Marking its 40th anniversary, the Taiwan Fashion Design Award enters a new chapter. Organized by the Industrial Development Administration (IDA), Ministry of Economic Affairs, and executed by the Taiwan Textile Federation, the award has established itself as one of Asia’s leading platforms for emerging fashion designers, dedicated to nurturing talents with global potential. Building on […]
Guest perspective from industry leaders By Edward Hertzman The newest line item in every profit-and-loss statement isn’t labor. It isn’t freight. It isn’t surcharges. It’s risk. Perhaps it’s time we start accounting for it that way. For years, supply chain disruptions have been treated as anomalies, unexpected hits to margin, neatly explained away in quarterly […]
The Social and Environmental Compliance Workshop, organized with the aim of evaluating the current state of social and environmental compliance audit processes in the apparel sector and developing a solution-oriented roadmap, was successfully completed with broad participation from industry stakeholders. Attendance of key board and committee members The workshop was attended by İHKİB Vice Chairman […]
The Netherlands will present its first national pavilion at Techtextil, taking place from 21–24 April in Frankfurt, positioning itself as a European hub for circular textiles and digital innovation. Under the theme ‘NL Circular Textile Solutions, Ready for Europe’, the mission aims to accelerate the scaling of circular business models and technologies across the continent. […]
Uniting Asia’s Textile & Apparel Manufacturers at 2nd Asia Sourcing 2026 (Textiles & Apparel): A Strategic Sourcing Exhibition for the next Supply-chain era. The global textile and apparel industry stands at a defining inflection point. Supply chains are being re-engineered as brands and buyers respond to rising tariffs, shifting trade alliances, geopolitical recalibrations, cost pressures, […]
Once again, the apparel industry is facing a major external shock that is likely to drive up input costs, reduce demand and add to the shell of uncertainty that increasingly surrounds global supply chains. The hostilities in the Gulf region, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, are already creating acute shortages and driving […]
Première Vision Paris, one of the leading international trade fairs dedicated to textile industry product development, connected the various sectors of the segment, highlighted new products and innovative solutions from global suppliers, and supported designers and creators in their search for materials. The fair took place from February 3 to 5, 2026, at the Parc […]
DIKNIGA lab of University of West Attica (UNIWA) participates to “InnovaTex” project, which is a co-funded by the European Union project, bringing together 8 partners from 5 countries (Romania, Greece, Italy, Ukraine, Moldova). It is designed as a systemic intervention aimed at modernising the vocational education and training (VET) ecosystem for the textile sector in […]
