Category: Editorials
‘Demand Manufacturing’ for Fast Custom-Made Fashion Apparel Made for You – AM4U
A novel project called AM4U (Apparel Made for You) has been started, in the US, by a group of highly qualified, experienced and motivated textile prof [...]
Textiles and Clothing : A Low Tech Sector?
Generally, the textiles and clothing (T/C) industry is regarded as a “low tech” sector. If we just try to explore this subject little deeper, we will [...]
“iPages : Where Print Media Shake Hands with Digital Media”
Fifteen years ago, information was a very scarce and precious commodity available only at a price. We had to pay for it and wait patiently, for a week [...]
Textile Industry Loosing It’s Prominence
One of the key areas of attention for the textile industry is how to have efficient textile production by enhancing energy efficiency, saving water an [...]
Why Pollute?. Live & Let Dye
Pollution is the discharge of harmful or poisonous substances into the environment. Most often, this is the byproduct of inefficient - technological o [...]
Crisis—>Innovation—>Automation—>Ethics—>Profit
The World Bank has warned that there could be a more severe global crisis than that of 2008 due to a a very likely slump in global economic growth and [...]
“Sell Yarn Before Buying Cotton”
Sounds strange but this is what is being advised to spinners during these difficult and
uncertain market conditions, worldwide. Spinners should sell [...]
2012 Receives Cautious Welcome
In the year 2010, the global real GDP growth was just 3.9%. The so-called advanced economies grew just 1.6% in 2011 and emerging and developing countr [...]
India Opens It’s Doors to Bangladeshi Garments
India has provided zero-tariff export facilities to Bangladesh for 47 products, of which 46 are garments products. Among them 24 are knitwear products [...]
Novel Finishes Show the Way to Survive & Thrive
Today’s consumers are more demanding than ever - thanks to the access to the world of information they have through the internet and other media. They [...]