Textiles made of blended cotton/polyester fibers have a huge share the markets nowadays. The desirable properties these blends them popular choice for both producers and consumers. However, at end life, this textile waste is often being disposed in landfills many parts world, since are hard to be fractionated and/or separated from each other sorted according their type, which hinders recyclabil...

This study analyses the relationship of intellectual capital with financial performance measures of Indian textile sector for a period of 10 years ranging from 2002 to 2012. For the study, corporate annual reports, especially the profit and loss accounts and balance sheets of the selected companies for the relevant years have been used from CMIE prowess database. Value Added Intellectual Coeffi...

Overview of the Ghana Textile Industry primarily shows a predominant cotton fabric manufacturing sector with absolute reliance on cotton as the major raw material for production. The Ghana Cotton Company Limited (GCCL) and other privately owned ginneries in the Northern Region have, in the past, been the major suppliers of lint cotton to the textile factories with occasional imports to support ...

Johnson, Karlee, "Growing pains: scale and mission in the fair trade textile sector" (2013). ABSTRACT This thesis examines the recent incorporation of factory production into fair trade textile production via a new fair trade certification program called the Apparel and Linens Program, launched by FairTrade USA. I argue that this expansion in the scale of production results in a dilution of fai...

India has carved a name for itself as a hub for export oriented garment manufacturing centre globally. Recent reports reveal that garment industry is the largest manufacturing sector in India. The textiles and garments sector alone employed 20% of the workforce in the manufacturing sector. Reports also state that textile industry currently contributes about 14 per cent to industrial production,...

background: textile factory is among the most common manufacturing industries that has higher rate of work-related injuries. knowing the associated factors of work-related injuries can be a critical step for improving the working condition of workers in the sector. objective: to assess the major determinants of occupational injury among workers in kombolcha textile factory, north-east ethiopia....