Are You a Buyer? Here Is Everything You Need to Know about the Pitti...

Find out how, and where, you can buy it and all the services available to you! Are you a buyer? There are several different methods for purchasing the Pitti Uomo entrance ticket. This is what...

Corporates Boost Sustainability with Disruptive Suppliers

Each year UK businesses spend an average of £120 per employee on uniforms and promo wear. At the same time, surveys show that 81% of consumers expect businesses to be doing something about sustainability. Rapanui,...

Sensil Premium Nylon 6.6 at Intertextile Shanghai

Nilit, a leading manufacturer and marketer of nylon textile fibres, continues to introduce Sensil, its new premium Nylon 6.6 brand, to the apparel industry at Intertextile Shanghai, which takes place from 11-13 October. The company...

Why Smart Textiles are Struggling to Become Commercialised

Debra Cobb reports from New Orleans The Smart Fabrics Program and E-Textiles Workshop at the IFAI EXPO in New Orleans, which ran September 26 – 29, took a hard look at smart fabric development and...

Liebaert Enters Activewear with Lycra Technology

Liebaert, a leading family-owned fabric mill based in Belgium, has entered the highly competitive activewear and athleisure segments with its new NanoStitch Comfort Technology line of premium, high-performance fabrics, powered by next generation Lycra...

New Sport Bras Feature Lycra Sport Technology

Carrefour, one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world, has selected Lycra Sport technology to add comfort and performance to its new line of TEX brand sport bras. “TEX is the chain’s leading...

Laxtons Partners with NTU Students

This Autumn/Winter, British wool mill Laxtons is partnering with final year students at Nottingham Trent University from the BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design & Knitted Textiles course to showcase their first stock-supported machine knitting...

Coats Turkey Recognised for Gender Equality

Coats, a leading industrial thread manufacturer and a major player in the Americas textile crafts market, has been recognised by the Turkish Parliament for its gender equality. The company has been named as one...

In Conversation with Christian Murphy, the Albion Knitting Company – Capitalising on London

Elizia Volkmann reports Just over two yeas ago Knitting Industry reported on a brave new knitwear manufacturing venture, which had just opened in London (see: Entrepreneurship at its finest as London gets its first ever...

Piave Maitex to Showcase Latest Fabric Collection

Piave Maitex, an Italian knitted fashion fabrics producer, will present a series of novelties at the upcoming MarediModa, a leading international trade fair dedicated to underwear and beachwear textiles, which will take place from...