Textiles
Ethiopia: Awassa Textile to Expand
Ethiopian textile company Awassa Textile, which produces bed sheets, foam mattress covers, school uniforms…
Nordic Fashion to Become the Most Sustainable in the World
The Nordic Ministers for the Environment are taking steps to make fashion and textiles created in the region…
Cone Denim Releases Commemorative White Oak Mill T-Shirt
Cone Denim’s White Oak mill is celebrating 110 years of denim culture and manufacturing this month with the…
India Doesn’t Have a Cotton Shortage
There is more than enough cotton in India to meet mill demand, according to Jon Devine, a senior economist at…
Oeko-Tex Made in Green Label Improves Transparency
Oeko-Tex's Made in Green certification, launched in October 2014, will now include a label that allows each…
Bangladesh Central Bank Creates Fund to Support Green Textile Factories
The Central Bank of Bangladesh has allocated $500 million to a low-cost fund to aid factories working to…
North Carolina’s Mohican Mills Shutters after 60 Years
Mohican Mills, one of the last remaining bastions of North Carolina's textile manufacturing industry, is…
India’s Textile Ministry Wants to Curb Cotton Exports
India's textiles ministry has proposed capping annual cotton exports in a bid to build a long-term reservoir…
Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Certifies Archroma’s Pekoflam HFC
Archroma's Pekoflam HFC became the first flame-retardant powder for the textile industry to be certified by…
Fruit Fibers Make Way Into Textiles
Cotton accounts for one third of fiber consumption in the textile industry, according to a 2013 global…
Datacolor Updates Its Smart Color Matching Software
Datacolor, a leading color management solutions company, released an updated version of its smart color…
Vinatex and Itochu Agreement Boosts Vietnamese Production
Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) and Japanese trading firm Itochu have signed an…
Egypt: Mahalla Textile Factory Strike Continues
A strike began Tuesday at the Holding Company for Cotton Spinning and Weaving in Mahalla, Egypt, with…
OEKO-TEX Announces “Made in Green” Certification
OEKO-TEX, the International Association for Research and Testing in the Textile Industry, announced its…
Japan to Assist Pakistan in Textile Industry Improvement
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to assist Pakistan in improving its textile…