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US ramps up war on polyester dumping
WASHINGTON – Polyester producers from China, India, Korea and Taiwan have been accused of ‘dumping’ polyester fibre on the US
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Former ICAC head questions organic cotton economics
TEXAS – Organic cotton is not economically viable – this is the contentious claim of the former International Cotton Advisory
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Wool sustainability focus of IWTO Congress
BRUSSELS – Communicating wool’s environmental credentials was a key theme of the 87th annual Congress of the IWTO in Hong
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Lenzing invests €30m in luxury yarn line
LENZING – This week offers further evidence that the luxury fashion sector is embracing sustainability. Austrian specialist fibre maker, Lenzing,
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New fibres derived from coconut by-products
PERTH – An Australian tech business this week launched the first plant-free viscose-rayon fibres at an industry conference in Vancouver.
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Calotropis procera plant fibres set for production
KENYA – Clothing made with Calotropis procera, a species of flowering plant native to parts of Africa and Asia, are
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Unions, government discuss fair wages in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA – Government, union leaders and textile manufacturers met this week to discuss wages and worker rights in Ethiopia’s
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Bio-based nylon focus of Aquafil initiative
TRENTO – Aquafil, an Italian producer of polyamide in Italy, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at increasing the amount
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US$3m funding for biotech dye business
PARIS – A French biotech dye business which engineers microbes to produce natural dyes for textiles has received US$3m in
San Francisco bans sale of fur
21st March 2018
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SAN FRANCISCO — There is further evidence this week that the tide is turning against the global fur industry with news that San Francisco officials
Apparel bodies urge labour reform in Cambodia
21st March 2018
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PHNOM PENH – A group of industry bodies representing some of the largest apparel brands in the world, including Gap, H&M and ASOS, have sent
