Launched in October of last year, the Cotton LEADS?programme continues to resonate with global textile businesses as a supply chain programme committed to responsibly-produced cotton.

A German astronaut from ESA will be among those on board the International Space Station (ISS) who will be carrying out about 40 experiments.

Bamboo yarn shows better results in case of strength, elongation and hairiness, and while bamboo fabric is more extensible than cotton fabric, cotton fabric shows more stiffness and geometrically rougher surface

The ITMF International Committee on Cotton Testing Methods (ICCTM) gave full recognition to Aqualab, a fibre-testing instrument produced by Mesdan Spa, Italy.

Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring Edition 2014 concluded this month with a huge increase in the number of overseas and Chinese buyers attending. Over 40,000 visitors passed through the doors from 3-5 March 2014

China, the world's largest cotton importer, accounting for more than 60 per cent of total raw cotton exports from India, has upset the calculations of Indian cotton sector following a marked fall in demand from that country.

Spinners can rely on accurate data from the USTER®AFIS PRO 2 fibre test instrument to optimise yarn processes for quality and profitability.

The industry is witnessing buoyant demand of cotton yarn from export markets and diversion of garmenting orders from Bangladesh due to labour unrest and safety issues.

What are the dyeing process and the dyestuffs used for dyeing of silk hanks? M Das, S Basak, Kartick K Samanta, SK Chattopadhyay, S Das and P Pandit report elaborately on these aspects and also discuss practical problems and remedies in processing of silk hanks.