Covid-19.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Insight18 May 2022

Improving possibilities with natural dyes

Finishers are innovating to overcome the past weaknesses of natural and organic dyes.

EffectsResearch & Development

Insight19 Apr 2022

Energy crisis brings textile sector to the brink

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy supplies and raised concerns about the future availability of oil and gas, inflating these commodity prices.

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Insight22 Mar 2022

German innovations bolster digital print sector

Germany has a considerable eco-system of enterprises that finish garments and home textiles with screen printing.

Digital PrintingEvents

Intelligence11 Mar 2022

Academic directives propel protective coatings

Following WTiN’s examination of performance coatings, we dive into novel approaches and insider insights driving development and innovation across the diverse protective coatings space.

CoatingKnittingManufacturing Technology

Intelligence10 Mar 2022

What’s new in performance textile coatings?

WTiN examines some of the latest developments across key textile coating effects, including odour and moisture management, before looking at more novel applications in smart textiles and 3D printing.

CoatingTechnical TextilesManufacturing Technology

Insight18 Feb 2022

China asserts its authority on the digital textile printing market

Chinese finishers are increasingly recognising the ability of digital textile printing to offer outsourcing manufacturing hubs, increased flexibility and production quality.

Digital PrintingManufacturing Technology