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Importing Textiles, 2002.
A look at the export of textiles from Brazil to the U.S.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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A paper discussing the textile industry in Brazil and its imports to the US with the objective to distribute it to the US market.
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The Thailand Textile Import Industry, 2004.
This paper discusses the importing of apparel and textiles from Thailand to the United States.
2,486 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 87.95
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This paper explains that the textile industry is one of the most import industries in Thailand. The author examines the business conditions and cultural conditions in Thailand. The paper explores the textile industry itself. Includes copies of some sources.
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"The textile and garment industry in Thailand is currently one of the most important industries in the nation. Thailand has one of the more successful economies in Asia although it has struggled with debt and with an unstable currency. The nation also suffers from unrest among its Muslim minority populations generally located in the southern regions and this unrest could threaten the popularity and effectiveness of the prime minister. Against this backdrop, the country also faces ..."
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Textiles and Architecture, 2007.
This paper researches the influence of textiles on architecture, historically and in the future.
2,725 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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The paper reviews the development of architecture and modern day architecture's relationship with textiles. The paper examines the predicted future of textiles and maintains that due to the ever-changing ecological factors in the world's erratic environment, the use of textiles will only grow due to their practicality and serviceability in architectural design and construction. The paper stresses that today's modern tensile architectural designs hold great promise in the provision of affordable and attainable shelter for housing and community construction.
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Objective
Statement of Thesis
Introduction
History of Textiles and Architectural Design and Construction
Review of the Development of Architecture
Modern Day Architecture and Textiles
Review of the Predicted Future of Textiles
Summary and Conclusion
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"The word textile is derived from a Latin word 'texere' which means simply "to weave". (Meyers, 2001) Spinning and weaving have been done since prehistoric times, the earliest known evidence being from the Bronze Age in about 4500 BC in Egypt." (Meyers, 2001) The spinning wheel was introduced in the fourteenth century in Europe. (Meyers, 2001; paraphrased) The Saxony wheel, is said to be "an improved version" and to have "sped up the production of yarn considerably." (Meyers, 2001) It was the Saxony wheel that brought about the ability for a large enough production of thread to "reliably supply a growing body of weavers" which made the provisions necessary for the conditions required for manufacturing of textile and the textile trade to begin."
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Textiles Influence on Architecture, 2007.
This paper discusses the important influences and effects of textiles on architecture in both the past and the present.
1,191 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper reviews the work of Gottfried Semper and explains his theory known as "The Four Elements of Architecture". The paper discusses the use of textiles in architecture and labels it as a fairly new, but growing, industry in the world market. The paper also examines new textile designs available. The paper relates that today, woven fabrics are being used to construct buildings and highway overpasses since these materials are resilient and resistant to environmental factors.
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Objective
Introduction
Textiles in Architecture
Semper's Theories
New Textile Designs
The Future of Textiles in Architecture
Summary and Conclusion
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"Gottfried Semper was among the most outstanding architects during his day. The work of Egenter (nd) states that Semper "...globally documented one basic paradigm: the fact that fibrous and perishable materials are widely found in art and architecture related to durable materials, mostly as texture ('incrustation' principle) or structurally. When one investigates the similarities that exist between the art of weaving and the pursuit of architecture, one is able to see the concepts as they overlap."
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"China's Economy: U.S. and E.U. Get Tough on Textiles", 2005.
A review of the article "China's Economy: U.S. and E.U. Get Tough on Textiles".
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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"This paper discusses an article from the Economist Intelligence Unit, a publication of The Economist, entitled "China's Economy: U.S. and E.U. Get Tough on Textiles" as it relates to the price pressures on apparels in the U.S. market. These issues are examined from a macroeconomic perspective with an emphasis on Keynesian and neo-classical macroeconomic theory.
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"Following the end of quotas on textile imports from China as of 1 January 2005, both the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) have witnessed a massive influx of textile imports from China: "U.S. imports of Chinese clothing swelled in January, a rush of new products following the end of international quotas that for decades had limited global apparel trade" (Chinese, 2005, para.1). While increases have been across the board, three categories in particular have seen huge increases: cotton knit shirts, blouses and cotton trousers, and these have been targeted for renewed protectionist quotas by both the US and the EU (China, 2005, para.2). "
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Textiles Industry Environmental Practices, 1997.
Discusses the recycling of materials, new fabrics, cleaning processes, bioreactor technologies, color removal and packaging.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 79.95
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"ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES IN THE TEXTILES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
Introduction
This research examined environmental strategies in the textiles manufacturing industry. These environmental strategies are associated primarily with production process changes, the recycling of materials used in textiles manufacturing, and the cleaning of textile fabrics for recycling.
