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Related Keywords: by cotton growers, cotton, home textile products, joined the Cotton LEADS program, marjor ingredient in Walmart’s apparel, meet challenge of growing sustainable cotton, sell products, support responsible production practices, sustain environment

Cotton is a major ingredient in many of Walmart’s apparel and home textile products. Walmart to support responsible production practices by cotton growers has joined the Cotton LEADS program, said Ken Lanshe, Walmart’s vice president, General Merchandise, Technical, Quality and Sustainability.

Through the Cotton LEADS program, Walmart hopes to learn from and collaborate on efforts that U.S. cotton farmers are taking to be responsible and sustainable producers. Their support for the Cotton LEADS program aligns with Walmart’s goal to sell products that sustain the environment.

Related Keywords: academics and environmentalists, attempts to promote exquisite traditional skill, Banaras silks, cotton, creations of the weavers, designers, Dharmavaram, founded by group of artisans, Gadwals, gorgeous Uppadas, organized exhibition cum sale in Bhopal, Orissa Art and Craft Committee, social activists, under theme, ‘Cotton and Silk Fab of India

Orissa Art and Craft Committee, founded by a group of artisans, designers, social activists, academics and environmentalists, have organized a exhibition cum sale in Bhopal, under the theme, ‘Cotton and Silk Fab of India. An attempts to promote exquisite traditional skill, cotton and creations of the weavers and encouraging them to be contemporary and economically relevant.

For the first time, artisans from all over India have come to Bhopal to exhibit their ethnic weaves and traditional pure silk and cotton products on the start of the wedding and winter season.

Related Keywords: Aditya Birla Group, Cellulosic Fibre, cotton, fibre, Pulp, Sustainable Raw Materials, Sven-Erik Bucht, Textile, Textile Industry, textile innovation, Textile research, Viscose staple fibre

Mr. Sven-Erik Bucht Minister for Rural Affairs from the Ministry Of Enterprise And Innovation Sweden arrived in Mumbai today to discuss a joint project on smart textiles involving potentially Aditya Birla Group, Swedish company Domsjo and the two governments as well as the EU.

Related Keywords: cotton, country's dynamically developing textile industry, demanded raw material, dozens of modern companies, ensure effectiveness of cotton harvest, executing tasks, need for systematic approach, significant export product of Turkmenistan

Cotton is a significant export product of Turkmenistan and is a demanded raw material for dozens of modern companies of the country's dynamically developing textile industry.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov hence stressed the need for a systematic approach to executing tasks to ensure effectiveness of cotton harvest speaking during at a video conference on state of affairs regarding cotton harvest in Turkmenistan.

At the video conference, information was provided to the Turkmen president on the measures taken to harvest the remaining cotton without losses.

Related Keywords: agricultural equipment, contractual obligations, cotton, Cotton growers, harvested over 1.05 million tons of raw cotton, important export product, machine operators, main raw material, modern high performance, textile industry of Turkmenistan, Turkmen farmers fulfilled, world famous brands

Cotton is the main raw material for the textile industry of Turkmenistan. Moreover, it is an important export product. The country’s State News Agency reported that Turkmen farmers have fulfilled contractual obligations by having harvested over 1.05 million tons of raw cotton.

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov congratulated farmers and cotton growers, machine operators and other workers of the agro-industrial complex on this occasion.

The Turkmen farmers are provided with fertilizers, seeds, chemicals and maintenance at discounted prices.

Related Keywords: calico material, cotton, hand print art, Ottoman printmaking tradition, textile fabrics, Tokat style printmaking

Group of artists from Western Turkey's Izmir province seek to revive the 700-year-old Ottoman printmaking tradition, Tokat style printmaking, also called calico printing, is a hand print art in which patterns are imprinted on textile fabrics, usually of cotton or calico material.

It's named for its birthplace, the Tokat province of mid northern Turkey. Calico printing is an ancient art that originated in India and Turkey.

The bright patterned fabrics were imported by European countries until the late 17th century, when the techniques of production were imitated there as well.

Related Keywords: agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, both local and international markets, cotton, increase garment production locally, organized training workshop, Raw Materials Research and Development Council, reduce import of garment, RMRDC, started process, Textile and Garment Sector in Kaduna

The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria to reduce the import of garment has started the process to increase garment production locally for both local and international markets.

Related Keywords: African Sourcing and Fashion Week, apparel, cotton, Digital sourcing, gathered 230 international producers and exporters, Hawassa Industrial Park, home and technology industries, kicked off in Ethiopia, main trade show of Africa, organized by Trade and Fairs East Africa and Messe Frankfurt, Textile, textile and garment industry sector

The African Sourcing and Fashion Week, main trade show of Africa for cotton, textile, apparel, home and technology industries organized by Trade and Fairs East Africa and Messe Frankfurt kicked off in Ethiopia on Tuesday which gathered some 230 international producers and exporters from 25 countries.

According to the organizers, the exhibitors are drawn from countries such as Turkey, the United Arabic Emirates, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Italy, Germany and the host nation Ethiopia.

Related Keywords: brand focus consumers, cotton, covers entire spectrum of Indian textile sector, establish T.T. Bazaar stores, fabric, flagship company of T.T. Group, founded by Dr Rikhab Chand Jain, garments and accessories, middle class, penetrate markets, T.T. Ltd, yarn

T.T. Ltd, a flagship company of the 65-year-old T.T. Group, founded by Dr Rikhab Chand Jain which covers the entire spectrum of the Indian textile sector – cotton, yarn, fabric, garments and accessories. They are a fully vertically integrated concern and self-contained textile producer, and garment manufacturer which allows them to deliver consistent quality at reasonable prices is now actively looking at establishing T.T. Bazaar stores to penetrate markets with their complete range, eyeing Rs1000 crore revenue in the next fiscal reveals MD, T.T. Ltd, Sanjay K Jain.

Related Keywords: aims to become major sourcing hub, attractive destinations, cotton, Ethiopia fastest growing economies, five day mission, foreign investment, global textile and garment industry, high level of Ethiopian delegation, in India, led by Mr. Bogale Feleke, Ministry of Industry, promote investment, State Minister, textile and apparel sector

Ethiopia is one of Africa’s fastest growing economies and one of the region’s most attractive destinations for foreign investment which aims to become a major sourcing hub for the global textile and garment industry within the next decade. A high level of Ethiopian delegation led by the honourable Mr. Bogale Feleke, State Minister, Ministry of Industry, is in India for a five-day mission to promote investment in his country’s cotton, textiles and apparel sector.