From the Sector

ROICA™ by Asahi Kasei returns to Milano Unica, entering a new phase in its evolution as a global premium stretch fiber brand.
Following the launch of its renewed global brand identity under the message “STRETCH YOUR FUTURE,” ROICA™ brings a strengthened focus on advanced stretch expertise and collaborative development, offering solutions designed to reduce environmental impact.

At the upcoming Milano Unica, ten selected European partners — Brugnoli, Eusebio, Iluna Group, Innova Fabrics, Inter Jersey Milano, Maglificio Ripa, Reda, Sitip, Tessitura Colombo Antonio and Tiba Tricot, — will present their latest collections integrating ROICA™ across a diverse range of textile applications.
Rather than standing alone, ROICA™ expresses its value through each partner’s creation — offering refined comfort, reliable stretch performance, and thoughtful material solutions that respond to the evolving needs of the apparel industry.

Iluna Group brings its distinctive vision of stretch lace to Milano Unica, where creativity, craftsmanship, and responsible material choices come to-gether to shape contemporary textile expressions. Building on its expertise in Jacquardtronic lace, the company presents a refined selection of ul-tralight developments designed to combine visual delicacy with technical performance. This season’s highlights include ultralight Jacquardtronic laces enriched with luminous LUREX™ color effects from ILUNA’s Green Label line. These creations offer a sophisticated interplay of lightness, tex-ture, and subtle brilliance, expanding the expressive potential of lace across lingerie, fashion, and ready-to-wear applications. The collection also incorporates Evo™, a bio-based polyamide yarn by Fulgar, further enhancing the material approach with innovative fiber solutions. Combined with degradable ROICA™ V550, these textiles deliver refined stretch, softness, and versatility, supporting designs that balance aesthetics with thoughtful material choices for contemporary apparel.

Technological upgrading and the transition toward higher value-added production are driving the new Italian industrial mission to Bangladesh. This year, the mission will split between the country’s two main manufacturing hubs, where Italian manufacturers will meet the leaders of the local textile supply chain in two strategic stages: July 7th in Dhaka and July 9th in Chittagong.

The double appointment shines a spotlight on a market that confirms itself as a true cornerstone for Italian exports in Asia—a geographical area that alone absorbs 40% of the sector’s foreign sales, reaching a value of 667 million euros. Bangladesh’s role has grown steadily, culminating in 2025 with a turnover of 71 million euros and posting a double-digit increase (+17% compared to the previous year).

Production flexibility and the ability to create customized technological niches are the hallmarks of the roughly 300 companies making up the Italian textile machinery industry—a highly internationalized sector that exports 86% of its production to 130 countries.

“The 2025 figures speak clearly: the 17% growth testifies that the Bangladeshi textile industry views Italian manufacturers as an irreplaceable partner to win the global challenge of quality and efficiency,” comments Marco Salvadè, President of ACIMIT. “The decision to visit both Dhaka and Chittagong with this workshop stems from our desire to closely support the country’s two industrial engines, offering tailored solutions capable of generating an immediate technological upgrade and guiding local players toward more sustainable models. This journey also represents an ideal springboard ahead of ITMA Hanover 2027, the global stage where we will showcase the next major evolutions of our technology.”

The workshop—promoted by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) and ACIMIT and organized with the valuable support of the Embassy of Italy in Dhaka—will be structured to maximize networking opportunities through targeted B2B business meetings and in-depth technical seminars in both cities. It will feature the participation of the following Italian companies:

COLOR SERVICE, CORINO MACCHINE, DANTI, DURST, L.A.I.P., LAWER, MONTI – MAC, MS PRINTING SOLUTIONS, ROJ, PENTEK, PINTER CAIPO, REGGIANI MACCHINE, SALVADE’, TECNORAMA, UGOLINI.

ITM 2026 International Textile Machinery Exhibition, one of the most important meeting points of the textile machinery sector, attracted attention in its first three days, particularly with its diverse international visitor numbers. Industry professionals from all over the world had the opportunity to closely examine the latest technology machines and solutions displayed in operation. Thousands of visitors from approximately 100 countries, primarily Egypt, Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, met at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center for new investment and cooperation opportunities.

