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Related Keywords: carpet industry, carpet plant, Engineered Floors

Engineered Floors, a privately-held firm by carpet pioneer Bob Shaw is growing to be a strong competitor in the high-stakes flooring market. The company’s first 800,000 square feet of carpet manufacturing space will be the single largest carpet manufacturing plant in the world.

The first phase of 2.4-million-square-foot carpet mill in Carbondale, Ga., will be operational in June, completing the initial step toward construction. The entire project worthe $450 million carpet plant will be fully completed by 2016 with which its workforce will be eventually doubled to 4,000 employees.

Related Keywords: apparel sector, PHMA, spinning industry, yarn import

Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association (PHMA) during the apparel sector meeting with Abbas Khan Afridi, Federal minister for textile industry urged that the yarn imported from India should be exempted from duty to put a stop to monopolization by the local spinning industry.

Related Keywords: apparel manufacturer, Fruit of the Loom

Fruit of the Loom, an American company, a leader in the apparel manufacturing business since 1851, headquarters is in Bowling Green, Kentucky has decided to move its textile operations from a small Kentucky towns to the Central American country, Hondurus and has announced closing its last plant in Jamestown.

The move is to regularize its global supply chain to allow the company to leverage existing investments and meet customer requirements more timely and cost effectively. Its main business focus on branded products for consumers ranging from children to senior citizens.

Related Keywords: anti dumping duty, cellulose pulp

China has imposed anti-dumping duties on cellulose pulp, made from plant fiber which is used as raw material in the production of viscose and acetate fiber. Anti-dumping duties is imposed on cellulose pulp imported from the United States, Canada and Brazil. It has started levying anti-dumping duty on cellulose pulp import from Sunday and the duties will last for five years, the announcement came from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

Related Keywords: Jean producer, Jeanologia

Jeanologia a Spanish consultant to the apparel industry, specialised in product and process research and development, and engineering solutions for garment production, owning 73% of the world’s laser production in the jeans wear sector is all set to display their latest contraptions at the Vietanmese Saigon Textile and Garment Industry Expo along with PPJ its technology partner from Vietnam.

Related Keywords: Indian cotton sector

India, one of the world’s major cotton exporters sees cotton as a hot political debate at the centre this election which had never been a politically sensitive crop, unlike other crops with BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi recently hitting out at the UPA II government’s ‘anti-farmer’ policies which are forcing them to commit suicide.

Related Keywords: Chinese cotton target price

China scrapping its contentious cotton stockpiling policy this year has moved to direct subsidies for farmers. Under this policy, the farmers can sell cotton at market prices and will receive subsidies from the government if market prices fall below the target price. Also cotton target price for 2014 is being set making it convenient for farmers to sell cotton in market.

Related Keywords: French chiffon, Lawn collection

Kuki, Lahore based designer having got humongous positive response for lawn collection last year, where he was on board with Dawood Textile Mills as their official designer for lawn. This year, Kuki has independently launched his own lawn collection. Zahid Khan, better known as Kuki of Kuki Concepts, is introduced a new fabric material in his lawn collection, he has made use of French chiffon for the dupattas; a fusion of silk with chiffon creating an amazing fabric feel.

Related Keywords: Australian wool market

Australian wool market is looking out for potential market for their wool, with Europe, Korea and Japan taking only a small portion of their clip. Australian wool market is working out marketing strategy with an aim to provide their farmers with good return and expand the demand for the fibre. At present, China receives around 80 percent of their wool clip, they are working on reducing their dependence on China.

Related Keywords: Pakistan lawn cotton

Lawn is a light-weight, single cloth wash fabric, weighing from 1% ounces to 2% ounces per yard which was long seen as a staple for summer clothes and considered to be cheap every day option, is now catching up popularity as Pakistan designers have started making use of lawn cotton to create branded clothes.