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INDIA’S nonwoven technical textile industry is facing mixed fortunes as various different segments face diverging growth patterns. While the companies involved in the manufacturing of hygiene and baby care-related products are expanding their operations, those involved in low-end packing materials are barely recovering their costs.…

One of the world’s largest antimony metal and tri-oxide manufacturing facilities, with a 20,000 tonnes per annum capacity, is to open in Oman. At an estimated investment cost of USD60 million, London-listed integrated antimony development company Tri-Star Resources has entered into a joint venture with the Oman Investment Fund (OIF), the Arabian Gulf country’s sovereign wealth fund, and Dubai Transport Company affiliate Castell Investments Ltd to build and operate the antimony roasting facility.…

AN INTERNATIONAL clothing and textile conference has heard how the growing retail market in the Asia-Pacific region may enable emerging economies such as Sri Lanka to realise ambitious dreams to become regional production hubs.

Kurt Cavano – founder/vice chairman & chief strategy officer of cloud computing company GT Nexus addressing the South Asian Apparel Leadership Forum, held in Colombo on October 12, noted: “The top six retailers that are growing are not in North America, it is in the Asia Pacific.…

Any market and industry benefits from supply diversification, so major textile and clothing companies can take heart from continued innovation amongst fibre and fabric producers over sourcing. This extends, for instance, to sourcing material from unusual places such as milk and fishing nets, while creating more opportunities for traditional sources such as flax.…

World fibre production, especially for cotton, is strong, with cotton prices stabilising after experiencing a few years of high prices. Yet, the apparel and textile trade landscape is shifting as production moves away from China and domestic demand in Asia is set to boom, which will put more pressure on existing fibres and fabrics production worldwide.…

SENIOR figures within the global cotton industry are considering promoting sales of their fibre proactively for the first time, as price shifts are allowing synthetics to seize more market share. Kevin Latner, president of Cotton Council International, argued at the International Cotton Advisory Committee’s (ICAC) 72^nd plenary session, in Colombia, for the industry to persuade consumers that cotton is a sustainable and quality fibre.…

HIGH tech innovators in sportswear and outdoor equipment are developing fabrics and garments that do more and perform better, from health monitoring to slowing the effects of aging. Many inventions spring from unlikely source materials, for instance waste milk. And for sports, manufacturers have to be especially clever – ensuring their innovations avoid creating uncompetitive advantages that break sporting rules.…

In the 1950s, Japanese companies’ technical and industrial expertise put them at the forefront of the textile innovation, leading the move from the ‘rayon era’ to the polyester, nylon and acrylic of the ‘synthetic fibre era’. While the industry is a lot smaller than it was, it is now focused on specialist products and quality over quantity.…

COAL might be regarded as the oldest energy source going, but it is still currently the world’s largest long-term source of electricity. It fuels around 40% of global electricity production, according to the UK-based World Energy Council, a United Nations (UN) accredited body representing some 3,000 private and public-sector member organisations across 90 nations.…

IF further evidence was needed that Asian outsourcing is becoming increasingly mature, with a reliance on international supply chains, then the FOB division of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s Nha Be Garment Corporation Joint Stock Company (NBC) is a case in point.…