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IBM WebSphere Portal for z/OS taps into System z, Web 2.0: Executive update
See how to lower costs and extract value faster with more responsive, interactive and intuitive business applications from WebSphere Portal Version 6.1.
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Date: December 2008 |
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Control Schema Yields a Better Textile Machine A manufacturer of highly automated textile machines, THEN Maschinen-und Apparatebau GmbH (Schwabisch Hall, Germany) is renowned for its technological leadership in the textile industry. This... Company: Thomas Publishing | Thomas Publishing |
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Carriage Carpets: Payback in 4 Months!
This paper discusses the two main problems at the Dyeing facility. These were damaged carpet and uneven color application. Management recognized that a Quality Improvement...
Company: ARC Advisory Group
Date: November 2001 |
ARC Advisory Group |
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Free Trade's Threat to California's Garment Workers
Garment workers displaced by globalization would be aided by initiatives, policies, and legislative actions that advocate job training, job creation incentives, and an improved social...
Company: Sweatshop Watch
Date: May 2004 |
Sweatshop Watch |
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Assessing the Impact of the Phasing-out of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing on Apparel Exports on the Least Developed and Developing Countries
On January 1, 2005, the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA), which establishes quotas on different categories of apparel and textile imports to the US and the EU,...
Company: Sweatshop Watch
Date: May 2004 |
Sweatshop Watch |
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Trade Union and NGO Responses to the Phase-Out of the Multifibre Arrangement
This report aims to highlight some of the campaigns and initiatives that are being undertaken by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and trade unions in the face...
Company: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
Date: April 2004 |
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility |
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Global Game for Cuffs and Collars
The phase-out of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing at the end of 2004 will boost the further liberalization of production and trade, putting...
Company: SUDWIND
Date: June 2004 |
SUDWIND |
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New York City Garment Industry: A New Look?
The primary motivation for this report is the important role that apparel manufacturing plays in communities. Apparel manufacturing and wholesaling, despite the tremendous employment losses...
Company: Fiscal Policy Institute
Date: August 2003 |
Fiscal Policy Institute |
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Quality Marks Need Quality Scheduling Solution Haco is the world-leader in the mass production of labels and ribbons producing more than 240 million meters (3 billion units) annually, equivalent to more... Company: Preactor International | Preactor International |
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Federal Register
The AGOA provides for quota-and duty-free treatment for qualifying textile and apparel products. Such treatment is generally limited to products manufactured from yarns or fabrics...
Company: IGDC
Date: March 2001 |
IGDC |
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Trends: A Semi-Annual Compilation of Statistical Information on the U.S. Apparel and Footwear Industries
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) data, personal consumption of clothing and shoes grew more slowly than U.S. wholesale consumption...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: November 2003 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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Were Your Clothes Made in a Sweatshop?
This focuses on the difficulty faced by consumer difficulty in deciding whether a specific shirt, baseball cap, backpack, jacket, or any piece of clothing, comes...
Company: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Date: November 2003 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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National Burn Center Reporting System Overview
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently developed the National Burn Center Reporting System (NBCRS) in cooperation with the American Burn Association and Shriners...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: September 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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New Guidelines for ChildrenĘs Sleepwear Choices The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is the government agency responsible for protecting the American public from unreasonable risks of injury associated with products... Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association | American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA, CPSC Offer Tips to Make Kids Sleepwear Safe for Holiday
There is no greater joy during the holiday season than listening to the early morning sounds of glee from children opening presents while still in...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: December 2001 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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Membrane Technology in Textile Operation
The textile industry is characterized by using a large quantity of chemicals and huge quantities of water. Many of these chemicals become part of the...
Company: North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
Date: February 2000 |
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance |
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AAFA Calls for Dismissal of China Safeguard Petition: Wool Trouser Petition Fails to Meet Requirements of China Safeguard
The U.S. Court of International Trade on December 30, 2004 imposed a preliminary injunction prohibiting the U.S. government from accepting, reviewing, or considering this petition...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: January 2005 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Applauds New Egypt Trade Program
This article informs that the national trade association of the apparel and footwear industries - welcomed the announcement designating new qualified industrial zones (QIZ) in...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: December 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Calls for Dismissal of China Safeguard Petitions: Petitions Fail to Meet Requirements of China Safeguard
Although CITA's regulations do not envision so-called threat-based petitions, U.S. Commerce Department officials have repeatedly advised the public that clarifications would be forthcoming for comment...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: December 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Opposes China Safeguard Petition on Cotton Pants Urges Bush Administration to Reject Petition: Petition Fails to Show Any Evidence of U.S. Market Disruption
This article informs that AAFA urged the U.S. government's Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) to reject the China "threat-based" safeguard petition. The...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: December 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Expresses Disappointment on Administration's Acceptance of China "Threat-Based" Safeguard Petitions
The textile manufacturers were disappointed that the administration decided to accept for further consideration the U.S. textile industry's 'threat-based' petitions requesting safeguard quotas on U.S....
