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  • Denim Producer Weiqiao Textiles of China announces half yearly results

    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 ended 30 June 2008, the Group produced 422,000 tons of cotton yarn, 751,000,000 meters of grey fabric and 88,000,000 meters of denim.

    Denim Results: The company produced about 88million mtrs of denim and achieved a turnover of RMB 704 million or about USD 104 million. This translates into an average price realisation per metre of fabric of about USD 1.20 . Though the company produces more of lighter weight denims(which are cheaper), still the average prices are quite low even if compared with  denim companies in other Asian countries.

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    Quotes and news for Weiqiao Textiles

  • Cone Denim opens manufacturing plant in Nicaragua

    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 into various partnerships around the world. The previous record of Cone, however, related to partnerships has not been very good .Its previous partnership with the Indian company Ashima Denims (which was entered into late 1990s) did not proceed very well and broke early.

  • Denim Mills-Worldwide (India,China,Turkey,Pakistan & more)

    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 top left . Click on the same and you will see site of another Denim Mill from USA. Also below the TITLE (on the blue frame) there is written the country name – USA. When we click on this, the names of other countries slide down. One can easily select any country name and the DENIM MILL sites of that country will start opening.
    What if I want to see which companies are covered from one country ?
    Easy… Just click on the TITLE and you will see slide down of names of companies in that country and one can click on any name and open their site..
    I could cover Denim Mills from many countries like Turkey, Italy, USA,Spain, India, Pakistan, China,Taiwan,Hongkong, Japan, Bangladesh etc etc.. I think its really cool.. Would be good to have comments of the readers.
    Also don’t forget to open the category of DENIM TRENDS (which will come alongwith the country list) to see the latest trends in Denim.
    And for those looking for some Buyers of Denim and Buyers of Jeans , click accordingly..

    Note: Click on the category name to open other categories. Also,click on TITLE to see other links in that category. Eg if you see ‘USA denim mills ‘ category, click on the same to reach the companies in other countries. OR JUST KEEP ON CLICKING NEXT..

    Alternatively you can just check the Denim Mills Directory

  • 21oz denim from Samurai- is it the heaviest denim?

    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 !
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    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 the ‘Cloth of Super Excellence’. As most of their collection, this is also Selvedge denim with Red and Gold strands .
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    It took a lot of patience on the part of the highly skilled craftsmen to produce this fabric on the powerlooms.
    The Japanese denim brands continue to amaze with their products . And I think the most important ingredient in their denim is the PASSION with which they work on their denims.Its NOT A COMMODITY for them..
    And the PRICE – A COOL USD 330/–. Click here to buy.
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    Update- as dj correctly mentions, Iron Heart Jeans uses 22oz denim in some of its styles

  • Denim,Denim and only Denim by Premier Vision

    logo1.gifThe 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 sought to be created for the event – in the background of docks.

    This edition of ‘Denim by Premiere Vision’ is dedicated to Spring/SUmmer 2009 collections and the June edition will be dedicated to the Autumn / Winter 2009 collections of denim.
    A separate fair for DENIMS has been necessitated by the individual needs of the industry where the process of selection of fabrics and its testing at various stages takes longer than other fabrics..
    To see the participants list, click here and scroll down

  • US Imports of Mens/Boys Jeans & Breeches 2000-2006

    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.

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    Year Qty (Million pieces) Value (USD Billion) Average Price(USD/pc)
    2000 194.19 1.41 7.28
    2001 196.86 1.46 7.42
    2002 235.69 1.73 7.36
    2003 249.31 1.87 7.50
    2004 259.74 1.93 7.45
    2005 295.02 2.16 7.33
    2006 293.62 2.10 7.15

    Source : US Customs

    We can see that the market is really huge with almost 300 million jeans imported only for Mens/Boys in 2006 .
    The average price figures are though a little odd. It was expected that the average prices of jeans imported into US would have fallen significantly after quota removal. However, the figures do not reveal such a story. The prices are more or less stagnant around USD 7 – though a fall of about 5% is visible from 2004 to 2006.

    But we must not forget that the character of jeans imported into US has changed a little over a period of time. Previously the majority of jeans imported were made of Basic denims and in basic styles. However, slowly the composition of fabrics have changed and more value added – like rings, slubs ,multicounts etc – are being used. These have contributed in increasing the average prices of jeans sold to US. However, it still needs to be remembered that a huge quantity of jeans are still exported to US at prices of USD 4-6 on one hand and on the other ,jeans of USD 10-15and above are also imported in sizeable numbers. Thus bringing average prices to these levels

  • CDI Italy gets into Joint Venture with GFM Textiles of Mexico

    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 p.a.

