Calik is a rapidly growing denim company from Turkey . With a capacity of 36 million meters and both rope dyeing and slasher facilities, the company is focusing on high end market.  During the recent mill week at Turkey, the company launched its Fall / Winter 14-15 Collection. This event was attended by Adriano Goldschmied – the legendary denim veteran. Calik’s  collection which is titled – Hide and Seek – and it focuses on new constructions, softer handles and blends ...Read More

Arvind , the largest denim company in India with a capacity of about 110 million mtrs , is planning to set up a manufacturing plant in Bangladesh in a 80:20 joint venture with Nitol Group of Bangladesh . The planned investment is about $69 million over a period of three years. In the first phase, a plant of 10 million mtrs would be set up with an investment of about $25 million and then it will be scaled up in the coming years. Why Arvind Wants To Put Up  A Plant In Bangladesh ? There ...Read More

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The fascinating world of Denim is briefly highlited on a quick Mill Tour. Fierce Middle East and Orient lower price on fabric and apparel manufacturing has forced some America Mills to shutdown. When you go into the Mills facility the characteristic good smell of cotton dominates. All Mills listed use Rope Dye process, will describe Open Yarn Dye process in some Puebla Mexico Mills. Wich one is better, well : Cone and all below will tell you Rope Dyeing is the Best, but others ...Read More

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International Textile Group Inc. has cut 100 jobs at its White Oak denim-manufacturing plant in Greensboro — about 25 percent of the work force. It is the second time in five months that the company has eliminated jobs at the plant in an attempt to balance production capacity with demand for its denim from such customers as Levi’s. ITG cut 150 jobs in December as part of eliminating yarn production at the plant. We have seen considerable negative news related to Denim plants ...Read More

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Weiqiao Textile Company Limited of China is  a non state-owned enterprise and the largest cotton textile producer in the PRC, specializing in the production, sales and distribution of cotton yarn, grey fabric and denim.  Weiqiao Textile is located in Shandong, China’s second largest cotton producing province. The Group has four production bases in Weiqiao, Binzhou, Weihai and Zouping and employs approximately 132,000 people. For the half year ...Read More

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Cone Denim of the ITG Group has formally opened its Nicaragua plant for the manufacturing of 28 million metres of denim. Employing about 850 people, it is their first venture in the Central Americas. Cone denim already has manufacturing facilities in the US,Mexico and China and partnerships in India(recently with LNJ Denim) and Turkey. At a time when Denim is going through a downturn, it is surprising to see the confidence with which Cone Denim is not only expanding operations but entering ...Read More

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I often need to check out various Denim Mills around the world – just to see what they are doing. It was a painful task to keep track of their web addresses and then individually search their sites and the web. Now I have found a very easy and clean way to checkout all these mills around the world in a few minutes. Visit this List of Denim Mills Worldwide and you will see the site of Cone Denim of US opened. You can easily browse through the site. Now, you will see NEXT button on the ...Read More

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Samurai is a famous Japanese brand and known for its innovative jeans. One of their great jeans which came out last year was the 21oz denim… 21 oz??????? Yes, whole of 21 oz ! The S510XX21 model of Samurai ,with 21oz denim fabric made on Japanese wooden looms, has bettered their own previous record of 19oz denim. This is a truly amazing denim and inspite of being so heavy, it is soft in feel because of very coarse yarns used and unique weaving methods applied. Samurai, rightly calls it ...Read More

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US is the most important market for the Jeans. US imports huge quantities of denimwear from around the world. The following figures will reveal how big this market is really. I am giving herebelow the figures of only the Mens/Boys Jeans and Breeches into the US from the year 2000 to 2006. Year Qty (Million pieces) Value (USD Billion) Average ...Read More

Calitri Denim Industries of Italy, the manufacturer of premium Ring Spun denims , has entered into Joint Venture with GFM Textiles of Mexico . The Denim division of GFM is also commonly known as Parras. GFM is a diversified group with interests in Minerals, Energy,Electronics and Textiles. Its denim division Parras has four plants and an annual production capacity of about 100 million metres. On the other hand , CDI is a much smaller plant with a capacity of about 15 million metres ...Read More