Browsing: Industry Update

Dubai-based textile company United Aryan plans to build a garment factory that could employ up to 10,000 workers at Olkaria geothermal fields in Naivasha town of Kenya’s Nakuru county to take advantage of lower electricity costs. The factory, likely to come up in the next two years, will manufacture apparel like trousers, knit tops, fleeces, shirts and robes.

Van de Wiele will be presenting the world’s first 3-m execution of the Velvet Smart Innovator VSi for plain and jacquard velvets.

The sun is the ultimate life-giver. But too much sun can do you harm. Ultraviolet rays (UV rays) in particular can cause lasting damage to eyes and skin.

Brand sells, and it is an important marketing tool. Bruce Atherley, Executive Director of Cotton Council International has brought his successful marketing and brand experience to the United States’ cotton sector to increase the global share of US cotton.

Lubbock, USA: Status of advanced textiles sector and innovations in the field will be featured at a forthcoming conference. The Nonwovens Engineers and Technologists division of TAPPI will organise Innovative Nonwovens Conference (NETInc) in Charlotte, NC from April 16 through April 18, as part of the leading paper conference PaperCon of TAPPI.

Idéal Fibres & Fabrics Comines (IFFC), a subsidiary of the Belgian Beaulieu International Group of companies, announced today that it was awarded the Textile Industry Award, which is one of the Trophies of the Industries of Hauts-de-France.