Coimbatore: Textile exports fell 13% year-on-year (y-o-y) to Rs 9,704 crore in January on the back of a sharp slide in cotton textile exports. Cumulative exports of textile and apparel products dropped 4% y-o-y to Rs 1.87 lakh crore in April-January 2018. While cotton textile exports declined 1% y-o-y to Rs 53,818 crore during the timeframe, apparel exports decreased 5% y-o-y to Rs 88,709 crore, data sourced by Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) showed. “The share of textile and apparel exports (in overall exports) has also declined from 14% to 12% in January 2018 as compared to the corresponding period the previous year,” said Sanjay Jain, chairman, CITI. “One of the key factors for decline in exports is embedded duties, which are more than 5%, and the same is not getting refunded at any stage,” he stated. Incidentally, the fall in exports comes at a time when there has been a continuous rise in imports of textile products after the implementation of GST. Import of textile yarn, fabric and made-ups has increased by 15% y-o-y to Rs 9,914 crore during April-January 2018. “This is posing a big threat to the Indian textile industry as post-GST the effective import duties have come down sharply, thus, making imports cheaper for the domestic industry by 15%-20%,” Jain said. He urged the government to offer export incentives for cotton yarn as it is the most vulnerable sector. Cotton yarn exports plunged by more than 26% between 2013-14 and 2016-17 despite the textile industry adding over 3 million spindles and 62,000 rotors in spinning capacity during this timeframe, he pointed out. India can retain its competitiveness in the global market by including cotton yarn under MEIS (merchandise exports from India scheme) and providing ROSL (rebate of state levies) package for fabric and cotton yarn, Jain said. “The industry has been asking the government for increase in customs duty across the value chain (yarn and fabric),” he said. “There is a greater need to impose safeguard measures such as ‘Rules of Origin’, ‘Yarn Forward and Fabric Forward Rules’ on countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka that have FTAs (free trade agreements) with India to prevent cheaper fabrics produced from countries like China routed through these countries,” the CITI chairman stated.
Source: The Times of India
New Delhi : Commenting over the sharp decline in the volume of exports of readymade garments and fabric sector as revealed by the government data, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that primarily dominate the sector worry that with the teething effects prevailing under Goods and Services Tax (GST), things are far from getting eased. The Data from the government revealed exports of readymade garments fell 8.4 percent to $1.39 billion, also Cotton yarn and fabric exports declined 9.6 percent to $0.84 billion. Talking to KNN, Animesh Saxena, an MSME garment exporter said that the difficulties that surrounded the MSMEs during the early GST days continue to haunt the sector.
“The GST is yet to become a Good and Simple Tax for the country, the low trade figures explains that quite well”. Saxena further said that the profitability is badly hit and the Indian garments are not able to stand the global competition. Duty drawback rate as well as the ‘not very smooth’ GST refund mechanism is leading to a lot of complication, he added. Echoing along similar lines, Federation of Indian Exporters (FIEO) in a statement said that the labour intensive sector including garments couldn’t perform well in exports due to the continuing effects of the new taxation in the country. A slowdown in exports from labour-intensive sectors like garments, carpets, handicrafts and man-made textiles was primarily due to liquidity crunch as tax refunds have been getting blocked since the introduction of goods and services tax, FIEO said in a statement. FIEO further informed that the exporters have been asking the government to look into the refund issue “seriously” by undertaking a drive so as to clear all cases by March 31, 2018. (KNN/DA)
Source: Knn India
India’s annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 2.84 per cent for the month of January 2018 over same month of last year. The index for apparel declined by 0.3 per cent to 138.5 in January, according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, ministry of commerce and industry. The official WPI for all commodities (Base: 2011-12 = 100) for the month of January 2018 rose by 0.1 per cent to 115.8 from 115.7 for the previous month, the data showed. The index for manufactured products (weight 64.23 per cent) for January 2018 rose by 0.6 per cent to 114.7 from 114.0 for the previous month. The index for ‘Manufacture of Wearing Apparel’ sub-group declined by 0.3 per cent to 138.5 from 138.9 for the previous month due to lower price of manufacture of knitted and crocheted apparel (1 per cent). The index for primary articles (weight 22.62 per cent) declined by 1.5 per cent to 129.7 from 131.7 for the previous month. The index for fuel and power (weight 13.15 per cent), on the other hand, increased by 0.4 per cent to 96.9 from 96.5 for the previous month due to higher price of non-coking coal, bitumen, ATF, naphtha, furnace oil, kerosene, HSD and petrol.
