Faisalabad, the textile capital of Pakistan, has now become a paradise for scrap-dealers due to the increasing trend of selling of weaving machines or power looms which were badly hit by the energy ...

FAISALABAD: The power looms industry, an important segment of the textile industry of Faisalabad, is facing a great crisis which has forced factory owners to sell their machinery for pennies on the ...

A miniature replica of the large weaving machines which dominated Yorkshire's textile industry has been conserved for museum visitors. The scale model, less than 20 inches (50cm) high, recreates in ...

Dilapidated, dirty and depressed, a town that was once called the Manchester of Asia smells of textile starch, thinners, garbage and sewage. Bhiwandi has now been further crippled by the aftermath of ...

Weaver Chris Brashear irons a newly woven dish towel in Nantucket Looms' second-floor studio. Edgar B. Herwick III is the guy behind GBH’s Curiosity Desk, where he answers your questions and explores ...

India’s textile supply chain--which employs about 25 million people--is reeling from cancelled orders, plummeting demand and job losses after demonetisation, an IndiaSpend investigation has found.

When Joelle Blandford scrolled through an online buy and sell website, she couldn't believe her eyes: a post for a century-old weaving loom that was available for purchase. It was exactly the kind of ...