Raw cotton exports from India plummeted by over 50 per cent in the 2014-15 cotton season (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015).

Leading South Korean technical textiles company, Dongyang MirAcle, has developed one of the strongest synthetic fibres, called the ?UHMWPE? yarn.

Chinese cotton imports in December were down 29 per cent year on year at 188,200 tonnes in December, as demand from the world’s largest cotton consumer remains muted.

VDMA member companies are extremely satisfied with ITMA 2015 in Milan. About 96 per cent stated that both the quantity and the quality of visitors to their booths were good to very good. Nearly 87 per cent evaluate the prospects for post exhibition business to be good to very good.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has opened a specialist unit in San Francisco to oversee imports of apparel, footwear and textiles (AFT). The new centre – which joins three other units covering pharmaceuticals, electronics and petroleum, natural gas and mineral products – is aimed at encouraging collaboration between CBP and industry.

This year Interfilière Paris running from January 23-25, 2016 in Paris at Porte de Versailles will honour Austrian company Willy Hermann, naming him the unrivalled leader in the circular and warp knits market.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has opened a specialist unit in San Francisco to oversee imports of apparel, footwear and textiles (AFT). The new centre – which joins three other units covering pharmaceuticals, electronics and petroleum, natural gas and mineral products – is aimed at encouraging collaboration between CBP and industry.

Iranian researchers have used nanoparticles in developing a laboratorial sample of antimicrobial woollen fabrics that maintain their properties after five times of washing. The antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles have sparked a lot of interest for using them in various fields.

Workers of over 3.5 lakh powerloom machines in industrial areas of Ved Road, Katargam, Varachha, Jholva, Laskana, Varachha, Bhestan, ?and ? Bamroli? in Gujarat? , who were on strike for over 20 days called off their agitation following settlement over wage hike.