An inspection by the Missouri Department of Agriculture of Chemical Universe, Inc., a pesticide producer in North Kansas City, Mo., has revealed alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Through ...
Tags: Chemicals, EPA, certification
GyroWash, from James Heal, is used to determine colour fastness to washing, dry cleaning and chlorinated water of textile and leather samples and as the test vessels are interchangeable, testing can be carried out to both European (ISO) and ...
Tags: Textiles, Colour Fastness
The central South American country of Paraguay has signed an international cooperation agreement with Brazil and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), with the aim of combating the pest weevil that has been damaging ...
Tags: Cotton, cotton fields, cotton production
Textile and clothing exports from Peru amounted to US$ 272 million during the months of January and February 2014, registering a rise of 7 percent compared to the same months in 2013, as per the data released by the Integrating System for ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel Exports
Pakistan's Ministry of Textile Industry will soon be submitting a summary to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet demanding allocation of funds for timely intervention in the cotton market, in order to bring ...
With the aim of boosting petrochemical output and increasing employment, Iran is planning expansion of petrochemical projects in the western provinces of the country, said Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, deputy executive manager of the National ...
The Pakistani Government is actively considering imposing duty on yarn import from India, however, the final decision would be taken after consulting with all the stakeholders and keeping in view the national interests, said Minister of ...
Tags: Yarn Imports, Pak Govt
The market has felt deflated ever since the wild ride on March 26, during which the spot contract shot up to a high of 97.35 cents/lb before dropping more than 500 points below that level by the end of the session. From a technical ...
Tags: Cotton Futures, Xinjiang cotton
Being held concurrently with Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2014 which brought synergistic effects, the pavilion saw a growth of over 200% in its visitor number from last year, while the top five overseas ...
Eton Systems, the inventor and world’s leading provider of automated production systems for apparel and other sewn products, will unveil its new ETONnote Shop Floor Control (SFC) system in Booth #3027 at the Texprocess Americas trade ...
Tags: apparel, sewn products
Spreadshirt’s Touch-Optimised T-shirt Designer Tool has been shortlisted for an award to be presented by Drapers & Retail Week at this year’s PayPal Etail Awards. It recognises the best use of the mobile channel, to generate ...
Tags: Designer Tool, Spreadshirt, T-shirt
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has upwardly revised its cotton production estimate for the ongoing 2013-14 season at 38.125 million bales of 170 kg each, Business Standard reported quoting PTI. In February 2014, the cotton industry ...
Martelli has acquired 100% of the shares in Martelli Gonser, now known as Martelli Tunisia, the company it has been working with in the huge North-African market. The Group, that flies the flag for Italian creativity in textile finishing ...
Tags: Textile Finisher, Martelli, Martelli Tunisia
The Government of Peru has made it clear that it is not in favour of giving subsidies for cotton farming, and instead it is willing to promote growing of other crops to remain competitive in the market. The Government cannot persist ...
Tags: Peruvian Govt, Cotton Farming, Subsidies
The Scottish Textile & Leather Association (STLA) is pleased to announce that after extensive lobbying and discussion a new £750,000 investment has been secured from the Scottish Funding Council to help shape a bright future for the ...
Tags: Textiles Future, Textile, Leather