Aurora Speciality Textiles Group, a leader in the finishing, coating, and dyeing of a broad spectrum of textile substrates, both woven and nonwoven, is set to display its next-generation custom-coating capabilities and products at Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) expo, from September 26 to 29, 2017, in Louisiana, US, in booth A311. At IFAI Expo 2017, Aurora will showcase new products engineered to meet the evolving needs of the pressure sensitive tape, medical tape, indust

The United States consumed about 23.11 per cent of non-woven textile products exported by Indonesia’s Bali province in July, according to the country’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The products were worth $5.240 million. However, exports from Bali, primarily in textiles, declined by 15.87 per cent, or worth $988,739, in July compared to June. In July 2016, the province exported textiles worth $5.146 million,an Indonesian news agency reported quoting Bali BPS chairman Adi Nugroho. Textile

In 2017/18, world cotton production is projected to increase by 8% to 24.9 million tons due entirely to an 8% expansion in world cotton area to 31.7 million hectares, which is below the 20-year average of 32.7 million hectares. The world average yield is forecast at 785 kg/ha. India is expected to remain the world’s largest cotton producer in 2017/18 with output increasing by 6% to 6.1 million tons. After falling by 6% in 2016/17, China’s production is projected to rebound by 7% to 5.2 million t

Indian garment exporters not only maintained its per unit realization to the US market but also expanding its market share compared to other large garment exporting countries including China, Bangladesh and Vietnam who have been recording decline in their per unit realization to the US since the past three years. According to the data from the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA), USA, the average realization per square metre equivalent of apparels exported by India to the US has been in th

Indonesia is Cotton USA's fourth-largest market after China, Turkey and Mexico. Sales in Indonesia range between US$300 million and $600 million a year. This year, according to Cotton Council International (CCI), the export promotion arm of the National Cotton Council, a US industry association promoting the brand Cotton USA is eyeing a 3 percent increase in sales in Indonesia. CCI Indonesian representative Andy Do said that the target would be achieved by approaching consumers directly to pr

Pakistan textile industry has been advised to focus on value addition to compete in the international market as lack of value addition is one of the major reason behind the decline in exports, said Commerce Secretary Younis Dagha on Wednesday while addressing an event hosted by Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association. According to Dagha, cost of doing business is higher in Pakistan compared to neighbouring countries, but it is not the only hurdle in exports as they have not p

Once at the heart of the Silk Road trade route, the Zandajan district in western Herat province in Afghanistan has a long tradition of producing silk used to weave carpets and silk due to abundance of mulberry bushes has become a major centre for cultivating silkworms, according to residents. However, the silkworm industry, a 2000 years old tradition, had been on the decline in the past in Zandajan, but with the help of some foreign NGOs was rescued and strengthened. Besides women, men als

India’s technical textile and nonwoven industry continues to be one of the fastest growing sectors within the textile industry. Now in its 6th edition, Techtextil India continues to bring forward the latest technology in technical textile, nonwoven and garment machinery and is scheduled to take place from 13 – 15 September 2017 at Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre. Bookings for Techtextil India has already intensified and international contingents from countries like Germany, China, Kor

Textile finishers in Brazil should take heed of local consumers’ demand for complex and colourful design in fabrics, traders at SAARA, Rio de Janeiro’s biggest open-air market, have told us. Grassroots interviews at this market in the city’s historic centre said Brazil’s mass market fabric tastes eschew simplicity – the market, originally founded by immigrants at the end of the 19th century, is a medley of shopfronts selling everything from sports equipment and beach chairs to makeup and plas

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) Punjab Chairman Syed Ali Ahsan has rejected the unilateral and sudden reduction in system gas supply by the SNGPL. The SNGPL has reduced the system gas supply to 28 percent from 35 percent with effect from September 1, 2017 on account of fast approaching of winter. The Aptma Punjab chief said a sudden and unilateral reduction of system gas by 30 mmcfd is worrisome when already 35 to 40 percent of the industrial capacity has been closed down d