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Related Keywords: American Woolen, camel hair, cashmere, Jacob Harrison Long, Loro Piana, production, silk, subsidiary, textile mill, Warren Corp textile mill, worsted wool

Warren Corp textile mill, a 161 year-old mill closed in June, after Warren decided to do so was acquired by American Woolen CEO Jacob Harrison Long which is renamed as American Woolen Warren Mill and has begun production. It is Stafford’s only surviving textile mill.

American Woolen CEO Jacob Harrison Long said that he is “selectively” hiring back workers — those laid off when the mill was being closed and has hired about 20 so far. The people who are coming back are critical to running the operation at the current output.

Related Keywords: apparel, Chinese fabric, denim, embroidery, Fashion and garment industries, home, International apparel sourcing expo 2014, lace, linen, silk, textile company, wool

President of the China National Textile and Apparel Council Wang Tiankai, in opening remarks stated that the trade show shows that the Chinese textile industry and its US counterparts and trading partners can enjoy orderly and stabile free-trade environments and enhance communication, deepen mutual understanding.
 
The Chinese textile industry is a major contributor to the global economy and that the industry will continue to make efforts to extend their cooperation for the textile industries of the two countries.
 

Related Keywords: cotton, hand-woven, Indian weaving method, Indonesian brocade family of textile, silk, Songket textile, Tanoti, Tanoti Sdn Bhd, traditional craft

Indian weaving and design methods, songket textiles were brought in to trade or as gifts for the sultan and his entourage as early as the 15th century in Malacca. Hand-woven from silk or cotton and intricately patterned with gold or silver thread, songket is a fabric that belongs to the brocade family of textiles of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
 

Related Keywords: cotton, domestic consumption, export demand, FDI limit, garment, Indian textile market, jute, promotiona visit, raw material, silk, sourcing hub, Textile, wool

Textile & Apparel sector in India is an important contributor to the national economy in terms of direct and indirect employment generation and net foreign exchange earnings, contributing 4% to India’s GDP in 2012, the sector has also attracted direct foreign investments worth USD 1.11 billion from April 2000 to February 2014.
 
Currently, the overall textile and apparel sector accounts for about 24% of world’s spindle capacity and 8% of global rotor capacity and is expected to touch USD 223 billion by 2021.
 

Related Keywords: century old textile, cotton yarn, dyeing technique, hand-dyed, handwoven Ikat, Ikat, pattern, Pochampally Handloom Park, silk, weaver

Ikat is a century old textile, historically made all over Asia, Central Asia and some parts of Africa. Ikat is also an ancient Indian dyeing technique that brings vintage, handwoven, geometric or zig zag arrow pattern into textile. Hand-dyed and handwoven Ikat is made using both silk and cotton yarns.
 
Pochampally Handloom Park recently organised a four-day Pochampally IKAT art Mela at Aga Khan Hall, in an attempt to revive the dying art of Ikat from the Pochampally district of now Telangana state. which ended on Tuesday, but not before it had charmed Delhiites.

Related Keywords: Dakshina Kannada, queen of textile, sericulture, silk, silk farming, textile fibre

Silk is considered the most important of textile fibres and therefore is called the “queen of textile seems to have lost favour among farmers in Dakshina Kannada, with just 60 farmers taking up silk farming in the district. Due to high prices of rubber and areca, many farmers started taking up plantations of the cash crops.
 

Related Keywords: Autumn season, Botto Poala, cashmere, precious fiber, silk, wool, yarn

Botto Poala, a company that produces worsted and carded yarns of very precious fibers for the world market. It’s signature is for precious yarns in wool, cashmere and silk to presents its innovative concepts for the Autumn/Winter 15-16 season.
 

Related Keywords: apparel fabric buyers, cashmere, designers, knit and woven, linen, rayon, silk, sourcing professionals, Supima cotton fibres, Texworld USA, wool

The seventeenth edition of North America’s largest sourcing event Texworld USA for apparel fabric buyers, research and product development specialist, designers, merchandisers and overseas sourcing professionals to take place from 22-24 July at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York.
 
With a renewed interest in sourcing domestically, a lot of North American buyers will be pleased with the diverse selection of US mills participating in the summer edition of Texworld.
 

Related Keywords: Bijou, Cariaggi, cashmere, Fantasia project, Frisson yarn, Nirvana, Play, series of yarns, silk, voluminous yarn

Cariaggi, company from Marche as part of its Fantasia project at Pitti Filati Italian exhibition for fashion textiles and knitwear to take place from 2-4 July in Florence will be presenting the new series of yarns for the A/W 15-16 collection.
 
The colours of the AW 15-16 collection are warm with a touch of luxury to the winter season, brightening up the snowy greys and pallid shades.
 

Related Keywords: cotton, Cottonfab expo, ethnic collection, sari, silk, weaver

The exhibition Cottonfab 2014, going on at Kanakakkunnu Palace is organised by Awadh Hathkargha, Hasthshilp evam Gramodyog Samithi for promoting weavers and artisans from different parts if India. The objective of the Samiti is to give artisans and weavers a platform and market to not only display their talent but sale their work of art.