4/6/2011 10:02:00 AM
The International Working Group on Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS IWG) recently announced the release of Version 3.0 of its organic fiber processing standard. Revisions include a prohibition on garment finishing methods considered harmful to workers (such as denim sand blasting), a requirement…
4/1/2011 4:03:00 PM
BEIJING - The Chinese government announced Thursday that it will initiate a cotton purchasing and reserve program starting this fall to boost domestic cotton production.To build the reserve, the government plans to purchase standard cotton at 19,800 yuan ($3,018) per ton from Sept 1 this year to Marc…
3/29/2011 10:26:00 AM
A laborer on the assembly line of a cotton yarn company in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. The profits of large companies rose 34 percent year-on-year to 645.5 billion yuan in the January-February period, but the growth rate was 15 percentage points lower than that in the first 11 months of 2010. [Photo…
3/24/2011 11:02:00 AM
Preliminary 2010 data drawn up by ACIMIT(the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers) show a decisive recovery under way for Italy’s textile machinery sector, in the wake of a 2009 which had been marked by a conspicuous drop in production. In terms of value, Italy’s textile machinery…
3/24/2011 10:49:00 AM
--- French textile machinery manufacturers to make presence at Techtextil 2011The French machinery manufacturers group, which considers itself as part of the technical textiles industry, will welcome technical textiles and nonwovens producers at TECHTEXTIL (Frankfurt, May 24-26) "We understand t…
3/21/2011 10:40:00 AM
BEIJING - China´s Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said on Sunday that China hopes countries with large trade deficit with it could loose export control.Addressing the 12th China Development Forum held in Beijing from March 19 to 21, Chen said that China is willing to improve the trade stru…
3/18/2011 4:58:00 PM
New improved soft coating solution from Monforts provides significant energy savings with reduced drying times and can eliminate the need for a conventional wet-on-wet padder.A new Eco-applicator soft coating process from A. Monforts Textilmaschinen provides significant energy savings with reduced li…
3/16/2011 10:24:00 AM
Investors abroad look favorably on nation´s plan to revamp economy BEIJING - China´s foreign direct investment (FDI) maintained its robust growth in February, driven by overseas investors´ appetite for the planned industrial restructuring, which tops the agenda of the co…
3/15/2011 10:56:00 AM
Wen highlights quality and efficiency of development BEIJING - Meeting the economic growth target in China over the next five years will not be easy, and the government´s focus will be on transforming the development pattern, Premier Wen Jiabao told a news conference on Monday. Wen made the…
3/14/2011 10:50:00 AM
Operating performance of China´s knitting industry during the 11th Five-Year Plan (11th FYP) maintained a growing momentum as a whole. The international markets of China´s knitted textiles and apparel kept recovering. Exported value by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2010) per…
