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 ...Read More

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The first edition of the ‘Denim by Premier Vision‘ will be taking place at Paris St-Denim.Around 40 companies from over 11 countries all over the world shall be represented here. It will be a unique ‘Fashion -Textiles’ meet with denim producers, washing launderies,fashion accessories represented here. The setting of the event is also expected to be unique and marked by a sense of openness – discarding the traditional closed forum setting..A fun atmosphere is ...Read More

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

The Japanese denim industry is revered the world over for its innovativeness and its capability to set trends in the Denim Industry. It would be nice to have a look at some facts and figures relating to the Japanese Denim Industry. Denim Exports : 2006 about 56 million sq mtrs. 2007(till march) about 15 million sq mtrs. Jeans :80 million pairs (approx) produced in Japan p.a ...Read More

The Tavex Group of Spain(Madrid) – the famous denim company of Europe – which already owns manufacturing facilities in the city of Puebla in México, is working to expand its capacity through the acquisition of the denim manufacturing facilities of the company ACOTEX in Puebla and Tlaxcala . This will take the capacity of Tavex in Mexico to about 30 million metres pa. "Our objective with this investment is to increase Denim production in the differentiated products segment ...Read More

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There are  a large number of denim mills in India – more than 22. Some of them are quite old – like Arvind – while many of them have started operations in the couple of years. The success of a denim company greatly depends on the kind of product development that it does. Each mill has its own special products and cater to different segments of the market. There are varying views regarding the quality of developments of different companies. I think, it would be good if we ...Read More

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There are hundreds of Denim Mills around the world. However, some of them are known by their names to all those who know denim while others are not so well known. It would be great to know which denim company would the readers consider as the BEST DENIM COMPANY IN THE WORLD.. Which is the BEST DENIM COMPANY IN THE WORLD? You can vote here and see the results also. Which is the Best Denim Fabric Company in the World?(answers) ...Read More

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VF Arvind brand – the JV between Arvind and VF (the USD 7 billion apparel giant) seems to be strenthening with new brands from the VF stable being added . In India, VF Arvind brands has Lee and Wrangler under premium; Kipling, Nautica as high lux; the just launched Hero denim as jeans for mass; and between economy to premium is JanSport backpackers. Among the new additions, Riders, the economy jeans brand, will be there(another economy jeans brand?) The North Face TNF is dubbed one of ...Read More

  Malwa Industries Ltd. (India) – the denim unit of the Malwa Group of Industries – recently got the US patent for the ‘Indigo dyed yarn for knitting’ using the Rope Dyed process . Though Malwa had been manufacturing Indigo yarns for knitting for quite some time, the recently awarded US patent for Indigo Dyed Yarn for knitting will give it an edge in selling to garment manufacturers who are exporting their knitted garments to US. With this patent, Malwa will also ...Read More

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