Yarn Expo Autumn 2014 held from October 20-22, witnessed over 18 per cent more visitors as against the last Autumn Edition. Altogether 7,098 visitors from 62 countries and regions came to source from nearly 150 yarn suppliers during the ...
Mexico is set to host the third edition of ExpoProducción, at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, from February 4th to 6th, 2015. ExpoProducción is expected to be the event of the year for everyone involved in apparel, ...
Tags: home textiles, apparel, Textile
The China & Asia textile forum and China Green textile summit will be held on February 2-3, 2015, at the Beijing Marriott Hotel Northeast, China. The events are co-hosted by ECV International, a leading consulting firm in China, and ...
Tags: textile, Green textile
Italian soft furnishings exhibition Proposte will host non-European exhibitors for the first time in its 22-year history. According to the show's general manager and president of the board of directors, Massimo Mosiello and Piercarlo ...
Tags: soft furnishings, exhibition, Furniture
For each of the three preceding fiscal years, India has overachieved it targets set for textile exports, Minister of Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. In fiscal year 2011-12, India exported ...
Tags: textile exports, Textile
Finland-based paper and packaging company Powerflute has acquired core and coreboard manufacturer Corenso for €102.3m. Powerflute had previously announced that it would invest around €81m in the acquisition. However, the ...
British upholstery group Sofa Brands International has today launched research showing that almost half of the UK population wrongly believe that Britain’s manufacturing industry is on the decline. The research also shows that one in ...
Tags: Goods, Sofa Brands, Furniture
Sustainability, one of the major topics among current trends in the furnishings and textile sector will apply in equal measure for the world's largest trade fair for home and contract textiles, Heimtextil. Heimtextil, which runs from ...
Tags: Home Textiles, Textile
The government of the Japanese city of Ueda in collaboration with the Shinshu University has launched an academic project to develop high-performance silk with threads derived from genetically engineered spiders and silkworms. According ...
Tags: Silk Thread, Textile
The works of Indian fashion designer Rajesh Pratap Singh will be put up on display at an upcoming exhibit celebrating the legacy of Indian textiles at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. Part of the museum’s India Season ...
Tags: handmade textiles, Apparel
In the medical sector, compression textiles are mainly used to prevent various illnesses, or to treat them, or to improve quality of life. However, compression textiles are increasingly also being used in the non-medical sector and are ...
Next February as part of the ‘2015 See You in Valencia’ initiative the Valencia Fair will host a business meeting on the subject of the contract channel. This meeting will gather fifty international prescribers that will make ...
Tags: B2B, business meeting, Furniture
The Indian home-grown men’s lifestyle brand Grasim has launched an exclusive collection for the wedding season based on a mixed palette of traditional and glamorous hues including classic off white, elegant purple and metallic blue. ...
Tags: Wedding Collection, Textile
Organisers of Texworld, which runs from February 9-12, 2015 say, they have received exceptional rate of registration for the trade show. Indian textile body - Texprocil, which normally participates in the winter edition of Texworld, is ...
Tags: silk manufacturers, Textile
A free trade agreement between South Korea and China could knock down Taiwanese textile exports to China to the tune of US $324 million per annum. According to the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF), through the FTA, 85 per cent of South ...
Tags: textile exports, free trade, Textile