Children's clothing and shoes made by a dozen globally-recognised brands have been found to contain potentially harmful chemicals, Greenpeace said Tuesday. A new investigation by the environmental campaign group showed that at least one article from every brand was found to have chemicals that "can have adverse impacts either on human reproductive, hormonal or immune systems". But some of the substances it tested were at concentrations as low as 1mg per kilo, which it described as "the

Although the textile industry confronted with many difficulties, the textile industry in Jiangsu Province maintained steady growth. In January-October, the prime business revenue of the textile industry reached CNY 1.08 trillion, up 9.60% year-on-year and the total profit amounted to CNY 48.16 billion, up 16.24%. Meanwhile, CNY 163.36 billion worth of textile products were delivered for export, up 9.18%. By coping with the changing development environment, the local textile industry positive

China's economy will continue to recover because of an increase in exports and improvement in overcapacity industries, and the country's GDP growth in 2014 is expected to be 8.6 percent, according to Deutsche Bank on Monday. The economic conditions of the United States and Europe in 2014 will be better, which is good for China's exports, and the overcapacity industries of solar, cement and shipbuilding are improving their relations between supply and demand, said Ma Jun, the chief economist

With growth on both the visitor and exhibitor sides, Heimtextil 2014 has been a complete success. In addition to the excellent statistics, the quality and enormous spectrum of products underscore the unique position of Heimtextil as the world’s leading trade fair for home and contract textiles”, says Detlef Braun, Member of the Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt, summing up the results of the event. With growth in the number of exhibitors for the fourth year running, Heimtextil sent a positi

Retail sector has been witnessing a sluggish growth in Australia but this slowdown has given rise to new age fashion brands for men, which are resisting the current downward curve in the country’s retail sector. The competition is heating up in the men’s wear segment in Australia with the entry of foreign brands such as Zara, Top Shop and Gap. Quality and credibility of the brand is playing a major role in their success stories. However, today the mantra for the success of men’s fashion brand

Inadequate legal cover has been a major challenge in launching of Bt cotton certification for the private seed sector, says Syed Muhammad Nasir Ali. PHOTO: FILE In a fresh bid to restart the legislation process from where it was discontinued earlier, a summary is being sent to the Prime Minister Secretariat, seeking exemption over the lapse of the proposed Seed Amendment Act 2010, which could not be tabled before the parliament prior to its dissolution in 2013. The passage of the Seed

From the overall development in 2013, it becomes clear that the technical textiles sector is growing steadily in China as the demand continues to increase, stimulating more investment in the industry. In terms of new business investment, in 2013 entrepreneurs gradually returned to investing rationally, and stopped blind expansion. Investment has been made in spunbound production line which is expected to increase the capacity of spunbound nonwovens by about 30,000 tons. A few tons of high-

A fire scene photo taken by a witness and posted online. The blaze hit a shoe factory in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, this afternoon, killing at least 16 people, China Central Television reported. The fire broke out around 3pm at the Dadong shoe factory. Fire fighters put out the fire at 5:40pm with more than 20 people rescued. A blaze hit a shoe factory in Wenling, Zhejiang Province, this afternoon, killing at least 16 people, China Central Television reported. The fire broke out around 3

The South American country of Brazil is expected to export around 540,000 tons of cotton during the 2014 season, as per the latest supply and demand report released by the country’s National Supply Company (CONAB). According to the CONAB’s estimates, in 2014 Brazil is expected to cultivate cotton which would be sufficient for the consumption needs of the domestic textile industry estimated at 920,000 tons of cotton, as well as meet the international demand, indicating lesser pressure on impor

After a nearly two months of field test, China’s first indigenous cotton picker machine was unveiled in Shanghai, according to a statement on the website of the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (STCSM). In one hour, the cotton picker machine plucked cotton from 20 acres of land and the net collected rate was 95 percent, similar to that achieved by imported machines. The development of cotton picker machine demanded precision because of different height of cotton p