Middle East and Africa

Egypt Advances Textile Sector Modernisation With Greater Private Sector Role

Egypt is moving forward with plans to modernise its state-owned cotton, spinning, weaving and garment industry, with the government seeking greater private sector participation in the management and operation...

Egypt’s Home Textile Industry Gains Momentum: Interview with Towelie

By: Behnam Ghasemi | Editor-in-Chief, Kohan Textile Journal On-location coverage at Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Executive Summary At Intertextile Shanghai, the...

Kenya’s Apparel Industry Gains Trade Certainty as US Senate Backs AGOA Extension to 2028

Kenya’s textile and apparel industry is set to gain greater trade certainty following the US Senate’s approval of...

Climate Change Puts Africa’s Cotton and Textile Ambitions Under Pressure

Africa’s ambitions to expand its textile and apparel manufacturing industry are becoming increasingly linked to a challenge that...

Nigeria’s Textile Imports Surge as Northern Cotton Industry Struggles to Recover

Nigeria’s textile industry is facing mounting pressure as imported fabrics from China, India and Pakistan continue to strengthen...

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Arab Carpet and Flooring Expo

 “Arab Carpet and Flooring Expo 2017: Providing a platform to the Middle East flooring market which is expected to reach USD 10 billion in...

MOROCCO FASHION AND TEX 2018

4th Morocco International Fashion, Textile and Accessories Fair ABOUT MOROCCO STYLE This platform allowed national and international companies of different industry sectors to show and promote their...

Indian textile industry at inflection point: Report

Indian textile industry is at an inflection point where the businesses are expecting good revenues in the coming months, says a recent survey. There...

Turkish textile firms to focus more on German market

At the Munich Apparel Source Fair, organized simultaneously with the Munich Fabric Start Fair, one of the largest fabric fairs in the world, some...

Turkish brands head for Iran as sanctions end

Turkish brands  :: No sooner than the world powers agreed to end to economic sanctions against Iran, leading fashion brands and other businesses in...

Iranian handwoven carpet exports rise 18.4% last year

The exports of handwoven carpets from Iran increased by 18.4 per cent year-on-year to $345.7 million in the last Iranian year that ended on...

Kavian Petrochemical will produce 2mn tons ethylene at full capacity

Kavian Petrochemical Corporation will produce two million tons of ethylene at full capacity. The plant is currently operating at 60 per cent of its capacity and it will...

First Apparel Industrial Park to Come up in Iran

Iran is slated to get its first ever apparel industrial park which will be set up by the public, private and cooperative sectors of...

Iran initiates measures to regulate garment imports

Iran has introduced measures to systemise import of foreign clothing brands. The measures which require “customs post-clearance audit” for several foreign clothing brands are...

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...
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