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Alok Goel

Head, R&D Livinguard Technologies AG
Alok Goel

Alok Goel is a seasoned scientist with a PhD in Materials Science from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and Master’s in Nanotechnology from Amity University (India). He has over 12 years of experience in chemistry, polymers, sensors and nanotechnology, and has published 13+ peer-reviewed scientific publications.

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Recycling Crisis / Tshirt Study Report
The environmental cost of a cotton t-shirt is set long before it reaches a shop floor, determined by cultivation, water use and the inefficiencies of industrial fibre processing.

Why Bangladesh Loses More Cotton Than Norway's Best Recycling System Can Ever Recover

  • Special Correspondent

28 May 2026
Cotton Crisis / indian Duties Analysis
India's raw cotton import duty suspension affects price formation across the domestic supply chain, from farm-gate pricing to mill procurement and downstream yarn costs.

India's Import Duties: Mills Win This Round as Farmers Absorb the Cotton Risk. Once Again

  • Richa Bansal

1 June 2026
 
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Fabric Dyeing / Nwe Techs Commentary
Growing concern over freshwater use is encouraging closer examination of processes traditionally accepted as unavoidable components of large-scale textile production systems.

End of Invisible Dyeing Costs: Compliance Demands Are Redefining the Economics of Textile Production

  • Alok Goel
  • Rohini Swamy

5 June 2026
Event Roundup / Intertex Portugal Interview
Trade fairs now face a more exacting standard, where attendance matters less than relevance, qualification and business conversations that continue afterwards with intent.

Physical Fairs Still Matter When Trust Becomes the Scarcer Commodity

  • Subir Ghosh

4 June 2026
 
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Event Roundup / IFAT Report
EPR is turning fashion’s end-of-life problem into a governance question, linking product design with collection costs, recycling outcomes, compliance systems, and accountability across European markets.

Textile Circularity Becomes a Serious Test of Europe’s Waste Economy

  • Tom Voege

15 May 2026
Country Overview / Ethiopia Report
The basic wage that workers get simply does not cover the cost of living in a big city. At the time of the survey, the average (monthly basic salary was 1,449 Ethiopian birr (ETB) (equivalent to about €26). Ironically, about two-third of the workers surveyed had to seek support from families living in the countryside in spite of being wage-earners. There are both internal and external factors that don't make a garment job so attractive.

It’s Now or Never for Ethiopia’s Garment Industry

  • Subir Ghosh

27 November 2023