Materials Recycling
The recycling of textile fabrics has gained in popularity in recent years (?The poly,? 1994, p. 8). The practice not only is gaining favor with a growing segment of the consuming public, but is also being looked on with increasing favor by textile manufacturers and fabricators. The recycling of textile fabrics provides ..."
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China's Textile Industry, 2005.
A review of China's textile industry and the lifting of import quota restrictions by America and certain European countries.
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This paper discusses China's emerging textile industry after the WTO lifted the quota system in January 2005. Some countries have refused to lift all quotas claiming that China has an unfair competitive advantage. This paper explores China's textile market and how it compares to markets in other countries. China has pledged to ensure more effective macro control of its textile sector and work with the European Union (EU) on a way to resolve the trade issue.
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"In the United States consumers can walk into any Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Zellers, or any other retail outlet and buy clothing with labels that read "Made in Sri Lanka" or "Made in Indonesia." It is not uncommon for garments to be constructed in these regions, yet what many consumers do not realize is that the fabric was made somewhere else. More often than not, the fabric used to make each garment is made from cotton spun and yarn woven in China. At the beginning of 2005, China, along with more than 40 countries from around the world, including Nepal, El Salvador, Honduras, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka, signed the scheduled elimination of quotas for exporting to the United States and member countries in the European Union."
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U.S. Import Restrictions On Chinese Goods, 1999.
Discusses background, trade agreements, politics, technology, trade deficit, quotas and the future. Focuses on apparel and textiles industry.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 23 sources, $ 87.95
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This research assesses a proposal to limit the dollar value of imports from the People's Republic of China (PRC) into the United States (US) to the level of the dollar value of US exports to the PRC. This assessment is made within a context that is primarily economic as opposed to political in character.
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"A PROPOSAL FOR US IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON CHINESE GOODS: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ISSUE
Introduction
This research assesses a proposal to limit the dollar value of imports from the People's Republic of China (PRC) into the United States (US) to the level of the dollar value of US exports to the PRC. This assessment is made within a context that is primarily economic as opposed to political in character. Given the political aspects the relationship between the US and the PRC, however, political factors cannot be completely ignored in this assessment. As an example, an important factor in the economic relationship between the US and the PRC is the decision by the US government to grant most favored nation (MFN) status to the PRC. Within the United States, the MFN concept is highly ..."
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The Textile Industry, 2002.
This paper traces briefly the history of the textile industry in the United States, examining the impact of free trade upon the industry today.
1,995 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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The following paper discusses and looks at the way in the textile industry cannot complete on a basic level with other countries and still pay American workers a living wage, thus having to take into consideration its larger outlay costs of capital. The writer suggests that the recent state of the industry is yet another example of the difficulties textiles have experienced throughout the United State?s difficult history.
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?When technology forms a perfect substitute for human labor, the costs of manufacturing decrease and goods can be produced more cheaply and efficiently with less effort. A factory under such circumstances is able to expand its investment of capital without increasing, or even decreasing, the cost of the use of its human labor. Has this always been the case? And does this continue to be the case today? Throughout the beginnings of the industrial revolution in the United States, there was a tension created between the types of industrial expansion of the northern half of the country and the largely agrarian sector of the economy found in the south. The southern half of the United States, despite technological innovations such as the cotton gin, remained completely reliant upon human power to sustain its economy. The northern half of the United States, in a trend that began with the industrial revolution, became increasingly dependent upon manufacturing innovations rather than upon human power to operate those technologies.?
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Globalization and the Textile Industry, 2007.
A discussion of how globalization and the global value chain has impacted the textile industry.
1,106 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper defines and describes the interplay within the global value chain in an organization, with a focus on the textile industry. In particular, the author explores how implementation of the global value chain has allowed foreign textile firms to become more competitive against their American rivals. The author then highlights China's successful use of value chain in its textile industry.
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Introduction
Value Chain Overview
China's Use of Inbound Logistics
China's Use of Production Operations
China's Use of Outbound Logistics
China's Use of Sales and Marketing
China's Use of Maintenance
Conclusion
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" The value chain centers on value-added processes within a company. These processes include: the inbound logistics, production operations, outbound logistics, sales and marketing, and maintenance. Administrative functions, human resource management, research and development, and procurement processes are all deemed as support activities. The ultimate end-goal for organizations is to maximize the value of each process and minimize the costs associated. The global value chain extends beyond the organization itself, but throughout the entire supply and distribution chain, across geographic boundaries. Each of the organization's suppliers', distributors' and even the organization's buyers' value chain interconnects with the organization, creating a large interconnected, and often global, value system (Porter). The Chinese have become very skilled in managing this value chain and, as such, have increased their global competitiveness."
