Marks & Spencer (M&S) has published a new set of chemical commitments agreed in conjunction with Greenpeace. The commitments relate to the safe use of chemicals in textile production. They are now part of the M&S approach to managing ...
Tags: textile production, textile market, textile industry, textile
Dunlopillo Holdings, the global giant of bedding industry, is planning to sell over half a million mattresses in Malaysia every year, said Thinaharan Muthusamy, Managing Director of the company, according to Bernama. Mr. Muthusamy ...
Tags: bedding industry, beddin market, beddin products, mattresses
The City of Santa Monica’s Resource Recovery & Recycling Division is hosting a textiles collection event on Nov. 17, 2012 at the City Yards, helping you to find a new home for all your unusable clothing, towels, bedding and so much ...
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The exports of textiles,including apparels,from Japan dropped six percent year-on-year to US$781.49 million in September 2012,according to the statistics compiled by the Japan Textiles Exporters Association based on the data made available ...
Tags: textiles, exports, Japan, statistics
In occasion of Savio symposium held on 2012 Sept. 7th at Dindigul/TN, South India, Savio management officially handed over its 1,000th Polar winder supplied in India to M/S Palmar Mills. Mr. Gabriele Checchini, Savio India’s CEO, and ...
A third Montex stenter from Monforts has been delivered to Turkey’s Sever Konfeksiyon to meet increased production demands. Turkey’s Sever Konfeksiyon has taken delivery of its third Montex stenter from A.Monforts ...
Tags: home textiles, garments, polyester, cotton fabrics
As one of the leading companies in the production of fabric repellency treatments, Clariant has increased its capacity to produce next-generation fluorochemicals at its plant in Gendorf, Germany. With an investment of 8 million euros ...
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The exhibition “When Wool is in Fashion”, created by Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue, in collaboration with The Woolmark Company, opened at 10 Corso Como, Milan, Italy with an artistic and glamorous event. The exclusive ...
Tags: wool, textile industry, textile market
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that revoking the existing antidumping (AD) duty order on polyester staple fiber from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a ...
Tags: polyester staple fiber, fiber, staple fiber
Looking ahead to performance fabric trends for 2014, Concept III Textiles is forecasting a hefty 30% increase in the use of Merinos and Merino blend fibers. “We are seeing a tremendous interest in fine-micron Merino wool ...
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Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Limited, India's largest dedicated polyester manufacturer, announced its un-audited results for Q2 and H1 ended September 30, 2012. Net sales for Q2 2012-13 stood at Rs 734.50 crore as against Rs 771.71 crore ...
Tags: polyester manufacturer, polyester prices, polyester market
The International OEKO-TEX Association’s “The Next 20” event to be held on November 14th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at The Glass Houses, 545 W. 25th Street in New York City, will feature an impressive slate of sustainability ...
Tags: sustainable textiles, textile market, textile industry, textile products
The Brazilian textile and apparel industry – among the top five in the world is reeling under the impact of two challenges – large scale imports and high labour and energy costs. These have created a cascading effect in the form ...
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During the January-September period of 2012, the Marimekko Group’s net sales grew by 17 per cent and international sales by no less than 32 per cent. The trend was strong in the third quarter and profitability took a clear turn for ...
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Overall, capacity utilization of spinning mills and margins continued to be stable and on a profitable level. However, downstream buying behaviour remained volatile. Financing for projects is becoming increasingly difficult, especially in ...
Tags: spinning mills, raw material prices, textile market, textile industry