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Keep tabs on a complex industry as we check in on textile industry leaders from around the globe
If you accept the fact that the cotton customers are constantly emerging, then you need to be in touch with what fashion and textile designers think.
Co-organized by the Kumaraguru College of Technology and Texas Tech University, the conference (Coimbatore, India, Dec. 15-17, 2011) will feature 125 papers spanning the entire textile supply chain.
A new cotton fabric, developed by scientists from Donghua University in Shanghai, can be cleaned and deodorized simply by hanging them on a clothesline in the sun.
Our “Cotton Industry” must redefine itself from the conventional risk approach to include participants through the supply-chain that impacts the counterparty performance.
At current cotton price levels, spinning mills in India should be in much better shape to turn a profit during the coming quarter.
From one end to the other, the supply chain is starting to hit its stride in India.
Vietnam’s domestic cotton production can only meet about 2% of the textile industry’s demand, exposing them to international price fluctuations on imported fiber.
Research from high school students contributes to the work on oil absorption by cotton nonwovens and was presented at the leading nonwovens conference in Atlanta.
Joining the ranks of companies looking to better their environmental image is Levi Strauss & Co, whose newest line of jeans embrace the Better Cotton Initiative.
Muttenz, Switzerland-based Clariant announces the opening of its new regional headquarters for the Southeast Asia & Pacific region in addition to its Global Textile headquarters, both of which are located in Singapore.
The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) completed its Annual Conference in Barcelona with the theme “New Paradigms in the Global Textile Industry.”
CCI, Cotton Incorporated and Supima conducted meetings with new business contacts representing mills, manufacturers, brands and retailers at Texworld and Première Vision trade shows in Paris.
This video of the first-ever World Textile Summit captures the sights and sounds of one of the biggest textile industry events of the year.
In many sports, players wear beads of sweat as a badge of honor and a testament to their intensity and effort. But golfers never want their opponents to see them sweat.
According to the U.S. Commerce Department, July’s total cotton consumption in domestic mills was 121 million pounds.
Berrye Worsham, Cotton Incorporated’s president and CEO, says the recently released Cotton Life Cycle Assessment is about measurement, not marketing.
A major revenue source for charities is the sale of unusable products to textile re-purposing companies, since almost 99 percent of textiles can be recycled.
COTTON USA recently hosted the top three finishers in its Hollywood-inspired Thailand Design Challenge on an educational tour of California and New York.
The partnership between cotton and Under Armour will be showcased on the football field in the center of largest cotton region in the United States on October 8.
This information-packed resource can be purchased in its entirety or by geographic region, and includes a translation of technical terms into French and Spanish.
The China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC) will hold a conference Oct. 15-17 in Jiangsu Province, China, with the theme, “Industry Adjustment and Stability – the World and China.”
The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) is applying pressure to delay cotton exports under Open General License only after January 1, 2012.
Thai consumers can’t get enough of Wrangler’s new water-repellent denim jeans, buying 90 percent of the total supply that was introduced to the market in March 2011.
According to the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), the first quarter of 2011 saw a decline in global yarn and fabric production.
Erratic market changes have left mills with growing inventories of yarn despite operating at just 30 percent to 40 percent of capacity.
The “Closet Share 2011” determined that the wardrobes of Colombian men and women are fairly similar in four different categories: jeans, khakis, underwear, and home furnishings.
Respect and transparency in retail textiles are closely tied to economic efficiency, environmental responsibility and social solidarity. Values should be driving strategies.
The textile machinery industry’s leading associations are pooling their forces to put on a truly massive event with the theme, “New Paradigms in the Global Textile Industry.”
If you want something done right, the old adage says, you need to do it yourself -- and few companies have taken that sentiment to heart more than the Esquel Group.
The “Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens and Technical Textiles" (ATNT 2011) will take place in Coimbatore, India, from Dec. 15 to 17.
The coming Muslim holiday, Eid al Fitr, usually provides a nice boost to cotton clothing sales in Indonesia, but consumers have shifted to synthetics this year.
Dayanidhi Maran, India's Cabinet Minister of Textiles, submitted his resignation on July 7 and has been replaced by Anand Sharma, the country's current Minister of Commerce.
India's cotton yarn sector has so far lost nearly $2.5 billion, according to the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI).
Cotton Council International (CCI) introduced its “Naturally Connecting the World” theme with Cotton USA ambassador Da S and fashion designer Alex Wang.
Cooperation between government ministries will continue to drive growth in the country's technical textiles sector.
