Textile Association India, Ahmedabad Unit is all set and geared up to host a conference on the global denim & jeans industry in association with Fibre2Fashion.

Import prices have fallen in the case of nine of the USA’s ten largest clothing suppliers, according to a new report in the Textiles Intelligence publication “Global Apparel Markets”.

Following the worst economic crisis in living memory that also hit the textile industry hard, the market is bouncing back stronger and faster than initially expected.

It is well-known that the textile industry is one of the largest consumers of water. Conventional textile dyeing uses vast amounts of fresh water and which then is disposed as waste water containing dyestuff chemicals.

Arvind Limited, the global textile conglomerate and leading apparel retailer, has launched a new EBO (Exclusibe Brand Outlet) concept in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad outlet is the first example of this unique concept that brings together the best of custom tailoring and ready-made apparels.

More than 125 members of the Turkish cotton community attended a ‘Cotton Trade Information Summit’ at the Kahramanmaras Chamber of Industry and Trade in Turkey recently.

Shorn wool production in Australia is expected to be at around the same level as in 2009/10, in spite of lower sheep numbers at the start of the season, according to the latest forecasts from the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee released today.

Indian electrical equipment industry has retained its sparkle & maintained growth momentum in the first quarter of the year 2010 - 2011 said P V Krishna, Director General, IEEMA. The Indian electrical equipment industry has shown impressive growth of 17.42% during the 1st quarter of 2010 - 2011.

Source4Style, a B2B online marketplace that allows fashion and interior designers to search and purchase sustainable materials from around the globe is poised to launch its beta site to the public at the end of September 2010.

In commemoration of 50 years of its presence in the green campus at Ghatkopar, Mumbai, BTRA is organising an International Conference on 9th and 10th December 2010 in its premises.

To reinforce its commitment of developing a strong ecosystem for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country, IndiaMART.com, India’s largest online B2B marketplace, has joined hands with ET NOW, India’s leading financial news channel, to present ‘IndiaMART Leaders of Tomorrow Awards’.

Orders collected by Italian textile machinery manufacturers exceeded expectations at ITMA Asia + CITME, the leading textile machinery trade fair in Asia. Signs of a recovery are under way in the primary markets for Italian companies.

AATCC is offering an Introduction to Textile Testing Workshop, December 8-9, at its Technical Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA. Individuals responsible for product evaluation, specifications, and quality control for apparel and textile materials will benefit from attending the AATCC Introduction to Textile Testing Workshop.

Crude oil prices gained in the second last week of September despite worries about the wearing US economy and upward pressure from a weakening dollar.

The repair of the leak in a key pipeline that brings oil from Canada to refineries in the Midwest USA eased supply shortages this week and prices recoiled the upward nudge it had last week.

Oil prices surged around 3 per cent higher on Friday, 10th September, back to over the US$ 76 mark as an oil leak prompted a major US oil pipeline to shut down, while the markets covered positions in WTI oil.