Source: Fibre2Fashion
According to highly placed sources, the state government is thinking on similar lines. BJP is hoping to appease farmers by this move. The Devendra Fadnavis-led state government is mulling over the option of making a budgetary allocation of crop prices at 50 per cent over the Minimum Support Price (MSP), as per the central government’s stand on this. The state government will present its budget on March 9. According to sources, officers from the finance ministry and the Chief Minister’s Office are working on the proposal. After losing badly in the by-elections in Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is taking measures to tackle negativity over rural distress. The Union budget declared various schemes for the welfare of farmers. The announcement of 1.5 times price of crops over the MSP was an important part of the strategy to woo farmers. According to highly placed sources, the state government is thinking on similar lines. There are 16 crops for which the state decides prices. Generally, cotton, soyabean, tur and sugarcane are the politically sensitive crops and their prices set the tone for rural Maharashtra. The state government is thinking of declaring its decision of 1.5 times the MSP phase-wise. The first few crops will be brought under this scheme from the coming budget. As of now, cotton's MSP is Rs 4320, tur's is Rs 5450 and soyabean is Rs 3,050 per quintal. If the state government decides to declare it online, then cotton would go up to Rs 6400, tur to Rs 7,500 and soyabean to Rs 4,500. This hike will be unprecedented and could change the mood of rural Maharashtra. Sensing the anger in the rural areas, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party are reaching out to every assembly constituency through their Jan Sampark and Hallabol Yatra respectively and are getting a good response from the public. Vidarbha, Marathwada and North Maharashtra are the main regions which grow cotton, tur and soyabean. Sources confirmed that the state government may come up with scheme for these three crops as it could help it politically.
Source: The Asian Age
Garments are getting simpler with minimal approach to details and styling. As there is a demand for long lasting essential products, versatility and practicality in terms of fabrics and detailing are the some of the important factors to consider. Basic fashion no longer means ordinary, staple fashion products have become more lavish and desirable.
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Summer is about sea and sand, and tropical is an all time favourite fashion trend for summer. Tropical motifs and bolder colours update women’s wear this season. Nature inspired tropical prints and patterns are refreshed with motifs of different sizes and various off beat placements. Guided by globalisation and cross-cultural connections, casual bohemian styles in a more urban look are one of the key trends for the season. This trend is inspired by adventure and travel activities. Mixing of materials, frayed edges, intricate embellishments and surface textures like embroideries, sequence, and prints are key elements of this trend.Layered nomad-influenced styling is combined with rich cultural references, traditional craftsmanship, and folkloric details. Bold stripes in various colours feel less preppy and more modern. Breton stripes or horizontal sailor stripes are manipulated in varying scales. Stripes in monochrome are also influenced by the retro trend of late 80s and early 90s. Oversized eyelets and delicate ties offer a premium feel. Eyelets and tie-ups of different sizes are being used on top-wear and bottom-wear garments as functional and utilitarian details. Long line shirts, which are longer than usual shirts are trending this season. Apart from being boxy, the shirts will be longer with varying hemlines. Round and assymetrical hemlines being the most trendy in the longline shirts. Hi-low hemline will be also a prominent feature. To say sequins and sparkles will be a big deal this summer is an understatement. Glitter is a key feature in most of the fashion garments across casual wear. Shirts made out of denim, checks and textured fabrics have stones and pearls as emblishments sometimes clubbed along with the embroideries and floral motifs. Various sizes of checks, varying from ghingham to windowpane, checks are the must haves for the season. Shades of olive, navy, red and pink in light weight fabrics are the most prominent colours this season. Boxy shirts in checks fabric with drop shoulder details and emblishments of various kind adds to the feminity. It looks as if floaty feminine heritage checks are going nowhere for the season ahead. Fringing made a comeback this season. Adding a character to the garments, these details are seen on shirts and flowey long line skirts. Sheer fabrics for various fashion products are hot from runway to streets. This summer and transparency is a headlining trend - sheer coats, dresses and shirts in cambric, voile and other drapey blends. Ruffles added a feminine air yet again this season, gathers and ruffles are some of style details on topwear for women. Bold shadesalong with the classic blues, whites and olives, shades of ochre, orange and dusty pink tones in sunburnt and matte appearance are the key colours of the season. Summer will be bright indeed with bold and vibrant shades. Pastels are the colours of the season along with the bright shades. Whether lilac, pink, lemon or duck egg blue, expect to see an array of fashion’s prettiest shades this spring summer. A range of camouflage and nature-inspired patterns emerge for more daring casual wear designs. Shirts and t-shirts in camoufladgewith emblishments like prints and embroidery motifs along with bottom wear in camouflage is a must to have this spring summer. Volume and oversized silhouettes continue to make their mark this season, with 1980s-90s references being one of the key sources of inspiration. Elongated sleeves and dropped shoulders come through as the most significant detail on shirts, while volume in jeans is controlled via folder pleats and cinched waists. Big graphics with subliminal statements appear on garments, which become a way of communicating beliefs. Messages also incorporate art and culture references. Typograpy being a huge trend, one words and phrases are used in different artistic fonts to communicate the thoughts. Printing techniques and emblishments are being used to accentuate the text.
