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Textiles and clothing represent Portugal’s largest industrial sector. In 2001 the industry accounted for 19.4% of total exports and employed 225,869 people, providing some 24.8% of total manufacturing employment in the country.

Brazil is the sixth largest textile and clothing producer in the world. Textiles and clothing are, in turn, important to Brazil’s economy.

USA-based Spyder specialises in high performance ski wear. Its highly respected products are designed for, and priced at, the top end of the market.

Radici Group, a family-owned firm, is a diversified group of manufacturing companies with activities in five separate divisions—fibres, chemicals, textiles, plastics and auxiliary products.

Nano-Tex develops nanotechnology-based treatments for textiles, licenses mills to use those treatments, and provides them with the chemistry which enables them to apply the treatments to fabrics.

Marks & Spencer is the UK’s leading clothing retailer. It has 375 UK stores selling clothing, food and household furnishings.

Manama Textile Mills, based in Bahrain, is the largest textile group in the Middle East. It was founded in 1995, initially as a weaving mill.

Marks & Spencer is the UK’s leading clothing retailer. It has 375 UK stores selling clothing, food and household furnishings.

Klopman International is the largest supplier and manufacturer of polyester/cotton blended fabric for the European workwear industry.

Gamma Holding develops, manufactures and sells textile-based products throughout the world. At the end of 2003 it had 163 subsidiary companies in 35 countries, 43 production facilities, and a total of 9,353 employees.

Fledgling textile and clothing industries in Sub-Saharan Africa are finding it increasingly difficult to compete in the international textile and clothing marketplace.

On December 31, 2004, quotas were eliminated under the Agreement of Textiles and Clothing (ATC) and trade in textiles and clothing was thus reintegrated into the world trade system.

Manufacturers of conventional textiles and apparel in the USA and Western Europe fear that a flood of imports from China will engulf their markets following the abolition of quotas at the end of 2004.

Narrow fabrics are defined as those which are less than 52 cm in width. As such, they are employed in a wide range of end uses.

Quotas on international textile and clothing trade were finally eliminated at the end of 2004 in accordance with the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC).

The future of the West European textile and clothing sector lies not in constant price cutting but in more intelligent products with additional functionality.

In fibres, the wider availability of Cargill Dow's polylactic acid (PLA) fibre offers the prospect of wider use of biodegradable synthetic fibres made from natural, renewable raw materials.

Innovations help firms to differentiate their products and gain a competitive advantage. DuPont has a new fire-resistant fibre blend and a water-blocking acrylic for optical cables.

India ranks among the top target countries for any company sourcing textiles and apparel. Indeed, apart from China, no other country can match the size, spread, depth

In November 2003 the US Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) announced that it had decided to impose quotas aimed at restricting imports of five categories of textile and clothing products from China

World man-made fibre production grew even faster in 2004 than in 2003. Output was up by 8.9% to 34.6 mn tons following a 5.2% rise in 2003.

World fibre production grew by 5.8% in 2004, spurred by a 7.8% increase in man-made fibre production.

Global Technical Textiles Business Update: 2nd Quarter 2005 : Global Technical Textiles Business Update is published at the end of each quarter

Fast Retailing is one of Japan’s leading clothing retailers. Its Uniqlo brand of good quality clothing sold at very competitive prices has made a big impact during the last 20 years.

The textile and apparel supply chain—from fibre to retail—is experiencing deflationary price trends, making cost reduction the key to survival.

Occurrence and generally pose little risk to the human body. However, static electricity is a critical issue in the electronics industry where it causes an estimated US$5 bn worth of damage each year to electronic devices.

The global textile and clothing sector is at a crossroads. The end of quotas in 2004 will have a major impact on how and where textiles and clothing are made, and how the supply chain is managed.

The yarns and fibers Eighth Consecutive Quarterly survey on business confidence of Indian textile companies reveals a dismal performance during the quarter ended December 2006

“World Cotton, Viscose, Acrylic Fibre - Trends in Demand and Supply”, a compendium from YarnsandFibers- presents demand and supply trends in cotton, viscose and acrylic fibers.

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