Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.: The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has launched a new AAFA Heat Stress Toolkit at Cascale’s Annual Meeting 2026 in Athens, Greece, providing manufacturers and brands with practical tools to help manage rising global temperatures and workplace heat-related incidents across production regions. As extreme heat...

RIGA, LATVIA: How can promising textile circularity solutions move beyond individual projects and pilots and become part of a functioning circular textile system? This question will be at the centre of the Nordic-Baltic Textile Circularity Forum 2026, taking place in Riga on 7–8 October 2026.

The two-day Forum brings together two major initiatives:...

Valencia, Spain: At Jeanologia, sustainability and business are part of the same strategy. For more than 30 years, the company has been developing technologies to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry while progressively embedding environmental and social criteria into the way it operates. Its Sustainability Report 2025 sets out...

MUMBAI, INDIA: A woman can start her day in a meeting, work from a café in the afternoon, spend hours travelling, run errands and end the evening at dinner. Her clothes, however, are still expected to change with every context.

That disconnect is what led designer and entrepreneur Arushi Roopchandani to launch Atleisure, an elevated comfort-wear...

NORTH CAROLINA, US: Following the success of its inaugural 2026 event, Textiles Recycling Expo USA is inviting industry experts, innovators, researchers and thought leaders to submit speaker proposals for its 2027 conference, taking place April 7–8 at the Charlotte Convention Center, North Carolina.

The call for speakers is now open as organizers...

HONG KONG: Crystal International Group Limited is expediting its renewable energy transition across global operations through a combination of onsite rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, green electricity purchases, and International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs). These measures advance the Group’s Crystal Sustainability Vision 2030...

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Office & You (O&Y), the homegrown workwear label, celebrated the opening of its 2nd store at DLF Midtown Plaza, Moti Nagar, Delhi with an intimate high tea that brought together an eclectic mix of professionals from across Delhi.

The gathering saw guests from media, events, education, medicine and the corporate world, making the...

BENGALURU: The garment workforce that stitches Bengaluru's apparel exports — overwhelmingly female, largely migrant, and central to an industry housed in a state officially designated India's garment capital — has been rendered structurally invisible by the very city it helped build. That invisibility has been engineered across four decades of...

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM: Vietnam continues to strengthen its standing as a strategic hub in the global textile supply chain, positioning itself at the forefront of industry upgrading in Southeast Asia. In parallel, the Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies (VIATT) will return to the Saigon Exhibition and...

VALENCIA, SPAIN: In the fashion industry, the time between an initial idea and a garment being ready for production has become a decisive factor in the competitiveness of brands and manufacturers. Shortening that timeline without compromising quality, creativity or control is increasingly critical in a market that demands greater speed and...