The latest issue of the annual PCI Fibres Red Book (World Synthetic Fibres Supply/Demand Report 2012) shows global fibres demand to have reached 82.1 million tons in 2012, with estimates at the half-year point putting the figure at 85.8 ...
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There is no differentiation in the textile and garment products made by Belarusian enterprises for selling in the domestic market and those meant for exports, an official from the Bellegprom Group, consisting of 109 companies engaged in ...
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The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) announced the appointment of former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Augustine “Auggie” Tantillo as the NCTO’s new president. Mr. Tantillo brings more than 25 ...
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The handloom industry is one of the industries which uses labour intensive techniques. The total number of people currently employed in this sector/industry is 43.32 lakhs as per the census of 2009-10. Handloom weaving constitutes one of ...
The AATCC Foundation, Inc, announces deadlines in September for two programs designed to support students enrolled in university textile programs. The AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Program, which is supported by the AATCC ...
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Commercial production has commenced in 26 of the 61 integrated textile parks sanctioned by the Indian Government under the Scheme for Integrated Textiles Park (SITP) in the country. This information was given by Ms. Panabaaka Lakshmi, ...
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Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials—fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials—is pleased to announce that ManiForm—one of ...
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Indian Government’s expert panel to formulate the textiles policy would be submitting its report by the month of October, 2013. Minister of State for Textiles, Panabaaka Lakshmi, in a written reply to Lok Sabha (Lower House of ...
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Researchers at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Puebla Campus in Mexico, have filed a patent to the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) for the collection of volcanic ash to use it ...
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Families in Brazil spent US$ 102 billion on textile and apparel products in the year 2012, according to a survey conducted by the Brazilian Association of Textile Retail (ABVTEX) through the Fundação Getúlio Vargas ...
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The production of paraxylene, a key raw material needed for production of polyester fabrics, is getting stagnated in China, as new projects are getting derailed, which may affect the textile companies that use PX as a raw material. ...
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United Kingdom-based textile testing equipment manufacturer James H. Heal & Co. Ltd. has introduced its TruFade Light Fastness Tester for light fastness testing on textiles, leather and other materials. According to the company, the ...
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Texlynx and Aquarius Thailand, Aquarius Vietnam and PT Atlantis, Indonesia, are pleased to announce a strategic alliance, complementing each others strengths, in order to help all their clients. Texlynx is a sourcing company with ...
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India’s textile and apparel exports for the quarter of April to June in fiscal year 2013-14 totaled US$ 7.79 billion which is almost the same as the exports made during the first three months of last fiscal year. The textile and ...
Argentina’s Global Compact Network (pactoglobal) and Sustainable Textile Center has launched the ‘Code of Conduct and Handbook of Textile and Fashion’. Miguel Angel Gardetti, the Director of Sustainable Textile ...
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