Bangladesh, counted among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the world, has overtaken Pakistan in textile weaving capacity. During 2006-11, Bangladesh added 2.830 million spindles and 21,850 shuttleless looms in the textile ...
Greenpeace International–an environmental campaign group has called upon outdoor apparel brands to forsake use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals(PFCs)in their clothing after tests indicated presence of these toxins.Tests ...
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According to International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), output of global yarn production rose in the Q2/2012 in comparison to the previous one due to higher output in Asia, Europe and South America while production in North ...
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ZURICH, Switzerland — November 7, 2012 — 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 ...
Tags: synthetic fibers, cotton, ZURICH, Switzerland, environmental friendliness
ZURICH, Switzerland — November 6, 2012 — The eyes of the textile universe were focused on Vietnam as the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) held its traditional Annual Conference from Nov. 4 - 6, 2012. In the ...
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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 ...
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The Taiwan Textile Fair, a three-day event showcasing the latest textile products from Taiwan, has commenced at Epicenter, the cultural center in Gurgoan, near India's capital New Delhi. The international textile fair is being ...
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The Swedish government would like to focus on the need for coherent Union legislation on hazardous substances in textiles. Large amounts of chemicals are used in the manufacture of textiles and many of them may remain in the finished ...
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Clarion Events North America (Clarion) announced the launch of ExpoProducción, a trade show primarily for the apparel and sewn products manufacturing industry. ExpoProducción will bring together leading companies from the ...
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The Nigerian textile industry has the potential of bringing the redundancy rate in the country to minimum, Jayeola Olanrewaju, National Chairman of Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association, has said. Speaking at the fifth National ...
As Sri Lankan textiles sector now stands bolstered by the recent offer of support from the Government of India,the domestic manufacturers,who were struggling a few years back,are successfully moving for a bigger slice in domestic demand. ...
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Trident Limited, one of country's leading textile manufacturers, was conferred with the prestigious CITI's Birla Award for Human Resource Management in Textile Mills. The award aims at recognizing the path breaking achievements undertaken ...
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Karl Mayer will be represented at India ITME 2012 with a highly-qualified team on a stand with a surface of 504 m² exhibiting four machines. The machines on display are exactly adapted to the requirements of the Indian textile ...
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The US textile equipment industry will continue to decline over the next few years, according to analysts at asset disposition and auction solutions provider Great American Group. They blame the decline on the high cost of operations and ...
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Nike announced this morning that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B. V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. By ...
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