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Garmon Chemicals announces important news in terms of sustainable innovation. The company keeps on promoting the greenofchange® platform, the system dedicated to the improvement of environmental safety and performance of textile chemistry.

Following the success of the first greenofchange® Day, held in Jakarta the 16th November 2018, an intense schedule of international workshops takes shape through a series of new appointments for 2019.

11 March - Lahore (Pakistan) at The Nishat Emporium
13 April - New Delhi (India)

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Stella McCartney, Raeburn, Bottletop and Outland Denim have been declared by Caroline Rush (Chief Exec, British Fashion Council), Brigitte Stepputtis (Head of Couture, Vivienne Westwood), Dylan Jones (Editor of GQ and Head of London’s Men’s Fashion week) and others, as the sustainable innovators to watch in the fashion industry. They are amongst 10 fashion businesses to gain a place on the prestigious 2019 CO10 - a first-of-its-kind awards campaign run by Common Objective (CO), designed to recognise the leaders and disruptors in the sustainable fashion space.

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ExxonMobil said that it will fund the construction of a new polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge that will expand production capacity along the Gulf Coast by up to 450,000 tons per year. Gulf Coast polypropylene capacity to increase by 450,000 tons per year; Expansion positions Baton Rouge chemical facility for further growth; and Construction begins in 2019; production startup in 2021. Construction will begin in 2019 and startup is anticipated by 2021. The project is expected to create up to 600 jobs during construction and 65 permanent jobs once completed.

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High street fashion retailer launches first range of jeans made with material sourced directly from farmers in its Sustainable Cotton Programme. The first jeans made entirely from sustainable cotton have hit the shelves of Primark stores across the country, the retailer announced.

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GHCL is launching a health & wellness bedding collection with eight distinct ranges. Called Meditasi, which means “meditation” in the Malay language, the collection will be introduced next week at the New York Home Fashions Market. It includes: Radi-Pure bedding employs tiny chips in the seam of the fitted sheet to combat damage done by the electromagnetic radiation from electronic devices. The chips are also designed to boost immunity and reduce stress.

New York – GHCL is launching a health & wellness bedding collection with eight distinct ranges.

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The NE Materials Show is smaller than its counterpart held in Portland, Ore., but this year’s winter exhibition, which took place March 6-7 in Wilmington, Mass., showcased a number of sustainable and technological advances that will soon appear in footwear collections ranging from sneakers to dress shoes.

“People are looking for fabrics that can detect body temperature, movement, sweat,” said Hisham Muhareb, trade show owner of the NW and NE Materials Shows. “We’re seeing fabrics that lie closest to your skin and that can provide information that can then be read with a phone app.”

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Fair which will be held between 28 - 31 March 2019 at OFEC, La Foire Internationale de Casablanca. Worldwide visitors will discover the potential of Morocco market through Morocco Leather & Shoes fair. Morocco Leather & Shoes Fair offers to its exhibitors remarkable export volume by introducing the new buyers, agents, distributors, partners for the whole Morocco, Mediterranean and Africa market. The unique platform for Leather, Footwear, Bag sector provides the perfect business platform for its international exhibitors.

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Graphene has been considered a potentially good material for applications in healthcare, sportswear and fitness due to its high conductivity and flexibility. © The University of Manchester. A team of researchers led by Dr Nazmul Karim and Prof Sir Kostya Novoselov at The University of Manchester has developed a method to produce scalable graphene-based yarn.

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Circular knitted mattress fabrics producer Culp has reported financial and operating results for the third quarter that ended 27 January 2019. Net sales were US$ 77.2 million, compared with US$ 85.3 million a year ago. On a pre-tax basis, the company reported income of US$ 4.3 million, compared with pre-tax income of US$ 7.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2018. The company reported net income (GAAP) of US$ 3.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2019, compared with a net loss of US$ 748,000 for the third quarter of fiscal 2018.

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The planned intervention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the moribund cotton, textile and garment industry comes as a huge relief to operators and represents the right step in the right direction towards actualising the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) of the current administration although policy consistency remains crucial, writes James Emejo.