Portugal has today 6000 vacancies in the textile sector. The association, which brings together almost all companies in the sector stated that one of the solutions would be to receive migrants, because of the lack of manpower prevents today the sector develop.
The discovery could result in a more effective recycling solution for millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, made of PET, which currently have to undergo a complex chemical process to break them down into their respective monomers for reforming into virgin grade polyester fibres and other materials
Back in 2016, how an enzyme produced by bacteria living at a plastic bottle recycling site in Japan could digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Bangladesh has taken initiative to begin cultivating genetically modified organism (GMO) cotton or Bt cotton in order to boost the crop's production, according to Matia Chowdhury, agriculture minister of the country.
The decision to cultivate Bt cotton has been taken as the harmful pest bollworm is posing as an obstacle in increasing the production of the crop in the conventional method so, Bangladesh has initiated Biotechnology based BT cultivation to boost cotton production.
Chowdhury disclosed this information while replying to a query that was raised in Jatiya Sangsad.
A buyer seller meet for textile industries was organized by local Powerloom Seva Kendra in Burhanpur. The meet was inaugurated by woman and child development minister Archana Chitnis.
Archana Chitnis at the inaugural function urged everyone to promote textile industry and assured that government would provide all necessary help for the growth of the textile industry. She also informed the gathering that the central government would be increasing subsidy under group shed scheme from Rs 300 square feet to Rs 400.
Satec, in northern Cuanza Norte province, Textang II, in Luanda, and Africa Têxtil, in Benguela, which are industrial complexes rehabilitated under the country's industrialization programme gearing up to launch large scale fine cotton production with an intention to feed on a permanent basis to its textile industries.
According to the minister of Agriculture, Afonso Pedro Canga, some private investors are designing their projects to launch the production of the raw material for the textile industry.
America's National Cotton Council (NCC) signed an agreement with the China Cotton Textile Association (CCTA) in Beijing during a recent visit of an NCC leadership delegation to share information with the Chinese cotton/textile industries and update them on the US cotton industry. The agreement to foster enhance communication between the two group, the NCC said in a press release.
The 17th annual apparel, Textile & Footwear (ATF) Trade Exhibition that began in Cape Town from 24 November, a three day event is South Africa's only import sourcing show for the clothing, textile & footwear industries. The main objective of ATF is to offer international manufacturers, suppliers and exporters an opportunity to meet with new buyers from Africa including chain store, independent retailers, mini-chains, importers, agents, wholesalers, distributors and other key industry decision makers.
ANDRITZ, an international technology group combines the expertise of three leaders in the nonwovens and textile industries with long-standing and successful traditions: Asselin-Thibeau, Küsters to present its nonwovens and textile production technologies at the upcoming Hightex exhibition, all set to begin from 11 to 13 September in Istanbul.
The company has been active on the Turkish market for many years and provides full lines and individual solutions for spunlace, wetlaid, needlepunch, bonding and finishing for spunbond applications, and textile calenders.
Taiwan in its efforts to strengthen bilateral economic cooperation with India would be sending a delegation to attend an investment summit in India next month from January 10 to 14, the delegation will also take the opportunity to explore further cooperation with India’s government and private sector, Elliott Charng, director general of the Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs said.
The Vidarbha Economic Development Council (VED) facilitated a meeting for Sanjay Gupta, an entrepreneur from Chandigarh (Punjab) with Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister and Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries recently on the subject, expressing the need for a textile manufacturing hub in Nandgaonpeth MIDC (Amravati) so that cotton is processed and goes out of Vidarbha as fabric, in short, Fibre to Fabric.
For this VED proposes to hold road-shows along with State Government in Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu to market Nandgaonpeth there as a textile hub.
