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UNITED KINGDOM: M&S launches the Dry Extreme Shirt for men.
Marks & Spencer (M&S) announces it will launch a range of sweat-free shirts for men, the first of their kind on the High Street. Named “The Dry Extreme Shirt” the range will consist of four styles; pl...
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INDIA: New Centers of Excellence for Technical Textiles to be established in India.
The Indian government officially announced On the 25th of March, the creation of four new Centers of Excellence in technical textiles as part of its recently announced Technology Mission on Technical...
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ITALY: Italy`s Textile Machinery sector experiences significant recovery
The Milan-based Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) reports that in 2010, Italy's textile machinery sector experienced a strong recovery over 2009, a year in which the sect...
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New Zealand: Govt invests $17.25 million in wool research
The Government is investing $17.25 million over the next five years in a wool research consortium to help the wool industry bounce back. In a joint statement, Research, Science and Technology Minister...
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Italy: The world’s largest exhibition of textile machinery will be held in Italy 2015
Italy will host the 17th edition of ITMA, the world’s largest exhibition of textile machinery. It will be held at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre in Milan, from 12 to 19 November 2015.
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JAPAN: China catching up with Japan in textile technology
The technological level of China's textile industry is catching up with that of Japan amid large annual budgetary assistance from the Chinese government.
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H&M and Zara to launch online shopping in Europe
H&M and Zara are launching newer websites in September with real e-commerce ventures. Zara has announced that it will unveil its new online store on September 2 in UK, France, Spain, Italy and Portuga...
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CHINA: China is the Largest Importer of Italian Textile Machinery.
"China International Textile Machinery Exhibition & ITMA Asia Exhibition" was held on June 22-26 in Shanghai, 110 Italian textile machinery manufacturers formed Italian National Pavilion exhibitors du...
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New CEMATEX President.
The chairman of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA), Stephen R. Combes, is to be the next president of CEMATEX, taking up the position in September. He said his main objective was to cont...
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UK: Conference Examines New Technical Textiles Markets
The global textile industry will meet in Manchester, UK, to discuss the most exciting new markets for technical and industrial textiles next week.
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China's textile machinery industry becomes world's largest textile machinery manufacturer
With the rapid development of textile industry, China's textile machinery industry also enjoys an occasion for development, and become the world's largest textile machinery manufacturer. But the scale...
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German Q1 textile machinery exports up 30%
Germany textile machinery association, VDMA said orders for the first quarter of 2010 were 130% higher than for last year’s first quarter. It predicts an increase in sales volume of 30% to 35% compare...
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Italian textile machinery industry sees signs of recovery for 2010
There's no doubt that we've seen some signs of a recovery during the early part of 2010, as confirmed by increased orders for the second half of 2009, and renewed investments in key markets such as Ch...
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PAKISTAN: New investments in textile machinery, technology - Government to give 50 percent mark-up support
KARACHI: The federal government would give 50 percent mark-up support for new investments in machinery and technology, and 20 percent grant of capital cost for establishment of new plants in textile s...
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Indian technical textiles industry size may double by 2014-15
Size of domestic technical textiles industry, which produces specialised variants of the commodity used for industrial purposes, may almost double by 2014-15 from the estimated $10 billion at present,...
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The Apparel Industry Needs a Better Supply Chain
A new report from AMR Research shows that the apparel industry is not spending as much on IT as it used to, and according to one of the report’s principal authors, this is a symptom of a much bigger a...
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Marc O’Polo claims major fashion industry award
Premium casual fashion brand Marc O’Polo was this week presented with the 2009 Forum Award by leading fashion trade journal TextilWirtschaft, at a ceremony held at the Print Media Academy of Heidelber...
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Lectra Announces its Latest Innovations for the Textile Industries at the 2009 IMB Trade Show
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials-textiles, leather, industrial fabrics, and composite materials-, is pleased to participate in t...
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Strategies for Apparel Retailers in the year 2009
As the end of the first decade of the 21st century approaches, we find a slowing economy and a world heading for recession, but what does it mean to consumer? Let's take a minute to consider what appa...
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SwissCotton BeDry keeps body dry during & after exercise
Hermann Buehler AG launches new yarn SwissCotton BeDry. Textiles made of SwissCotton BeDry are the best choice for people who want to have both, the wearing comfort of cotton and the moisture transfer...