DuraFiber Technologies, a leading global supplier of high-tenacity polyester fibres, engineered fabrics, sewing threads and advanced materials, has announced that it has taken the next steps to prepare its production facilities in Salisbury, NC, Shelby, NC, and Winnsboro, SC to be idled if a buyer is not identified by September 11, 2017. The actions follow a series of initiatives to lower production costs in response to increased competition in the textile industry, as well as a thorough rev

Trendstop's materials experts bring you an insider's guide to the essential print and fabric themes for lingerie, beach and sports fashion that will be impacting the materials market into the FW18-19. Our team travelled to the Interfiliere event held at the Porte de Versailles Expo Centre in Paris where innovation took centre stage with new technologies and sustainable concepts essential to shaping the modern materials market and inspire your activewear collections. Our comprehensive materials t

The Dixie Group, one of America’s fastest growing floorcovering companies, has announced that it has purchased all of the yarn manufacturing assets of the former Royalty Carpet Mills Porterville, California yarn plant. The company has also announced that it will lease the Porterville building through a long term arrangement within the next two weeks. The Dixie Group will begin hiring former associates to manage and operate the yarn plant. The output from the yarn plant will allow The Dixie

Apparel manufacturers from China, South Korea, India and other countries are lured to open new plants in the continent's second most populous nation Ethiopia which is fast developing into a dynamic apparel sourcing hub and with growing number of European and U.S. brands sourcing garments there. A significant factor in Ethiopia's emergence on the clothing scene is the planned opening of a new railway line to a port in neighboring Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa in the Arabian Sea. The

Cotton crop cultivation during the current sowing season (2017-18) has witnessed about 18pc increase in Punjab as compared the sowing of same period of last year. However, it decreased by 6 percent in Sindh during the period under review, according to a top official in the Ministry of Textile Industry. During the current sowing season, cotton crop has been cultivated over 2.743m hectares in Punjab which is 18pchigher as compared the same period of last year. However, cotton sowing in the Sindh d

The upward trend of garment exports from Africa, thanks in part to Bangladeshi investors, poses a threat to Bangladesh's second position in the global apparel trade. In 2016, garment exports from 39 sub-Saharan nations stood at $2.6 billion, according to data from the International Trade Centre. Industry insiders are tipping the shipments to cross the $3-billion mark this year. The countries enjoy duty-free and quota-free access for certain goods, including garment, to the US under the Afr

Intertek, a leading total quality assurance provider to industries worldwide, has announced expansion of its textile testing capabilities in the US, with the launch of new services - which include evaluating evaporation/drying rates, water vapour transmission rates and antibacterial/antifungal properties - for the fast-growing activewear sector. These services are new to the US market and offer manufacturers of activewear, furniture and outdoor fabrics a more efficient, timely testing option

Vinatex’s (the Vietnam Textile & Garment Group) CEO Le Tien Truong has said that the current production capacity of the textile & garment industry has exceeded the $35 billion per annum threshold. The small scale of the domestic market is not the alternative market for Vietnamese garment companies to target when exports fall, he said. Vinatex said that 2016 was a tough year for the industry as the demand from the largest export markets declined. The exports to the US decreased by 3

The Italian Trade Agency, the National Association of Manufacturers of Footwear, Leather Goods and Tanning Technologies, and the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO) have inaugurated the Italy-Vietnam Footwear Technology Centre at the Lefaso Centre in the southern province of Binh Duong’s Di An district. With its experience in the leather industry, Italy will assist Vietnamese companies in improving product quality through collaboration and the launch of the centre, whic

Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (ICST) on Sunday said textile sector is slowly collapsing and the government should take note of the plight of this sector. ICST Patron Shahid Rasheed Butt said that weak trade diplomacy and semi-educated export managers proved to be a double whammy for the export sector which was already reeling under various problems. Failed trade diplomacy is one of the reasons behind dwindling exports which has forced the government to borrow from international lenders r