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Sappi Limited is pleased to announce that it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) and will use the group's sustainability measurement suite of tools, the Higg Index, to drive environmental and social responsibility throughout its supply chain. With its membership in the SAC, Sappi joins more than 240 global brands, retailers, and manufacturers, as well as government, non-profit environmental organizations, and academic institutions, which are collectively committed to improving supply chain sustainability in the apparel, footwear, and textile industry.

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The textile ministry in consultation with the finance and revenue departments to look at the possibility of a duty cut on man-made fibre as high cost of key raw material for manufacturing blended garments is making Indian goods uncompetitive in the global market. Each year, nearly Rs . 900 crore worth of man-made fibre material is imported by garment makers.

The textile industry has been intensely lobbying for duty cuts on both domestic and import fronts, had been given hope during the previous year's budget, but the decision is yet to arrive.

Related Keywords: IR reflecting particles, Kelheim Fibres, Thermal radiation, viscose fibre, viscose speciality fibres

Kelheim Fibres is the world's leading producer of viscose speciality fibres intends to extend its range of speciality products by a newly developed viscose fibre with incorporated IR-reflecting particles for improved wellbeing and better performance.

The human body, like any other matter with comparable temperature, releases a large part of its energy via thermal radiation. Thermal radiation emanating from a body is reflected by the particles incorporated in the viscose fibre and sent back to the body, so reducing the cooling of the person.