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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’s Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct (Paris, June 26-27) is set to address the need for companies in all sectors, including the textiles industry, to adopt more responsible business practices.
Review24 Jun 2014Techtextil North America seemed to confirm what many have been seeing as a revival of the US market. Tara Hounslea reports from Atlanta
Smart fabric technologies for vital signs monitoring will soon be employed on the front line – and also sending back vital data from space
Technical24 Jun 2014Vector protection in textiles was previously known primarily in practical application areas, such as military uniforms or mosquito netting. Increasingly, this function is also found in work and leisure clothing. Vectors (from the Latin for carriers, as in carriers of disease-causing pathogenic agents), such as mosquitos and ticks, are among the greatest health risks worldwide. In many regions of the world, they are not just a real nuisance but greatly responsible for the increasing transmission and spread of life-threatening diseases, such as malaria, yellow fever or lyme disease. Textiles with a protective finish against vectors can make a major contribution to preventing these carriers from stinging or biting humans – thus inhibiting the transmission of pathogenic agents.
The European Commission is reducing the maximum limit value for flame retardant Tris(2-chloroethyl) phosphate TCEP to 5mg per kilogram in children’s toys. The change will target toys for children up to the age of three and those intended to be placed in the mouth.
Garment workers’ unions and human rights groups are holding the fourth People’s Tribunal against human rights abuses in the Indonesian garment industry. Previous tribunals of this kind have been held in Sri Lanka, Cambodia and India.
Celanese Corporation, a producer of vinyl acetate ethylene (VAE) emulsion polymers, has relaunched its Elite Ultra line of dispersions for use in nonwovens, specialty papers and other associated industries in Europe. The updated range features the new Vinamul Elite 15 with firmer hand, and Vinamul Elite 25 with softer hand for use in wipes, tabletop and hygiene applications.
News22 Jun 2014According to China National Bureau of Statistics, fabric output during May reached 5.9 billion metres, increasing 3.51% from the previous month. However, the figure was still 0.67% lower than the comparable statistic of last year.
