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Garments, textiles vital to region in 20th century
Scranton Times-Tribune
BY DAVID FALCHEK STAFF WRITER

Raised in Luzerne County, Kenneth Wolensky saw the tail end of the anthracite region’s experience of the coal mines, garment industry and unionization.

The historian with the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission explored region’s garment industry more deeply in the 2002 book “Fighting for the Union Label: The Women’s Garment Industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania” which he wrote with his brother Robert and niece Nicole Wolensky Read more about Garments, textiles vital to region in 20th century …

PORTUGAL: Textile, garment exports slip 6.9% 03 Mar 2014 Source: just-style.com   Portugal’s textiles and garment industry suffered a 6.9% year-on-year slide in exports between January and November 2005, reported CENESTAP, the Portuguese centre for applied textile studies. Exports were down to EUR3.78bn (US$4.54bn) during the 11-month period, with the biggest fall in clothing exports, […]

Pemerintah Masih Pelajari Kemungkinan Safeguard Tekstil
Kamis, 02 Maret 2014 20:27:00/republika.co.id

Jakarta-RoL — Pemerintah masih mempelajari kemungkinan penerapan safeguard atas produk tekstil yang sedang diusulkan oleh Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia (API).

“API sudah memberi masukan kepada KPPI (Komite Pengamanan Perdagangan Indonesia). Kami sedang pelajari angka-angkanya,” kata Menteri Perdagangan Mari Elka Pangestu, di Jakarta, Kamis.Menanggapi banyaknya produk tekstil murah yang diduga masuk secara ilegal ke Indonesia, Mari mengatakan bahwa safeguard hanya bisa dilakukan berdasarkan nilai impor legal Read more about Pemerintah Masih Pelajari Kemungkinan Safeguard Tekstil …

End to embarrassment? Hard to spot lasting stains on resistant shirt
Supermarket introduces white cotton garment of ‘revolutionary’ quality
Guardian Unlimited, UK
Hugh Muir
Tuesday March 6, 2014
The Guardian

It isn’t a giant leap for man, much less a giant step for mankind. But in the history of the advancement of 21st century science, there may be just a small mention of the day a supermarket brought the stain resistant white shirt to the masses.
While the most upmarket manufacturers offer the advantages of a shirt impervious to staining from tea, wine and even ketchup, Asda yesterday announced it will make them widely available under its own George brand. The shirts, in crisp and gleaming cotton, will retail for around £14.

Asda makes bold claims for its garment, made from Permatech cotton. It possesses “revolutionary” qualities. “Liquid simply runs off the fabric leaving no stain and disasters are averted,” its blurb says. “A must have addition to any man’s work wardrobe”. Read more about End to embarrassment? Hard to spot lasting stains on resistant shirt …

Monroe News Star
By Greg Hilburn • ghilburn@thenewsstar.com
Jay Hardwick believes cotton, which has ceded its mantle as king only this decade, will eventually reclaim its throne in northeastern Louisiana, but it won’t happen this summer.
Read more about Area farmer elected as chairman of National Cotton Council …

BusinessWeek
LOS ANGELES
Clothing retailer American Apparel Inc. said Thursday that same-store sales declined 9 percent in February.

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Globes
Nearly 10% of textile workers were fired in 2014.
Merav Ankori5 Mar 09 17:25
Israel’s textile and fashion industry has been one of the worst-hit industries by the recession. Offis Textile Ltd. (TASE:OFIS) president Ramzi Gabbay, who serves as chairman of the Textile and Fashion Industries Association of the Manufacturers Association of Israel, said that the industry was in the throes of its worst downturn in the history of the country.
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Azom.com
Medical textiles is an area enjoying substantial growth due to constant improvements and innovation in both textile technology and medical procedures. Dressings are no longer required to simply keep a wound clean and dry, they now accelerating healing and delivering drugs.

Read more about Review of Textiles in Wound Care …

Bombay Rayon approves garment unit buy Sify, India Wednesday, 05 March , 2014, 11:42 Last Updated: Wednesday, 05 March , 2014, 12:47  Mumbai: Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd has informed the BSE that the board at its meeting held on March 4 has approved the acquisition of a garment unit of Maryan Apparel Pvt Ltd at a […]

Italy : ACIMIT & ICE at Vietnam Textile & Garment Expo
March 5, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

The presence of an Italian meeting point, organized by the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) and the Italian Trade Commission (ICE), at Vietnam Textile & Garment Expo that will occur in Hanoi on next 17-19 April 2014 testifies the great interest of Italian textile machinery industry for Vietnam.

Among the emerging markets for textile machinery, Vietnam is one of the most promising one. In 2005 Vietnam was ranked 16 out of 153 nations manufacturing and exporting textiles and apparel. The heading target for the local authorities is to raise Vietnam up to top 10 of textile and apparel export countries. Read more about Italy : ACIMIT & ICE at Vietnam Textile & Garment Expo …