Bolivian Vice President Álvaro García Linera has urged the domestic textile sector to work for greater economic growth. Inaugurating the first International Garment Fair (Expotextil), at Fexpocruz in the City of Santa ...
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Xennia Technology launches a full range of sublimation digital textile printing inks for proofing and production-scale decoration of polyester fabrics. Xennia Corundum offers unsurpassed colour vibrancy and industrial ...
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The Thailand Textile Institute (TTI) and the Department of Industrial Promotion (DIP) have joined hands to develop textile production under One Tambon (sub-district) One Product (OTOP) program. As per the understanding, both TTI and ...
Tags: DIP, TTI, Textile, Apparel, Accessories
The highlight of Loepfe’s participation at this year’s ITMA ASIA + CITME 2014 is the official launch of the new yarn clearer generation YarnMaster ZENIT+. Since ever, Loepfe’s optical yarn clearers are ...
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Lindex is publishing its ninth sustainability report. During the past year, Lindex has among others increased its sustainable range by 39 percent compared to the previous year, reduced the electricity consumption in stores and donated SEK ...
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Efficient textile production in terms of energy and resources will be the main topic of German exhibitors at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2014, mid of June in Shanghai. Volatile prices and sporadic shortages for energy as well as commodities and ...
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Since the worldwide structural shift in the textile industry, only a handful of companies remain in the former textiles heartland of the Swabian Alb. One of these companies is the Albstadt-based underwear manufacturer Comazo GmbH + Co. KG, ...
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Apparel and accessories production in Brazil registered a growth of 12.34 percent during the months of January and February, 2014, compared to the same period last year, as per the data released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...
Tags: Apparel Production, Apparel, knitwear
"Confidence in textiles" – this label can be found in the shops on many textiles which have been successfully tested for harmful substances according to OEKO-TEX® Standard 100. OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 is an independent test ...
With the latest numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency indicating that textile waste accounts for nearly 5% of all landfill space in the United States, one wholesale fabric company is teaming up with other fabric and textile ...
The use of water in textile production has reduced by 90 percent in the last decade due to use of modern technologies, according to a research by Brazilian Association of Textile and Clothing Industry (ABIT). Since the 2000s, the use ...
The OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is a global, third party certification for textiles and apparel that ensures these products are tested for more than 300 substances used in textile production that are considered to be dangerous to human health. ...
In 2013, Kyrgyzstan produced textiles and garments valued at 7.6 billion soms, according to the Ministry of Energy and Industry. Segment-wise, the textile production was 1.206 billion soms, while clothing accounted for 6.394 billion ...
Tags: Kyrgyz Textile, Apparel Output, Textile
The production by light industry, which includes textiles and garments and footwear sectors, in Uzbekistan increased by 13.2 percent in 2013 compared to the previous year, as per the data from the information service of the State Committee ...
Tags: Textile Production, footwear
As part of the international DETOX campaign, the environmental organisation Greenpeace released the new report “Chemistry For Any Weather – Part II” mid of December 2013. For this purpose, Greenpeace commissioned two ...