It has neither train station nor cinema, but this Bavarian town has not been bypassed by globalisation. Ambition and leverage have brought it to its deepest crisis since World War Two. Herzogenaurach -- called "Herzo" by many of ...

Walmart, C&A, Nike, H&M, Zara, Anvil, Coop Switzerland, Pottery Barn, Greensource, Hess Natur are top ten organic cotton-using brands and retailers. Global retail sales of organic cotton apparel and home textile products reached an estimated $3.2 billion ...

The technical team spearheading the country's banana textile project has embarked on countrywide sensitization and fact-finding tours aimed at laying ground for the technology to make fabrics and other essential products out of banana stems. The team was ...

As part of the International Year of Natural Fibres 2009, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is organising an in international conference at the Mumbai-based Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology. To be held in Mumbai during April 16-18, the conference has been titled ‘Emerging trends in production, processing ...

According to the Organic Trade Association, the total acreage of U.S. farmland planted with organic cotton has increased for the second year in a row. Nevertheless, there is much room for growth in a country that only produces 2.1 ...

Higher production costs shift area farmers' focus to corn and soybeans Here's another blow to tradition: Cotton is no longer the agriculture king of Madison County. For years, Madison and Limestone counties have been the top cotton producers in Alabama, but cotton's status in Madison County is changing this year. "This ...

NIKE, Inc. is to reorganize its brand into a new model consisting of six geographies with reduced management layers and an increased focus on core category business areas. The six new geographies are: North America, Western Europe, Eastern/Central Europe, Greater China, Japan and Emerging Markets. The Nike brand was previously organized by ...

Dow Corning Corporation, a leading supplier of innovative silicone solutions for the textile industry, will exhibit at the Second Annual Multi-Brand Environment, Safety & Health (ESH) and Restricted Substance List (RSL) Factory Summit April 27-28. Dow Corning will feature its silicone textile printing inks, a water- and energy-saving product for ...

Japan is considered a forerunner in the Asian textile and apparel industry and a pioneer in areas such as fabrics innovation, dyeing and finishing technique, fashion design, textile machinery development and more. Its technological advancement had been spurred since the late 1980s when the country started repositioning itself in the ...

IFC Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (IFC-BICF) and Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) have recently signed a cooperation agreement to conduct a pre-feasibility study for setting up a special economic zone styled 'Knit Village' for the knitwear sector, said a statement. The objective of the partnership is to help the ...