Setex is according to own information the last fully integrated textile enterprise in Germany, which means the production starts with the spinning of the cotton and continues with weaving and finishing to the point of sewing up of the T-shirt. In our series of brief interviews with representatives from the cotton world, Konrad Schröer (…)
Read moreIn our series of brief interviews with representatives from the cotton world, Rüdiger Voß, Managing Director of ATS Insurance Brokers, explains why it is so important to insure cotton and what role his company plays in this.
Read moreInterview with Elke Hortmeyer, Bremer Baumwollbörse and Axel Drieling, Faserinstitut Bremen. From 25 to 27 March 2020, Bremen will once again, as every two years, be the centre of the global cotton industry. Under the motto ‘Passion for Cotton!’ and embedded in a week dedicated entirely to cotton, the International Cotton Conference will take (…)
Read moreExperts from various areas of the cotton supply chain explain the special significance of the renewable raw material for their business. Peter Spoerry, Managing Director of Spoerry 1866, explains the prominent role of cotton in his Swiss spinning mill for luxury yarns.
Read moreInterview with Christian Barthel, Cotton made in Africa. As an initiative of the Aid by Trade Foundation, Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) has been committed to sustainable cotton production in Africa since 2005 to improve the living and working conditions of cotton farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and sells the cotton with the CmiA seal (…)
Read moreInterview with Jaswinder Bedi, President of ACTIF, the African Cotton and Textile Industry Federation: Africa produces 1.5 million tons of cotton lint, from which most of it is exported. But especially in East Africa a new motion of change seems to drive further developments in the value chain on the continent. Jaswinder Bedi, President (…)
Read moreInterview with Rüdiger Voß, Managing Director of ATS Insurance Brokers: Insurance issues play an important role in the cotton trade, particularly in logistics in the handling and securing of contracts. This is especially because the cotton must travel long distances by truck and ship from its production site to processing. In doing so, it (…)
Read moreInterview with Florian Schütze, Business Unit Manager Society and Environment International, Lidl Deutschland: Targeted sustainability management is of great importance to the retailer Lidl. This year, Lidl Germany published its Sustainability Report for the financial year 2016 – 2017, in which it provides detailed information on the anchoring of sustainability as a guideline of (…)
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