by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Dec 9, 2019 | Articles, Fibres and Yarns, In-Depth Analysis, News & Insights, Textile Articles
By: Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA Collective brainpower in the United States’ cotton sector descended for two days in Lubbock, Texas. Cotton producers, researchers and academics gathered for two days (December 4-5) to discuss cutting-edge...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Dec 8, 2019 | Research/ Review Paper, Textile Articles
Munich-based designer Stefan Diez draws inspiration from the simple strap that holds luggage in place on a car roof rack or a bicycle carrier to create Plusminus for Barcelona lighting brand Vibia. The new lightingcollection utilizes the...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Dec 8, 2019 | Industry View, Textile Articles
INTRODUCTION: Textile industries in India passing through a slowdown in recent months because of drop in yarn exports by 65%.Demand and Supply gap is steadily increasing and inventory of finished goods...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Dec 8, 2019 | Articles, In-Depth Analysis, Research/ Review Paper
B Sathish Babu a a Department of Textile Technology, PSG Polytechnic College, Coimbatore – 641004, India Email: sathishbabu_babu@yahoo.com P Senthilkumar b b Department of Textile Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641004, India M...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Dec 3, 2019 | Industry View, Textile Articles
By: Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA Cost cutting pressures, competition from low cost countries and constantly emerging incremental technologies have become industrial norms these days. How can industries such as textiles and manufacturing...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Dec 3, 2019 | Industry View, Textile Articles
Co-Presented by: Clay Hile, Parameter Generation & Control, Inc and Al Simpson, SDL Atlas The spectrometer and its associated software are the key elements in digital color communication. This technology has allowed companies around the world to design, specify,...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 12, 2019 | Research/ Review Paper, Textile Articles
Making of a product or prototype and conceving the market potential may be seemigly be easy task but proving it as a TECHNICAL PERFORMER may be challenge by itself. “Testing may be expensive but No-Testing is fatal”. There is a definite cacophony in the Indian markets...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 12, 2019 | Research/ Review Paper, Textile Articles
Warren Shoulberg For most of its existence, the home textiles business—sheets, comforters, towels,etc.cetera has been all about more. That took the form of everything from ever-higher thread counts (defying any known weaving technology) to bed-in-a-bag put-ups...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 11, 2019 | Industry View, Textile Articles
RUSHIN H VADHANI Today, the world has become very different. Vision statements are continually collapsing as the world is rapidly changing. We are now a part of a world where there is the relentless emergence of newer technology that upsets the apple card constantly....
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 5, 2019 | Research/ Review Paper, Textile Articles
The dyeing of textiles has a major negative impact on the environment. Now, a new method for degrading the dyes and purifying the waste water has been developed at the University of Borås. One problem within the textile industry is that the most efficient processes... by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Nov 2, 2019 | News & Insights, Research/ Review Paper, Textile Articles
Abstract Since 1930, the year of first Exportations, Rwanda’s Balance of Trade continues to be chronically Deficit due to higher Imports over Exports. The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) reported that from 2000 to 2015, the deficit value (expressed in million US...
by TEXTILE VALUE CHAIN | Oct 31, 2019 | Industry View, Textile Articles
In a bid to attract the booming Indian market, international contingents have booked exhibition space at Techtextil India 2019 in full force. The show with over 160 exhibitors will showcase exclusive international pavilions,...