Yarn Expo China international Trade Fair for Fibres and Yarns Autumn edition (October 22 -24, 2012 in Chinese Shanghai) – organised by Messe Frankfurt - attracted 100 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions to 3000 m2 (+ 60 %) of exhibition space and the number of visitors increased by 22 % to 4812 visitors from 61 countries and regions The exhibition took place concurrently with Intertextile Shanghai Apparel. Visitors and exhibitors alike benefitted from Yarn Expo and the three additional eve

After all, the slowdown of the global economy is wearing also off on Swiss textile, clothing and textile machinery exports. According to the newest official statistics, exports of Swiss textile machinery was in October 17.0 % in real terms lower than in October of 2011 and nominally 21.9 % lower and settled at a value of CHF 86 million. Textile exports amounted to CHF 132 million or an increase of 5.9 % in real terms and 4.0 % nominally and clothing exports settled at CHF 124 million meaning

A strike of hundreds of workers at the Global Footwear factory in Kandal province dragged into its 10th day yesterday with no end in sight over a list of 12 demands including a $9 monthly pay raise. Mao Mol, representative of Free Trade Union at Global Footwear in Ang Snuol district’s Poeuk commune said that the strike for better pay started November 15 and that workers have informed both the factory and provincial labour department in advance. “Our basic salary is $61, but we want a raise u

Width CM Width CM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter T/R brocade 150 580 17．00 T/C80/20 Thickened Dacron Drill 148 20S×16S 128×60 10．80 Cotton Pad-dyed Drill 150 16S×12S 108×56 14．80 Multi-chemical fiber woolen cloth 150 600 15．00 Multi-chemical fiber Hopsack 154 480 12．80 8-wale Cotton Corduroy 145 16S×12S 64×128 14ʌ

Despite the government’s call to ‘Be Vietnamese Buy Vietnamese’–an effort to help domestic enterprises expand in the consumer market–some sectors like the textile and garment industry have failed to tap potential in many segments which look promising. Home textile and garment firms have not focused on children’s clothes in the age group from 7-12. Vietnamese parents nowadays have 1-2 children and want to give their children the very best of things and don’t hesitate in spending large sums on

Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Polyester jacquard checked fashion apparel fabric 150 550 13．50 T/C80/20 machine dyed plain fabric 150 45S×45S 110×76 6．50 Polyester golden fiber Curtain Screen 280 300 11．30 Nylon/polyester dyed curtain screen 280 Nylon/polyesrter 30D×20D/35 tatting 4．00 Full-size polyester printed curtain fabric 280

The Swiss Government, under the Ethical Fashion Initiative Ghana Project, is providing US$3.5 million to support young Ghanaian entrepreneurs in the fashion and fabric industry to create employment through the establishment of a sustainable supply-chain in textiles, fashion and lifestyle products. The project, which is aimed at improving the economic situation of less-endowed communities, is a joint effort between Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Internatio

Rumour has it that H&M’s next designer collaboration will be with none other than Givenchy and the French fashion house’s alleged collection will be released sometime in 2013. The thing about H&M collaboration rumours is that most of the time, they actually come true. Rumours circulated about Maison Martin Margiela, Versace, and Marni—all of which were later put into production. While there may be no solid proof that this collaboration is 100 per cent going down, we’re already th

There is no ban on cotton exports from India for the season 2012-13. According to an official press release, Anand Sharma, Cabinet Minister of Textiles, India, in a written reply today to Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Indian Parliament stated that there will no ban on cotton exports for this season. The letter also states that according to Cotton Advisory Board, India will have an exportable surplus of 7 million bales (170 Kgs each). According to the Minister, export registrations ti