Middle East and Africa
Fiber & yarn
Aid by Trade Foundation Joins International Alliance for Sustainable Cotton Production in Chad
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has joined the newly formed Koskilna Compact alliance. This international multi-stakeholder coalition of non-governmental organisations, companies, and state actors aims to promote the...
Fiber & yarn
AbTF Publishes Independent Verification Results for Cotton made in Africa’s Standards
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) is releasing the latest edition of its annual, aggregated report on the...
Middle East and Africa
Top Textile Companies in Azerbaijan
The Evolution of Azerbaijan's Textile Industry
Azerbaijan's textile industry has a rich history intertwined with the nation's cultural and...
Exhibition News
Iran’s Unique Textile Industry Advantages
In recent years, Iran has made significant strides in revitalizing its textile industry, building on its unique advantages...
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Işıl Tekstil’s New Investments in the Niğde Yarn Facility
Işıl Tekstil Enhances Its Technological Infrastructure: Boosting the Niğde Yarn Facility
Işıl Tekstil continues to advance its technological infrastructure...
Sustainability in Textiles: “In order to gain the customers’ trust, a company should make the first step.”
An Interview with Georg Dieners, the General Secretary of the International OEKO-TEX® Association
By: Behnam Ghasemi / Kohan Textile Journal
OEKO-TEX is an international association consisting...
Iran Carpet History
The oldest Iranian hand-woven carpets in 1949. In the second stage, the Russian archaeologist, discovered and named Rudenko in the Pazyryk Pazyryk carpet was...
eBay partners with Noon for e-commerce sales in Middle East
Noon, the $1 billion e-commerce venture backed by Dubai businessman Mohamed Alabbar and Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, has entered into a partnership with...
Afreximbank to aid Nigerias Kaduna in textile goods export
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) president Benedict Oramah recently met Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, in Abuja to discuss how the bank...
The Middle East and North Africa are important markets for OETI …
Confidence in Textiles: Interview with Robert Loecker, Managing Director of OETI, Vienna
The Middle East and North Africa are important markets for OETI, which is...
5th International DOMOTEX Turkey Exhibition Raised Attention of the Carpet Industry in EURASIA
5th International DOMOTEX Turkey Exhibition Raised Attention of the Carpet Industry in EURASIA
For 4 days DOMOTEX Turkey brought together the national and international carpet...
Garment training centre boosts first innovative textile cluster in Jordan
Italian and EU officials on Tuesday took part in a field visit to the Garment Design and Training Services Centre and the Noorway Factory,...
Andritz- full capacity for spunlace line in China
The crosslapped spunlace aXcess line supplied by the international technology group Andritz AG, Graz/Austria, to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Phoenix Textile Co., Ltd. (Phoenix) for its...
Non-oil trade balance close to $1b in 2 months
Iran’s non-oil trade with other countries registered a $942 million positive balance in the two-month period from March 21 to May 21, Tasnim news...
Another wasted opportunity for Iran’s economy
Iran is loaded with economic potential, but as President Donald Trump pulls out of the multi-stakeholder P5+1 agreement, it is difficult to see whether...