The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Export
ers Association (BGMEA) has warned that restricting
yarn imports or imposing heavy tariffs could create serious
problems for the country’s garment industry. According to
the assoc...

Following a record export value of $475 billion
achieved in 2025, up by 17 per cent year on year
(YoY), Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade aims at
adding nearly $38 billion to the figure this year.
The goal, however, is c...

Indonesia plans to establish a new state-owned enter
prise (SOE) focused on the textile and garment sector,
a move aimed at strengthening the industry against
external shocks, including US tariff risks and the flood of
Chinese te...

Indonesia plans to establish a new state-owned enter
prise (SOE) focused on the textile and garment sector,
a move aimed at strengthening the industry against
external shocks, including US tariff risks and the flood of
Chinese te...

The TIE steering board, chaired by Ehsanul Karim Kaiser
with ASM Tareq Amin serving as member secretary,
convened its inaugural meeting on 22 January 2026 at the
Uttara Club, Dhaka.Industry groups such as BGMEA, BKMEA,
and BTMA ...

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has de
veloped new soft magnetorheological textiles that
could have wide applications in future smart wearable
technologies. The research team has created several
innovative fabric mat...

The Saudi Fashion Commission has announced the
development of a bio-textile made from marine algae
collected from the Red Sea. Known as the Red Sea Sea
weed Project, the initiative marks the first concrete result
of the commissio...

Cirql has introduced new midsole materials designed
to support sustainability goals and reduce carbon
emissions. In its latest report, Cirql stated that its rTPU50
material can reduce the total carbon foot
print by 39 percent com...

Many textile and garment firms in Vietnam have
secured production orders through the end of the
f
irst quarter of this year, but face mounting pressure from
shrinking margins, rising costs and increasingly short-term
contract...

Taipei-based weaver 496 Fabric Lab has begun using
AI to increase the efficiency in developing jacquard
denims, speed up the design stage and allow more time
for fabric development and testing. The company recently
showcased its...

A research team at Fudan University in Shanghai has
successfully built complex electronic circuits inside
thin, flexible fibers. This breakthrough, referred to as a
“fiber chip”, allows fabrics to process information like a
...

China has pledged to advance zero-carbon factory
development to further tap the potential for energy
conservation and carbon reduction in the industrial and
information sectors, and to drive emissions cuts, efficiency
gains, and...