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Related Keywords: designer plitician Shaina NC, Indian Handlooms and Textile Day, Lakme fashion week, launch initiative titled Reinvest Banaras, magic of Banaras handloom, reviving Indian textile, Rich heritage of handwoven collection, special exhibition at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum, winter festival

Rich heritage of handwoven collection, will be showcased at the Indian Handlooms and Textiles Day, Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2015 to be held on August 27. Organizers of the Lakme Fashion Week announced the launch of their initiative titled Reinvent Banaras' for the revival of Banaras handlooms along with designer-politician Shaina NC here on Wednesday.

Related Keywords: Chiara Vigo, fine filament produced by large molluscs, made from Byssus, Museum of the Byssus in the world, offers ten centimeters of byssus per year, only woman in the world, pinna nobilis, produced from velvety strand of noble pen shell, Sant’Antioco, silk of the sea, under the sea, weaves sea silk

Chiara Vigo, the only woman in the world who lives in a remote village in Sardinia, Italy still weaves sea silk made from Byssus - a fine filament produced by large molluscs under the sea, better known as the silk of the sea. Chiara uses traditional chants to ensure a good harvest. It is said that King Solomon used to wear a golden tunic, lighter than a feather made of it, and ancient Greeks and Egyptians used to pin a piece of this shining fabric on their robes as a sign of wealth.

Related Keywords: bear the brunt of losses, covers twelve countries, foreign investment flooding, forty percent global economy, impact of trade diversion, kicked off talks on TPP, Non TPP members, second Malaysia and Japan, Trade representatives, Vietnam biggest winners of TPP

Trade representatives kicked off talks on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Hawaii on Tuesday, with a July 31 deadline looming on the trade agreement that covers 12 countries and 40 percent of the global economy. The deal has been five years in the making but contrary to previous talks, optimism is high for an agreement this time around.

Related Keywords: get low price, in international market, lack of quality based pricing system, non practicing cotton st, Pakistan raw cotton, traded at average discount

Pakistani raw cotton is presently being traded at an average discount of 13 cents per pound in the international market due to lack of quality-based pricing system and non practicing of cotton standardization system, according to official sources.

Analysis of the current price differential vis-à-vis international market (Cotlook index A) and Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) shows it is over 16 cents per pound for 13 million bales - total $780 million, hence this price loss would be manifold in value added textile goods, the officials maintained.

Related Keywords: bone and tendons, Federal institue of technology, from gelatine, half the thickness of a human hair, natural fiber, New fibre created, PHD student, produce two hunderd metres of thread, similar properties to merino wool, slaughterhouse waste includes skin, to knit a glove, twisting thousand fibres into a yarn

The idea of creating fibre from gelatine dates back more than one hundred years, a fibre with similar properties to merino wool has been created by a PHD student Stössel at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich from gelatine gathered from slaughterhouse waste which included skin, bone and tendons.

Stössel discovered that adding an organic solvent to an aqueous gelatine solution resulted in a formless mass that he was able to press into an elastic thread.

Related Keywords: announced first Minister Nicola Sturgeon, during a trade visit of the country, Glasglow based Digimania, interiors and fashion, Kirriemuir Firm J&D Wilkie, offers unique fusion of rich heritage, Scotland textiles industry, Technical textile, to expand in China, Two Scottish businesses

Two Scottish businesses Kirriemuir Firm J&D Wilkie and Glasglow based Digimania to expand in China, during a trade visit of the country, this was announced by the first Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Ms Sturgeon said that the Scotland’s textiles industry offers a unique fusion of rich heritage, innovation and unrivalled creativity, producing internationally revered products which are desired the world over. Across technical textiles, interiors and fashion, Scottish textiles offer the perfect mix of quality and innovation that Chinese businesses and consumers demand.

Related Keywords: eyeing to further expand production, largest foreign investor, polyester lining fabric, Textile production facility in Prostejov, Toray Industries group, Toray Textiles Central Europe, TTCE recorded sales, under Czech subsidiary, used in manufacturing airbags

Toray Industries group a Japanese multinational corporationg with founding business areas in fibers and textiles, as well as plastics and chemicals having textile production facility in Prostejov, in the Czech Republic’s south-eastern part under its Czech subsidiary, Toray Textiles Central Europe (TTCE) is eyeing to further expand the production capacity this year, and plans to create 30 new jobs at the Czech plant.

Related Keywords: ACIMIT, Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, definitive move in foreign markets, domestic orders have also risen, incentives implemented by the Government, International sanctions halted flow of machinery exports towards Iran, ITMA, recorded increase in orders, second quarter of this year

The Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) has recorded a 15% increase in orders of Italian textile machinery for the second quarter of 2015 over the same period of last year. The value of the orders index for this period amounts to 99.4 points. Italy remains under observation, but is showing sure signs of a recovery – domestic orders have risen by 7% compared to the second quarter of 2014, the association reports.

Orders have made a definitive move in foreign markets, a 21% increase over the same quarter for 2014, marking a fourth consecutive period of growth.

Related Keywords: Brazilaian home textile producer, Döhler S.A., facility at Joinville, installed new Montex stenter, Monforts Textilmaschinen, produced by leading machinery producer, significantly reducted energy cost with wider fabric width. finishing department, to increase prodictopm speed

Döhler S.A., one of the largest Brazilian home textile producers, has installed the new Montex 6500 stenter produced Monforts Textilmaschinen, at its 22O,000m² facility in Joinville, Santa Catarina, to increase production speeds and significantly reduced energy costs with wider fabric widths. With their finishing department comprising 10 older, locally produced stenters, they recognized the need to look at the latest technology in the marketplace.

Related Keywords: by more than half, Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute, fails to achieve export and production targets, major challenge low production of cotton, raise in export revenue, set in first Growth and Transformation plan, textile factories

The Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) fails to achieve its export and production targets by more than half. It planned to export a billion dollars worth of products but managed only 456 million dollars. It also targeted 2.5 billion dollars in gross value of products (GVP) but achieved only 1.2 billion dollars. ETIDI has had an unsuccessful five-year period with its first Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP I).