Source: The Hans India
Aurangabad: State industries minister Subhash Desai said here on Friday that South Korean company Hyosung will be investing Rs 3,400 crore in a textile manufacturing unit at Shendra. Speaking at the inaugural session of the national scheduled caste and scheduled tribes (SCST) hub conclave, Desai announced that 20% of the total procurement of goods and services shall be made from MSMEs, of which 20% will be from ST and SC owned units. Talking abouth the investment summit, Magnetic Maharashtra, which is scheduled to start in Mumbai from February 18, the minister said the government aims to attract investments worth Rs 10 lakh crore during the event. Desai said an agreement has been signed with the South Korean company. Hyosung will set up its unit on a 100 acre area at the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor’s (DMIC) Shendra node near Aurangabad city. One thousand people will be directly employed through the project. The project will also create an ecosystem where smaller industries can thrive. Desai said that a lot of good projects were coming to Aurangabad and Marathwada and that investors were responding well to the DMIC and the Auric (Aurangabad industrial city). With the pace of infrastructural development underway, DMIC’s Shendra and Bidkin nodes were awaiting a mega project. The announcement on the textile unit holds great importance on that backdrop. Desai that the international convention centre at Shendra has been approved and said that it will be completed in time. Besides, the state has provided 138 hectare land for a railway coach factory in Latur, he added. The minister said the government has announced 12 policies in the past few months to give a boost industrial investment in the state. These include policies for goods and services tax, women entrepreneurs, e-vehicles, coir industry, aerospace and defence manufacturing, logistic parks and financial technology, he said.
Source: Times of India
Hyosung Corporation , the largest global spandex producer of South Korea, which is working with several leading Indian players in the textile field feels that India is a key focus market for the company is likely to invest around Rs 3,000 crore Maharashtra’s spandex project. The Spandex manufacturing facility to be set up in Aurangabad Industrial city (AURIC), a greenfield smart industrial city being developed across 10,000 acres, as part of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the official said. In the first phase of the project, the company will invest Rs 1,250 crore and the state government will soon take a decision on its request to allot 100 acres land near Aurangabad. Work on the project will begin in April this year and the production is expected to start in May next year, the official said. The land cost would be around Rs 120 crore and the company has already paid around five percent of the amount and around 1,000 jobs are expected to be generated in the first phase of the project. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during his visit to South Korea in September 2017 had met Hyosung Corporation president H S Cho. Hyosung, a leading chemical and technological textile company, had then evinced an interest in investing in spandex manufacturing for the textile sector, the official said. The market size for spandex yarn in India is estimated to be over 1,500 metric tonnes this year and the growth of Indian spandex market has been over 10 per cent between 2014 and 2015. Hyosung Chairman and CEO Cho Hyun-joon will be attending the 'Magnetic Maharashtra' investor summit to take place next week in Mumbai.
Source: Yarns and fibres
China has seen a rise in cross-border e-commerce trade, with turnover rising 80.6 per cent to 90.24 billion yuan last year over 2016. The average annual growth rate for the past three years is more than 50 per cent, said Yu Guangzhou, head of China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) recently at the first Global Cross-Border E-commerce Conference in Beijing. China's e-commerce exports increased by 41.3 per cent to 33.65 billion yuan last year, while imports rocketed by 116.4 per cent to 56.59 billion yuan. Chinese customs handled 660 million manifests for e-commerce trade in the past year, 8.4 times as much as for conventional imports and exports, a Chinese news agency reported cited Yu as saying. Around 220 countries and regions were covered by China's cross-border e-commerce network as of 2016. GAC International Department director Zhao Ruxia said the conference would be held once every two years to facilitate global customs cooperation. Deals made through e-commerce platforms often involve small orders and target end-consumers, posing new challenges to customs control. To address the issue, the World Customs Organization (WCO) has set up an e-commerce working group to develop international standards.
