Fairtrade International which introduced Fairtrade certified cotton in 2005 is now extending its approach to the entire textile value chain, for which it has prepared a draft. The organisation’s goal is to reach often-overlooked ...
Oeko-Tex Association has named Georg Dieners as the new general secretary and he takes over from Dr. Jean-Pierre Haug. Jean-Pierre Haug will concentrate on professional cooperation in the technical committees within the Oeko-Tex ...
The Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state would be projected as a future textile and garment hub of India at the 12th International & 70th All India Textile Conference, to be held on 17-18 January 2015, at Dr Vasantrao Deshpande Auditorium, ...
Tags: Textile Hub, decision makers, Apparel
A comprehensive strategy aimed at the textile and clothing industry, allowing secure employment for more than 450,000 families belonging to the sector, and to promote competitiveness of enterprises, as well as to create legal and equitable ...
The Nigerian government has approved a policy which aims to revive the country’s ailing textile and garment industry. The policy is a part of the National Industry Revolution Plan (NIRP) which covers the whole textile value chain, ...
Tags: funding and energy, smuggling, Textile
Australian Wool Network (AWN) has moved forward in the wool textile value chain from brokerage to wool-made apparel retail by acquiring Victorian knitwear manufacturer and retailer, Hysport. “The acquisition will allow AWN to move ...
Tags: seamless technology, wool-made apparel retail, Textile
The textile industry of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu aspires to climb up the textile value chain and realise its true potential for which it is depending upon the central government, said an official of a trade body. D Prabhu, ...
Germany based, Lidl, the world's second largest discount supermarket retail chain made a commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its textile value chain by January 1, 2020. Lidl alone sells over €1 billion worth of ...
Tags: Clothing, sportswear
Organisers of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, Messe Frankfurt announced dates for the Spring and Autumn 2015 editions for 2015 and also a new venue. Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring edition takes place from ...
Tags: Apparel Fabrics, Textile
Welspun India Limited (WIL), part of the US$ 3 billion Welspun Group, has unveiled its new spinning facility at Anjar in Gujarat, which is India’s largest spinning facility under one roof. The new, world-class facility was ...
Tags: Spinning Facility, yarn, Textile
Première Vision Pluriel, an organiser of various textile and fashion trade shows across the world, has unveiled a new brand policy based on the Première Vision name. Each of the trade shows will now be prefixed with Premiere ...
Tags: Trade Shows, Brand Name, Textile
267 exhibitors from globally renowned textile technology and equipment providers from 22 countries participated at the recently concluded KTM 2014 in Turkey. Of the 267 exhibitors, Germany with 49 and Italy with 47 exhibitors led the ...
Tags: textile technology, KTM 2014, Textile
VDMA textile machinery association, associated with around 120 manufacturers of textile machinery and accessories from all textile sectors, organized a tour for a high-ranking delegation of 15 well-known German textile machinery and ...
Tags: VDMA, German Firms, Textile
Over 150 experts across the cotton textile value chain from around 20 countries attended this year's Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) Stakeholder Conference held from September 24–26 in Cologne, Germany. Making African cotton ...
Texprocess is a magnet for the international textile and garment industry: almost three quarters of the available exhibition space has already been booked with nine months still to go before the fair begins. This clearly exceeds the ...
Tags: Texprocess, Three Quarters Space, Textile