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India’s cotton textile exports slips 20% to non-quota markets
According to an ICRA report, India’s exports of cotton yarn, fabric and cotton apparel to the non-quota markets dropped sharply, during April-September, 2005. Exports registered a 20 % decline to non quota market compared to the corresponding period last...more
by Textile Intelligence
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Nepal emerges as largest garment exporter to India
The domestic market has been seeing Nepal as the largest readymade garment exporter ahead of China, since the end of textile quotas. Sources said Nepal was the top exporter to the country during the first five months of the current fiscals accounting 18.5...more
by Textile Intelligence
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IOC to delay PTA plant commissioning
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.'s (IOC) petrochemical project in Panipat which is also to manufacture PTA as well is running behind schedule by almost two months according to the reports available....more
by Textile Intelligence
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Fire broke out at Garment factory in Samutprakarn
A major fire broke out at TM garment factory in Samutprakarn in Thailand late last week, damaging machinery and inventory. 20 fire tenders were used...more
by Textile Intelligence
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118 Pakistan’s textile mills suffering due to Gas supply cut off
Gas supply to 118 Pakistani textile mills stopped by Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) on Multan Road and Sheikhupura Faisalabad Road, last week despite having an agreement to provide supply 50 percent of the requirement....more
by Textile Intelligence
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USA: Unifi to improve efficiency of nylon business unit
Unifi, Inc. announced on August 29, it is taking number of actions to improve the efficiency of its Nylon business unit,...more
by Textile Excellence
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Reliance hikes polymer prices across board
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has hiked polymer, polyester yarn and staple Fiber prices across the board following rise in international prices of naphtha and crude oil....more
by TextileIntelligence
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Uzbek-Swiss textile venture founded in Andijan region
The Uzbek-Swiss Joint vrnture Norodnoye Slovo, state owned daily, reported was the result of participation of Swiss Rieter and a local Samo joint stock company....more
by Textile Intelligence
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India: Reliance finds an amicable solution; RIL to remain with Mukesh
In sudden change of events, Kokilaben the mother of Mukesh and Anil Ambani and wife of late Shri Dhirubhai Ambani has helped the two brothers reach a compromise on sharing the stake in the Reliance Group of Industries, where RIL will remain with Mukesh an...more
by Vikas Srivastava
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China & EU reached agreement to limit Textile Export to EU
China and the EUropean Union have agreed to limit the growth of Chinese textile and clothing exports to the EU until the end of 2007 in a bid to avert a trade war...more
by TextileIntelligence
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India: Jayalakshmi Spinning Mills secures large order from Bangladesh
Sri Jayalakshmi Spinning Mills Ltd has recently bagged a large order of Rs 35 million from Bangladesh to export of 100% Cotton...more
by TextileIntelligence
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India: Bombay Dyeing to set up PSF facility
Bombay Dyeing is planning to set up a 165,000 tons per annum PSF plant at the existing Dimethyl Terephthalate (DMT) plant site. The PSF facility is expected to...more
by TextileIntelligence
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India: ITC launches new plan “Partnering for Global Success”
To meet the current demand of Indian textile manufacturers of textiles for value added paper in textiles, leading paperboards and specialty papers producer ITC announced launching of a new plan “Partnering for global success.”...more
by Textile Intelligence
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CHINA: Textiles see steady Q1 growth - CNTAC Official
China saw its textile industry steadily grow during the first quarter after the end of global trade quotas, according to Sun Huaibin, director of the Press Center of the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC)....more
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India: Textile productions shows highest growth of 29.4%, reports CSO
index of industrial production (IIP) with base 1993-94 for the month of March 2005 was released on May 12 2005 by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), as many as 14 of the 17 two-digit industry groups have shown positive growth during the month of...more
by Textile Intelligence
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Capitalise on opportunities before it's too late!
India or China? is the topic of discussion at many of the forums lately. But it would only be wise to realise the Chinese potential and bring the relevant changes in the Indian textile Industry before we harbour feelings of toppling China or even making a...more
by Vikas Srivastava
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Invista to increase high tenacity polyester price
Invista has announced increase of its high tenacity Polyester fiber prices by 10% in North America from April 18, 2005...more
by TextileIntelligence
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PGI increases its nonwoven product prices
nonwovens producer pgi is increasing prices on all its products globally. The company comments that last year it saw increases of more than 50%...more
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BASF to quit Enka, North Carolina site by 2007
BASF is to phase-out its nylon 6 polymers production at it Enka, N.C., USA, site by 2007,...more
by TextileIntelligence
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Marzotto and Verzoletto to form a JV for yarn production
Italy's Marzotto S.p.A. and Verzoletto S.p.A. have reached agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture, which would create a world leader in pure wool, wool-acrylic and...more
by TextileIntelligence
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USA: DAK Americas to increase PSF price
DAK, the USA based fiber producer, is to increase the price of its polyester staple fibre products by US$ 0.03/lb from April 1, 2005....more
by Textile intelligence
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India: JCT fabrics to double sales in 3 years
The Thapar Group's textile company plans to expand capacity, add a garment manufacturing facility and double sales in three years...more
by Textile Intelligence
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Rajasthan Spinning offers 20% equity stake in Jaipur Polyspin
Rajasthan Spinning and Weaving Mills Ltd (RSWM), an integrated player in the textiles sector in India, has made an open offer for 20% equity stake in Jaipur Polyspin Ltd. The offer is currently open and closes on January 18....more
by Textile Intelligence
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Egypt: Import of textile machinery witness an upswing
To meet the expected increase in exports of textiles, the factories in Egypt are now seeking to renew the current conditions of the factories where imports are estimated to surpass all previous records...more
by Textile Intelligence
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India: US embargo on 2 shirt categories for exceeding quota
THE US Customs has embargoed two categories of shirts from India ­ 340/640 and Group II ­ and there is also a likelihood of embargo in two other categories shortly for exceeding the quota....more
by Textile Intelligence
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Pak: Remove heavy duty on PTA demands KCCI
Karachi Chamber Of Commerce and Industry has demanded the government to remove duty on PTA to make Pakistan's clothing industry to become competitive in world....more
by Textile Intelligence
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Morocco: End of textile quotas to hit third of textile workers
More than a third of the 200,000 textile workers in Morocco face a threat to their job Post Quota....more
by Textile Intelligence
View more news from [ Rabat ] [ Morocco ]

