Jointly organised by the publishers of Knitting Trade Journal?and Messe Frankfurt, Planet Textiles tackles the crucial issues of sustainability in the global textile sector.
Afghanistan has emerged as a potential ?new frontier of cashmere? as buyers attempt to alleviate the worrying global shortage of the luxury raw material, a problem blamed on the reduction of grazing land and of animals raised for their fibers in China and Mongolia.
Global apparel manufacturer Delta Galil, whose clients already include Marks and Spencer, Walmart, Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss, has secured a five year licensing deal to design, produce and distribute Lacoste?s new men?s underwear and sleepwear lines.
Benetton, one of the world?s best known knitwear brands, has signed up to the zero discharge of harmful chemicals group, which aims to eliminate the hazardous chemicals from their textile supply chains by 2020.
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