Overview of Textile Industry 1.1 Historical Perspective The term ’Textile’ is a Latin word originated from the word ’texere’ which means ’to weave’. Textile refers to a flexible material comprising of a network of natural or artificial fibers‚ known as yarn. Textiles are formed by weaving‚ knitting‚ crocheting‚ knotting and pressing fibers together. History of Textile The history of textile is almost as old as that of human civilization and as time moves on the history of textile has further
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Is Chinese Textile Industry a threat for Europe? Introduction "Napoleon said of China "Let China sleep‚ for when she wakes‚ she will shake the world." This assumption turned out to be true‚ particularly these two last decades. As a matter of fact‚ China has undergone two restructuring processes: the industrialization and the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy since the early 1980 ’s. Thus‚ Chinese government has been implementing an economic reform to reinforce its rapid
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Textile Industry in India is the second largest employment generator after agriculture. It holds significant status in India as it provides one of the most fundamental necessities of the people. Textile industry was one of the earliest industries to come into existence in India and it accounts for more than 30% of the total exports. In fact Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world‚ second only to China. Textile Industry is unique in the terms that it is an independent industry
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Analysis (from “W. S.”) The text under analysis is an extract from the story W. S. by the well-known English novelist Leslie Poles Hartley. He wrote a number of novels and made a weighty contribution to English fiction. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1947) and The Go-Between (1953). In the very beginning of the given extract‚ Walter Streeter‚ the main character‚ gets the postcard from Forfar. The sender‚ W.S.‚ asks whether he really thinks that he is really gets to grips
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An example of an anti-natalist policy is the “One Child Policy” in China. China is the world’s most populated country with a total population of over 1.35 billion. This is more than the combined population of Europe‚ North America‚ South America and Japan. China experienced rapid population growth after 1949. The population increased from 540 million in 1949 to 940 million by 1976. Figure 1.1 shows the population pyramid of China in 1950. The pyramid shows a wide
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Firms in the textile industry can compete using pricing or non-pricing strategies. Pricing strategies involves the use and manipulation of prices to increase market share and reduce potential and existing competition in the textile industry. Non pricing strategies on the other hand refer to all the alternatives‚ excluding price‚ that a firm uses to achieve the same objectives. One of the most common pricing strategies used in the textile industry is the use of limit pricing. This involves a firm
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policy was introduced was that the population of China was growing far too quickly. Data suggests that the one child policy has reduced China’s population by around 400 million‚ a huge amount. The one child policy was to save resources‚ land and natural resources. In 1976 the population of China was around 940 million‚ which had grown from 540 million in 1949- a 400 million gain in less than 30 years. This couldn’t go on and as the tradition in China is to have many children‚ as the children look after
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SMALL SCALE TEXTILE INDUSTRY ABSTRACT India is the world’s second largest producer of textiles and garments after China. It is the world’s third largest producer of cotton—after China and the USA—and the second largest cotton consumer after China. The Indian textile industry is as diverse and complex as country itself and it combines with equal equanimity this immense diversity into a cohesive whole. The fundamental strength of this industry flows from its strong production base of wide range
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MAJOR PLAYERS IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY THE ARVIND MILLS The Lalbhais can trace their descent from Seth Shantidas (c.1590-1659)‚ who was a dominant figure in the business and civic life of the city. The current surname‚ Lalbhai‚ is derived from Lalbhai Dalpatbhai the great great great grandson of Khushalchand. Lalbhai was born around the time when the first textile factory in the city went into production. The first manufacturing company of the Lalbhai family‚ Saraspur Manufacturing Company was established
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consists‚ of 6‚908‚497‚829 people. China resides as the world’s leading populated country with 1‚336‚718‚015 people. Because‚ of this over population it maintained fears of their food‚ resources‚ and living spaces. The Chinese government then implemented the one-child policy. The one-child policy has prevailed effectively in slowing down the population growth‚ but it has caused great anguish among Chinese families. Matt Rosenberg explains how one of the problems facing China in recent years is overpopulation
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