The 14th International Textile Asia Exhibition will be held for the first time in Lahore, Pakistan from August 29 to 31, the Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has announced. PRGMEA is hosting the ...
Intertek, a leading provider of quality solutions to industries worldwide, has expanded its Southeast Asia presence into Myanmar with the launch of its garment inspection services in the country, the company said in a statement. ...
Tags: textile manufacture, garment
Net income at US based value-added and recycled fibres producer Unifi, Inc climbed 46.52 per cent year over year for fiscal ended June 28, 2015. A Unifi press release informed that net income for fiscal 2015 totaled to $42.2 million or ...
Tags: textile manufacture, fibres
Khadi sales have jumped after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call last October advocating the need for use of such products, micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister Kalraj Mishra has said, according to media reports. "Khadi ...
Tags: textile manufacture, textile sales
The Kenyan government has earmarked 680 million Shilling ($6.8 million) to revive and expand operations at the Rift Valley Textile Mills (Rivatex) in Uasin-Gishu County, deputy president William Ruto has said, according to reports in the ...
Italian fashion company, Bennetton, has chosen Cad.Assyst and Automarker, designing tools from the Human Solutions Group's Italian subsidiary, Sistemi Assyst, headquartered in Lainate, Milan. Special additional functions have been ...
Global 2015/16 cotton output is projected at 111.5 million bales, 6 per cent or 7.5 million bales below 2014/15 and the smallest global crop since 2009/10. According to the latest USDA July report, production declines are noted for most ...
Tags: textile manufacture, cotton, cotton outputs, yarn
Close to 100 textile mills that make synthetic yarn in Tamil Nadu stopped production on Saturday (July 18), as part of the decision taken at a meeting of the synthetic spinners group of Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) in Coimbatore last ...
Tags: textile manufacture, yarn, synthetic yarn, synthetic spinners
A.Monforts Textilmaschinen has developed three variants of heat recovery systems for new Monforts ranges like the integrated heat recovery system, the ‘Energy Tower’ and the ‘Eco-Booster’. According to Monforts, ...
Beginning next year, the textile industry in Taiwan will have to mandatorily take energy conservation measures, as per a directive of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), according to local media reports. In its effort to improve ...
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The Government of India will soon come out with an interest subvention (subsidy) scheme for exporters, commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said. Speaking at a function in New Delhi, Sitharaman said the soon to be ...
A mapping of sustainable textile initiatives by Norden – a regional partnership of Nordic countries – shows that many different perspectives and stakeholders are now working with environmental impacts associated with textile ...
Producer and marketer of recycled nylon fibres Aquafil has entered into a partnership with Outerknown, a new menswear apparel brand founded by 11 time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. An Aquafil press release informed that ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Nylon Fibres
Heavy ceremonial robes traditionally worn during convocations in universities may soon become a thing of the past with the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking universities to consider using handloom fabric for ceremonial dresses ...
Around 90 textile spinning mills, located in Tamil Nadu, will reduce their production of synthetic yarn by shutting down their units for two-days-a-week beginning tomorrow, according to media reports. The decision to stop production on ...
Tags: textile manufacture, yarn, synthetic yarn