The latest USDA October report forecasts the US cotton crop for 2014 at nearly 16.3 million bales, down slightly from its last month’s forecast, but is 3.3 million bales or 26 percent above the 2013 production. According to the USDA, although harvested area remained unchanged in October, the national average yield slipped due to which the US production estimate fell 283,000 bales this month.The US upland cotton crop is estimated at 15.7 million bales, above both last season and the 5-year avera

With Vietnam eyeing early conclusion of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the two agreements will be signed in 2015. The Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwanese investors have of late started increasing their investment in garment and textile industry in Vietnam. The Chinese Texhong Group has recently functioned the first phase of another US$300 million plant in Mong Cai City, Quang Ninh Province, after building tw

INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of fibers and polymers and owner of the LYCRA® fiber brand has launched its new consumer campaign, the roll-out to markets around the world of which began in September.INVISTA said this visually exciting initiative and associated co-branding and merchandising opportunities is being shared with trade partners at a new business-to-business website which went live on October 6, 2014.The new consumer campaign is the outcome of a two-year, mult

Coats, one of the leading industrial thread and consumer textile crafts companies, has announced the opening of a state-of-the-art zips factory in Chittagong, on the eve of completing 25 years of operations in Bangladesh. The new zips factory will open by 2015 and is being established in response to the growing demand from global consumer apparel manufacturing brands in Bangladesh. The new factory will create over 100 new jobs locally, and over time, will manufacture the full offering of zips,

Rhodia is showcasing and debuting Emana Denim, the first jeans produced with a bioactive-mineral-based polyamide yarn, which helps and protects skin and body at the ongoing Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, which runs from October 20 to 23, 2014. “Already a hit in New York and Brazil, Emana Denim is made of bioactive-mineral-based polyamide yarn, an ally in skin and body care and helps reduce the cellulite appearance,” Rhodia says.Emana absorbs the human body and returns it as far-infrared

Global summit where the entire textile industry value chain meets organized by the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), this year took place in Beijing from October 16-18. China joined ITMF in 2008, and continues to be an increasingly important textile market. The majority of attendees came from China as it is leading the way to the top of the global economy, and its arrival at the top can be only a matter of time. According to Wang Tiankai, president, China National Textile

BTK is not the only Russian company, which plans to establish large-scale production of technical textiles. Several days ago the National Investment and Finance Corporation (NIFC), one of Russia’s largest investment corporations also announced the establishment of the large cluster for the production of textile and technical textile products in the Russian Ryazan region. BTK Holding, owned by Russian billionaire Taymuraz Bolloev, one of Russia’s largest producers of technical textiles and app

A new study indicated that 43. 2 percent of Cambodian garment workers suffered from anemia and 15. 7 percent of workers are underweight, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Monday. The study also found that garment workers spent approximately 1. 3 U.S. dollars per day on food, the ILO said in a news statement. Anxiety and uncertainty about food supply was also found to be surprisingly high in garment workers with only a third of workers in the study meeting the definition of "f

Thousands of staff of the Grand Twins garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district protested Tuesday claiming they had been swindled out of stipends and demanding better overtime pay, according to representatives for the workers and police. Soy Sreymom, a worker representative who has been at Grand Twins for 11 years, said the factory had changed names in 2008, circumventing its obligation to raise stipends and pay bonuses. “We protest to demand that the factory provide senior sta

At least eight workers sustained minor injuries Tuesday morning after the floor of a clothing factory in Takeo province collapsed, once again raising concerns about a lack of oversight of building standards in the crucial garment sector. At the Chinese-owned Nishiku Enterprise factory—which labor monitors say produces clothes for Swedish clothing giant H&M—sewing machines and debris from the ceiling, which was pulled down by the collapsed floor, littered the bottom of a 50-meter-long and