Textile Exchange (TE) will work alongside bluesign technologies in the delivery of back-to-back conferences in the city of Milan which will focus on sustainable textile and apparel production.
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Researchers at the Department of Chemistry in Calicut University in Kerala have come up with a new approach to ‘size’ and ‘desize’ cotton and polyester yarns through a dry process using liquid and super critical carbon dioxide (scCO2).
The global antimicrobial market is big business. Demand is strong due to increasing public awareness about contamination and infections, and by consumers’ desire for protective solutions.
The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) signed an MoU with the MSME and textiles department of West Bengal government for supporting and facilitating alternate sources of funding through equity among the small and medium sector enterprises.
Functional cotton that have comfort and properties of synthetic fibres are being developed. Cotton shirts that may need no iron, protection characteristics and enhanced comfort are some of the functional properties that are being engineered to make cotton a high-performance fibre.
Pakistan’s textile exports dropped 16.1 per cent to $1.002 billion in July 2018 compared to shipments recorded in June, which stood at $1.194 billion.
The MoU with MCX will enable ICF’s members to effectively participate in the exchange’s knowledge-sharing initiatives to understand the benefits, techniques and strategies of risk management using cotton futures contracts.