Entries by Yorick Starke

Bangkok: The World’s New Sourcing Hub for Textiles & Apparel in the Heart of Asia

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, […]

IAF Statement On Current External Shocks

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 […]

Abit and Abrapa Strengthen the Textile Chain at PV Paris

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 […]

Transforming the vocational education and training (VET) landscape for the textile industry in Moldova and Ukraine.

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 […]