Keeping in step with cleaner production trend

by Michelle Phong

In response to the mounting consumers' acceptance of green living, international retailers as well as textile and apparel manufacturers internationally have linked the notion pf sustainability with corporate social responsibility (CSR). They have also derived varied approaches to monitor textile and apparel manufacturing activities, putting emphasis on both environmental and economic returns benefits.

Specialty fabrics fill niches in healthcare market

In addition to rapid technological advances have been driving the global medical textile market, as Sanjay Gupta observes, other factors, including global population increase, rising awareness over hygiene, and protective measures to avoid contamination and infection in hospitals are inspiring the market

Spinning sector looks for niches and higher efficiency

by Staff Reporters

Shaded by the global economic slowdown, both the suppliers and users of textile machinery are trying to identify rising trends and less crowded market segments. Industrial textiles and compact spinning are among the areas for attention

New uses of elastic fibres under exploration

by Adrian Wilson

Strong investments over the past couple of years in added capacity for elastic fibres - generally referred to as either spandex (mainly in the USA), or related branded products such as Lycra now marketed by Invista - means that at the moment, either profit margins are falling, or new end-use markets are being found.