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Expiration of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing, 2008.
An analysis of the implications of the expiration of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC).
2,381 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses and analyzes the expiration of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC). The paper contends that the expiration freed the trade of textile and clothing of the quotas that had previously bound it. It discusses the history of the ATC and the implications of its expiration on the textile industry. The paper particularly focuses on the implications for China of the expiration of the ATC. The paper includes original source material at the end.
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"In the final analysis, the termination of Agreement on Textile and Clothing will definitely produce a more volatile and competitive global market for textile and clothing manufacturers. The likeliest winners over the coming years will be countries whose textile and clothing industries have sharpened their competitive edge by adopting the latest technology, and which will most effectively interpret the rapidly changing trade patterns generated by the expiration of the ATC."
"Unless they immediately take steps to provide assistance to their clothing and textile industries so they can become more efficient and competitive, other textile and clothing exporting countries may only experience marginal benefits. The countries that will face the greatest challenges will be those that are unable to use up their full quotas, while countries not currently subject to restrictions on import markets will also have to prepare themselves for increased competition from countries whose exports are currently
restrained."
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Textile Conservation, 2006.
An overview of the processes and techniques used in textile conservation.
1,197 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper explains the techniques used in the cleaning, restoration and conservation of textiles. The paper also explains that these processes are complex and highly specialized and provides a brief description of the skills required of a competent conservator.
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"It is an obvious point to make, but worth underlining: keep all vulnerable textiles out of the glare of sunlight and do not expose them to the effects of damp or central heating. A change of heart has affected the business of textile conservation in recent years. Where full reconstruction was once essential for a piece to make a top price, these days buyers may prefer to see the piece in its current condition and know what exists of the original workmanship. Faded colors, blemishes and flaws can be acceptable and even welcome evidence of antiquity. Another reason for caution is that inappropriate work may adversely affect an object's long?term preservation. textile by renewing missing or worn areas could do more harm than good. This can be avoided in a museum when the item is needed only for display in controlled conditions, but the problem demands sensitive compromise when the piece is going back into the home to be used."
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The Textile Industry, 2005.
This paper discusses the textile industry in Mexico and China.
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This paper examines the movement from fabrics to garments in the textile industry of Mexico including the effect of removing quotas. The author evaluates China's activity in the market. The paper includes one figure and one table.
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"Most Americans give very little thought as to how the clothes that they wear are produced. Some are aware of the so-called sweatshop conditions that exist in some factories around the ..."
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Family Textile Firms in Asia, 1997.
Small, family-run textile firms in Indonesia, Taiwan & China. Looks at productivity, techniques, exports, incentives and the role of the govt.
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"Asian Textile Production by Small, Family-Run Enterprises
This research examines the approach to textile production by small, family-run enterprises in Asian countries. Three countries provide the focus of this examination: Indonesia, Taiwan, and the People?s Republic of China (PRC). The situations in Indonesia and Taiwan are reviewed first, and the review of the situation in the PRC is presented in a separate discussion because of the socialist influence on economic organization in that country.
Textiles and apparel are companion industries (Murray 62). The textiles industry produces base products such as threads, yarn, and cordage and woven fabrics, carpets, and rugs. By contrast, the apparel industry produces finished clothing products made from base fabrics. The apparel industry tends to be .."
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The English Cotton Textile Industry, 2001.
An analysis of the development of the English cotton industry, with particular emphasis on the Tame Valley in South Lancashire.
8,471 words (approx. 33.9 pages), 25 sources, APA, $ 179.95
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This paper examines the history of the cotton textile industry, with a particular emphasis on the campaign for workers' rights in Dukinfield and Stalybridge in the Tame Valley, east of Manchester. The scope for customs and recreation is also described, to give a rounded picture of life in a cotton town.
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Cotton Imports and Exports
Development of the Industry
The Early Cotton Industry in Dukinfield and Stalybridge
Growth of the Cotton Industry along the Tame Valley
Increasing Unrest
The Cotton Famine
The 20th Century
Customs and Recreation in Stalybridge
Bibliography
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"The first instance of factory spinning had been in Richard Arkwright's water-powered mill at Cromford in 1771, and the transition to a factory-based cotton industry occurred during the last 30 years of the 18th Century. The invention of the spinning jenny enabled domestic cotton spinners to spin yarn much more quickly, but this caused problems with carding, which had to be done prior to spinning. The old method of carding involved the use of hand-held cards covered with tiny spikes to make a loose rope of fibres from cleaned cotton. The process remained slow until Arkwright introduced his carding machine in 1775. This machine was heavy but well suited to being turned by water power, so water-driven carding factories were built on small streams and rivers in the cotton districts. Steam power was used from the 1780s. "
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