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
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
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 ...
Tags: textile manufacture, Intertextile, textile
The reversal of Chinese cotton policy and import of cheaper yarn from India led to a slowdown in yarn production in the country, according to a report released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). ‘The State of Pakistan’s ...
Tags: SBP, Apparel, Accessories
The exports of textiles and apparel from Portugal increased by 1.8 percent year-on-year to €2.839 billion during the first eight months of the current year, according to figures released by the Textile and Clothing Association of ...
Tags: Textile Exports, apparel
At the end of July 2013, the Swabian knitted fabrics manufacturer, Mattes & Ammann GmbH & Co. KG, became the first textile company in Germany and the EU economic area to be awarded the OEKO-TEX Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) ...
Tags: STeP Certificate, Mattes&Ammann
Riding on the back of marginal rise in demand from the US and European markets, textile and clothing exports from Pakistan grew by 5.3 percent to US$ 1.187 million in May this year, as compared to US$ 1.128 million in May 2012, ...
Tags: Pakistan, Textile, production capacities
Indonesia's textile sector needs to work on its efficiency to compete with the textile industries of other ASEAN countries, Ramon Bangun, director of textile and miscellaneous industries, at the Ministry of Industry of Indonesia, has said. ...
Tags: Textile
Textile and apparel exports from Bolivia declined by five percent year-on-year, while imports swell by 28 percent year-on-year, according to the data with the Instituto Boliviano de Commercio Exterior (IBCE or Bolivian Foreign Trade ...
Tags: Textile, market view
The two-day international conference on low-carbon solutions for the textile industry in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies held in Taipei, Taiwan, saw several consensus being reached by the APEC members for green solutions ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
To mark the Vietnam-France Friendship Year 2013-2014, International Textiles and Garment Festival, which aims to feature works of artisans, designers and craftsmen from all over the world, will be hosted for the very first time in Vietnam. ...
The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and India, negotiations for which are currently taking place, would boost textiles and garment trade between the two. Speaking to fibre2fashion, head of International ...
BASF SE, Germany, has announced plans to reorganize its Leather and Textile Chemicals business unit (BU) to concentrate on the Asia-Pacific region and on high-value-adding applications. Leather Chemicals will focus on core technologies ...
Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has organized a fire safety training workshop in association with one of the world’s leading inspection and certification company – SGS, to allow the ...
Tags: Garments Manufacturers, Garments, SGS
The textile and garment exporters of India are pinning hopes on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and India as it is expected to boost their exports to the EU. Speaking to fibre2fashion, managing director of ...