Flexible translucent fibers woven into a fabric can capture light and turn it into images without a camera lens, researchers announced this week. Scientists say the optoelectronic fiber could lead to bizarre new imaging products like a wall-sized, all-seeing camera or a soldier's uniform that captures 360-degree views. "Fabric composed of these fibers could be joined to a computer that could provide information on a small display screen attached to a visor, providing the soldier greater awar

NEW YORK – [13.07.09] The New York Fashion Institute of Technology is hosting a seminar to discuss the development and future of green textiles, including organic/eco-friendly fabrics, trim and domestic manufacturing resources. Scheduled for the evening of August 5, 2009, the session, led by industry professionals Holly Henderson, Georgia Kalivas and Susan Power, will also address responsible manufacturing practices, social and corporate responsibility and fair trade issues. The ‘Red, White,

MIRFIELD – [03.07.09] Camira Fabrics, the manufacturer of high performance contract and mass passenger transportation fabrics, has received a major commendation for the development of its Sting Plus nettle-based fabric. Receiving the accolade at the 2009 BCE Environmental Leadership Awards, Sting Plus is the result of a Camira research and development project carried out over four years to create a sustainable fabric from nettles, with backing from Defra, the UK government’s department for en

——Brief Analysis on Foreign Trade Index of June. 2009 (Chart 1) (Chart 2) As Chart1 and Chart 2 shows, foreign trade prosperity index of June, 2009 closed at 1549.29 points, up 4.82% from last month in a slight upward tendency; The price index of foreign trade closed at 71.80 points, up 4.1.80% from last month and tending to rise slightly. Foreign trade confidence index closed at 976.85 points, up 0.21% from last month and tending to climb up. Compared with that in May, foreign trad

Recently, summer sales of China Textile City partially went dull. The spot goods of summer thin fabrics declined for the limited marketing cycle, so the transactions tended to decline slightly; Although autumn mid-heavy fabrics pushed into the market increasingly, less spot goods were sold in the market. All small and medium-sized salesrooms mainly sold goods according to the demand, spot transactions were done in small quantities of different varieties, parts of large salesrooms received big or

The purchasing meeting organized by China Textile City Construction Management Commission,and undertaked by the Global Textile Network (www.tnc.com.cn). The buyers are mainly from Europe and the United States, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Hong Kong, Bangladesh and other countries and regions. The international buyers chiefly purchase varieties of fabric, home textile fabrics, home textiles finish products and so on in this meeting. Total of 36 international buyers to attend this purchasing meeting

On June 13, China Textile City Printed Fabric Industrial Association held a seminar on protecting copyright through "self-regulating industry, safeguarding the right by innovation". The relevant responsible persons of the State Copyright Administration Bureau, Zhejiang Provincial Copyright Administration Bureau and Jiangsu Provincial Copyright Administration Bureau discussed on how to implement the copyright protection with the relevant persons of our county. Tang Zhaozhi, director of the State

Chinese polyester fibre makers are facing one of the largest recent dumping charges from the United States, according to an industrial association. The US International Trade Association in June received complaints from US producers, saying Chinese polyester fibres were being sold on the US market at prices lower than their normal value. The complainants say this has hurt the US industry, officials from the China Chamber of Commerce for the Import and Export of Textiles said yesterday. "It

The European Union, the world's second largest market, offers huge opportunities but Indonesian exporters have failed to tap this potential because of their inability to meet market requirements. "If Indonesian exporters want to increase their market share in the European Union, they need to acknowledge their handicaps, formulate strategies and change these handicaps into opportunities," Trade Minister Mari Elka Pangestu was quoted Thursday by The Jakarta Post newspaper as saying. Data from

In order to deal with anti-dumping disputes with China and Vietnam, EU plans to slap quotas on shoe exports from both the countries. Recently, delegates from China Shoemaking Enterprises expressed that they would object to EU move of capping Chinese footwear exports. This decision find strong support from Commerce Bureau of China. However, it is learnt that China and EU will continue negotiations over this crucial issue. Source:Fibre2fashion News Desk - China