    Probably due to their relative sizes, the Joint Venture GFMT Italy, will be 80% owned by GFM and 20% by CDI. GFM also has an additional option to acquire all of CDI’s assets within next 12 months.
    The Joint Venture gives advantages to both the sides since GFM gains from the CDI’s design , development and quality and its premium image of an Italian manufacturer in the market and CDI gains from the size of GFM.

    It needs to be noted here that the exports of denim and jeans from Mexico has been continously falling over a period of time . However, the exports of Denim from Italy to USA had been growing due to the increased imports by premium and high-end Denim brands like 7 for all Mankind, Chip and Pepper and numerous others. The Mexican manufacturer not only benefits from the image of an Italian supplier (that is why the name has been changed to GFMT Italy), but also gains access to some high-end customers of CDI.

  • The Japanese Denim Industry

    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
    :20 million pairs(approx) imported p.a
    Export markets : China,Hongkong, US, Vietnam and Italy.

    Main Denim producing areas in Japan : The Hiroshima perfecture, The Okayama perfecture and the Mihara Area.

    DENIM MILLS

    KAIHARA DENIM
    Produces about 36 million sq mtrs of denim p.a
    Exports about 60% of production.
    Offer about 600-900 items to buyers every year.(good)
    Investment since 1970 – about USD 500 million.
    More than 300 looms at six mills.
    Strengths : Great cotton mix and Dyeing process..
    Kaihara has no plans to go overseas for production as they are quite comfortable in Japan…This shows their belief in their own capability to be highly innovative ..

    KURABO INDUSTRIES
    Currently focusing very much on Stretch fibres and are looking at
    advanced versions of stretch denim by using XLA stretch yarn,Xfit
    lycra and T400. This is to take advantage of the Skinny Jeans
    fashion that is currently still strong.
    Developments 2006-08 : Emphasizing on the Ocean BLue colors under the Ultra Marine
    Blue Brand name.
    :’Wave’ – A line developed from a specially designed slub yarn .
    :’Air Spinner’ – third line that features very soft denim.

    NISSHINBO INDUSTRIES
    Capacity : About 12 million sq mtrs p.a

    Developments : As per the marketing manager of Nisshinbo – ‘Masanharu Tanaka’
    the NEW TREND would be a return towards NATURAL LOOKS. This
    would mean that innovative looks using Indigo and other yarn
    dyeing material.
    :Liquid Ammonia Treatment: Nisshinbo is also know for the
    development of the liquid ammonia treatment of Denim Fabric. The
    denim fabric is dipped in liquid ammonia (about -40 degrees C)
    which enables it to regain its original shape , thus giving back
    natural softness to the fibre. One of its five ammonia treatment
    plant is used for treating Denims.

    Other developments in the Japanese denim Industry :
    The DUCK TEXTILE CO. has introduced a JERSEY DENIM – a denim made of knit fabric. This fabric looks like woven fabric but has the qualities of the knit fabric.
    Another development doing the rounds in the Japanese Denim Industry is the effort to keep the core of the cotton yarn undyed .. Though this normally happens in the Rope Dyeing method, but the effort is to have much more undyed portion through HAND DYEING which will give very good after washing effects…

  • Tavex acquires denim manufacturin facilities in Mexico

    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 (Authentic and Premium lines) in North America," comments Herbert Schmid – the CEO of Tavex.
    Well, its a good move by Tavex since they must have bought these facilities at relatively easier prices due to the not so good condition of Denim.

    It also shows that the Europeans are proving to be better at managing the Denim – especially since Denim has turned into a fashion product with lot of differentiation required. American companies had a better hold on denim when it was a basic product and few qualities could be produced in huge quantities.

    However, we will see in the long run that this product will get shifted to Asia almost completely as the costs of productions go up in all European and American nations.

  • Denim company in India best in product development?

    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 can place this question to the Denim Industry and see the results.


    Click on ‘Results to see the results of this poll..

  • Denim mill considered best and most reputed in the world?

    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.

  • Arvind plans to add more VF brands

    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 “the coolest brands in the world”will retail via separate TNF outlets.
    Vans, a casual luxury shoe brand, will also step in.
    Eastpack, the backpack brand, will come in to the joy of many 16-18 year olds.
    Arvind also opened the sixth store of Nautica – the brand supposed to be associated with high spirited people – in Mumbai. There are plans afoot to add another 12-13 stores in this year taking the total to 20.

    The number of brands that Arvind (as a group) is handling is increasing by the day and it reflects on their expertise in this field. However, probably there needs to be some level at which Arvind will need to stop since the brands may be competing/conflicting with each other in the market esp when they are adding different brands in the same segment.
    And now with Arvind planning to revive their FLYING MACHINE jeans brand , it will be very important for them to make a success of the same – hence energies and focus would be requried towards this end also.