African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF) has planned to make Kenya where cotton is mainly grown by small scale farmers into a number one sourcing destination for textile and apparels for which they has announced a farm-to-fashion value chain campaign called Origin Africa a two day expo that will try to put up perception of Africa as a place to do business.
The district tourism Promotion council (DTPC) is working on the project which aims at not only boosting tourism in Malabar but revive the handloom industry in Kannur, the land of looms. As the project will be setting up the handloom village in Azhikode.
On implementation of the project, it will provide comprehensive benefits for the handloom industry, which is currently passing through a phase of crisis. The government order is expected in May after which the work will start.
Cintas Corporation, US corporate apparel business in collaboration with Austin Reed has created a new suit collection using DuPont’s Sorona a sustainable textile fibre, together with wool and recycled polyester. Sorona fiber can be blended with any other fiber, including cotton, linen, wool, nylon and polyester. In cotton and linen blends, Sorona provides softness and comfort stretch with less wrinkles. Wool’s softness and durability are enhanced when blended with Sorona.
Nepal celebrated its first Fashion Revolution Day on 24th April Thursday to build consumer awareness, raise standards and celebrate best practices to improve workers lives and the environment. More than 35 representatives of the fashion, textile and handicrafts industry in Nepal were present at the Kumbeshwar Technical School (KTS) in Lalitpur.
Pakistan cotton market failed to pick up any momentum as demand for cotton yarn remind slack. Spinners as well as exporters showed little buying interest, as they are reluctant to enter into any fresh deals.
Due to low demand from China who is largely depending on last year’s huge stocks of cotton and cotton yarn, spinners are presently faced with high inventory.
George Vellidis, a scientist with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and an expert in precision agriculture and water resources management has developed a new smart phone app to help cotton farmers for determining cotton irrigation needs. It provides notifications to the user when irrigation is needed.
Bangladesh Jute Mill Corporation, the world’s largest jute exporter is all out of exploring new markets beyond US, Canada and EU countries for its jute products. BJMC with its eight member team after their visit to Morocco and Nigeria, they were in Oman on Wednesday to meet the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) officials to explore business opportunities for jute products.
Lealea Enterprise Co, a Taiwanese textile manufacturer established in 1979 produces and sells polyester DTY to provide raw materials to textile manufacturers primarily in Taiwan as part of its expansion plan would spend NT$3.5 billion (US$115.4 million) on capacity expansion in the next three years.
The capacity expansion plan includes building factory to produce nylon 66 chips and yarns from adipic acid and other chemical compounds which will involve an investment to the tune of NT$2.5 billion.
Ghanaian textile industry is going through a declining phase, which once stood as world’s eminent maker of textile patterns is under threat of imitation by foreign manufacturers. Mainly, China is gradually taking over the Ghanaian market with a primary focus on the textiles industry where the growth of its exports constitutes a double woe for the country.
The Government to tackle impede faced by the textile sector had proposed a debt restructuring package for the textiles industry continues to remain grounded, as textile mills, garment and processing units are worried that any further restructuring would render their bank loans into non- performing assets (NPAs). Moreover, it would disallow them from gaining benefits under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme and push up their borrowing costs.
