The United Arab Emirates is now becoming the world´s leading centre for textile industry automation with the presence of about 150 apparel manufacturing companies in satellite cities around Sharjah and Dubai.

Nike CEO Mark Parker has described the opening of a new ´water-free´ dyeing facility at its Taiwanese contract manufacturer Far Eastern New Century Corp,

Dr Reinhold Festge, Managing Partner of Haver & Boecker in Oelde, Germany, has been elected as the new president of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) at a gatheringof its members in Stuttgart on 18 October 2013

Very recently, the Hohenstein Institute had two reasons to celebrate: In addition to the official opening of the new Otto Mecheels building with around 2,580 m2 floorarea Bennigheim, Germany, Willy Bogner, the owner of the sports fashion company

Premier Mills´ dedication to excellence, modernisation and environmental awareness is reflected in the various awards and accolades over the past 20 years

The stability and sustained growth of the Indian textile industry in 2013, amidst the economic crisis that the world has been facing especially in the manufacturing sector, revealed that the industry has gained the strength and maturity over the years to withstand the fluctuations in global trade to any extent.

Exports of Indian MMF textiles were not encouraging during 2012-13. The exports of man-made fibre textile which grew consistently during last 10 years have declined by 9 per cent during 2012-13 compared to the previous year and amounted only US $5.37 billion.

We expect a good cotton and signs are already there. With this there will be certainly good export of yarn and garments in 2014. China is already importing a lot of cotton yarn, particularly up to 60s count.

Workwear is generally dominated by polyester and cotton fibres. Workwear options have been extended with the TENCEL® fibre. TENCEL® guarantees innovation and greater sustainability in this segment.