Sept 2025 Textiles Observer Focuses on Testing, Recycling, Policy, and More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date Posted: September 16, 2025

Washington, DC — The newest edition of the Textiles Observer, a free publication introduced by the ICAC earlier this year, is now available. The 43-page publication opens with an editorial from ICAC Head of Textiles and Editor of the Textiles Observer, Kanwar Usman, highlighting the upcoming Global Cotton and Textiles Investment Summit, which will be held June 29-July 1, 2026, in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.

In addition, the issue contains three major feature stories:

  • “Toward Standardized Classing,” By Marinus (René) van der Sluijs, Principal Consultant Textile Technical Services and Chair of the Committee for Standardized Instrument Testing of Cotton (CSITC),
  • “Obstacles and Research Approaches in Cotton Recycling — a Comprehensive Overview,” by Justin Kühn, Thomas Gries Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, and
  • “Global Apparel Market Insights, Textiles and Apparel Policy Framework, and Strategic Enablers for Competitiveness,” by Kanwar Usman, ICAC Head of Textiles.
To read the September 2025 edition of The Textiles Observer, please click Sept 2025 Observer Final.

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Formed in 1939, the ICAC is an association of cotton producing, consuming, trading, and investing countries. It acts as a catalyst for change by helping member countries maintain a healthy world cotton economy; provides transparency to the world cotton market by serving as a clearinghouse for technical information on cotton production; and serves as a forum for discussing cotton issues of international significance. In addition, members can take advantage of the ICAC’s global network of cotton researchers, whose expertise covers the supply chain from farm to textile manufacturing and have free access to its cutting-edge technologies like the voice-based app and virtual technology cotton training program. Committed to ensuring cotton’s continued sustainability, the ICAC is the only intergovernmental commodity body covering cotton that is recognized by the United Nations. For more information, please visit www.icac.org, Twitter or LinkedIn.