Tag: TPP

Textile Industry Growth, Opportunities and Issues

Earlier this year we discussed the continued growth of the technical textile industry. Technological advances in areas such as nano textiles and carbon fibers are two such examples of how technology can open opportunities and advance the expansion of the industry as a whole. The National Council of Textile Organization (NCTO) Chairman Jeff Price recently […]

IFAI 2015 Outlook Conference

Jason Mills will be attending the IFAI Outlook Conference in White Sulphur Springs, WV on May 18-19, 2015. The conference was created by the United States Industrial Fabrics Institute (USIFI) and the Narrow Fabrics Institute (NFI), divisions of IFAI and provides a forum for the specialty textile sector. Our company tries to attend every year […]

The Fundamentals of Global Textile Trade and the TPP

The textile industry has seen extensive news coverage recently for a number of reasons, especially as it relates to the ongoing negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on international trade policy between some 12 countries, and several more key interested observers. The effects of these negotiations for textile trade between these countries are significant. For the […]