Mustang Socks was founded by Naazneen Katrak 26 years ago. She understood the need of cotton socks back in the 90s, which compelled her to single-handedly set-up Mustang.

AATCC, the Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals, announces the availability of L2 lightfastness control fabric. The AATCC Blue Wool Lightfastness Standard is ¨one of a group of dyed wool fabrics distributed by AATCC for use in determining the amount of light exposure of specimens during lightfastness testing.¨

The art of textile making began to develop in the Stone Age. The first textile fabric was probably a nonwoven crude felt, made by compressing loose clumps of fleece from wild sheep. The second stage was invention of yarn which was extracted from various barks of various plants in accordance to their availability.

The Cotton Association of India (CAI), the apex body for India´s cotton sector, will hold a conference, -´COTTON INDIA 2014´ from 24-26 November 2014 at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, Mumbai, India. This conference will be attended by a large number of delegates from across the globe especially the Indian subcontinent. Eminent speakers will share their experience and expertise.

Cotton spinners no longer need worry about customer claims and demands for price reductions because of low-quality yarn. That might seem like wishful thinking – but it is now a reality, thanks to the comprehensive contamination solution offered by USTER-« JOSSI systems.

Santosh Kumar Gangwar, India´s Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles, has urged rural women to promote sericulture for increasing silk production in the country. Speaking at the inaugural session of a national workshop on ¨Empowering Women Through Sericulture¨.

Energy costs are one of the most important cost factors in textile production. Apart from cutting-edge machinery, a professional energy management system with integrated monitoring can achieve considerable savings.

Kimberly-Clark has announced the launch of its Aero Blue performance surgical gown, a new product for clinicians working in operating rooms.
In head-to-head fluid resistance tests, the soft, lightweight gown has been shown to deliver four times greater fluid protection than other non-reinforced gowns in the same category.

Since ever, Loepfe´s optical yarn clearers are ´built to see more´. Today, the spinning specialists ´want to see and know more´. To meet these requirements, Loepfe´s R&D team has only used state-of-the-art and fastest processors