<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Textiles News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=163</link><description>News Feed for - Textiles</description><item><title>Polartec fabrics combined in Marmot Nabu waterproof jacket</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235940120&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T01:40:00</pubDate><description>The Marmot Nabu jacket    Marmot's latest waterproof jacket is the result of another team up with high-tech fabrics from Polartec.    The Nabu uses a combination of NeoShell and Power Dry High Efficiency </description><source>Grough</source></item><item><title>5/22/2013: Ht Education: Let there be light from textiles</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235931447&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T00:31:00</pubDate><description>Afabric that generates electricity on its own? It may seem unbelievable but it's true for a student of MTech Textile Technology from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute has actually invented something </description><source>Hindustan Times</source></item><item><title>Weaving people back into the urban fabric</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235929861&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T00:18:00</pubDate><description>How do we make our cities more people-centric? Photo by Blmurch.    If cities are to be more people-oriented, shouldn't we work on sharing the space with each other? That's  the intention of the Bench </description><source>WRI</source></item><item><title>Man flees from court, jumps in Dan River</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235929329&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T00:16:00</pubDate><description>Allison Roberts/Register &amp; Bee Suspect BY ALLISON M. ROBERTS aroberts@registerbee.com (434) 791-7993 newsadvance.com The Riverwalk Trail along the Dan River was a scene of confusion Tuesday morning. Police </description><source>Lynchburg News and Advance</source></item><item><title>Composite Insights Report Analyses Global Multiaxial Fabrics Industry - Demand to </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235861094&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T00:53:00</pubDate><description>/PRNewswire/ --The global multiaxial fabric industry is expect to witness good growth between 2013 and 2018 and reach an estimated $1.1 billion in 2018. Overall the global wind energy industry continues </description><source>TickerTech.com</source></item><item><title>Sweat-Draining Fabric Will Banish Armpit Stains For Good</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235761030&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T02:15:00</pubDate><description>Fabrics geared towards athletes are designed to wick sweat away from the body so they don't feel drenched. But the fabric is still wet and weighed down with perspiration. To really feel dry, researchers </description><source>Gizmodo Australia</source></item><item><title>Fabric Salt Storage Structure is Ready for Winter</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235922332&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T23:23:00</pubDate><description>The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has added a new facility for winter de-icing operations and salt storage in Wabash, IN. The new tension fabric building, which provides enough capacity </description><source>Industrial Equipment News</source></item><item><title>New smart fabric mimics the way skin perspires</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235880445&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T18:06:00</pubDate><description>Biomedical engineers say their textile microfluidic platform is water repellent and scalable. Researchers turned to the human skin for inspiration behind new moisture-wicking fabric. (Credit:  Vox Efx/Flickr) </description><source>CNET News</source></item><item><title>Hye Jung In wins Surtex designext grand prize</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235881853&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T18:13:00</pubDate><description>"This year, 75 participants in the designext competition from 15 colleges developed distinctive portfolios that position them for entry into the surface design industry. All students have benefitted from </description><source>Home Textiles Today</source></item><item><title>Home Accent Fabrics puts spotlight on digital printing</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235881850&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T18:13:00</pubDate><description>The company displays its existing collections on its new Web site, http://www.homeaccentfabrics.com/.</description><source>Home Textiles Today</source></item><item><title>China's textile and apparel industry hit hard by currency appreciation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235864709&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T14:23:00</pubDate><description>Speaking at a press conference on May 20, Sheng Danyang, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, indicated that the recent accelerated appreciation of the renminbi has had a negative impact on the export </description><source>WTIN</source></item><item><title>New fabric sucks out sweat and remains completely dry</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235828353&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T05:59:00</pubDate><description>The new fabric sucks sweat from one side to the other where it drains away, as demonstrated here using smurf sweat Unsightly underarm sweat patches could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new fabric </description><source>Gizmag</source></item><item><title>76-year-old Annual Wool And Mohair Show, Other Youth Competitions Set For June 18-20 </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235799481&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T01:36:00</pubDate><description>Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected] Contact: Pascual Hernandez, 325-387-3101, [email protected] SONORA -The Annual Wool and Mohair Show, now in its 76th year, will again be held in conjunction </description><source>Noodls</source></item><item><title>Fire consumes textile factory in Santiago, Nuevo Leon</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235774862&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-20T21:07:00</pubDate><description>Monterrey, May 17 (Notimex).