With a boost in productivity and an enhancement of applications, the size of the nanofiber market will top $4 billion in less than a decade.
The government's decision to increase this season's allowable cotton export limit has surprised and outraged many spinners in India.
It was a year for the record books in Pakistan’s textile industry, with exports skyrocketing to $12.5 billion--up more than 34 percent over the previous year.
The second quarter of 2011 produced disappointing sales numbers for Hennes and Mauritz (H&M), the world’s second largest fashion retailer.
Indian officials have pledged to invest $438 million in its textiles industry, in the hopes of ultimately attracting more than $10 billion in investment.
"Denim Runway" event, sponsored by Cotton Council International and Plains Cotton Cooperative Association, showcases the work of student designers.
The government's Five Year National Textile Plan, enacted in August 2010, is paying big dividends for this crucial sector of Pakistan's economy.
Preliminary analysis suggests that world fiber consumption experienced a significant rebound from its 2008 decline.
An anonymous Pakistani textile professional contends that Pakistan will be competitive in the textiles market long into the future, despite a few challenges.
Times are tough in Indonesia right now, with spinners trying to renegotiate contracts and willing to sell cotton inventory even at a small loss.
Cotton's future market share is largely dependent on a continued preference for cotton, especially in consumer products, and that is the role of demand enhancement.
The second of the two-part series by Dr. Jeffrey Silberman emphasizes that cotton demand creation requires more than just promotion.
After the steep decline in 2008-2009, global shipments of new textile machinery have recorded a very strong upswing, including the setting of some all-time highs.
At least one major association from India's powerful spinning industry is seeking government intervention to prevent further exports of raw cotton.
Over the next three years, the Indian government will spend $22 million to open four Centers of Excellence as part of its Technology Mission on Technical textiles.
It's been a difficult first quarter in Indonesia, with little demand for cotton yarn, but some mills are optimistic enough to be making expansion plans.
Like many other consumers, I have a great preference for cotton clothing -- even when I don't always know why.
Dhiren Sheth, president of the Cotton Association of India, sheds light on the thinking behind the decision to hold a major international event in September.
Price volatility and pressure from synthetics have cotton fighting for market share.
CCI reaches across the pond to ensure cotton remains at the top of the fiber food chain.
The one-time "enemy of cotton" has found a way to incorporate natural fibers into its sweat-wicking perfrormance apparel.
The fashion and textile industries are the drivers of cotton’s market share, making it fertile ground for brand marketing.
Expanding into this new field is a growing necessity for the Indian textile industry.
Expected to grow at a rapid pace, this emerging sector in India has exceeded estimates by expanding 367 percent over the last five years.
As part of its environmental strategy, the major sports and performance retailer has announced its intent to use 100 percent 'Better Cotton' in its products.
Although cotton prices remain near record highs, many farmers in India are hoarding their residual stocks in the hopes that prices will rise even higher.
Although most of the talk has centered around retailer price increases, the pain of exceptionally high cotton prices is hitting everyone in the supply chain.
A research paper about the technical textile industry has received the “Best Technical Paper Award” at the 66th annual conference of the India Textile Association.
It's been coming for a while: Clothing manufacturers are feeling the financial impact of high-cost cotton.
Bayer CropScience and textile and apparel company Olah Inc. have signed a licensing agreement to use the cotton brand names FiberMax and Stoneville.
The pain of higher raw material costs is now spreading to companies beyond the clothing and apprel industry.
Through the first three quarters of 2010, China's textile industry saw a 26 percent increase in spending on fixed assets, and growth should continue throughout 2011.
The most recent International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) trade report shows that Asia's share continues to increase.
Pakistan's textile industry shipped more than $1.3 billion in cotton-based goods in the second half of 2010, more than offsetting rising raw material costs.
The finishing priocess for the new Water<Less line of jeans from Levi Strauss uses 28 percent less water than normal jeans.
The global recession has battered many industries, but the production of organically gorwn cotton continues to make strides in the marketplace.
Over the next five years, Indian will invest $45 million in two initiatives designed to boost the growth of its nonwovens and specialty textiles sector.
Indian officials seek to balance the needs of yarn exporters with the interests of the domestic textile industry, which is pushing for a lifting of the restrictions on all types of yarn.
Developments include government action on cotton yarn exports and investments in technical textiles, as well as a new production estimate from an industry association.
Sources say that even though cotton prices are rising steadily, yarn prices vary widely from one mill to the next, depending on cash flow.
Raw material price increases have barely made a dent in retail prices ... but many industry sources more increases are on the way, and inflation fears are growing.
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