Etiket: Textile
Fan jerseys made from textile recycling: Puma expands Re:Fibre project
The German sporting goods provider Puma wants to avoid using recycled plastic in all fan jerseys of the football teams and associations they sponsor. From 2024 onwards, the brand’s fan…
Waregem textile company Mc Three Carpets announces…
Mc Three Carpets was founded in the late 1980s and was one of the few textile companies in the region that was not part of a larger group. Woven carpets…
PETA questions RDS certifications, files complaint, Textile Exchange responds
The animal protection organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has stepped up its efforts to address evidence of animal cruelty that it claims to have found among…
Bankruptcies are expected to increase – no breathing space for the textile and clothing industry
The current situation in the German textile and clothing industry is tense and the coming year does not appear to bring any recovery for the time being. To date, more…
Seven dead in textile factory fire in eastern China
Seven people have died in a fire at a textile factory in eastern China. The fire broke out on Monday evening (local time) about 150 kilometers west of Shanghai in…
Visit to a Dutch textile recycling plant
A powder pink evening dress hangs lonely in the corner. The item of clothing sticks out of one of the many wire baskets in which old clothes are collected. The…
Textile workers in Bangladesh reject new minimum wage
The protests and strikes in Bangladesh continue. Last week, the country’s government announced that the new minimum wage for textile workers would be 12,500 taka, but this does not meet…
What the new minimum wage means for textile workers in Bangladesh
On Tuesday, November 8, 2023, the government of Bangladesh announced the new minimum wage for clothing and textile workers: 12,500 taka (around 106 euros, 114 US dollars) from December instead…
Textile workers in Bangladesh receive higher salaries
Garment workers in Bangladesh will soon receive higher salaries. From December onwards, they will receive at least 12,500 taka (106 euros) per month instead of the 8,000 taka (68 euros)…
United Repair Center opens textile repair center in London
The Dutch company United Repair Center (URC) opened a clothing repair center in London on November 1st together with the British textile producer Fashion-Enter Ltd and the outdoor outfitter Patagonia.…