Pakistani denim maker looks to Texas for cottonized fiber
Pakistani denim maker Artistic Garment Industries (AGI) said it has entered a one-year deal with Panda Biotech of Texas for the supply of an unspecified…
Fashions & Textiles
European Commission sets first public session on hemp
The European Commission has set a first-ever public event dedicated specifically to market opportunities in industrial hemp. Commission officials, national ministry representatives of EU member…
Italian ‘eco-leather’ is new use for dust from hemp fiber
Italian developers have introduced Napee, an “eco-leather” textile containing hemp waste powder that does not use toxic solvents in the production process, is recyclable and…
Levi’s debuts cotton+hemp Dockers
Levi Strauss & Co. has introduced a line of its Dockers brand casual clothing in a 70%/30% blend of cotton and hemp. Material for the…
Japan’s Prossimo opens shop selling Czech shoes, CBD bar
Japanese hemp company Prossimo has opened a boutique retail outlet under Bohempia, the Czech shoe brand, and an adjacent HempToday Japan-branded CBD bar. The shoe…
‘We’d like to see a decorticator next to every cotton gin’
Guy Carpenter is President and CEO of Bear Fiber, Inc., and President at Cape Fear Apparel Consulting, both of North Carolina. He also serves as a…
Pakistani denim makers begin to make use of hemp
Three Pakistani textile makers say they have begun producing new denim fabrics blending cotton with hemp. Artistic Milliners (AM), Karachi; US Denim, Lahore; and Farooq…
Startup sees potential in Russia’s historic textile region
Russian industrial hemp producer Smart Hemp said it has plans to open a hemp processing factory in Ivanovo, an historic textile region and still one…
Euro trade group says hemp can be key to a sustainable textile sector
As the European Union’s strategy for the textile industry evolves, hemp can play a critical role in making the sector sustainable, Europe’s leading industrial hemp…
Demand for sustainable textiles is big opportunity for hemp fiber
Susan Barnhardt is the founder of SHEMP Yarn Company (SYC), a Florida, U.S.-based producer of worsted textile yarn made from hemp and wool which is…