Source: Fibre2fashion
KARACHI, Pakistan—A denim factory in Karachi could hold the key to reviving Pakistan’s ailing exports. With many retailers shifting textile orders to cheaper and more timely suppliers in rival Bangladesh and Vietnam, Pakistan’s manufacturers have long suffered from power cuts, an expensive exchange rate and what they claim is government indifference. Yet while hundreds of factories have shut down in recent years, shedding more than half a million jobs, Artistic Denim Mills Ltd., which operates as a one-stop shop turning cotton into jeans, is doubling production and has built a new factory in Pakistan’s financial hub. Chief executive officer Faisal Ahmed is bullish and supplies retailers such as Zara and Next Plc. He points to one key decision — unlike most industrialists, Artistic Denim started by making garments about 25 years ago instead of just shipping spun yarn or fabric. Now “we have been able to get many orders that used to go to Turkey earlier,” he said at his office in an industrial area. The move shows a rare sign of promise in a stagnant industry that has been part of Pakistan’s economic backbone for decades. Pakistan is among the top five growers globally and cultivated has been cultivated on these lands for at least 5,000 years. Typically Pakistan has been mostly converting cotton into thread and fabric that is shipped East to other Asian countries, which then manufacture the final garment. With foreign reserves declining ahead of elections in July, Pakistan’s government is under pressure to revive its exports and avoid going to the International Monetary Fund for what would be its 13th bailout since 1988. The textile industry is key as it accounts for more than half of all overseas shipments. Pakistan has lost market share with exports growing 27 per cent during 2005 to 2016, falling behind Bangladesh’s 276-per-cent increase and 445 per cent in Vietnam, according to World Bank data. India is the second-largest apparel exporter in South Asia after Bangladesh. Nonetheless, Pakistan still has the advantage of homegrown cotton that it can capitalize on, unlike Bangladesh and Vietnam. Pakistan is targeting its first export jump this financial year after giving tax breaks to exporters, in a bid to reverse a three year slump with value-added products like denim getting the biggest incentives, Mohammad Younus Dagha, secretary at the Commerce Ministry, said in an November interview. Textile industrialists have continually lobbied the government for subsidies and incentives. Yet despite last year’s measures, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said in an interview this month that no further giveaways to the industry were likely before the elections. “Bangladesh and Vietnam governments are giving huge support to industries, unlike ours,” said Ahmed Lakhani, analyst at Karachi-based JS Global Capital Ltd. “The tax breaks are a good step, but we need to decrease electricity tariffs and keep a check on wages. I don’t think we will give all those incentives and compete globally.” Some textile executives say that they have been lazy and have fallen behind market trends, opting instead to pester the government for subsidies. “About 95 per cent of Pakistani exporters’ mentality is waiting for a customer rather than going out and finding them,” said Majyd Aziz, president of MHG Group of Companies in Karachi. “In the global world, you need integration and economies of scale, if you do that, you make money.” Artistic Denim is one of them. It has chased premium brands in Los Angeles that pay more for smaller deliveries to keep changing designs rather than bulk orders. The company said this will help revenues reach as much as eight billion rupees ($72 million U.S.) in year ending June with new garment production capacity increasing sales. “Pakistan’s denim is on an upward trend, despite the larger textile industry being in trouble,” said Ahmed. “Pakistan has a tremendous opportunity.”
Source: The Star Com
Government should extend the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme for cotton farmers beyond this season to allow them to recover from viability challenges that have plagued the industry in successive years, legislators heard. Cotton Company of Zimbabwe officials and cotton farmers told a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central Province on Thursday, that Government should extend the presidential input scheme under which farmers had been getting free inputs for the past three years. The scheme for cotton farmers was supposed to end this season. Cottco managing director Mr Pious Manamike told the committee chaired by Gokwe Nembudziya MP Cde Justice Mayor Wadyajena (zanu-pf) that the cotton industry had not yet fully recovered for it to be weaned from Government assistance. “The Presidential input scheme was supposed to run for three years and for the past two years it was a difficult for us as Cottco and it is only this season that we have begun to pick up the pieces,” he said. “It is our appeal that Government extend the scheme.” Mr Manamike said the cotton industry received a battering for successive years, hence it would take longer for it to fully recover. He said one of the major challenge affecting big companies like Cottco was side-marketing by contracted farmers.
