Intertek a leading provider of quality and safety solution services to industries worldwide, is all set to open a new apparel and textiles testing laboratory in Battaramulla. In addition to testing, on-site experts will offer unparalleled knowledge and expertise on global regulations and trends affecting the apparel and garment industry.
Richard Wool, director of the Affordable Composites from Renew Resources (ACRES) program at University of Delaware Chemical Engineering (UD) is working with his team to develop a breathable yet water resistant leather-like substitute dubbed “Eco-Leather,” made from a combination of natural fibers like cotton and flax with plant oils.
According to Wool, developing a leather substitute manufacturing facility in Delaware could be an economic boon by providing a new option in the half-trillion dollar leather and fashion markets.
China the world’s top cotton producer in 1980s adopted plastic mulch technology, domestic agrotechnicians hailed it as a "white innovation." As film-mulched cotton fields have higher soil temperatures and conserve more moisture than normal land due to the greenhouse effect, which improves seeding, growth and yield. After 30 years of fanatical use of mulch films and inadequate attention to the problems of film residue, agrotechnicians said that the country's cotton fields have been hit hard by plastic pollution.
India cotton prices have recovered by 10 per cent since they bottomed in the first week of December at around Rs 18,500 a bale. Robust demand has supported the price. Export numbers suggests till mid-January, 5.5 million bales have been exported. This means 65 per cent of the total estimated exports of 8.5-9 million bales have been achieved in the first four months of the season. As against this, arrivals have been one-third of the total expected crop of 37.5 million bales during the same period. Clearly, higher demand has driven the prices since December.
The Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) which earlier had told its industrial consumers that the gas cut would remain in force till January 31, has informed its customers in Surat, Ankleshwar and Bharuch that the gas supply has been restored from Friday and that the supply will become normal from Saturday.
SGTPA president Jitu Vakharia said that they are thankful to the state government and the GGCL management for looking into their concerns and restoring the gas supply at the earliest. They will meet the company management to bring a long-term solution to the gas supply issue.
Pakistan textile exporters have started picking up benefits by shipping consignments under the GSP plus arrangement. The routine business with the EU has started gaining momentum and actual benefit of the scheme will get clear by next six months.
Nagaland has a unique and rich traditional textile heritage which are vibrant and beautiful and a real treat to the beholders eyes. The present generation has a very important duty to preserve and promote it, without which our textiles will die out and in the process not only our identity but the coming generations identity will be lost forever.
Craft research is included as part of the textile design syllabus. The third-year students of textile design from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar (Nift), as a part of their education, have travelled to various parts of Gujarat to research on the age-old crafts of the state, like Ashavali weave, zari, zardozi and tie and dye.
The textile products and leather, rubber, shoes and travel-related products helped South Korea take up a lead position in foreign trade in the 1980s and '90s. But, now China has moved to the world top spot in trade competitiveness in terms of the number of export items, according a report from South Korea’s International Trade Association Thursday
The Chinese manufacturers have overtaken South Korea by exporting 440 out of 779 in the textile products category and 50 out of 166 in the category of leather and rubber products, shoes and travel-related products.
Pakistan government likely to restore Ministry of Textile industry in coming days, to take full advantage of GSP plus status also as the textile industry circles had been agitating against the merger of textile ministry with the commerce ministry, saying that both India and Bangladesh had also merged their textile ministries with commerce ministry but they too ultimately restored its status.
