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News26 Nov 2014Untreated yak's wool, sourced directly from nomadic herders in Tibet, has been used by apparel company Citizen Cashmere for their Lhasa Hoodie garment.
October’s Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition broke all records in what doubled as a celebration of the fair’s 20th anniversary, say organisers Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.
For its sixth edition, the Théophile Legrand International Textile Innovation Award is amending its regulations, establishing two new categories with two different prizes for the same amount of €8,000.
Integrated knit-garments manufacturer DBL Group, of Bangladesh, has gone live with its latest dyeing-and-finishing investment, extending a partnership of nearly 15 years with Swiss machinery supplier Santex.
Review26 Nov 2014Itema, manufacturer of advanced weaving machines, is showcasing its innovations at a two-day Open House in Puebla, Mexico. The Itema Open House Mexico spotlights the Company’s latest weaving technology advancements with a focus on the rapier R9500 and airjet A9500 models.
REACH&Colours Italia and Milano Chemometrics and QSAR Research Group (University of Milano-Bicocca) have partnered to produce new software designed to predict specific toxicological and environmental properties of dyes, on the basis of a Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) approach.
Kenya is seeking a major expansion of its textile and apparel sector, according to a report by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, which quotes the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development, Dr Wilson Zonga, as stating that the Ministry is working to attract some of the largest textile industries to set up base there.
Invista’s Cordura brand has announced the top three winners of the second phase of its Work ‘N Mode contest. The brand brought its Fashion X Function campaign to Paris with the Work ‘N Mode contest for the students of the L’Atelier Chardon Savard.
Kenyan knitwear exporters may be the biggest knitting sector winners from a comprehensive trade deal struck between the European Union (EU) and the East African Community (EAC). It should boost trade between the two regions - including of yarns and knitted or crocheted clothing and fabrics. Trade between the EU and East Africa’s economic hub, Kenya may especially prosper, as its exporters currently pay significant duties on its knitwear exports to Europe, while poorer EAC countries - Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda - do not, under the EU’s ‘everything but arms’ arrangement for the world’s least developed countries.
Rep Conaway (R-TX) has been selected by the House Republican Conference to chair the House Committee on Agriculture in the 114th Congress beginning in January 2015, the National Cotton Council has reported. The announcement of the chairman-elect was made this week following House organisational meetings and chairmen elections.
News24 Nov 2014An agreement has been reached between IndustriALL Global Union, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and C&A on a system for delivering compensation to the victims of the Tazreen Fashions factory tragedy of November 24, 2012, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Workers became trapped in the clothing factory as a fire broke out which killed 120 of them and injuring a further 300.
News24 Nov 2014DSM Dyneema triumphed at the ITMA Future Materials Awards, scooping three gongs including the top prize of Launch of the Year for its Force Multiplier Technology; Best Innovation – Industrial Textiles; and Most Innovative Large Company.
Insight24 Nov 2014The market was slightly softer at this week’s sale with the Cape Wool’s Merino Indicator shedding 1.4% compared to the previous sale, to close at R111.62 per kilo clean. This is unchanged compared to the opening sale of this season and 2.9% down compared to the corresponding sale of the previous season. On the Australian market, the indicator gained a mere 0.5%.
Insight24 Nov 2014The Australian wool market retreated slightly this week with the Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) shedding 3 Australian cents to close at 1,047 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, November 20. In US dollar terms, the market dropped by a more significant 14 US cents, closing at 899 cents.
Insight24 Nov 2014The European Union (EU) seems to have sparked a regulatory trend with its REACH chemical control system, with more and more countries in Asia adopting REACH-inspired chemical management laws. Thus textile finishing units, companies and suppliers will have to pay increasingly close attention to chemical regulations in Asia-Pacific countries such as China and South Korea.
