HANESBRANDS: further debt reduction move announced US-BASED world bodywear giant HanesBrands announced plans to further reduce its long-term debt this (...)

TRIUMPH: US acquisition marks start of sales drive there FOLLOWING the acquisition of a majority stake in the Journelle retail distribution concern in the (...)

MAS HOLDINGS: fabric subsidiary to make major investment THROUGH its subsidiary MAS Fabrics (Private) Ltd, the leading producer of intimate apparel in Sri (...)

CRAILAR: first full scale production unit starts up this month FORMERLY trading as Naturally Advanced Technologies, modified flax yarn producer Crailar (...)

PENN TS: details of S/S 2014 fabric collection unveiled FABRIC supplier Penn Textile Solutions, recognised worldwide for its creative skills in terms of (...)

INVISTA: new developments announced in Singapore and the US STRETCH fibre specialist Invista announced that it has started up a new Lycra production line (...)

COTTON: production expected to continue declining in 2013/14 THE LATEST report from the ICAC Secretariat predicts that global cotton production will (...)

CHINA: arsonist sets fire to underwear factory A FIRE in an underwear factory in Shantou is reported by the Xinhua news agency to have killed 14 people. (...)

FRANCE: consumption of textile goods dipped again in October PRELIMINARY figures for October 2012 released by the Institut français de la mode(Ifm) (...)

SWING STATE: female prisoner punished for not wearing bra A FEMALE prisoner in a US jail filed an official complaint alleging that warders put her in (...)