China’s silk market has been in the doldrums in recent years. According to the Chinese Silk Association statistics, the loss rate of above-scale silk spinning manufacturing enterprises in the country was as high as 85 percent between 2005 and 2008. The situation was even grimmer in January to May this year, as it showed an industry-wide loss state. Silk spinning is a small industry, annual production of spun silk is around 30,000 tons, accounting for one quarter of silk production. The main

Chinese economy expanded 7.9 percent year on year in the second quarter, as massive pump-priming and record lending pushed for a rebound from the worst growth in a decade, official data showed Thursday. The gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.1 percent from the same period a year ago to 13.99 trillion yuan (2.06 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half, said the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The world's third largest economy tumbled to 6.1 percent in the first quarter as exports s

The Textile Industries Media Group (TIMG) -- publishers of trade magazines Textile World , Textile World Asia and Textiles Panamericanos -- has been named official media partner for the 2009 International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) Annual Conference, to be held October 23-25 in Shanghai. TIMG will provide exclusive pre-conference coverage in special sections to be included in the September/October 2009 issues of TW and TPA and the July/August/September 2009 issue of TW Asia , and a

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