Cotton

Cotton made in Africa Receives Top “Excellent” Rating from Germany’s Siegelklarheit Platform

Africa Elham Habibi - 0
Cotton made in Africa has received the highest possible rating of “Excellent” from Siegelklarheit, Germany’s sustainability label assessment platform, recognizing the cotton standard for...
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Sustainability

Recycled Fibers: The Vital Data For Quality and Profitability

Uster’s new Recycling Opening Index guides spinners to the perfect blend Uster AFIS 6 now offers the key data...
Sustainability

Jeff Bezos Invests $34 Million in Lab-Grown Fashion Fibers to Challenge Cotton and Polyester

Jeff Bezos is expanding his climate and sustainability efforts into the fashion industry with a new $34 million...
Egypt

Egyptian Cotton Festival Targets Textile SMEs Across Egypt

A new initiative aimed at strengthening Egypt’s cotton and textile value chain has been launched through the Egyptian...
Fiber & yarn

Industry Shows Signs of Growth Through Expanding Cotton Trade and Regional Cooperation

Afghanistan’s textile and cotton sector is showing renewed signs of growth as the country intensifies regional trade cooperation...

Chinese Textile Firm Inaugurates $220-mn Plant in Ethiopia

Ethiopia
Chinese textile manufacturing giant Wuxi No. 1 Cotton Textile PLC recently opened its Ethiopian unit, with an aim to export most of its products...

Amslab Develops Analysis Method to Verify Organic Cotton

Fiber & yarn
The R&D teams of biotechnology company Amslab have developed a new test that verifies presence or absence of genetically modified cotton in final garments...

Global cotton woven fabric exports declining since 2013

Fiber & yarn
The global trade of cotton woven fabrics has been declining since 2013 with a considerable CAGR (compound annual growth rate), according to data from...

Global cotton yarn exports increasing from 2017

Fiber & yarn
After registering a decline from 2013 to 2016, the global cotton yarn trade has been growing with a high CAGR (compound annual growth rate)...

Acute cotton shortage cripples Nigeria’s revamped Rivatex

Fiber & yarn
Nigeria’s Rivatex textile factory, revamped at a cost of Sh6 billion, is operating below capacity due to acute shortage of cotton, according to its...

Egyptian Govt Allocated EGP 21 bn to Boost Cotton

Egypt
Egyptian cotton-Egypt's ministry of public business sector has allocated EGP 21 billion to increase the added value in the Egyptian cotton industry, as per...

Cotton Council International executive delegation visits Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam

Fiber & yarn
Cotton Council International (CCI) president Hank Reichle led a delegation of 8 US cotton executives to Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam including ACSA chairman Tim...

Several Australian brands switch to Better Cotton

Fiber & yarn
Several Australian brands have switched to sustainable cotton sourcing and are keen to learn about where their raw materials are grown, said Michael Kobori...

World Bank offers Sh1.2b to boost Kenya’s cotton sector

Fiber & yarn
Kenya’s Kisumu National Polytechnic has received Sh1.2 billion funding from the World Bank to create centres of excellence for value addition in the cotton...

Bottom UP! Creating a sustainable value chain in Ethiopia

Ethiopia
Creating a sustainable and transparent garment value chain is the need of the hour in Ethiopia. Initiated by Cotton made in Africa, Solidaridad, Danish Ethical...
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