Organised by Teknik Fuarcılık A.Ş. and Tüyap Tüm Fuarcılık Yapım A.Ş. in partnership with TEMSAD, ITM 2026 International Textile Machinery Exhibition opened its doors to its visitors on 9 June. Hosting the innovative technologies of textile technology leaders, ITM 2026 Exhibition offered unique opportunities to exhibitors by providing an excellent platform for world launches and new collaborations. For many industry professionals who find it difficult to attend exhibitions in Europe due to visa and travel costs, ITM stood out as an accessible exhibition. Hosting visitors from a wide geographical area, including Asia, Europe, Africa, America, the Middle East, and the Turkic Republics, ITM 2026 Exhibition once again demonstrated its international character.

ITM 2026 Has Become the Address for Business Owners Planning New Investments
Companies participating in ITM 2026 stated that the exhibition stood out not only in terms of visitor numbers but also in the quality of its visitors from the very first days. The strong interest shown in the exhibition, particularly by business owners, factory managers, and decision-makers planning new investments, met the expectations of participating companies. Industry representatives state that the fact that professionals who maintain their investment agenda despite the current economic conditions are choosing ITM 2026 is increasing the commercial success of the exhibition.

Machine Sales and Strong Collaborations Signed at ITM 2024  
The intensive meetings held at the stands of participating companies are laying the groundwork for new collaborations, while many companies are also signing significant machinery sales agreements during the exhibition. Industry representatives state that despite the current economic conditions, the appetite for investment continues, and the exhibition is an important source of motivation in this respect.

ITM 2026 Exhibition, where innovations from every field of textile from weaving to knitting, from yarn to digital printing, from finishing to denim, will continue to host its visitors until 13 June. Visitors to the exhibition will discover innovative, nature-protecting, pioneering technologies in digitalisation for a sustainable future. Company owners who will be able to get information from experts about the technologies they will use in their factories; will develop their products and direct their investments. Thanks to the machine sales and new investment decisions to be taken, the textile machinery sector will gain a great momentum in the world and in Türkiye.

Autopsy, the new trend book by Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris, deciphers the fractures of our time through 12 creative signals. Materials, colors, shapes, and narratives come together to create a forward-looking map for the Autumn-Winter 2027-2028 season. 
 
Presented during Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris, from August 31 to September 2, 2026, at the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Center, Autopsy offers a reinterpretation of the contours of fashion in a world undergoing profound transformation, balancing radical introspection and sensitive renewal. 
 
Designed under the artistic direction of Louis Gérin and Grégory Lamaud by the Texworld Apparel Sourcing Paris Trends Table, this new edition marks a major evolution in the way trend forecasting is presented: replacing the four major narrative worlds that structured previous editions, Autopsy introduces this year a broader and more instinctive approach. Twelve emerging signals now shape a sensitive mapping of the cultural, social, aesthetic, and emotional tensions defining our era. 
 
A tool for decoding and creative insight. 
Conceived as a tool for decoding and creative monitoring, this trend book explores a society at a turning point: technological saturation, loss of meaning, exhaustion of dominant narratives, but also a return to nature, a need for humility, and a desire to reconnect with reality. Far beyond a purely stylistic reading, Autopsy questions the place of the body, nature, memory, and intelligence within a changing civilization. The twelve themes it presents, built around a selection of inspiring colors and materials, combine sociological reflection with creative proposals. 
 
Signal #1 – Normskin 
In a world where algorithms dictate behaviors, Normskin questions the standardization of bodies, tastes, and identities. Silhouettes become uniform, materials repetitive, and aesthetics cloned. This apparent perfection conceals the silent tension of a society that increasingly rejects singularity. Modular textures, calibrated layering, and geometric patterns, expressed through a rather neutral color palette, reflect this silent dictatorship of sameness and conformity. 
 
Signal #2 – Florabiote 
This theme celebrates the proliferation of living organisms as a response to the exhaustion of human systems. Nature, like a jungle, becomes invasive and abundant. Organic colors, artificial blooms, velvety materials, and spontaneous compositions create a hybrid landscape where textiles transform into an emotional biotope: cocoon coats, floral jacquards, mossy velvets, and botanical embroideries shape a generous and instinctive atmosphere driven by the idea that diversity is the true condition for survival. 
 
