TenCate Advanced Armour has booked a three year contract with a Singapore-based shipyard to design, develop and manufacture lightweight ballistic protection for crew and mission critical equipment on a number of large maritime vessels for a Middle Eastern end-user, ensuring increased survivability for the crew on board the vessels without impairing speed or performance. With this new order among a number of other recent commercial successes TenCate Advanced Armour further strengthens its pos

Ashland Inc. has expanded its family of Aquapas RDP to include Aquapas M Series RDP, Aquapas T Series RDP, Aquapas HS-2098 RDP and Styrene-Acrylic based Aquapas N7930 and Aquapas N7970 RDPs. In 2011, Ashland Inc. launched its Aquapas redispersible polymer powders (RDP) to be used along with Culminal and Combizell cellulose ethers, and Ashland Aquatherm specialty water-soluble polymers to offer enhanced adhesion, performance and flexibility in dry mortars formulations. Ashland’s RDP powders

Indonesia Textile Association (API) in West Java sees the economic turmoil which is still going on right now, has declined the competitiveness of the textile and garment sector (TPT ) in the global market. Chairman of API for West Java Ade Sudrajat argues the Indonesia’s economy is now forcing industry players to rack their brains in maintaining its business, especially free trade ahead of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. "The rate of inflation is still high, while minimum wage

ZSK will present this technology using luminous sequins for the first time during the JEC Americas 2013 in October 2013. The Textile Research Facility "TITV" from Greiz in Germany invented an embroidery technique to produce in an appropriate cost-effective way luminous textiles. This convincing technology using luminous sequins embroidered to conducting yarn is now available on ZSK embroidery machines with a ZSK sequin device. About us: ZSK looks back on more than one hundred years o

BIBA, the leading Indian wear brand presents its latest collection of the season- SHOWSTOPPER. Inspired from the name itself, this collection with its exquisite designs patterns and colors is sure to make you the trend setter this season. BIBA has designed four new ranges within the SHOWSTOPPER collection- Rockstar, Mysterio, Paradise and Tranquility. Each range in the Showstopper collection showcases experimental prints in new and exotic colors, whimsical patterns and fresh cuts and style

In one of Europe’s largest logistics deals, global on-line fashion retailer, ASOS, has awarded a three-year contract for the management of its worldwide distribution centre to Norbert Dentressangle. -New, ?100 million+, three year logistics contract with global on-line fashion retailer ASOS -Appointed to manage ASOS’ global e-fulfillment centre in Barnsley, which provides more than 1.1 million sq ft of floor space and employs over 1,200 people. -Recognising Norbert Dentressangle’s prove

dENiZEN jeans celebrates the introduction of its fall denim line with the launch of a new advertising campaign featuring Tight End Jason Witten. Since launching in 2011, the dENiZEN brand has offered great-fitting, high quality and affordable denim, made by the people who invented jeans. The seven featured fits of the fall men's line remain true to the durability and reliability the Levi Strauss & Co. heritage was built upon, making dENiZEN jeans and Jason Witten, a respected ten-year foo

While the prices of petro-based raw materials such as PTA and MEG have gone up by close to 44% in the past three years, the rise in fibre, yarn and textile prices has remained between 12% and 35%, according to industry sources, creating margin pressures. The impact of rupee depreciation and higher petroleum prices is now being felt by the textile industry, as fabric and apparel makers remain hesitant to pass on higher costs to the final consumers on concerns over weak demand, raising question

Country's terry-towel manufactures have taken a move for fresh investment to produce high value export products for traditional and non-traditional markets. For meeting the growing demand abroad, the industry has invested more than Tk 20 billion anew in the last twelve months. Country's terry-towel (TT) is getting huge response from the US, EU countries and non-traditional markets including South Africa, Latin America, Oceania, Far-East Asia and Russia. "Maintaining international standa

- File Photo by Reuters Massive opportunities are about to open up for Pakistan to at least double its share in the global textile and clothing trade of $800 billion, from slightly above 1.5 per cent to three per cent over the next two to three years. But, unfortunately, the country is not fully geared up to grab the upcoming opportunities. China’s dwindling share in the global textile and clothing business, because of surging cost of production there, and Pakistan’s expected duty-fr