Year: 2015

´Despite slower growth overall in the Chinese economy, the domestic housing market is still relatively strong in most cities across China,´ says Ms Wendy Wen, Senior General Manager, Messe Frankfurt.

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Islamabad in Pakistan after detailed discussions and deliberations considered and approved the proposed ´Textiles Policy 2014-19′ subject to deletion of section 12.3 of the policy related to textile development fund out of export development fund. Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting of the Committee here at the Prime Minister’s Office.

Bangladesh, which is the second largest garment exporter after China in woven and knitwear segments, is also attracting international retailers for its technical and non-traditional garment goods.

The UK Government is investing nearly quarter of a billion pound for materials research and innovation. With academic and industrial partners, Sir Henry Royce institute for Materials Research and Innovation is being established with the funding of 235 million pounds in the University of Manchester.

If our cotton could speak, it would describe the extraordinary people behind its growth and cultivation. Our farmers are passionate: about their work, their crops and their communities. They are devoted to transforming an element from the earth into a fibre of our lives. They see a singular vision of the crop´s connection to what matters every day, and its embrace of all.

Garmatex Technologies, Inc (“Garmatex”), an industry disrupting inventor and supplier of scientifically-engineered performance fabrics, has launched its revolutionary fabric, Kottinu´, at The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market from January 21 to 24, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The fabrics comprise a piezoelectric poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) and carbon fibre electrode.
Cu Kansai University and Teijin announced that Professor Yoshiro Tajitsu, Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai University, and Teijin have developed the world´s first polylactic acid (PLA) fibre-and carbon-fibre-based piezoelectric fabrics.