Signal #3 – Decarnation 
This proposal questions the distancing of the physical body in a hyperconnected world. Clothing becomes a shell, a relic, or the trace of an absent presence. Textures appear altered and weathered, colors faded and sometimes almost ghostly. Between symbolic flesh, worn surfaces, and disembodied volumes — bodies as showcases — this signal presents a suspended and fragile fashion, illustrating the programmed disappearance of physical embodiment. 
 
Signal #4 – Fusionary 
This theme sketches a world in recomposition, where forms, materials, and functions combine freely. Structures intersect, hybridize, and mutate according to an organic logic inspired by living systems. Textiles play with assembly, networks, and graphic tensions through a warm color palette. Creativity here is driven by the blending of disciplines, cultures, and craftsmanship. 
  
Signal #5 – Vitaminoid 
A reflection of an extinct civilization where individuals become caricatures of themselves. Colors are explosive and contrasting, volumes inflated with fluffy materials: colorful faux furs, oversized shapes, cartoon-like silhouettes. The forms express a society where spectacle is permanent. Between pop culture, digital avatars, and the cult of symbols — people become characters — this signal explores a simplified humanity where identity becomes performative and instantly consumable. 
 
Signal #6 – Evinescence 
This theme stages the remnants of a humanity fascinated by its own image. Pigmented transparencies, altered reflections, fragmented textures, and historical traces shape a visual expression of disappearance. Like leaves covering the ground, cultural signs remain, yet already seem fossilized. Garments appear worn down by time and memory. This signal reflects the fragile beauty of an environment aware of its own exhaustion. 
 
Signal #7 – Paleogreen 
This theme celebrates the return of vegetation over the ruins of human systems. A future where materials appear eroded, marked by time, and crossed by organic and mineral traces. Muted greens, accidental effects, and layered surfaces depict an ecosystem where nature silently reclaims space. An archaeological and contemplative aesthetic, quiet and introspective, between memory and disappearance. 
 
Signal #8 – Chlorolirium 
This direction places nature as the ultimate model. Forms sprout, stretch, and proliferate within a vegetal universe that has become a culture in itself. Chlorophyll-inspired colors, fluffy supports, plant-like silhouettes, and livingfabric effects create a sensory language inspired by biology. This signal celebrates an instinctive reconnection with nature and a poetic vision of a postanthropocentric future. 
 
Signal #9 – Aquamorphosis 
Inspired by aquatic, fluid, and adaptable volumes, this proposal highlights translucent, moving, and polymorphic materials, as though shaped by currents. Reflective effects, liquid surfaces, wet-look finishes, and organic constructions express a fashion capable of evolving with its environment. This signal develops an immersive and primal visual proposal, where clothing acts like a flexible and evolving second skin. 
 
Signal #10 – Wondermeil 
When beauty emerges after exhaustion: certainties collapse, colors burst, patterns vibrate, and sensations multiply. Compositions are naïve, joyful, and almost psychedelic. Between raw emotion and euphoria, this signal celebrates, through an explosion of color, the ability of sensations to re-enchant the way we see the world. 
 
Signal #11 - Urbicéa 
Cet axe convoque les traces laissées par les civilisations : architectures résiduelles, objets techniques, structures survivantes. Les matières minérales, les gris bétonnés, sourds, et les lignes brutalistes composent un paysage urbain devenu vestige. Entre rigidité industrielle et poésie des ruines, ce signal interroge la mémoire des objets et la permanence des constructions face à la disparition des idées. 
 
Signal #12 – Epiternel 
The story of Autopsy concludes with an aesthetic of sedimentation and rediscovered humility. Burnt wood, carbon residues, marbled textures, and animal traces express a world returned to essentials. This signal favors deep, enveloping, and silent structures — almost monastic — like the remnants of a truth finally laid bare. A peaceful and lucid vision of “the aftermath.” 
 
An immersive scenography at the heart of the trade show 
The Autopsy trend book will be unveiled and presented by Louis Gérin during the show at a conference held on the Agora stage. From August 31 to September 2, 2026, visitors will be able to discover in Hall 2 a selection of materials, color proposals, and silhouettes directly inspired by the twelve signals of the trend book, within an immersive journey designed as a forward-looking exploration of the Autumn-Winter 2027-2028 season.