- The textile factory "El Porvenir", located in the town of El Cercado in the municipality of Santiago was destroyed by a fire today. No casualties were reported, only material </description><source>Notimex</source></item><item><title>Iranians Build Antimicrobial Textiles</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235923677&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T23:30:00</pubDate><description>Iranian researchers at the Islamic Azad University in Fars province in southern Iran have made antimicrobial textiles, identifying new microorganisms with the capability of producing silver and gold nanoparticles. </description><source>Iran Daily</source></item><item><title>Who Invented Velcro?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235918841&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T23:01:00</pubDate><description>Velcro uses tiny hooks and loops to bind the two strips. Velcro is a combination of the words 'velvet' and 'crochet.' CREDIT: Stocksnapper | Shutterstock Velcro, the "zipperless zipper," exists on a variety </description><source>LiveScience.com</source></item><item><title>Researchers in California say they've developed a fabric that is waterproof and </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235912476&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T20:51:00</pubDate><description>New fabric can wick away sweat while staying dry and breathable Copyright 2013 United Press International, Inc. (UPI). Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content </description><source>TickerTech.com</source></item><item><title>Textile exports grow 6.14% to reach $10.7bn in 10-month</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235862698&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-22T02:32:00</pubDate><description>ISLAMABAD: The textile exports from the country posted positive growth of 6.14 percent during the first ten months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The </description><source>Daily Times</source></item><item><title>Karnataka plans Rs 1,000-crore mega textile park</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235856246&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T14:22:00</pubDate><description>The Karnataka government plans to set up a 1,000-acre textile park at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore in the Assembly constituency of Gurmitkal in Yadgir district, state's Textile Minister Baburao Chinchanasoor </description><source>Deccan Herald</source></item><item><title>Cotton Producer Price Up</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235858766&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T13:52:00</pubDate><description>THE 2013 cotton selling season started yesterday after farmers and ginners agreed on a minimum producer price of US35c per kg, an increase of US5c from the previous season. About 250 000 tonnes of cotton </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>SHENZHOU INTERNATIONAL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED : ·2006-05-23 China Textile Industry's </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235845614&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T12:42:00</pubDate><description>(4-traders.com)                  (23rd May, 2006 Ningbo) China Knitting Industry Association announced 2005 China¨s Knitwear Enterprises Ranking Results on 21st May, 2006. The main ranking results of </description><source>4 Traders</source></item><item><title>Congress appoints new zonal chiefs in Uttar Pradesh</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235652462&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T04:42:00</pubDate><description>New Delhi : Miffed over the performance of its eight zonal in-charges, including two central ministers, in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the Congress appointed a new team on Monday.    According </description><source>Jagran Post</source></item><item><title>Dan River girls escape Chatham with win, advance to Dogwood District Semifinals</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235810536&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T02:38:00</pubDate><description>Dan River Squeaks by Chatham in Quarterfinal Cassidy McBride heads the ball past Chatham's Janie Adkins on May 20. (Steven Mantilla/Danville Register &amp; Bee) Dan River Squeaks by Chatham in Quarterfinal </description><source>Lynchburg News and Advance</source></item><item><title>AEC Narrow Fabrics achieves ISO 9001:2008 certification</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235807431&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T02:08:00</pubDate><description>Mattress tape supplier AEC Narrow Fabrics, which is headquartered in Asheboro, N.C., has earned ISO 9001:2008 certification for its two North Carolina manufacturing facilities. ISO 9001:2008 is a quality </description><source>Bedtimes Magazine</source></item><item><title>JINGWEI TEXTILE (00350.HK)'s subsidiary approved to form fund co.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=235806881&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=163</link><pubDate>2013-05-21T02:03:00</pubDate><description>JINGWEI TEXTILE (00350.HK) announced its 36.6%-owned subsidiary Zhongrong Trust has received an approval from China Securities Regulatory Commission to form a joint venture company State Street Fund (????) </description><source>Aastocks.com</source></item></channel></rss>