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Textile Industry
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The industry concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles, spanning fiber production, yarn spinning, weaving and knitting of cloth, and the manufacture of finished clothing and other fabric goods.
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Synthetic fiber production (rayon, nylon) ties the textile industry closely to chemical manufacturing.
Textile output feeds directly into apparel and home-goods retail, with the retail industry as a principal downstream customer.
Much apparel and textile manufacturing is produced under white-label and private-label arrangements for brands that do not own the factories.
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The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing.
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WikipediaAssociated With: Chemical Industry, 20th century sectionQuote, Associated With: Chemical Industry, 20th century section
Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres, as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses, such as rayon, invented in 1910, and DuPont's nylon, invented in 1935.
1. Wikipedia, Textile Industry
1. Wikipedia, Textile Industry
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