The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has appealed union minister of state for textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar to direct Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to immediately commence selling of cotton by e-auction directly to the actual ...
Tags: good quality cotton, Cotton
Cotton Council International is organising an ‘Invitation only’ Seminar Evening on April 10, 2015 at Trident Oberoi, Mumbai. The Seminar will offer useful insights on the global scenario of cotton and the cotton textile ...
Tags: COTTON USA, textile industry
Huntsman Textile Effects said it is working closely with Korean textile exporter Daechun Co. Ltd to deepen its commitment to sustainability. Under a MoU signed on March 25, Huntsman Textile Effects will help Daechun streamline operations ...
The Textiles Technical Training Institute (TTTI), set up jointly by the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) and PSG institutions, exclusively for training fitters and electricians at Nilambur, Coimbatore, is all set to commence ...
Tags: textile industry, textile
The two-day Global Cotton Summit Bangladesh-2015, being jointly organised by the Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA) and Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), will take place on 20-21 March, 2015, in Dhaka. The summit will be ...
Tags: Global Cotton Summit, Textile Mills, Cotton
Xennia Technology said it has launched a full range of digital textile inks for printing of silk and polyamide fabrics including nylon and lycra, elastane and spandex. According to a Xennia Technology press release, Xennia Agate offers ...
Tags: Xennia Technology, digital textile inks, silk printing, polyamide fabrics
Faculty and graduate students from the University of Delaware’s Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies have come forward to help establish a Southern African Sustainable Textile and Apparel Cluster to boost South Africa’s ...
Tags: Cotton Industry, Textile, Apparel
Swedish fashion retailer Lindex said it has banned the use of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in all the garments they sell. The fashion retailer has been phasing out PFCs since 2012 as a part of its efforts to reduce the use of hazardous ...
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A Pakistani yarn merchants' body has demanded that the Pakistan government impose 15 per cent regulatory duty on cotton yarn imports from India on back of surge in imports. Addressing the media, senior office bearers at Pakistan Yarn ...
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The 12th Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG2015), jointly organised by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), Chan Chao Int’l Co., Ltd., and Yorkers Trade & Marketing Service Co., Ltd, will be held ...
Tags: weaving, knitting, dyeing-printing-finishing, Textile
An abnormal rise in imports of cotton yarn from India is posing a threat to the viability of domestic textile industry, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said. According to APTMA, an average of 2,500 tonnes of cotton ...
Tags: remedial measures, textile industry, Textile
The Nigerian Bank of Industry has sponsored N100 billion through the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme on the Cotton, Textile, and Garments (CTG) Funds for the cotton subsector, according to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and ...
Tags: cotton seeds, CTG businesses, Textile
The ninth edition of Texfair—the textile machinery, accessories and spares expo—organised by the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) will be held from 9-12 January, 2015 in Coimbatore. Texfair 2015 is intended to bring ...
Tags: textile mills, powerlooms, handlooms, Textile
In the last five months of 2014, Ethiopia imported more than 3,000 tons of cotton to meet the demand of domestic textile industry, according to the Textiles Industry Development Institute (TIDI). Ethiopian Government resorted to ...
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In what may mark an end of high-quality extra long staple cotton, the Egyptian Government has decided to stop paying subsidy of 350 Egyptian pounds per qintar (160 kg) of cotton to producers, from the next agricultural season. Last ...
Tags: Cotton Production, raw materials, Textile