Bharat Tex 2026 is set to take place at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, from 14 to 17 July, organised by the Bharat Tex Trade Federation. Inspired by the government's Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign vision, the third edition features expanded state participation, sustainability recognition and digital enablement tools.

Planning uncertainty in the terry cloth and home textiles sector has a practical answer in a new AI-powered demand forecasting tool built for Frottana Textil GmbH & Co. KG, the manufacturer behind the MÖVE brand, by Fraunhofer IWU. The tool analyses past sales records to generate monthly forecasts, replacing manual Excel-based planning and reducing scheduling uncertainty across the sector.

A marked rise in international participation has closed Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics 2026, with over 20,000 visits recorded from 74 markets alongside nearly 620 exhibitors. The fair's repositioning towards innovation supported debut fringe events covering sustainable materials, digital manufacturing and industry collaboration, and the fair remains a key South China textile business platform.

Yarn Expo Shenzhen 2026 has closed with a marked rise in exhibitor participation, drawing buyers from 74 countries and regions to explore greener, performance-led and value-added yarn and fibre solutions over three days. Held alongside Intertextile Shenzhen Apparel Fabrics and PH Value, the event reinforced Shenzhen's position as a key Greater Bay Area meeting point for the textile industry.

The 105th edition of Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags has closed with steady international attendance and a sharpened focus on global trade shifts. Approximately 8,000 attendees, over two thirds from abroad, gathered across four days, alongside more than 1,000 brands from 44 countries. The edition introduced new Summer 2027 collections and welcomed international delegations, while reflecting growing buyer interest from Poland, India and Latin America.

Three working machines that separate, open and analyse used textile items have been completed, marking a shift from concept to industrial-scale reality for the SORTED consortium. The machines demonstrate that fully automated sorting and processing can work together in practice, with sorting costs potentially falling by as much as 80 per cent once four further machines now in development are completed.

Fibre traceability systems built over two decades cannot meet evidence standards now being enforced under EU and US regulations, a new paper has revealed. Material identity is lost before tracking software records it, leaving most origin and recycled-content claims resting on paperwork rather than physical proof across every major fibre category.

Key elements of the EU's textile labelling framework have become outdated since 2011, no longer reflecting market realities, technological progress, or the broader EU policy environment. A joint call from five European trade organisations to the European Commission has identified four priority areas: fibre tolerance rules, digitalisation of labelling, internal market fragmentation, and the boundary between the TLR and the Digital Product Passport.

Textile extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems across Europe remain highly fragmented, with no harmonised approach to registration, reporting or invoicing, according to a new analysis covering 12 Producer Responsibility Organisations across 11 countries. The findings identify priority areas for alignment and call for a common core of rules to ease the compliance load on producers.

Pakistan has the recycling infrastructure and brand relationships needed to capitalise on EU circular economy regulations, new research has found. Gaps in digital traceability and cross-ministry coordination risk undermining the country's competitive position, with three policy instruments proposed to close the data gap before a narrow compliance window closes.