As fashion and textile retailers strive to respond to ever-increasing consumer demands for information about the origins of their products, the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) is organising an event to promote greater transparency along the wool supply chain.
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The latest statistics show a gloomy period for South America´s fabric manufacturing industry in the third quarter of 2014 with production falling by 11.4 per cent compared to the previous year.
Groz-Beckert and Bekaert signed an agreement regarding the acquisition of Bekaert´s Carding Solutions activities by Groz-Beckert. The division has around 350 employees. Owing to the acquisition Groz-Beckert expands his existing service programme for card clothing by a corresponding product portfolio.
In January 2015, China´s export of textiles and garment dropped 10.71 per cent year-on-year to US$ 25.54 billion. The export of textiles dropped 7.7 per cent to near US$ 9.72 billion, and the export of garment dropped 12.5 per cent to about US$ 15.83 billion.
In January 2015, Claudia Wagner has been appointed Head of Operations / COO at SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG in Horgen. She is in charge for SSM´s global production and supply network.
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI ) has signed an agreement to be a ´Supporting Organisation´ of ITMA 2015. ´We are delighted to engage with ITMA, and bring the message of Better Cotton to a wider industry audience this November,´ said Ruchira Joshi, Demand Programme Director.
EURATEX, the European apparel and textile confederation, has recently signed an MoU with ACIMIT and VDMA, the associations respectively representing Italian and German textile machinery manufacturers.