Collins and Hayes has completed the installation of a new brand gallery at Christopher Pratts in Leeds, ready for a promotional event taking place at the store next month. The gallery features 12 models in all, featuring 10 fresh designs ...
Spink & Edgar Upholstery has further expanded its stockists with one of Bath’s largest furniture stores – TR Hayes – as the latest retailer to exclusively stock its new sofa range. Part of luxury bedmaker Harrison ...
Tags: manmade materials, sofas, spring technology
Made from value added Trevira fibres, the Gebrüder Mehler weaving mill from Germany is presenting new developments in corporate wear at Munich Fabric Start which begins in September. “The fabrics meet all the rigorous demands ...
Tags: Trevira fibre, weaving
Columbia Sportswear Company portfolio brand Prana is expanding its European distribution network and has also added a new international sales team. As per a Prana press release, for more than 20 years, Prana apparel has had a strong ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Prana, sportswear
The Mexican government has revised standards for labeling of textile and apparel products, which must now comply with appropriate mandatory standards (NOMs) or voluntary standards (NMXs). Generally, all apparel, apparel accessories, ...
Tags: labeling, textile products, apparel products
Considered a sunset industry, the Philippine textile sector is getting back on its feet, concluded stakeholders of the Philippine textile industry at a recent seminar. The conference ‘TELA Serye: ... kahapon, ngayon, bukas. ...
Tags: sunset industry, Philippine textile sector, textile industry
“Degradable natural fibres have an advantage over synthetics when it comes to the environment. Having said that, there are developments in the pipeline to aid the environmental sustainability of synthetics,” the head of a full ...
Tags: synthetics, wool, cashmere, alpaca, Textile
“Sports events like IPL are a great platform for brands to not only convey their core promise to a much wider audience, but also to make a stronger and more enduring bond,” informs the Indian head of sportswear brand, U.S. Polo ...
Tags: sportswear brand, sportsmanship, Apparel
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 ...
Tags: Recycled Fibres, Yarns, ITMA 2015
The man-made fibre (MMF) makers are looking forward to an increase in consumption in the global textile and clothing industry at an annual growth rate of 3.3 percent by 2020. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Mr. Friedrich Weninger, ...
Tags: Man-Made Fibre, Textile
“The challenges for using new, fibre-based materials in the automotive sector are very complex,” explains Dr. Timo Hammer, Head of the Bioservice Team at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, Germany. Given the variety ...
After disappointing growth in textile and apparel trade in 2012, international volumes in apparel, textiles and other fibre products have recovered this year. Based on an analysis of merchandise in all fibre types, natural and manmade ...
Tags: Fibres, Apparel Trade
Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister (CM) of Pakistan’s Sindh province, has invited Chinese textile companies to set up their units in the Textile City being developed in the Port Industrial Area, near Karachi, in case of relocation ...
Tags: Sindh CM, Textile City
After disappointing growth in textile and apparel trade in 2012, international volumes in apparel, textiles and other fibre products have recovered this year. Based on an analysis of merchandise in all fibre types, natural and manmade ...
Tags: Fibres, Textiles Trade
With an increase in the number of exhibitors at this year’s Yarn Expo Autumn, visitors to the fair are guaranteed a greater sourcing choice of fibres and yarns. Nearly 150 suppliers from 13 countries and regions, including China, ...