Two Germany-based technical textiles companies, Olbo & Mehler Tex (OMT) and Synteen & Luckenhaus (SL), have joined forces to allow business expansion to new markets and markets segments. Both companies are part of KAP group, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and both are dedicated to the production of technical textiles, complementing each other. They will join activities and business operations under the leadership of a management team led by the Portuguese Alberto Tavares, lea

Bangladesh’s apparel manufacturers have entered into sustainable manufacturing practices by establishing eco-friendly factories and introducing energy-efficient latest technologies to give a cushion against carbon emission. The issue of sustainable manufacturing came under the spotlight as global consumers are becoming more and more cautious on environment while the global retailers are looking for suppliers of apparel produced in eco-friendly factories. Sustainable manufacturing refers to

Textile manufacturing companies in Ghana may soon be wiped out altogether. And political interference that has scuttled a taskforce commissioned by the government to check the influx of cheap pirated textiles into the country, would largely be responsible for such an eventuality, The Weekend Finder has reported. According to the newspaper, the scuttling of the task force has meant that designs of the local textile manufacturers continue to be pirated and imported into the country, with the fa

The Agriculture Ministry has put up the draft licensing guidelines for Bt cotton technology for comments and suggestions from all stakeholders so that relevant proposals can be incorporated. The notification will remain in the public domain for 90 days. At a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh clarified that the Centre's decision to cap the price of Bt cotton seed in March this year at Rs 800 per packet of 450 grams had not been rolled-back.

Scientists and students at London's Imperial Colege have developed the DNA tools to modify bacteria normally found in fermented tea so they can customise cellulose production, that can be used among other things, for making clothes. Cellulose is harvested in huge amounts from trees and plants to make materials like fabric, paper and cardboard. It's also produced in a very strong and pure form by some harmless bacteria. This bacterial cellulose is currently used in a range of products includin

Turkmenistan textile industry is on the way to a new stage of development as it plans to hold an international exhibition in Ashgabat on June 4-5, 2016, said the message from the event's organizers, Turkmenistan's Ministry of Textile Industry and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry May 31. The textile industry holds an important place in Turkmenistan's economy as it traditionally grows cotton which is a basis for ensuring the development of the textile industry. This year, it’s planned to

Exhibition-cum-Sale of Handicraft and Handloom products from the North Eastern States of India was inaugurated on Monday by Union Minister of State for Textiles (I/C), Santosh Kumar Gangwar in New Delhi. Gangwar at the inauguration occassion said that this is the first organized effort to bring modern ready-made garment industry in the North East, and a significant step towards the Make in India initiative of the Government. He also spoke of the initiative by the Ministry of Textiles to se

According to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas), textile and apparel exports in the first four months of this year exceeded US$8.1 billion, up 6.2 percent over the same period last year. Of which, garments exports topped $6.8 billion, an increase of 6.95 percent; staple fiber exports reached $824 million, an increase of 2.87 percent; raw materials exports were at $273 million, up 4.14 percent; whereas, nonwoven fabrics exports hit $145 million, down 3.97 percent. Countrie

THE central parity rate of the yuan weakened further by six basis points yesterday to 6.5790 against the US dollar, the lowest level since February 2011, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. The fall followed Monday’s drop of 294 basis points, which dragged the central parity rate of the yuan to its weakest point in more than five years. The tumble came after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said at Harvard University on Friday that an interest rate hike in the next

The Punjab government has set a target of bringing 5.7 million acres of land under cotton cultivation this year with a production target of 9.5 million bales. "All resources will be used to ensure achieving these targets as cotton is an important crop in Pakistan's economy having 1.5 percent share in the gross domestic product," said Punjab Agriculture Minister Doctor Farrukh Javed as he chaired a meeting to review the cotton cultivation on Tuesday. He claimed that Pakistan stood fourth among co