Malaysia's Penfabric has become the world's first integrated textile company undertaking yarn spinning, greige weaving to dyeing and finishing, to be awarded the STeP by Oeko-Tex certificate for sustainable textile production and with it, ...
Tags: integrated textile, yarn spinning
A.Monforts Textilmaschinen has developed three variants of heat recovery systems for new Monforts ranges like the integrated heat recovery system, the ‘Energy Tower’ and the ‘Eco-Booster’. According to Monforts, ...
Beginning next year, the textile industry in Taiwan will have to mandatorily take energy conservation measures, as per a directive of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), according to local media reports. In its effort to improve ...
Tags: textile manufacture, energy saving, MOEA, textile
A mapping of sustainable textile initiatives by Norden – a regional partnership of Nordic countries – shows that many different perspectives and stakeholders are now working with environmental impacts associated with textile ...
Producer and marketer of recycled nylon fibres Aquafil has entered into a partnership with Outerknown, a new menswear apparel brand founded by 11 time world champion surfer Kelly Slater. An Aquafil press release informed that ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Nylon Fibres
Haiti’s apparel sector has just got a shot in the arm. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has decided to invest $4 million to help The Willbes Haitian S.A., a subsidiary of South Korea-based ...
Tags: apparel manufacture, IFC, knits, sweaters, woven products, microfibers
Textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are set to benefit as the Malaysia-Turkey Free Trade Agreement (MTFTA) will come into effect on August 1, 2015, according to Malaysian media reports. The MTFTA ...
Tags: textile manufacture, apparel and clothing, MTFTA, apparel exports
The feeling of long-lasting hygiene, comfort & freshness can now be experienced in a new range of functional socks made with Amicor, an anti-microbial fibre manufactured by Thai Acrylic Fibre Co. Ltd. According to a Thai Acrylics press ...
Tags: textile manufacture, textile fabric, Yarns, viscose, cotton, polyester
The three-day International Textiles, Weaving Machinery and Accessories Expo held in Erode in Tamil Nadu generated business of over Rs 200 crore, according to media reports. In a press release, M A Rayappan, chairman of Hi-Tech ...
Tags: International Textiles, textile manufcture, weaving machinery
One of India’s biggest textile machinery marketers, A.T.E. Enterprises has partnered with HMSU Rollers (India) Private Limited, Ahmedabad, to offer superior quality rubber compounds. “The essential requirements of roller ...
Tags: textile machinery, A.T.E.Enterprises, rubber compounds
As Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles continues to expand beyond traditional home textile items to cover the entire product spectrum, it will feature a new trend program at the fair which runs from August 26-28, 2015. The InterDesign ...
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India has the capability to emerge as a manufacturing hub for textile machinery, according to an industry expert. The rolling out of 'Make in India' campaign by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and its subsequent promotion for setting up ...
Tags: apparel, clothing, textile machinery manufacturing, textile machinery
Textile segment sales in the first quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 10.74 per cent year over year at diversified Indian manufacturer, Sintex Industries Ltd. In a BSE filing, the textile division of Sintex Industries reported sales of Rs ...
Tags: Textile Segment, Sintex Industries, Textile
Textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said that given its employment and export intensity, the apparel industry plays a significant role in realizing the vision of ‘Make in India’, according to an official statement. His ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, Textile
For manufacturers looking for a high-performing static-dissipative additive for coatings and plastics, Milliken Chemical’s Zelec electroconductive powders (ECPs) offer remarkable flexibility and durability, the company stated. Zelec ...
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