Cotton

Cork Meets Cotton: Textile Innovation at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026

Drink your wine… then make fabric from the cork! One of the materials that really caught my attention at Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles 2026 was...

Kenya’s Cotton Revival Shifts Focus From Farming to Textile Manufacturing

Thika Cloth Mills says Kenya’s renewed cotton production could support a wider industrial value chain encompassing ginning, spinning,...

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...

Benin Plans to Triple Local Cotton Processing as Textile Industry Expands

Benin is moving to increase its domestic cotton-processing capacity from 40,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes as part of...

Africa’s Cotton Industry Holds Key to Millions of Textile Jobs, Experts Say

Africa's cotton industry could become one of the continent's strongest drivers of industrial growth, employment, and economic transformation...

Circ to build $500 Million Cotton, Polyester Recycling Plant in France

U.S. textile recycling firm Circ has received backing from the French government and European Union to build a $500 million plant in France that...

Afreximbank Reaffirms Commitment to Advancing Africa’s Cotton Value Chain

Supporting Industrial Transformation Through the C4+ Initiative The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has renewed its commitment to strengthening Africa’s cotton value chain, pledging continued support...

New Research Breakthrough Makes Hemp a Cotton-Compatible Textile Fiber

A major advancement from the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Textile Technology may transform hemp from a niche fiber into a viable, scalable material...

Senegal Sets Ambitious Goal to Boost Cotton Seed Production by 66% in 2025

Senegal is targeting a significant surge in cotton seed production, aiming to increase output by 66% to 25,000 tons by the end of the...

ITFC Signs €106 Million Agreement to Boost Burkina Faso’s Cotton and Fabric Sector

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has reaffirmed its commitment to Burkina Faso’s economic growth by signing a €106 million facility agreement under...

Recover and Intradeco Launch Recycled Cotton JV in Central America

Recover™, the leading materials science company and large-scale producer of sustainable, high‑quality recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, and Intradeco, a global vertical...

USA Global Trade Launches Binational Textile Initiative to Strengthen U.S.–Latin America Supply Chains

USA Global Trade LLC, a Miami-based sourcing and trade company, has unveiled a strategic binational textile initiative aimed at deepening commercial and production ties...

Kenya Eyes Textile Industry Revival with Benchmark Visit to Benin, Strategic Focus on Rivatex Restructuring

The Kenyan government is intensifying efforts to revive its cotton, textile, and apparel industry as part of its broader Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, aimed...

Better Cotton Joins Policy Hub Coalition to Contribute to Regulatory Discussions

Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has joined the Policy Hub, a Brussels-based coalition, to contribute to key EU policy discussions. Launched in...

Trützschler Highlights Sustainable Spinning at Inaugural COTTON USA™ Conference in Cairo

Trützschler was proud to participate in the first-ever COTTON USA™ Conference in Egypt, which concluded yesterday in Cairo, bringing together key players across the...
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