ESQUEL PROMOTES EXCELLENCE IN CHINESE SEA ISLAND COTTON PRODUCTION
February 1st, 2016
The Hong Kong-based Esquel Group, the major global high-end shirt supplier, is making progress in a research programme to develop a sustainable Chinese supply of sea island cotton, an extra-long staple (ELS) cotton, in Xinjiang.
This autonomous territory in north-west China is a key cotton production centre for China, and a recent scientific conference in Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang, where Esquel has a 5,500-acre cotton field, discussed the latest key findings and challenges.
It was organised by Esquel and attended by Chinese scientists ...
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