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Asia Textile Mills in Philippines makes best use of abaca fiber to revive

Philippines is left with only five textile mills in the knitting business which also service finishing mills as more than…

9 years ago

What is the value of banana fiber or abaca fiber in the global market?

Abaca fiber or Musa fiber is also called manila hemp. This fiber is extracted from the leaf sheath around the…

3 years ago

Dost launches ICYT in Bicutan, Taguig for producing nautral fibers

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is stepping up its efforts to boost the local fabrics industry with the…

9 years ago

PHL abaca fiber likely to see 5.7pc growth in global demand for next 5 years

Philippines will remain as the world’s top source of abaca, the strongest-known natural fiber, according to TechSci global market research…

9 years ago

Abacá fiber making its place in fashion world

The abacá fibre over the decades which was considered a high quality soft fibre more commonly used to create speciality…

10 years ago

PhilFIDA revives sericulture tradition with Claveria silk project

The PhilFIDA is working to bring back the art of sericulture in the Philippines through the Claveria Silk Project to…

9 months ago

Bananatex®, world’s first technical fabric made purely from banana plants

Our recent interaction with Hannes Schoenegger, Co-founder and chief executive officer of Bananatex, talks about the company’s innovative textile material…

1 year ago

Kapangan to revive silk industry to become silk capital of the country

Kapangan situated on the northern part of Benguet province in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines. The town started…

7 years ago

Likhang Habi Market Fair to promote hand-woven traditional textiles

HABI, the Philippine Textile Council formed in 2009 to promote and develop hand-woven traditional textiles, took the forefront in reviving…

9 years ago

Philippine textile industry on the rise with the help of PTRI new technology

Philippine textile industry at its peak had huge, fully integrated textile mills that did everything –spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing. It…

9 years ago