The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) has introduced technological innovations that aim to inject the country’s textile industry with more life and colour. At the helm of a two-year programme of developing new and green textile technologies, DOST-PTRI is encouraging the use of natural dyes from indigenous plants like guava, yellow ginger and “talisay” leaves to draw out the natural beauty of Filipino fabrics woven from abaca,

Technical textiles production in Turkey has grown at an incredible rate in the last decade, and will continue to grow in the future, according to Ertuğrul Bahan, tyre reinforcement technologies manager at Kordsa Global. Speaking at a recent seminar, he stated that Istanbul, Bursa, Kocaeli, Tekirdağ and Gaziantep, have become major cities for producing technical textiles and nonwovens in the country. Bahan added that many Turkish companies moved into the technical textiles area

The share of the US, Australia and Brazil in global cotton exports has improved over the years and these countries together now account for more than 50 percent of world cotton exports. The US continues to be the leading exporter of cotton and its share in global cotton exports has increased from 26.36 percent in 1990 to 31.27 percent in 2012, according to a report titled “Global Cotton Supply & End Use Demand: Trends & Forecasts 2013” prepared by the Market Watch division of Fibre2fa

The arrivals are dwindling in most of the States and season seems to be coming to a close. Approximately 3 Crore 19 lakh bales have arrived in the market as per trade sources. CCI seems to be the best source for good cotton especially in the Andhra Pradesh region at the moment at around Rs.41,000/-Spot per candy. Most of the North Mills are procuring from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh due to their proximity from these centres to save lorry freights while the South Mills are sourcing from CCI i

Jute cultivation acreage marked a rise by 7 percent this fiscal compared to that of the previous fiscal, said officials at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) on Monday. Deputy Director of DAE’s Field Service Wing (FSW) Rafiqul Hasan told UNB that the acreage under jute cultivation this year hit 7.5 lakh hectares, which is about 99 percent of the targeted acreage of 7.57 lakh hectares earlier fixed by the department. This year’s jute acreage has touched the acreage mark of 7

Sri Rejeki Isman, an Indonesian textile and garment company that recently went public, is in talks to produce garments for Swedish clothing company Hennes & Mauritz as it pulls some of its production from Bangladesh. The Stockholm-based company, which will open its doors in Jakarta later this year, is among Bangladesh’s top buyers. After the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory killed more than 1,100 people in April, the company has reportedly been looking for different suppliers. Accord

Dark Matters – Karlie Kloss is back again for the fall 2013 campaign from Jean Paul Gaultier. The American model’s last turn for the brand was for the fall 2012 season. This time around, Karlie rocks a skin-tight, vixen-y and leather look in the black and white imagery lensed by Stephane Sednaoui. / Art direction by Babeth Djian Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

Ferragamo Woman – Daria Werbowy returns as the face of Salvatore Ferragamo’s fall 2013 campaign. The leading model last appeared in the Italian brand’s autumn 2011 advertisements. For this turn, Daria poses for David Sims in luxe fur and leather looks that show off her long legs. Daria appears mostly fresh-faced with a slicked back coif and minimal styling in the elegant snaps. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) is to invest in a strategic site in Nanhai, China, which will enable the company to expand its manufacturing capacity for high-quality nonwoven products for the global hygiene and healthcare markets it serves. PGI's investment in a state-of-the-art facility in Nanhai will also increase its capacity to produce advanced chemical bond products for hygiene applications to meet the growing needs of customers in the region. The new Nanhai facility will replace one the

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has apprehended an increase in the cost of doing business and high inflation due to various budgetary measures introduced in the budget 2013-14, and said the textile industry cannot sustain further inflation. A spokesman for Aptma said that the federal budget 2013-14 has added another two percent as “Further Tax” on the supplies to unregistered persons, which will encourage reintroduction of fake registrations and flying invoices. Earl