Archive: 2013

The recent Transportation Weight Loss Diet conference held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, brought together designers, engineers, programme leaders and heads of industry from the global...

Design experts at automotive seating supplier Johnson Controls say the focus on providing drivers and passengers with a luxury experience is an emerging trend, especially...

Autoliv is expanding its safety system offering for passengers in the rear seats with the Bag-in-belt.

NatureWorks, a supplier of biopolymers such as Ingeo fibres and plastics made from plants, has announced that the company has located its first Asia Pacific...

A sustainable textile pilot project in the Philippines, which involves collecting discarded fishing nets to make nylon carpet yarn is now set to be developed...

Singapore-based apparel company Ocean Sky Global (OSG) is set to be acquired by Hong Kong-listed Luen Thai Holdings for US$55m.

Governments should take action to help end forced and child labour in the Uzbek cotton fields, according to a new report by the Uzbek-German Forum...

Sportmaster, one of Russia’s largest producers of sportswear, is considering expanding in China through the opening of its stores and the launch of production under...

One of Eastern Europe’s largest manufacturers of knitted fabrics, lace and narrow fabrics is to acquire Germany’s Elastic Textile Europe.

At the recent 6th Aachen-Dresden Textile Conference held in Dresden, Germany, Heinrich Timm of Audi summarised the prospects for composites in automobile manufacturing.

TWD Fibres has developed a super-hydrophobic filament yarn with a permanent built-in self-cleaning effect that could have application in automotive interior textiles.

Teijin Frontier, the Teijin Group’s fibre product converting company, has started full-scale production at NI Teijin Airbag Fabric (Nantong), a joint venture (JV) engaged in...

The International Trade Centre (ITC) has rejected criticisms over the misuse of expenses and funds for a sector-wide Cambodian silk project, saying its approach was...

Adidas Vietnam has pledged its full co-operation to authorities as officials in the country probe the sportswear giant’s accounts.

Invista, an integrated producer of polymers and fibres, has announced the start-up of a new production line in Singapore designed specifically to produce a series...

Fashion retailer H&M has come under increasing pressure to break ties with clothing suppliers that buy cotton from Uzbekistan, where large quantities of the fibre...