It's no secret that enterprise collaboration is on the rise: Research firm Gartner predicts that by 2015, 40 percent of large businesses will have the equivalent of a corporate Facebook network. That prevalence, coupled with the many ...
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The fortunes of the Australian Cotton Growing industry are largely determined by global cotton demand, the world price of cotton and domestic growing conditions. Australia is a small cotton producer on a global scale; however, nearly all ...
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Dastkari Haat Bazaar – a crafts and skill exchange programme between India and Pakistan, has begun at Delhi Haat, in New Delhi. The intention underlying participation of Pakistani artisans in the 15-day skill exchange programme, ...
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We are pleased to announce two new exhibitions for summer 2013. Milestones: Textiles of Transition will explore how historic and contemporary textiles have been created for and continue to signify moments of transition—birth, ...
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American Capital,Ltd.announced that in December 2012 its portfolio company Potpourri Group,Inc.acquired Cuddledown,Inc.,a leading multi-channel retailer of high-end bedding related products.PGI is a multi-brand direct marketer offering a ...
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EcVision,the leading supply chain collaboration platform provider for retail,announced that it will demonstrate the mobile application capabilities for retailers at the National Retail Federation Big Show in January 2013. "Mobile ...
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During the last couple of weeks of the previous year the business was shaped by the public holidays as well as the company holidays of the spinning industries. The need for starting production in 2013 was already satisfied; only single ...
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Pound for pound, spider silk is one of the strongest materials known: Research by MIT’s Markus Buehler has helped explain that this strength arises from silk’s unusual hierarchical arrangement of protein building blocks. Now ...
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Marking a year-on-year fall of 3.7 percent,cotton arrival in Pakistan during the current season till January 1,2013 has plummeted to 11.586 million bales of seed cotton(phutti)from 12.032 million bales received by ginners by same time last ...
Turkey has repealed the safeguard duty imposed on import of cotton yarn with effect from 4th August 2011 for a period of 3 years on 31st December 2012. Welcoming this move,Shri Manikam Ramaswami,Chairman,Texprocil complimented the ...
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The eighteenth edition of the ongoing international carpet exhibition, ‘Carpet and Arts Oasis’, is featuring a range of exclusive handmade carpets under one roof from countries like Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and India. ...
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PPG Industries announced that it has commenced its exchange offer related to the split-off transaction of its commodity chemicals business.The split-off transaction is in connection with the separation and merger of Eagle Spinco Inc.,a ...
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1 EDI Source, Inc., a leading provider of electronic data interchange (EDI) software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, announces that it has earned recognition from client Baum Textile Mills, Inc. (Baum Textiles) for its ...
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INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, teams up with ARVIND to build new roads into the high potential global denim market. This association seeks to bring to India the best of technologies ...
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In a bid to support the local textile firms seeking relief from Government duties, the Textile, Garment & Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) of Ghana has declared that this month onwards it would start negotiations with the Government to earn ...
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