USA based Philadelphia University offers B.S. Degree in Textile Engineering Technology.Has a rich history in textile design and engineering, has added a new B.S. in Textile Engineering Technology to its roster of innovative programs in engineering, textiles, business and fashion. ?he Textile Engineering Technology program will give students the tools to successfully manage textile businesses around the world,?said David Brookstein, Sc.D., Dean of Philadelphia University? School of Engineering an

Parents in Taicang, Jiangsu Provinceare angry that their children have become mobile advertisements for a local company by carrying the firm's logo on the back of their school uniforms. According to Modern Express, a newspaper based in Nanjing, some parents have complained that Taicang Sanfan Clothing Factory, a manufacturer of school uniforms, printed its company logo on the back of uniforms for local primary and middle schools. The logo is a 28-centimetre-long and 9-centimetre-wide trade m

EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said Monday he hopes negotiations with China on reducing textile exports to Europe could be successful, but added that he was ready to act to protect the European Union's embattled textile industry. "I am still hopeful to find a solution that is mutually acceptable to deal with these categories (T-shirts and flax yarn), by agreed or by autonomous action," Mandelson said in a speech to textile producers in Florence, Italy. "Don't get me wrong. If I cannot solve t

It's not just U.S. and European clothing producers who are feeling the heat from China, now that quotas have been lifted on world apparel trade.Clothing makers in Africa also are shedding jobs and closing their doors, unable to compete with China's low-cost labor, low-cost fabric and high-volume production of shirts, trousers and other garments.Strategies for Africa to compete in apparel will be the theme of the annual AfriCANdo conference, the U.S.-Africa trade and investment forum set for June

As the International Press Institute brought top media players from the international world to Kenya, local designers took the opportunity to give the best of Kenya. The catwalk was at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi. The models, truly Kenyan, the clothes, with a hint of ethnic hue, but polished on the edges to give them an international look. Among the top local designers was Sue Muraya. Her designs are, as she says, for the "modern African woman comfortable in her identity and still very fashiona

The textiles sector has incurred huge losses following the WTO elimination of quotas consequent to the winding up of the Multifibre Agreement in December last year.The MFA, negotiated under the WTO agreements prescribed quotas of textile products originating from several countries and entering the US and European Market. Until December 31 last year, growth in the sector was driven by the existence of the MFA which gave Kenyan producers a 20% preference in addition to duty advantage ranging from

The rising market competition seen after the cancellation of the Multi-Fiber Agreement on global textile quotas in early 2005 has prompted Taiwan's garment makers to strenuously adjust manufacturing structure and enhance operating efficiency. Among the leading garment manufacturers on the island, Makalot Industrial Co., Tainan Enterprise Co., and Nan-Woei Industrial Co. have enjoyed better performances after successfully reshaping their global operations. In order to streamline production facili

As the future of Viet Nam? garment exports darkens, Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen sent a letter this week to enterprises to inform them about the situation and to propose solutions. "The country? clothing export turnover in the first five months of the year has dropped dramatically, particularly in the European and US markets. The poor performance stemmed from our low competitiveness in the context of the WTO removing the quota system for its members," Tuyen stated. With only US$1.7 bill

Mirco Bertocchi isn't waiting to see the outcome of China's tensions with the United States and Europe over surging textile exports. He's too busy selling Italian-made weaving looms to Chinese mills. "If you cry, you don't solve the problem," Bertocchi, a sales manager for Panter Textile Machinery in Gandino, near Milan, Italy, said Friday at the annual Shangtex trade show. About 1,300 companies from the United States, Europe, Japan and elsewhere were displaying looms, knitting machines an

LANXESS is exhibiting its range of textile processing chemicals (TPC) at Shanghaitex in Shanghai from June 3-7, 2005. The exhibit will focus on BAYPROTECT stainblockers for carpets and floorcoverings, BAYSCENT for aromatherapy finishing of fabrics and TASTEX, a softener and function carrier for finishes based on cosmetic substances. LANXESS TPC products are used in the pretreatment and finishing of textiles as well asin dyeing and textile printing."For our customers we develop solutions that giv