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A GERMAN fibre company is seeking to demonstrate how the cleansing and nourishing properties of seaweed can protect the skin of people wearing garments made from fibres embedded with this abundant ocean resource.

Sustainably-produced wellness fibres produced by Rudolstadt, Thuringia-based smartfiber AG have powdered organic seaweed mixed in during the production phase, helping the company create soft fabrics used in the manufacture of underwear and loungewear, baby and children’s clothes, footwear, home textiles, bedding, sport and lifestyle clothing ranges.…

THE RUSSIAN government has said that its promotion of manufacturing capacity to deliver raw materials for both the domestic standard textile and technical textile industry will fill structural shortages by 2020-2021.

Statements released by the ministry of trade and industry have stressed the potential impact of a project promoted by the federal government, the Ivanovo oblast and private investors, to build an Ivanovo Polyester Complex, north-east of Moscow.…

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) have endorsed a project named ‘Greening Vietnam’s textile sector through improving water management and energy sustainability’ with the declared aim of transforming the Vietnamese textile industry into a more environmentally friendly and sustainable one.…

WITH environmental concerns increasingly important worldwide as a key plank of sustainable development, the role that effective geo-textiles can play in ensuring infrastructure performs effectively in the longer term is underpinning demand for these products.

In June 2017, Global Market Insights released a report on geotextile market size by material, application, region, price, market share and forecasts for 2017–2024, which stated that “positive application outlook in construction, agriculture, erosion control, and drainage should drive geotextile market size” globally.…

WHEN deciding what new tech to integrate into automotive design, the likely opinion of regulators matters to manufacturers. A key concern for European auto companies is the extent to which the European Union (EU) and its executive the European Commission will encouraging either the use of Wi-Fi or 5G network for the development of connected cars in upcoming legislation.…

THE Russian textile industry is facing a new crisis due to a decline in demand this year, brought about by ever-increasing prices for local textiles and the low purchasing-power of Russian consumers, business analysts and producers have warned.

According to Anna Lebsack-Kleimans, chief executive of the Fashion Consulting Group, one of Russia’s leading analysis agencies in the textiles and clothing sector, prices for the majority of textile products available in Russia have increased by 20% year-on-year since the beginning of the year and those elevated prices are expected to remain in place into next year.…

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released proposals to expand the China special administrative region’s politically exposed person (PEP) controls to cover senior officials within international organisations.

The SFC has said that these expanded AML/CFT controls would also apply to customers of a licensed corporation in HK entrusted with a prominent public function by a foreign government and an international organisation simultaneously.…

AN INDUSTRIAL chemical used to make paints, primers, varnishes and coatings should be regarded as carcinogenic and regulated accordingly, a European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) committee has concluded. Its committee for risk assessment (RAC) said that exposure butanone oxime carried this risk as well as causing drowsiness or dizziness if swallowed and being harmful in contact with skin, could cause damage to the upper respiratory tract after a single exposure and damage to the blood system through prolonged or repeated exposure.…

As he took in the fourth Africa Sourcing and Fashion Week (ASFW) in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa last week, Kenneth K Han, managing director of Shints ETP Garment Plc, said he is optimistic over the country’s potential in the textile and apparel sector, despite many challenges.…

COMMENTATORS may scoff at President Donald Trump’s ‘Art of the Deal’ negotiating pretentions, but it would be hard to argue that the American food sector was not a winner in the new USA-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal, stuck on September 30.…