Japan: Mitsui Chem to triple Thai synthetic fabric output
Japans’ Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has planned to more than triple its annual production capacity in Thailand for Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by 2008....more
by Textile Intelligence
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Reliance slashes POY and PSF prices
Reliance has slashes the price of PSF and POY, in line with the falling international crude oil prices over the past two weeks....more
by Textile Intelligence
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Invista to increase prices of high tenacity polyester fiber
Invista has announced that it would increase prices of its high tenacity polyester fiber by 10% from 17th January 2005......more
by Textile Excellence
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India: Assam Cotton Mills becomes subsidiary of Kesoram Industries
Assam Cotton Mills becomes subsidiary of Kesoram Industries......more
by Textile Excellence
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Japan: Kanebo would sell its Ogaki textile unit to Sanko
Japan's Kanebo Ltd. is considering selling its subsidiary Kanebo Spinning Corp.'s factory in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, to plastic product maker Sanko Co......more
by Textile Excellence
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DAK Fibers will raise PSF prices
DAK Fibers has intimated its polyester staple customers that......more
by Textile Excellence
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India: Modern Mills sets-up new company in Hong Kong
India’s Modern Mills has established a wholly owned subsidiary in Hong Kong......more
by Textile Excellence
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Japans’ Asahi to shut down its Indonesian fiber plant
Japan’s Asahi Kasei has decided to close down its Indonesian subsidiary, P T Indonesia Asahi Kasei (Indaci)......more
by Textile Excellence
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Cotton information JV formed in China
Cotlook Ltd, the world's leading cotton and textile market information provider has established a joint Venture (JV) in Beijing......more
by Textile Excellence
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Wellman to hike PSF price from 1st Sept ‘04
USA’s Wellman, Inc., will raise the price of all polyester staple fibre (PSF) products by US$0.03 per pound from September 1, 2004......more
by Textile Excellence
View more news from [ Charlotte,NC ] [ USA ]

Thailand: FTI chief warns of negative economic factors
The president of the Federation of Thai industries (FTI) has issued a downbeat assessment of the Thai economy, warning that rising oil prices, soaring raw materials costs and heavy flooding were all taking their toll...more
by Textile Excellence
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Reliance/Trevira prior notification of a concentration to the EC
EC on preliminary examination has found that the notified concentration could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004, it has invited interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission....more
by Textile Excellence
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Modern Mills sets-up new company in Hong Kong
Modern mills of India has established a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong to carry out trading, import and export activities in the textiles and other commodities....more
by Textile Excellence
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Fong’s acquires Scholl-Then
Fong's Industries of Hong Kong is acquiring its rival dyeing machinery maker Scholl-Then (the ST Group) for Euro 5.84 million....more
by Textile Excellence
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Brazil: Fastest rise in industrial output in four years
According to the national statistics agency, the Brazilian industrial output witnessed a 13 per cent growth for the month of June. Estimated as the fastest pace in four years....more
by Textile Excellence
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INDIA: ING Vysya to fund the textiles sector
ING Vysya Mutual Fund is offering India’s first fund, exclusively focussing on the textiles and the pharmaceutical sector. This is an effort to take advantage of the opportunities resulting from the dismantling of the quotas....more
by Textile Excellence
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India: Port congestion in Mumbai brings operations to a standstill
Congestion of Naha Seva, the country’s leading port outside Mumbai has led to serious losses to the exporters. The industry is estimated to lose at least Rs 800 crore a month due to delayed shipments....more
by Textile Excellence
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India: Reliance hikes Petrochem prices
Reliance Industries ltd.has raised the prices of petrochemicals for August between 4.5 per cent and 9.5 per cent....more
by Textile Excellence
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Vietnam: Global Dyeing to invest in Vietnam’s textile production
Global Dyeing Co. would invest US$ 39 million to build a factory producing textiles, in the Long Thanh Industrial Park of Vietnam....more
by Textile Excellence
View more news from [ Hanoi ] [ Vietnam ]

Gap Inshaat’s New spinning mill in Turkmenistan soon
The Gap Inshaat of Turkey is coming up with a new spinning mill in the Serdar district of Balkan Province of Turkmenistan. The project is almost complete and would provide 14000 tons of Cotton yarn annually...more
by Textile Excellence
View more news from [ Istanbul ] [ Turkey ]

International textile group completes integration of Burlington and Cone Mills
Beginning of August, WL Ross & Company announced completion of the integration of Burlington Industries and Cone Mills into the newly formed International Textile Group (ITG)....more
by Textle Excellence
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