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Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation event raised more than $40k last year for AIDS foundation

A roll of recycled fabric — several thousands, actually — sold in Edmonton on Saturday were aimed at stitching the world together.

The Grandmothers of Alberta for a New Generation, "The GANG" for short, hosted their annual fabric sale at Hardisty School in Edmonton.

Related Keywords: apperals, Chaina, event, export, fabrics, Garments, import, India, Italy, Japan, texitle, trade

Nearly 5,000 exhibitors from the areas of textiles and garments, shoes, cases and bags, recreational products, medicine and healthcare products and food recently offered a detailed overview of their evolving global trade as part of Phase 3 of the 125th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair).

The fair which opened on April 15 concluded on May 5, and was held in Guangzhou, China.

Related Keywords: apparels, bees, clothes, cotton, Ethopia, fabrics, farming, Garments, India, sustainability, Textile, TRAID

Leigh McAlea, Head of Communications, from the UK charity, TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia, which has also revived the local bee population and had a positive knock-on-effect for the farmers.

Related Keywords: clothes, digital, innovation, material, polymer, project, SMART, Smart material, temperature control

Anyone who has ever worked in an open-plan office will have be aware of just how drastically different people’s individual temperature preferences are. It’s one reason why the thermostat is arguably the biggest source of conflict in offices around the world. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a material that could more easily adapt to temperature requirements; either trapping in or releasing heat as required?

Related Keywords: eco friendy, Ethical Fashion, fashion, sustainability, sustainable fashion, sustainable textile, Textile

A new research report has found sustainability progress in the fashion industry has slowed by a third in the past year.

The Pulse of The Fashion Industry report, created by Global fashion Agenda, Boston Consulting Group and Sustainable Apparel Coalition, reveals that the latest Pulse Score rose four points to 42 (out of 100), compared with an increase of six points in 2018.

Related Keywords: cable, environment friendly, fabrics, innovation, light cable, material, nylon, smartphones, transmission, type C

Digitek is launching its latest collection of nylon braided cables for smartphones with high-speed charging facility and contemporary design. The long length cable with metallic body enables a safe charging facility, these cables have a higher tangible feature which can easily be carried out while travelling without any damage, making it a user-friendly option.

These cables have higher tangible feature which can easily be carried out while travelling without any damage.

The company is rolling out 3 types of nylon cables which come with its own unique specifications each. These include:

Related Keywords: apparels, ban, chemical, clothing, fabrics, France, skin, Sweden, Textile

France, Sweden propose ban on over 1,000 allergens in textiles.

The joint initiative includes all substances classified as skin sensitisers under the CLP Regulation and 25 substances of the family of disperse dyes with sensitising properties.

Ahead of the proposal, the French Agency for Food, Environment and Occupational Health and Safety (Anses) conducted a study to identify substances present in certain articles. And the Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemi) carried out an analysis of risk management options under REACH on skin sensitisers in textiles.

Related Keywords: appparels, Bangladesh, clothing, fabrics, fashion, fast fashion, Mills, sustainability, Textile

It may be quite some time until the fast-fashion industry completely slows down, but with new trends being set in motion, there is now hope that 'slow fashion' is a trend gathering traction.

The demand for 'cool', affordable clothing is hard to keep up with, with clothes being delivered in bulk into highstreet shops to try and match retail expectations. But more often than not, they come with a high environmental price tag in the long term; the fashion industry is the second biggest polluter in the world, only second to oil.

Related Keywords: apparels, China, clothes, customs, exports, fabrics, fiber, government, Imports, India, polyester, polymerization, United States, yarns

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2019: On April 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce Department") announced affirmative preliminary determinations that producers and exporters of imports of polyester textured yarn from China and India are being unfairly subsidized by their respective governments at double- and triple-digit margins, as follows.

Polyester Textured Yarn Imports from China

Producer/Exporter

Preliminary
Subsidy Rate (%)

Fujian Billion Polymerization Fiber Industrial Co Ltd.

32.04

Jiangsu Shenghong Textile Imp & Exp Co.

459.98

Related Keywords: clothing, coating, Devan, fabrics, HUUB, partnership, Textile

RONSE, BELGIUM – Textile innovator Devan Chemicals and Triathlon & Performance-brand HUUB announce their partnership at the upcoming Performance Days show in Munich. The two companies have been working on a project around Devan’s cool comfort technology ‘Moov&Cool’. The unique formulation, applied to HUUB’s trisuits, was tested and examined by Dr Faulkner, Head of Sports Engineering at Nottingham Trent University, who has now put forward his first findings.