The Federal Government of Pakistan’s decision to ensure gas supply of 100 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) to the textile industry in Punjab would ensure continuation of work for around 3 million textile workers, said All Pakistan ...
Tags: Gas Supply, Textile
Biotech company Novozymes has teamed up with the China Knitting Industry Association (CKIA) under a three-year agreement to promote the use of enzyme technology, with the aim of saving water and energy. As the Chinese textile industry ...
Tags: enzymes technology, China's Knitwear, Novozymes, CKIA, textile industry
The Indian power sector scenario remains gloomy. Although power reforms started about a decade back, the achievements are only dismal. Financial health of most state electricity boards remains critical, mainly due to the uncontrolled use of ...
Tags: energy conservation, energy audit
The Indonesian textile industry growth prospects are estimated to remain sluggish during the 2014 year, owing to the planned increase in electricity power next year, said Benny Soestrisno, chairman of the advisory board of the Indonesian ...
Tags: textile industry, Apparel
The exports of textiles and clothing stagnated in 2012, according to the ‘International Trade Statistics 2013’, published by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The report states that half of the world’s top ten ...
Tags: Textiles, Clothing Exports
Following the Prime Minister (PM) of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif’s decision to provide additional gas supply to the industrial sector, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has approved the PM’s directive for ...
Tags: Textile Units, Textile
Tesco Plc., the world’s third-largest retailer, has applied to the Indian Government for developing a multi-brand retail business in India. The company has filed its application with the Department of Industrial Policy and ...
Tags: Multi-Brand Retail, UK's Tesco
The organisers of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles – Spring Edition, due to take place in March 2014, have announced that the fair will be postponed until 2015. Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Daily Use
The Bombay brand, having reestablished itself in new furniture last year, could soon expand into several other licensed categories - including fabric and upholstery. The Wildflower Group, a licensing and branding agency, said it is ...
Guilford Performance Textiles, Wilmington, N.C., will team with Concept III Textiles, Red Bank, N.J., to provide U.S. outdoor and activewear apparel brands with an "Americas" solution for quality knit fabrics offering Guilford's bread and ...
ShriVallabh Pittie Group, India, is investing $70 million to build a yarn spinning plant near Sylvania, Ga., and hire 250 employees. The plant will manufacture carded cotton yarn and offer flexible production to meet market demand. "We ...
Tags: textile
Sliver knitter Monterey Mills, Janesville, Wis., has acquired sliver knitter Glenoit Fabrics (TT) Corp. Inc., Tarboro, N.C., from the management group that has owned the company since 2009. Monterey plans to invest in Glenoit's ...
Tags: textile
Greensboro, N.C.-based Burlington, a division of International Textile Group Inc. (ITG), is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. The company was established in 1923 in Burlington, N.C., by J. Spencer Love, who had purchased his ...
Tags: textile, Burlington
Stony Brook, N.Y.-based Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (APDN) — a provider of DNA encrypted and embedded anti-counterfeiting technology and authentication solutions — has unveiled a security platform designed specifically for ...
Tags: textile, technology
The two VDMA Textile Machinery Conferences held beginning of December in Mumbai and Coimbatore received excellent feedback from Indian textile mills. 16 textile machinery builders from Germany, their agents and subsidiaries presented ...