The AATCC Foundation, Inc, announces deadlines in September for two programs designed to support students enrolled in university textile programs. The AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Program, which is supported by the AATCC Foundation, is awarding grants of $500 to $4,000 to encourage student research in textile chemistry and related fields important to the textile sciences. The Research Support Grants are available to both graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in textile pro

Sometime soon you could be drinking your fruit smoothie from a plastic cup that started life as a pile of grass clippings. Moreover, these same kinds of cups also might end up as compost on your lawn. Scientists are working to reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels by developing environmentally friendly and cost effective plastics from natural, sustainable and renewable materials, such as vegetable oils, starches, sugars, and terpenes--essential organic oils produced by plants, flowers,

The spinning industry has expressed concern over the steep increase in the price of cotton. "The Government's untimely announcement on granting permission to the Cotton Corporation of India to export the white fibre has sent the prices for a spin. "The price, which was hovering around Rs 36,000-38,000 a candy at the beginning of the season has swelled to Rs 48,000/candy in no time,” said K. Thirunavukkarasu, President, The South India Spinners Association. Fearing a repeat of the 2011

Four years after its implementation, the Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) is not providing enough incentives to help boost the competitiveness of Dominican apparel exports in the U.S. market, as intended, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in its publication Earned Import Allowance Program: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Program for Certain Apparel from the Dominican Republic; Fourth Annual Review. The EIAP allows apparel manufacturers in the Dominican Repub

A worker irons clothing at a factory in Phnom Penh in June. Many garment workers have not returned to work after casting their votes during last month’s elections. PHA LINA In the wake of last month’s election, production levels at Cambodian garment factories are still below the norm as lingering fears of political unrest keep workers at home and away from the capital. Shrugged off at the outset as a natural byproduct of the election that would correct in time, the stay-away workers are

Workers at the Quang Tri-based Phong Phu Garment factory check products. The importation of raw materials for the garment industry hit $7.646 billion in the first seven months of this year, up 18.2 per cent year-on-year. — VNA/VNS Photo Ho Cau Viet Nam's garment and textile industry remains reliant on imported raw materials, concerning enterprises seeking to take advantage of zero tariffs mandated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which has been under negotiation. Statistics showed t

The US Department of Agriculture on Monday lowered its forecast for US and global cotton production in the 2013/14 crop year and reduced its outlook for record global inventories. The USDA cut its projection for output in the United States, the world's top cotton exporter, on lower yields; it cut its forecast for output in China, the world's largest cotton producer, on unfavourable weather. The changes prompted the USDA to also reduce its projections for ending stocks, though world-wide invent

Cotton price ruled unchanged at the higher level with normal buying by mills and exporter. According to market sources, cotton prices may sustain at current levels as stocks are low. Gujarat Sankar-6 cotton traded at Rs 44,500-44,700 for a candy of 356 kg, while raw cotton or kapas price ruled at Rs 1,100-1,130 for a maund of 20 kg at Saurashtra and gin delivery kapas quoted at Rs 1,135-1,160. About 2,500-2,700 bales arrived in Gujarat and 5,000-5,200 bales arrived in the country. A Rajko

Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. bought 25,000 metric tons of naphtha for delivery to South Korea in the second half of September, according to two traders who participate in the market. The company purchased open-specification grade last week at a premium of about $6 to $7 a ton to benchmark Japan prices, the traders said, asking not to be identified because the information is confidential. Source: Bloomberg .

Apparel exports from country registered a growth of 12.13 percent for June month of FY 2013-14, Chairman AEPC Dr. A Sakthive has informed in a press statement on Monday. "Apparel exports were to the tune of USD 1.24 billion in June 2013-14 with increase of 12.13 percent against the corresponding month of last financial year," said Dr. A Sakthivel while releasing the data on the apparel exports for the month of June. Export for 3 months of the FY 2013-14 has increased by 11 percent over the sa