DuPont Biomaterials has taken the development of its Sorona fibres - which are made from a polymer derived from renewable plant sources such as corn instead of traditional petrochemical ingredients - to the next level with variants designed for trousers and jeans, seamless apparel and swimwear. The new products have been created with strategic customers, and provide apparel designers with sustainable, high-performance fibres and fabrics. Sorona offers "exceptional" softness, comfort stretc

LAGOS, Nigeria — At Nigeria’s Katangua Market, that castaway from the West means big money. Shipping container after shipping container arrive in the market in Lagos, filled to the brim with plastic-wrapped bales of secondhand clothes from the U.S. and elsewhere. Traders scour, barter, hem and haw over T-shirts, bras, pants and shoes sent to help clothe a nation of more than 160 million people where the textile industry largely collapsed years ago. But while much comes in as Western donati

The Textile Institute Fashion and Technology Special Interest Group together with its partner the University of Northampton is pleased to be able to announce this exciting new event for the leather sector, taking place on 24 October 2012, at the Sunley Conference Centre, University of Northampton, Northampton, UK. Having such a vast supply chain, leather quality starts with the farmer and finishes with the final consumer, with everyone in between requiring leather knowledge at different level

India's cotton harvest is likely to fall this year after two successive record crops, but only marginally after late rains helped ease the impact of a slow start to the annual monsoon. A survey of 10 traders pegged the average output for the year starting Oct. 1 at 34 million 170-kg bales, down by 3.7 percent from a record 35.3 million bales last year. The smaller crop, combined with high domestic prices and slower Chinese demand, mean that while India will remain the world's number two cott

Safeguard measures proposed by the European Parliament under the EU’s duty waiver for Pakistan will not be enough to reassure the European textile industry. Represented by Euratex, the sector says it is “profoundly disappointed by the way EU policy makers have decided to use trade as a political instrument, totally disregarding the economic interests of the EU textile and clothing industry, its companies and workers”. The European Parliament voted on 13 September (342 in favour, 97 against and

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The Chinese government will stop selling cotton from the current 2011/12 crop by September 29 to make way for the increasing volumes of the new crop being offered on the market, the China Cotton Association said on Monday. As of last Friday, the government offered to sell 437,054 tonnes of cotton from the current crop, but only sold 218,484 tonnes in its auction, based on Reuters calculations. The average weighted price was 18,564 yuan ($2,900) per tonne, according to the association. The

National Productivity Organization (NPO) Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Textile here on Monday signed an agreement of Rs. 9.2 million for making Textile Sectors competitive and improving its quality in the international markets. Federal Minister for Textile Industry, Makhdoom Shahabuddin also witnessed the agreement signing ceremony. CEO-NPO Khawaja Muhammad Yousuf and Secretary Ministry of Textile, Shahid Rashid inked the deal with firm commitment to establish quality standards with

Certainly hope you’re planning to attend the first annual Third Coast Fiber Arts Festival set for Sept. 21-22 at McGregor Conference Center on the campus of Wayne State University. Fiber enthusiasts will have the chance to “shop ’til they drop” with numerous vendors selling everything from yarn to fiber art. Vendors include: Knitting on the Fringe, Sugar River Fiber, Sweet Pea Yarns, Twisted Fiber Art, Cynthia’s Too! Yarn & Gifts, Shanty Plains Alpacas, Weaver’s Loft, Corny Goodness, H