The Pakistani Government’s inability to fulfill the commitment of releasing Pk Rs. 188 billion for the implementation of the Textiles Policy 2009-2014, has rendered the policy ineffective, said Textiles Secretary Rukhsana Shah during ...
Tags: Textile Policy, textile industry
Recycled fibre and yarn will come into focus at ITMA 2015 with their own sub-chapter – a development that recognises the increasing role of recycled raw materials in textiles of all kinds. The recycling of synthetic polymers has ...
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The Government of Pakistan has raised the country’s textile export target by US$ 2 billion for the coming year, Minister of Textile Industry Abbas Shah Afridi has said. Addressing the members of the All Pakistan Textile Mills ...
Tags: Pak Govt, Textile Export, textile
A delegation of textile entrepreneurs from Pakistan’s Faisalabad recently visited the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, with the aim of cooperating in the textile sector. According to a statement issued by the Federation of ...
Tags: textile, textile sector, apparel industry
The Vietnamese garment and textile industry has grown at a healthy rate in the first quarter of the current year, and the outlook for the whole year is bright, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, reports Viet Nam News. ...
Tags: Garments, Textiles industry, apparel
The exports of garments and textiles from the Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam to Middle East and Africa have risen to US$ 117.4 million in 2013, about three times higher than the value in 2009, chinhphu.vn reported. According to the ...
Tags: Garment Exports, textiles, apparel products
Standard Textile partnered with La Quinta to create the world’s largest Towel Mosaic, breaking a Guinness World Record. Made up of more than 2,500 red, white and blue towels, La Quinta volunteers formed a 26,390 square foot ...
Tags: Textiles, Mosaic, Towel Mosaic
In order to take full advantage of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, which is likely to be finalized this year, Vietnamese textile and garment industry would have to invest more in domestic yarn and fabric production. ...
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—hosted companies from around the world at its Lectra Fashion ...
Tags: Lectra Fashion Seminar, Apparel Companies, soft materials
With the latest numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency indicating that textile waste accounts for nearly 5% of all landfill space in the United States, one wholesale fabric company is teaming up with other fabric and textile ...
Exports of clothing from Turkey grew by 10.7 percent to US$ 3.1 billion during the first two months of 2014, compared to the same period last year, as per the data released by the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ Association ...
Garment Printing gives every client the chance to choose environmentally friendly garments as well as printing techniques. The range of garments includes the EarthPositive range, which is 100% organic, ethically sourced, and with a low ...
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Beginning this year, textiles will gradually become the largest export segment in Indonesia, overtaking the commodity-based segment, predicts a report published recently by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC). ...
Tags: textiles, export segment, textile sector
Textile and raw material exports from Turkey, excluding apparel, fetched US$ 1.48 billion during the first two months of 2014, indicating a surge of 11.6 percent, compared to the same period in 2013, as per the data released by the Istanbul ...
Tags: Textile Exports, raw material, apparel
At this year’s ITMA ASIA + CITME KARL MAYER will be exhibiting lace raschel machines committed to beauty and efficiency as well as denim technology from a single source. An improved Jacquardtronic lace machine with main focus on ...
Tags: Karl Mayer, Lace Raschel Machines, ITMA Asia