Tag: textiles
Start-up from Munich teaches robots how to fold towels
Munich In view of cost pressure, labor shortages and the trend to bring production back home, robots are becoming established in more and more industries. Industrial laundries and the textile…
Massive inflation, strong Turkish lira – export companies are in trouble
Istanbul Managers of the Turkish textile industry made a desperate appeal to the government this week: the domestic currency is too strong and must lose value. Otherwise the sectors affected…
The industry has changed since the fire in Pakistan
Dusseldorf It was the worst disaster in Pakistan’s textile industry. Ten years ago, on September 11, 2012, the Ali Enterprises factory burned down, killing 258 people. The textile discounter Kik,…
Green textiles in the fight against climate change
Vienna In the small town of Lenzing in Upper Austria, when long blocks of wood are being chopped up into snippets with a deafening noise, it is not immediately apparent…
Revoltech wants to make sofas and car seats from vegan leather
Munich It all started with his bachelor thesis that Lucas Fuhrmann wrote in 2015 for a fashion company that advertises sustainable clothing. It quickly became clear to him that customers…
Russia is the biggest risk
Madrid The war in Ukraine sent the share price of the Spanish textile giant Inditex plummeting again. In terms of stores, Russia is the second largest market after Spain for…
How the start-up wants to make clothes better
Textile with GRDXKN print The printed properties reduce abrasion and improve ventilation, among other things. (Photo: GRDXKN) Munich When Bastian Müller saw the many mass falls at the Tour de…