Entries by Karin Broeksma

Alvanon’s Ed Gribbin a Featured Guest on PIA’s “3D for Fashion” Panel Discussion

Alvanon president Ed Gribbin will join a panel discussion titled “3D Technology for Fashion/Apparel” at Product Innovation Apparel’s World Series, June 28, 2016, 3:15 p.m., The Union League Club, 38 E. 37th St. NYC. Gribbin, a leading authority on the global business of fashion, will team up with technical experts from Gerber Technology, Caleres, CLO […]

Fur Gala Fair Kicks Off in Beijing

BEIJING FUR 2016, a leading fur fair bridging fur manufacturers and professional buyers, opens door today at National Agriculture Exhibition Center. Close to 100 exhibitors from all around the world present their latest collection to woo buyers from fur shops, fashion companies and lifestyle stores. The fair is organized by China Fur Association and has […]

Report IAF Panel Discussion Atlanta

On May 3rd the IAF organized and moderated a panel discussion at the Texprocess Atlanta. IAF regularly organizes these sessions with partner Messe Frankfurt and in the case of the Atlanta fair, with partner SPESA. The discussions usually take a deeper look at technology, trying to find out how the apparel industry actually implements all […]

IAF Panel discussion at the Atlanta Texprocess Fair on May 2nd

The International Apparel Federation (IAF) will be, together with Spesa and Messe Frankfurt, hosting a panel discussion at the Texprocess Fair in Atlant, Georgia on May 2nd from 11 am to 1 pm. The discussion will be themed: ‘How technology is implemented across the globe increase productivity in the apparel industry’. These discussion sessions have […]

Opening doors to new markets for Turkish clothing manufacturers

London-based textile and apparel specialists, Trigon Select Ltd have teamed up with the International Apparel Federation (IAF), the global federation of the apparel industry, in offering a new evaluation and promotion programme to help suitable clothing manufacturers promote their services to the world’s garment buyers. The scheme rates manufacturers in an objective and technically well […]

Two new European National Members for GINETEX: Norway and Slovakia

Norsk Industri and VÚTCH-CHEMITEX will represent the international care labelling symbol system for the textile and fashion companies in Norway and Slovakia respectively. Following its last General Assembly in Copenhagen, Denmark, GINETEX is happy to welcome two new European countries to represent, promote and defend the use of textile care labels. GINETEX is already widely represented in the […]

Yeşim gets full marks in sustainability

Yeşim Textile, which adopted it as a principle to carry out transparent production in a way to be trusted by public within the framework of conditions of sustainable production, also continues to be approved by various independent institutions in this regard. Having the SA 8000 certificate as the most prestigious document in social compliance since 2005, Yeşim Textile has […]

Broad coalition supports Dutch agreement on sustainable garment and textile production

The Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER) has issued a press release regaring an agreement on international responsible business conduct in the garment en textile.  MODINT has invested a lot to make this a agreement a reality. Because of the continuing importance of sustainability in the enviroment, labour and animal welfare in the textile […]

Global Apparel Solutions Expert Alvanon Will Offer Best Practices for Customer Engagement and Innovation at World Retail Congress

Visitors invited to bring along their most challenging questions regarding any aspect of their apparel/retail businesses Alvanon president and apparel industry business authority Ed Gribbin will chair a three-person panel addressing “innovation” at The World Retail Congress being held April 12 – 14, 2016, Madinat Jumeirah Hotel, Dubai. The panel’s topic is titled “Inside out […]