Lawrence, Mass.-based Polartec LLC — manufacturer of Polartec® performance fabrics for consumer and military apparel — has introduced a man-made fiber insulation for puffy-style apparel that provides improved breathability ...
Tags: Polartec performance fabrics, military apparel, man-made fiber
The new joint venture in cotton Development and Delivery (D & D) is well underway with the inaugural meeting of the D & D management committee occurring on September 17 and the development of the cotton Development and Delivery annual ...
Tags: cotton, Cotton Seed, information delivery network, New RDO Team
Australian Wool Industries Secretariat Inc (AWIS) releases wool sales report for week ending November 9. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Regional Indicators finished 4.3% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle ...
All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) to lead trade facilitation process with India, said Group Leader Gohar Ejaz during the visit of Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal to All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA). On ...
Tags: APTMA, textile mills, textile, MFN
Pakistani textile exporters can benefit by increasing their value-added exports to Japan, which requires them to enhance their knowledge about Japanese standards, which are different from norms followed in other industrialized countries, ...
Tags: JICA, QTEC, TDAP, textile, raw materials
Aiming to help Pakistan introduce reforms in its key textile sector, South Korean Government has extended US$ 5 million help to the Textile University of Faisalabad to enable it to start new courses on latest trends in textiles. ...
Tags: key textile sector, South Korean Government, Textile University
The US election result has evoked a mixed reaction from the South Asian textile and apparel exporters. While, most of the textile and garment exporters in the region have welcomed the victory of Mr. Barack Obama, Pakistani exporters ...
Tags: textile exporter, apparel exporter, textile, EAB, RMG, FNCCI
The President Shri Pranab Mukherjee will present the Shilp Guru Award and Sant Kabir Award for the year 2009 and 2010 to twenty Handicrafts Artisans and eighteen Master weavers in Vigyan Bhawan here tomorrow. Besides this, he will also ...
Tags: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Sant Kabir Award, National Award, master weavers
Pertex, designer and manufacturer of high-performance fabrics, has joined forces with long-standing partners and top outdoor industry manufactures including, Rab, Marmot, Montane, The North Face and Outdoor Research to offer consumers the ...
Duxiana is pleased to announce three new fine linen fabrics for the Duxiana bed accessory collection. Available in stores now, the Relax collection by Kirkby Design and two new designs from Mark Alexander, the Random and Dusk collections ...
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Following on from a successful meeting with over thirty agriculture students of the University of Sydney recently, CEO Adam Kay attended the presentation of fourth year thesis projects at the university. A number of students had conducted ...
Tags: cotton industry, cotton, textile, Coal Seam Gas
Textile Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating sustainable practices in the textile industry, released their 2011 Organic Cotton Market Report to the public. The report, now in its sixth year, is compiled to share the ...
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Chinese textile firm Sunrise Shengzhou has inked a joint venture agreement with Vietnam-based Thien Nam Investment and Development JSC to facilitate establishment of a joint venture weaving, knitting plant in Bao Minh Industrial Park in ...
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The readymade garments(RMG)industry,the main export revenue earner for Bangladesh has been excluded by the US Department of Labor from the list of the sectors suspected of producing goods with child labor. The 11th edition of the ...
Tags: RMG, child labor, leather, footwear
There is always a lot of discussion about the ongoing competition between cotton and synthetic fibers, which is to be expected. The two industries fight hard for every scrap of market share to ensure their future profitability. But the ...
Tags: ITMF, cotton, synthetic fibers, textile