In recent years, textile materials have been found in applications in the cosmetics field. A new sector of cosmetic textiles is introduced and several commercial cosmetic textile products are currently available in the market. On contact with human body and skin, cosmetic textiles are designed to transfer an active substance for cosmetic purposes. The principle is achieved by simply imparting t...

The textile industry sector occupies a prominent place in the economy of Benin. It exposes workers to several occupational risks, including exposure to cotton dust. To assess the effect of exposure to cotton dust on the health of workers, this study was initiated and conducted in a Beninese cotton industry company. The objective of the study was to evaluate the respiratory disorders among the t...

The Textile and Clothing Sector in Bangladesh, predominantly consisting of the Readymade Garments (RMG) industries is currently the largest contributor to the national export earnings. Starting in the late seventies as a minor non-traditional sector with a negligible export base, the sector has grown over the years in geometric progression and presently accounts for about 75% of the total expor...

The growth of China’s textile industry has been one of the dominant factors shaping world cotton and textile markets in recent years. Since China’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in December 2001, China’s textile and apparel (T&A) exports have grown by more than 40 percent and China’s cotton consumption has grown by 34 percent. By the end of 2003, China had nearly doubled its s...

The economic status of women is now accepted as an indicator of a society‟s stage of development. Textile industry is the only industry to have employed women workers since long time. Women workers unlike the majority in the informal sector have been exposed to rigorous work, discipline, fixed working hours, specific production norms etc. In TamilNadu, the garment industry is female dominated f...

Textile industry is one of the most common and essential sector in the world. The textile industry consumes large quantities of water at its different steps of dyeing and finishing, among other processes. The non-biodegradable nature of dyes and their stability toward light and oxidizing agents complicate the selection of a suitable method for their removal. Moreover, toxicity bioassays have de...

Inventory constitutes a major component of working capital. To a large extent, the success and failure of a business depends upon its inventory management performance. The basic objective of inventory management is to optimize the size of inventory in a firm so that smooth performance of production and sales function may be possible at minimum cost. Galloping inventories in recent years, the cr...

The textile industry is the most important sector in Pakistan’s economy. Based on the availability of raw cotton, the industry provides the largest employment (38% of the total employment) and is also its largest foreign exchange earner. It contributes 68% of total exports, 46% of total manufacturing, 8.5% of total GDP, 31% of total investment and 12% of total market capitalization. Over the ye...

Introduction The Indian textile industry is one the largest and oldest sectors in the country and among the most important in the economy in terms of output, investment and employment (E). The sector employs nearly 35 million people and after agriculture, is the second‐highest employer in the country. Its importance is underlined by the fact that it accounts for around 4 % of Gross Domestic Pro...

All textile industries aim to produce competitive fabrics. The competition enhancement depends mainly on productivity and quality of the fabrics produced by each industry. In the textile sector, there have been an enlarge amount of losses due to faulty fabrics. In the Least Development Countries (LDC) like Bangladesh, whose 25% revenue earning is achieved from textile export, most defects arisi...