The 11th International Exhibition on Textile Industry (ShanghaiTex 2005) opened recently. Germany has become the biggest foreign exhibitor once again. Up to 100 German enterprises exhibited their spinning, weaving, fabric, knitting, non-weaving, dyeing, finishing machines, accessories, compo-nents, and textile chemicals, while 63 of these enterprises took part in the Germany official group. The giant German group army of Textile Industry has made a well preparation for getting involved into the

Polyester prices were stronger this week in China as a result of a rebound in raw material costs. Since demand is far from surging however, prices should not significantly increase in the coming weeks. PSF Polyester staple fiber prices bottomed out in the past seven days in China after declining in the preceding four-week period. PSF prices rose from 10,300-10,600 yuan per ton up to 10,500-10,700 yuan. Prices bottomed out after production was partly reduced at Chinese polyester plants. Deman

When import quotas on textile products coming into the United States ended January 1, 2005, under World Trade Organization agreements signed 10 years earlier, a flood of clothing poured in from China. Within months, the U.S. responded with restrictions on Chinese apparel imports. Yet according to Wharton faculty and industry executives, these restrictions will only delay, not end, the global move toward quota-free garment trade. While some large U.S. textile makers are opposed to the removal o

Najam Rehan, President of Rawalpindi chamber of Commerce and Industry stated that the textile sector would grow much faster than ever before, because the government has taken special interest in this sector. Rehan informed that RCCI appreciate welcomes the incentives for textile industry, which will very helpful to flourish textile sector.The meeting was held under the lead of chairman of Mian Habibullah and the former president of RCCI Hussain Ahmed Ozgan, Nabi Nausherwan and committee members

Indian garment exporters should be the first to benefit from the agreement which the European Union? trade supremo, Peter Mandelson, reached in Shanghai last Saturday with Chinese commerce minister Bo Xilai. The agreement limits the growth of 10 categories of textiles and garments exported by China to the 25-nation European Union (EU) from June 11. This amounts to the re-imposition of quotas on Chinese exports, six months after they had been eliminated under an international agreement conclude

The days of pulling your favorite sweater from the wash, only to find it more suitable for a Chihuahua, may be over. Newly developed processes for wool production promise not only an unshrinkable sweater, but one that is silky smooth and shinier to boot. The new process, called "bio-polishing," was developed by the Agricultural Research Service branch of the USDA. Bio-polishing uses a series of chemical and enzyme treatments to provide smoother and softer wool than by conventional methods. In

PETA(People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)commends fashion retailer for shunning wool from lambs mutilated on Australian farms.After reviewing video footage showing the stunningly cruel treatment of sheep at the hands of the Australian wool industry, Santa Rosa-based clothing retailer Indigenous Designs has announced that it will no longer buy Australian merino wool. "We feel the fair treatment of the planet and all the people and animals [who] live on it to be our top priority," writes c

According to the preliminary data, the home textiles imports retained the rapid speed of growth for the month of April, for the four months of current year the cotton sheet imports climbs by 78.1 per cent and cotton terry towel imports up by 27.5 per cent for the same period.Preliminary data for the month of May depicts that the cotton sheets imported from Pakistan climbs 427.6 per cent and from China climbs 256.1 per cent. Sheet imported from India scale up 55.6 per cent, however imports from T

US based leading polyester filament producer and processor Unifi Inc and Petroleum company Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co Ltd announced that joint venture agreements have been signed, which finalizes the formation of a joint venture to manufacture, process, and market polyester filament yarn through Yizheng's plant 5 facilities in Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, P.R. China. The joint venture between Unifi Asia Holdings, a Unifi subsidiary, and Yizheng will be called Yihua Unifi Fibre Industry Comp

Investments in the world market for textile machinery in 2004 shows a non-uniform picture. While shipments in the areas of texturing and circular knitting dropped, investments in weaving (shuttle-less looms) and flat knitting expanded. In the spinning sector investments in short-staple spindles reached last year? record level, whereas the ones for long-staple spindles and open-end rotors were reduced significantly. These are the main results of the annual textile machinery shipment survey just r