The OEKO-TEX Secretariat was established 20 years ago in Switzerland and for this reason, this year's meeting of the OEKO-TEX General Managers on November 14th and 15th took place in Lucerne - at the heart of Europe and Switzerland. With ...
In the current textile and footwear industry, the difficulty in controlling diverse health or environment-related chemical hazards lies not only in the vast volume of chemicals used in the manufacturing process, but is also due to the ...
Tags: Hazardous Chemical, Supply Chain
Dr. Sam Moore, who represents the International OEKO-TEX Association in North America, will present OEKO-TEX's new STeP certification for sustainable textile production facilities at the IFAI Specialty Fabrics Expo 2013 in Orlando, October ...
Tags: Textile
Sacred Sleep, a company dedicated to helping people rest and renew, announces its new organic cotton bedding and fair trade alpaca collections. The company’s products enable people to turn their bedrooms into Sleep Sanctuaries, ...
Tags: Organic Cotton, Textile
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (IMTF) Annual Conference 2013, which brings together various textile associations from around the world, would focus on the changing relationship between producers and retailers in the ...
With the increasing awareness about the importance of environmental protection, several global textile makers are focusing on sustainability in textile supply chain. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Ms. Sharon Rowe, CEO and founder ...
Tags: Supply Chain, Textile Sector
The International OEKO-TEX Association’s Dr. Sam Moore, who represents OEKO-TEX in North America, will present a webinar introducing the new OEKO-TEX STeP certification system for sustainable textile production facilities on Tuesday, ...
Tags: Step Certification, OEKO-TEX
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has taken up a new initiative to improve the condition of Pakistani textiles in the global market and double the exports of the textile industry in the country. The initiative Triple ...
Tags: Textile Sector, global market
By installing new and advanced software, the textile industry will have the benefits of better visibility, more productivity, increased consumer relation and access to information that allows for better decision making. In an interview ...
Tags: IT Solutions, Textile Sector
Although, the economic crisis in the traditional export markets such as the EU and the US coupled with the recent issues in Bangladesh, which is one of the largest garment supplier in the world, has affected the global apparel industry, the ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, economic crisis
As the Rupp Report already informed some weeks ago, this year's annual conference of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) will take place in Bregenz, Austria, Sept. 8-10, 2013 (See " The Rupp Report: Vorarlberg In The ...
Tags: ITMF Summit, Rupp Report, Textile
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology, anti-theft and product authentication solutions, announced that it will display at a Sample Booth sponsored by U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of ...
Tags: Textile
The Textile Effects division of Huntsman Corporation announced it has obtained a judgment from the Intermediate People's Court in Shanghai, China, against Shanghai Colva Dyestuff Industry Co., Ltd. (“Colva”), a manufacturer of ...
Tags: Huntsman Textile, Patent Suit
Dutch fashion fabric producer Vlisco Group is to partner with Cotton Made in Africa (CmiA) and will be the initiative’s first partner to both produce and market its products to local consumers in Africa. Initially this will be a ...
Tags: Vlisco, Cotton Textile
Cotton Council International (CCI) delivered U.S. cotton sourcing assistance to major apparel industry players at the Texworld and Première Vision trade shows in Paris. CCI and Cotton Incorporated jointly exhibited at the shows, with ...