Cotton Incorporated, the research and promotion company for the United States cotton producers and importers, has appointed its first chief sustainability officer— Dr Jesse Daystar. Before joining Cotton Incorporated, he held the position of assistant director at the Duke Center for sustainability and commerce at Duke University, where he also taught. "Daystar brings in a wealth of experience and knowledge to this newly created role, which will oversee and coordinate our internal and external

Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) is an initiative of the Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) that helps African smallholder cotton farmers in Africa to improve their living conditions revealed that over 50 million textiles used CmiA labelled cotton fibre last year, which came from over 320,000 tonnes of cotton produced by the organisations smallholder farmers in Africa. Some 30 companies and brands use CmiA cotton for their textiles. Bonprix, part of the German Otto Group was the biggest buyer of its

Textile industry in processing of cotton makes use of large number of chemicals, minimizing their use with the help of nano-technology will be key to improvements in the industry. The Central Institute for Research in Cotton Technology (Circot) Mumbai under its nano-technology mission developed nano-cellulose from cotton waste which can be used as spinning oil in the textile industry. One of the team leaders in the project N Vigneshwaran said that the spinning oil prevents the breaking of the

The Indian Society for Cotton Improvement (ISCI) in collaboration with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) and the Central Institute for Research in Cotton Technology (CIRCOT) organized a three day Asian Cotton Research and Development Network (ACRDN) meeting. Kavita Gupta, the textile commissioner of India speaking at the valedictory function said that the second technology mission on cotton in the offing all this seems possibl

The Chinese economy is growing much faster than originally expected and looks like "sustainable", Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Angel Gurria said on Friday. After a press conference to present the latest OECD Economic Survey of Estonia, Gurria told Xinhua that the Chinese economy is now growing by almost 7 percent again and it looks like "sustainable", which is very important. Gurria attended the second "1+6" Roundtable on Sept 12 i

Bangladesh’s readymade garment export to its major destinations including the European countries, United States and Canada achieved significant growth in the first two months of the current financial year 2017-18. But the export earnings from the Asian countries including Japan, China and India declined in the period. Experts and exporters say the growth trend is satisfactory and Bangladesh is getting benefits of recent rebound of the euro against the dollar. They also say though China

Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, China’s international trade fair for apparel fabrics and accessories, to be held in October will focus on sustainability. The centre of sustainability is the All About Sustainability zone, but eco-friendly products and companies will also be part of Beyond Denim, Functional Lab, SalonEurope and Accessories Vision areas. The show is to be held during October 11-13, 2017. In Beyond Denim zone, Orta Anadolu, Kipas Denim and Soorty Enterprises will all

The textile and automobile sectors in Egypt will attract Chinese investment to exploit the former’s cheap labour, Egyptian minister of trade and industry Tarek Qabil has said. Qabil said this after meeting São Gishang, president of the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles, during his visit to China recently to discuss cooperation. Chinese company Shandong Rui recently announced its plan to invest $800 million to construct a readymade garments factory in Egypt, an Egypt

Cotton USA to showcase cotton innovation in the global textile and apparel industry at the Premiere Vision Paris beginning from September 19, 2017. Cotton Council International (CCI), Cotton Incorporated and Supima will exhibit jointly at the three-day trade fair to showcase innovation in technologies, fabric blends, performance, design and fashion. The trade fair will be an opportunity to know about the process to obtain the Cotton USA license which is of high value to consumers and can driv

The non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) have developed a new technology, a hydrotherm (Chemical) process through which recycle blend textiles can to converted into new fabrics and yarns without losing its quality. Erik Bang, Innovation Lead at H&M Foundation said that they are very excited to develop this technology and scale it beyond the laboratory, which will benefit the global environment, people and communities. For t