French start-up Syntetica has closed a $30 million Series A funding round backed by Lululemon and MAS Holdings to commercialize its patented nylon recycling technology. The company's process simultane...
Bangladesh’s labour authorities have suspended three garment factories in Chattogram after structural assessments identified critical building risks. The affected facilities — HB Fashions, HKTG Garmen...
The EU has launched ALADIN, a €5 million Horizon Europe-funded project coordinated by DITF to advance circular textile production across six European nations. Bringing together ten partners from Germa...
Norway is proposing new textile waste regulations that would require manufacturers, importers, and retailers to fund the collection and processing of discarded apparel, footwear, and home textiles. Th...
Egypt's government has approved a new textile factory in Sadat City, Monufia Governorate, covering 31,535 square metres of industrial land. The export-oriented facility will direct 100% of its output...
The European Commission has reaffirmed the EU Ecolabel's growing role in aligning textile and apparel supply chains with Europe's circular economy goals. The certification applies a life-cycle approac...
Sri Lanka's apparel exports rose 7.96% year-on-year in May 2026 to $394.14 million, led by a 15.36% surge in US-bound shipments to $149.96 million. The recovery comes as Sri Lanka faces a critical US...
India's cotton carry-forward stocks for the 2026-27 season are projected to rise by 42% to more than 85 lakh bales, driven by a government decision to exempt cotton imports from duty. Investment advis...
Cameroon's CAPEF has opened formal discussions with Tunisia's CETTEX to develop the country's textile industry and accelerate domestic cotton processing capabilities. The talks aim to build an integra...
Gujarat's Industrial Policy 2026 designates textiles, technical textiles, footwear, and textile waste recycling as key thrust sectors under a comprehensive incentive framework. The policy aims to attr...
Bangladesh's new national budget pivots toward holistic development, setting a 6.5% growth target while broadening focus to education, healthcare, and social protection. The Bangladesh apparel sector...
US cotton export sales softened in the week ended 11 June 2026, with Upland net sales falling 15% week on week to 177,100 running bales and Pima sales dropping 28% to 5,500 running bales. Shipment vol...
Bangladesh Bank has launched a Taka 1,000 crore revolving refinance fund to support investment in green industries and environmentally sustainable factory buildings. The fund will provide low-cost fin...
The Textilegence May-June 2026 issue is now available, featuring ITM Istanbul 2026 coverage and the future of textile machinery technologies as its main editorial focus. Industry leaders from Saurer G...
Taiwan's Control Yuan has identified critical failures in the labour inspection regime following a probe into migrant worker conditions at textile mills. The investigation exposes systemic gaps that l...
The textile recycling industry is sounding the alarm over a surge of converging regulations being drafted without sufficient sector input. At the BIR Textiles Division session on 2 June in Gothenburg,...
A prominent US legislator has formally appealed to the USDA to expand support for natural fiber production, aiming to strengthen domestic textile manufacturing and promote environmentally responsible...
Canada's forced labour landscape is shifting sharply with Bill C-35 and the dissolution of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE). These developments mark the end of voluntary, bo...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh to present proposals for strengthening the state's textile industry. The CM requested a NIFT campus in Amara...
The Karnataka government has formally decided to expedite development of the proposed PM MITRA textile park in Kalaburagi following a top-level progress review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Shali...
Africa's Cotton, Textiles and Apparel (CTA) initiative is positioning the continent as a compliant, resilient sourcing hub for global textile brands. With certifications like Cotton made in Africa (Cm...
New climate science using Copernicus satellite data reveals that dry soils, heat, and disease are weakening cotton farming's carbon sink capacity. Research shows that soil moisture deficits reduce CO2...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India's first functional PM MITRA Park at Warangal, Telangana, developed at a cost of Rs 1,695.54 crore. The facility operationalises the government's 5F v...
Pakistan's Ministry of Textiles has issued a formal notification revising the Prime Minister's export incentive package under the Rules of Business, 1973. The policy update aims to strengthen the comp...
Ethiopia is preparing to inaugurate the Adama and Dire Dawa industrial parks at the end of this month. Both facilities, whose construction began in 2016, are designated for textile, apparel, and agro...
UK clothing and footwear prices fell 0.8% in the 12 months to March 2026, reversing a 0.9% annual increase recorded through February, according to new ONS data. The deflationary trend in apparel contr...
Starting 19 July 2026, the EU will ban large companies from destroying unsold clothes, footwear, and accessories under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The policy forces retai...
Syre has expanded its partnership with Target to scale the use of textile-to-textile recycled polyester across apparel and home product categories. The initiative targets 70,000 metric tons of recycle...
The Texas Attorney General's Office has launched a PFAS investigation into Lululemon, issuing a civil investigative demand to determine whether its athletic apparel contains forever chemicals and whet...
The ITMF's 37th Global Textile Industry Survey reveals a sharp decline in the global business climate, with the situation balance falling to -25 percentage points. Geopolitics has overtaken weak deman...
