Pantone said it sourced the 210 colors it added to its palette by leveraging international trend-spotting along with consumer and client color research it conducted. Pantone has added 210 colors to its fashion, home and interiors color ...
Tags: arts, crafts, Pantone's color system
Happy Co. Ltd. has developed a wet cleaning system for clothing, which cleans customers' textiles professionally without having to process them conventionally, using organic solvents or dry-cleaning process. “The methods as well as ...
India's annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 4.05 per cent for July 2015 (over July 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
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Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
All GSP eligible merchandise including textiles will benefit from the US government's announcement of extending the benefit under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to developing countries. In a notice issued on 28 July, the ...
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Considering a higher demand in the field of decorative and furniture fabrics, Heimtextil which takes place from January 12-15, 2016 is expanding the size of the Window and Upholstery segments. According to a Messe Frankfurt press release, ...
Tags: furniture fabrics, Digital Textile
The state governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh have requested the Central Ministry of Finance to increase import duty on raw silk from the current 10 per cent to 30 per cent or at least to 15 per cent. In a written reply to Lok ...
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More than 100 enterprises from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Shandong and Guangdong took part in the China Textiles and Garment Fair (Europe) that opened in Dusseldorf, Germany on ...
Tags: Textiles, Garment, women's clothing, children's garments, underwear
In view of rising imports of batik textiles, Indonesia's Ministry of Trade has issued a regulation requiring all importers of batik-patterned fabrics to register with the ministry and seek special permit for import. Addressing a press ...
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Industrial threads producer Coats Group said it has developed a metallised thread antenna specifically for use with a revolutionary radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. Convergence Systems Limited (CSL), a provider of RFID products, ...
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The summer edition of Texworld USA, International Apparel Sourcing Show and Home Textiles Sourcing Expo ended with exhibitor numbers as well as show space growing by 25 per cent. In total 917 exhibitors from 40 countries presented their ...
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Paul & Shark, the luxury sportswear brand, has selected Centric Software to provide its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software. According to Andrea Dini, owner and CEO of Paul & Shark, the company, known for combining technical ...
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Levi Strauss & Co. said it has expanded its clothing recycling initiative to all Levi's mainline and outlet stores in the United States. In a press release, the denim jeans marketer added that is making it easier for consumers to recycle ...
Driven by strong volume growth and surge in domestic sales, revenues in the three months to June 30, 2015 at Indian home textiles major and BK Goenka led Welpsun India Ltd soared 18 per cent year on year. In the first quarter of fiscal ...
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The Cotton Textiles Exports Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) has welcomed the inclusion of exports of cotton fabrics - both woven and knitted - to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka under the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), according to a ...
Tags: Cotton Textiles, Textiles