Source: The Herald
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mill Association (APTMA) has revealed that the textile industry in Punjab was presently being charged Rs 1,250/MMBTU for gas as compared to gas supply to the industry in other provinces at Rs 600/MMBTU. A spokesman for APTMA Friday said that electricity in Punjab was being provided to the textile exporting industry along with surcharges of Rs.3.60/kwh [tariff rationalisation (TR) and financial cost (FC)]. He said that the textile industry in Punjab is saddled with the burden of non-recovery of bills and electricity theft of others, a factor of inefficiency that cannot be passed on to the international buyer. “This disparity is unjust and unfair for Punjab-based textile industry to sustain. Textile industry associations have repeatedly represented this issue to the governments both at the federal and provincial levels but to no avail.” Faced with this sorry state of the affairs textile industry associations in Punjab have decided to hold a joint session today (Saturday) wherein, out of desperation, participants and stakeholders will consider all options be it closure, protest, observance of black-day to secure the viability of the Punjab industry.
Source: Daily Times
The Forum of Directors of Sports in Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to deploy the money recovered from looters in reviving the moribund textile industry to create hundreds of thousands jobs for teeming youths. According to the Chairman of the forum and Kwara State Director of Sports, Mr Tunde Kasim, creating jobs for the teeming youths will reduce insecurity by curbing restiveness and vices, adding that reviving the various textile companies across the country by providing them with bailouts and other incentives will have huge direct impact on the economy of the country and Nigerians. Speaking at the Labour House office of the Nigeria Textile Workers in Kaduna after visiting the first textile company in the country, Kaduna Textiles Limited, Kasim, who lamented the sorry state of the company, urged the federal and state governments to patronize made-in-Nigeria goods. He stated that buying made-in-Nigeria goods will help improve the Nigerian economy as the wealth will circulate within and around the country. “The loot recovered by the Federal Government should be put in to reviving textile factories in the country. Bailout funds should be used to sustain the textile companies. The revival of the textile companies will lead to job opportunities for many youths in the country and reduce the high number unemployment in the country.
Source: The Nation
Australian wool markets consolidated around the ruling levels at auction in sale week 33 ending February 16. With only the Melbourne centre operating, the Australian Wool Exchange- Eastern Market Indicator (AWEX EMI) slipped by a margin of 6ac clean/kg to close at 1812ac clean/kg, after setting a new daily record of 1820ac clean/kg on the opening day. “Interest remained high for all wool types, with a surprising concentration of buyers’ attention shifting to the crossbred and not so surprising to the carding area once again. Merino fleece and skirtings were by no means neglected, but some price sensitivity was seen, particularly around the poorer and harder-to-place end of the selection,” the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) said in its ‘Wool Market’ weekly report. After massive price gains last week, it expected that the Merino fleece sector would come under some serious price consideration. The stronger Australian dollar (AUD) against the US dollar (USD) hampered any chance of a further rise as the foreign exchange rate went 1.55 per cent against the local market. In USD terms, wool prices in general advanced 1.22 per cent higher for the week to settle at 1437usc/clean kg on the EMI. In the merino sector, the week’s activity was dominated by a ‘managed decline’ strategy being employed by the big operators, which most other sale room participants were keen to follow and now wanting to set a different course. With sporadic, but good demand still in play, buyers were cautious on the inventory they took on board and seemed to concentrate only on executing outstanding forward commitments and indent orders. “A small amount of speculative buying is starting to be witnessed, but this appears to be only on the sub 18 micron types of better quality, as these types are expected to be in a short supply situation till late winter/early spring,” the report said. Merino fleece indicators were all generally 25 to 30ac lower for the week, but these figures mask the better-tested types exhibiting low cvh (co-efficient variation hauteur) and low pobm (position of break in middle) that were rock solid, and in many cases, dearer for the sales. In a good turnaround for the fortunes of the broader wool types, almost all types and descriptions on offer in the comeback and crossbred wool sectors were dearer by 10 to 20ac clean/kg. Cardings also gained value by similar amounts in general terms. For next week auction, there will be nearly 42,000 bales up for sale. “With most Chinese returning to their home towns to celebrate the Spring Festival New Year, sporadic interest is likely from that nation with the local buyers and other destinations key to setting the direction of the market,” AWI said.