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: November 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA President & CEO Comments on Administration's Acceptance of China Safeguard Petition on Cotton Pants
The manufacturers were disappointed that the U.S. administration decided to accept for further consideration the U.S. textile industry's 'threat-based' petitions requesting safeguard quotas on U.S....
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: November 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Applauds President Bush Signing Tax Bill Into Law: Should Eliminate EU Sanctions on U.S. - Made Apparel/Footwear/Textiles
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) applauded the news that President George W. Bush signed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (H.R. 4520)....
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: October 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Commends Agreement on FSC/ETI Legislation and Urges Passage Before Congressional Recess
American businesses have been subjected to added burden on products being shipped to the EU since March, when the sanctions were implemented at 5%. U.S....
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: October 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Urges US Government to Issue Final Regulations for Trade Preference Programs on Four-Year Anniversary: Lack of Final Regs Hurts Competitiveness of Beneficiaries Post-2005
The overall U.S. apparel import market stabilized in the first eight months of 2004, while the overall U.S. footwear import market continued to grow, showing...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: October 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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AAFA Urges United States to Highlight Benefits of and to Take a Positive, Pro-Active Approach to the Challenges of the Worldwide Elimination of Quotas
The termination of global quotas on textiles and apparel is part of a comprehensive set of multilateral trading commitments that were concluded as part of...
Company: American Apparel & Footwear Association
Date: September 2004 |
American Apparel & Footwear Association |
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Consumer Choices: Using Textile Labels
Reading textile labels can help you make wise decisions about what to purchase and help you care for items you already own. Textile and apparel...
Company: Iowa State University
Date: November 2003 |
Iowa State University |
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Dyestuffs: Safe Handling in Textile Finishing
For the majority of commercial dyestuffs in use today, personal exposures at the levels found in the textile industry have not been specifically linked to...
Company: Crown
Date: April 2002 |
Crown |
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End Breakage in Rotor Spinning: Effect of Different Variables on Cotton Yarn End Breakage
The end breakage in rotor spinning not only reduces the running efficiency of the process, but also deteriorates the quality of the yarn in terms...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Mechanics and Analysis of Fabric Composites and Structures
This paper is devoted to the mechanics, modeling and analysis of fabric-reinforced composites and structural components. A theoretical and experimental characterization of elastic properties of...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Modeling and Simulation of the Mechanical Behavior of Weft-Knitted Fabrics for Technical Applications - Part IV: 3D FEA Model With a Mesh of Tetrahedric Elements
This document introduces and explains the technologies for weft-knitted 3D complex shape pre-form development. This 3D model is based on FEA (finite element analyses). A...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Influence of Loop Position in Warp-Knitted Plain Stitches on Structural Properties of Knitted Fabrics
This paper presents the structure of a new group of warp-knitted interlock stitches. The difference between them and generally known warp-knitted stitches is emphasized. This...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Design of Nonwoven Scaffold Structures for Tissue Engineering of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament
This work is concerned with improving the design of textile scaffolds used to tissue engineer anterior cruciate ligaments. Two important design criteria of a scaffold...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Ionic Cross-Linking of Cotton
Cellulose cross linking is a very important textile chemical process, and is the basis for a vast array of durable press- and crease-resistant finished textile...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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The Effects of Washing Conditions on Soil Removal in Domestic Laundering Processes
In the domestic laundering process, relatively high wash temperatures and long wash times have traditionally been used for optimum soil removal. The use of lower...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: June 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Environmental Indicators of Textile Products for ISO (Type III) Environmental Product Declaration
This paper focuses on a research project, whose objective was to develop technical environmental indicators of textile products for ISO Type III environmental product declaration....
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: December 2003 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Selecting Cotton Bales by Spinning Consistency Index and Micronaire Using Artificial Neural Networks
This paper presents a method of selecting cotton bales to meet the specified ring yarn properties using artificial neural networks. Five yarn properties and yarn...
Company: Yarn Spinning Technology
Date: March 2004 |
Yarn Spinning Technology |
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Electrical Properties of Conductive Polymers: Pet - Nanocomposites' Fibers
In this paper, the conducting polymer fibers have been obtained by melt mixing and chemical coating on the fibers. Different conductive materials have been used...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: March 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Modeling and Simulation of the Mechanical Behavior of Weft-Knitted Fabrics for Technical Applications - Part III: 2D Hexagonal FEA Model With Non-Linear Truss Elements
The objective of the paper is to find ways of improving the mechanical properties and simulating the mechanical behavior of knitted fabrics and knitted reinforced...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: March 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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Indirect Determination of the Load Intensity Parameters Acting on Threads During Knitting by Means of Testing Structure Changes in Special Prepared Yarn
Intensive loading of yarn processed by knitting influences the efficiency of the process and the quality of the knitted fabrics, which are manufactured. It is...
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: March 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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The Possibility of Low-Temperature Plasma Treated Wool Fabric for Industrial Use
LTP is an ionic gas whose components and characteristics are different from normal gas. A low-temperature plasma (LTP) treatment was applied to a wool fabric....
Company: AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL
Date: March 2004 |
AUTEX RESEARCH JOURNAL |
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