Middle East and Africa
Exhibition News
FESPA Middle East Celebrates Record Growth in Second Edition
FESPA Middle East, the region’s premier event for the global specialty print and signage industries, has demonstrated significant momentum by recording an 8% increase in visitor attendance compared to...
Egypt
Saurer: The Comprehensive Solution Provider at Egypt Stitch & Tex 2025
Textile professionals will find Saurer at the ATAG booth 1A6 at the Egypt Stitch & Tex 2025 exhibition...
Middle East and Africa
Turkish Textile Pioneers Lead the Way at Colombiatex 2025
Date: February 2025
Location: MedellÃn, ColombiaColombiatex 2025 in MedellÃn once again proved to be a pivotal platform for global...
Interview
Saurer Technologies Showcases Innovations at CFE 2025
We had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Gerd Pohlmann, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at...
Garment & Fashion
METAMORPHOSIS Project Closing: Boosting Turkey’s Apparel Industry
The closing meeting of the METAMORPHOSIS Project, executed by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, was heldTurkish fashion...
US textiles firm opens new Bahrain factory, part of $160m investment
WestPoint Home says $9m spinning facility marks its third expansion in Gulf kingdom over past 5 years
WestPoint Home, a US-based textiles manufacturer, has inaugurated...
Turkish-Qatar textile factory opens in Sudan
Turkish Deputy Minister of National Defence Suay Alpay attends the opening ceremony of Turkish-Qatar textile factory, named Sur Textile Factory, in KhartoumThe president of...
Agreement signed to promote Morocco’s textiles clothing sector
Michael Scherpe, President of Messe Frankfurt France, has signed a partnership agreement with Karim Tazi, president of AMITH (the Moroccan Association for the Textile...
Thobe Fabric Exports to Middle East Favorable Contracting
Thobe Fabric :: The Ramadan (fasting month) sales season will determine the success or failure of fiscal 2016 exports of fabrics for thobe (an...
Made in Tunisia: Women textile workers resist poor working conditions
Women textile workers are learning that they can be their own bosses despite the challenges Tunisia's tough economy poses
"I borrow money from friends to...
Move over Gucci: Modest fashion rocks Istanbul
With Muslims poised to spend over $480bn on clothes and footwear by 2019, the trend for high-end conservative fashion continues to grow
A train is...
Potentials of Iran’s textile industry
News about the lifting sanctions on Iran in the near future — in view of a nuclear agreement — seems to have affected almost...
Iran synthetic fiber industry
Iran synthetic fiber industry :: As the time has passed and the world population has grown, the need to raw materials has increased. In...
AL SORAYAI GROUP EXPECTS TO GROW 30 % ANNUALLY UNTIL 2020
AL SORAYAI GROUP :: The carpet and flooring industry in the GCC and Middle East region is expected to grow 30 percent annually until...
The winners have been chosen in CarpetVista’s design competition
CarpetVista’s design competition :: A record breaking number of designs were submitted to this year’s annual CarpetVista Design Competition. 700 designs from 53 countries...