Source: Fibre2Fashion
The National Youth Service (NYS) has been allocated 100,000 acres of the Galana-Kulalu Complex as part of the State’s efforts towards reviving the ailing textile industry. Speaking Friday in Gilgil during the passing out parade of 15,461 NYS recruits, president Uhuru Kenyatta said the NYS project at Galana- Kulalu was in line with his Big Four Agenda aimed at steering the economy to double digit growth. Under the ambitious plan, cotton farming has been assigned the role of creating 50,000 jobs and generating hard currencies worth Sh20 billion in apparel export earnings this year. “As part of the plan to revive the cotton sector, NYS will be allocated 100,000 acres of the Galana Kulalu Complex, and the model National Irrigation farm in the Tana Delta,” said the president Friday. “The pillars of the Big Four are held up by our youth: in every area of endeavour, our young people are called to distinguish themselves. Indeed, the National Youth Service must play a critical role in the attainment of the Big Four Agenda.” Mr Kenyatta, who spoke alongside the newly Sworn-in Public Service Youth and Gender Affairs Cabinet Secretary Prof Margaret Kobia, also directed the Numerical Machining Complex (NMC) and the NYS Mechanical and Transport Training School to collaborate in skills sharing and expansion of products in order to tap into the expanding construction market. The collaboration between the NMC and NYS is also geared towards playing a bigger role in the expansion of Standard Gauge Railway and Lappset, among other projects. “Often, we speak of public-private partnerships as vehicles of economic growth. Whereas these are important, I would like to encourage more public-public partnerships,” he said.
Source: Business Daily
ALEXANDRIA — Kansas City, Mo.-based Superior Linen Supply has again achieved Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification, reflecting their commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by on-site inspection and their capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing. The laundry was first certified in 2014. Recertification confirms the organization’s continuing dedication to infection prevention, compliance with recognized industry standards and processing healthcare textiles using BMPs as described in its quality assurance documentation, a focal point for Hygienically Clean inspectors’ evaluation. The independent, third-party inspection must also confirm essential evidence that: To achieve certification initially, laundries pass three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare textiles and diminished presence of yeast, mold and harmful bacteria. They also must pass a facility inspection. To maintain their certification, they must pass quarterly testing to ensure that as laundry conditions change, such as water quality, textile fabric composition and wash chemistry, laundered product quality is consistently maintained. Re-inspection occurs every two to three years. This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for hospitals, surgery centers, medical offices, nursing homes and other medical facilities. Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification acknowledges laundries’ effectiveness in protecting healthcare operations by verifying quality control procedures in linen, uniform and facility services operations related to the handling of textiles containing blood and other potentially infectious materials. Certified laundries use processes, chemicals and BMPs acknowledged by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, American National Standards Institute and others. Introduced in 2012, Hygienically Clean Healthcare brought to North America the international cleanliness standards for healthcare linens and garments used worldwide by the Certification Association for Professional Textile Services and the European Committee for Standardization. Objective experts in epidemiology, infection control, nursing and other healthcare professions work with Hygienically Clean launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean healthcare textiles. “Congratulations to Superior Linen Supply on their recertification,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “This achievement proves their ongoing commitment to infection prevention and that their laundry takes every step possible to prevent human illness.”
Source: Textile World
Apparel Textile Sourcing Miami show, scheduled during the month of May is being organized by JP Communications, the parent company of Apparel Textile Sourcing trade shows, which two years ago launched a similar apparel and textiles sourcing show in Toronto. Hundreds of apparel and textile manufacturers from China, India, Bangladesh, the United States, Mexico and other countries will be exhibiting at the newly established Apparel Textile Sourcing trade show. The three day event will have scores of booths, pavilions, trend displays and seminars.Jason Prescott, chief executive of JP Communications said that the expansion of the ATC brand to Miami is a direct response to the market demand and fills a significant gap for the U.S. and Latin American markets. ATS-M will feature three days of seminars and panels covering topics from trade agreements to best practices with an eye on the changing Latin American market. The ATS-Miami design pods and fashion show will include international apparel producers, Latin American artisans, Made-in-America manufacturers and active design students, said Apparel Textile Sourcing Director John Banker. There will be a Made-in-the-USA pavilion showcasing U.S.-based manufacturers and designers that source apparel and textiles from abroad for their finished goods. There will also be an Americas pavilion featuring products from Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua and El Salvador. The Apparel Textile Sourcing will be held from May 21 to 23 at the Mana Wynwood Convention Center in Miami.
Source: Yarns and fibres
