Sustainability is on everyone's lips. Natural fibers play an important role in this.
Cotton, one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world, is a natural product that has been "domesticated" by us for thousands of years. Worldwide, 250 million people, mainly in developing countries, live from its cultivation.
Cultivation and processing methods? Cotton, a sustainable product? We answer these and many other questions.
Up-to-date, informative and to the point, you can read a lot of interesting facts about cotton here on our topic page.
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"It is crystal clear we need to progress to digital labelling for apparel and footwear. The global environment needs it, the industry wants it, and consumers are expecting it,” said IAF Secretary General Matthijs Crietee. © yavdat / stock.adobe.com
Bremen Cotton Report. © Irina Sokolovskaya/stock.adobe.com
Developments in the international cotton market (China, India and USA). © Irina Sokolovskaya/stock.adobe.com
The Bremen Cotton Report was published. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
© World Agricultural Production 01/2023
© Bremen Cotton Report, Ausgabe 3/4 2023
The project focuses on enhancing cotton plant resistance to insect pests. © bernadette warner/EyeEm/stock.adobe.com
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For the major producing countries, 2022/23 stock changes are forecast to vary considerably. Stocks in China are projected to increase marginally. In contrast in India, they are projected to increase considerably, similarly in Brazil. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
As a holistic standard, the comprehensive and strict requirements of GOTS ensure transparent and traceable processing for organic textiles from field to finished product. © GOTS
The first of the partnership collection between Good Earth Cotton and Advance Denim will be released in December 2022. © Good Earth Cotton
Cotton’s been keeping people dressed for over 8,000 years. © Uster Technologies
USA: Cotton areas in drought. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
Spinning mill preparation at Velener Textil, a member of the Bremen Cotton Exchange. © Velener Textil
Overview of the planting and harvesting times of the eight major cotton producing countries © Bremer Baumwollbörse
In addition to the founders and shareholders Steffen Gerlach (CEO, on the left) and Reiner Mantsch (CTO, on the right), the core team of Eeden consists of Julian Hertrampf (CMO), Tobias Boernhorst (process engineering) and Lennart Marx (chemical engineering). © Eeden
Attendance at the conference will be possible in presence in Bremen as well as online. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
Global trade forecast at its second highest level © Bremer Baumwollbörse
Cotton classing stations at USDA © USDA
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USCTP wants to set a new standard for more sustainable cotton production. © Pixel-Shot/stock.adobe.com
The user navigates through the textile production stages and individually accesses provided location information, images and content. © Remei
Finished goods have been taking longer to reach their destinations as shortages of containers and outbreaks of Covid-19 have halted operations and caused delays at ports. © Travel mania/stock.adobe.com
Giza-Protect is an inherently FR Egyptian cotton yarn that meets the requirements for protective clothing and industrial workwear. © MTC
The ongoing restrictions caused by the global pandemic require clear decisions and a move to September 2022. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
It is anticipated that the technology will be adopted at scale across all textile processing sites and facilities in Benin and across the African sub-continent. © FibreTrace
Roland Stelzer (front right) talking to the organic cotton farmers in Kyrgyzstan. © Cotonea/Klaus Mellenthin
A new scientific finding now concludes: Cotton is much more climate-friendly than thought. © Cotonea/Klaus Mellenthin
The current annual report of the Bremen Cotton Exchange is now available in German. The English version will be available from the end of August 2021. © Cotton Australia/Paul Beiboer
Cotton lint loss increased as a result of the unusual weather event caused by the cyclone Ianos. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service post in Cairo forecasts market year 2021/22 cotton area harvested to increase by seven percent to 70,000 hectares, from 65,000 hectares in season 2020/21. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
Organic textile sector reaches a significant milestone in testing for genetically modified (GMO) cotton. © GOTS
Once again, the International Cotton Conference confirmed how closely Bremen is interwoven with the raw material cotton and its internationally networked supply chain. Ultimately, the organisers of the prestigious conference, the Bremen Cotton Exchange and the Fibre Institute Bremen, were able to bring the cotton world together in Bremen for the 35th time. A meeting of the cotton community on the world wide web. © EKH-Pictures/stock.adobe.com
Each morning the keynote speakers will open the programme with exciting statements and lectures. © Irina Sokolovskaya/stock.adobe.com
Pakistan textile and clothing exports. Latest trade performance is demonstrated in the chart. © The Fiber Year
With top-class informative lectures, as well as varied discussion panels and its opportunities for interaction, the Cotton Conference Bremen - the Hybrid Edition - meeting of the world’s cotton and textile value chain will once again live up to its high reputation within the industry. © Bremer Baumwollbörse
Satellite images reveal problems in plant growth. The information from the satellite data can help farmers to work in a resource-optimised manner and to offer higher-quality crops. © Melchionna - Remote Sensing
Card sliver in spinning mill © Jean-Paul Haessig
35th International Cotton Conference Bremen, 17 and 18 March 2021, Passion for Cotton! © Bremer Baumwollbörse
Infinited Fiber Company’s textile fibre regeneration technology in a nutshell, from shredded textiles to cellulose carbamate fibre. © Infinited Fiber Company
The International Cotton Conference Bremen – the Hybrid Edition offers on March 17 and 18 a total of 13 conference sessions covering highly relevant topics from the international cotton textile industry. © Ernst Grimmelt
Exciting insights at the 35th Bremen Cotton Conference: CT-Picture of a Cotton Boll © FIBRE/ MAPEX/ University Bremen
Kipas Vice Chairman of the Board Ahmet Öksüz (centre) receives the certificate of excellence for machine utilisation from Monforts Regional Representative Thomas Päffgen and Ahmet Ciliç CEO of Neotek, the Monforts service partner in Turkey. © Monforts
The Rieter Group concluded a license agreement with WW Systems and will integrate the Brazilian company's promising product into its digital spinning suite Essential. © Rieter
In the course of surveillance audits by GOTS accreditation body IOAS – a regular part of the GOTS quality assurance – attended by GOTS experts, they detected fake Raw Cotton Transaction Certificates (TCs). © Thaut Images/stock.adobe.com
The total volume amounted to 74 million tonnes. Spunlaid nonwovens, newly included in global supply, slowed to the lowest growth rate in the century at nearly 4 percent to reach almost 7 million tonnes. © Andreas Engelhardt
Wound onto a spool, the viscose filament yarn was spun from recycled cotton provided in form of cellulose sheets. Researchers at the Fraunhofer IAP have found a way to turn cotton clothes such as jeans into new high-quality garments rather than lowly cleaning rags. © Fraunhofer IAP
Immature fiber (microscopic view) © Uster Technologies