BTMA - British Textile Machinery Association

MCL Global, formerly Mowbray Communications Ltd, has achieved phenomenal growth over the past three years to establish itself as a leading international publisher of high-quality magazines, newsletters, guide-books and on-line news portals for the global textile sector.

Its products bring together expert analysis, in-depth comment and the latest news targeted at a range of different industry professionals across the globe and include:

Ecotextile News

The ‘must have’ monthly magazine for apparel buyers, fabric merchandisers and textile mills involved in the sourcing, production and supply of sustainable textiles and clothing.

Globally recognised by leading experts as THE established authority on all aspects of the production of sustainable ‘eco-textiles’, Ecotextile News is a unique business-to-business monthly magazine dedicated to the production of sustainable and ethical textiles and apparel. It is read by leading brands, retailers, fabric specifiers, buyers and forward-thinking textile and apparel firms world-wide.

Given the urgent and expanding global debate on sustainability and ethical manufacturing, Ecotextile News is also read at government level, meaning its influence extends far beyond traditional textile and apparel publications.

Naturally, Ecotextile News is eagerly read throughout the textiles, apparel and footwear supply chain and allows forward-thinking fibre growers, yarn spinners, textile manufacturers, nonwovens companies, garment suppliers and apparel retail executives to keep their fingers on the pulse of sustainability and discover how it will influence their businesses going forward.

Coverage includes: raw material selection, fashion trends, show reports, energy use and efficiency, expert guidance on dyeing and finishing, labelling and legislation, restricted substances, chemicals, recycling, biotechnology, nanotechnology, disposal and new product development.

Subscribers also have access to thousands of stories in our online news archive; and fully searchable electronic back issues of the printed magazine.

Web: www.ecotextile.com

Knitting Trade Journal

Fast becoming the ‘must read’ magazine and interactive online web-site for the global knitting and hosiery industries. KTJ promotes innovation, new technical advances and industry best practise and is written by acknowledged leading experts in knitting technology.

Now in its second year of publication, Knitting Trade Journal has been a phenomenal success and many industry executives already acknowledge the publication as the primary printed and on-line resource for breaking news and technical analysis of the global knitting and hosiery sectors.

Coverage includes: Knitwear and knitted fabric production, hosiery industry, circular and flat knitting technology, fibres and yarns, exclusive interviews, commercial analysis, show reports.

Web: www.knittingtradejournal.com

Textile Dyer

The new subscription-based on-line and printed publication specifically designed to service the information needs of the textile dyes and chemical industry, machinery manufacturers, the dyeing and finishing industry and retailers and specifiers.

Edited by Phil Patterson, former Global Colour Manager at Marks & Spencer, Textile Dyer focuses on best practise and innovation and is a must read for textile mills, dye houses, retailers, brands, testing labs and fabric specifiers.

The printed version of Textile Dyer is distributed to SDC members world-wide as well as subscribers to the web-site and magazine.

Web: www.textiledyer.com

EcoComposites

This new on-line publication is dedicated to providing technical and commercial news on innovative composite materials that have minimal environmental impact via renewable raw materials or efficient manufacturing.

The increasing replacement of metals and wood with composites is intrinsically environmentally responsible.

Composites allow structures to shed weight, and as a consequence have a big role to play in reducing both the use of petrochemicals and CO₂ emissions cross a wide range of end-use industries. However, many other developments are taking place in the composites industry. They involve, for example, the development of natural and bio-based fibres and resins, along with cleaner and more efficient processes.

Readers include blue-chip companies such as Boeing, Microsoft, Renault, Ford, Corus Group, BEA Systems and more.

Web: www.ecocomposites.net

Eco-Textile Labelling Guide

The second edition of this new ground-breaking easy-to-read 100 page handbook is published in March 2010!

It informs readers of the latest voluntary and obligatory organic textile standards and certification, along with eco-textile labelling and the options available for sourcing textiles in a more socially responsible manner.

For buyers or textile manufacturers wanting to know more about sourcing and producing eco-textiles this updated guide-book is a vital information resource.

Coverage includes textile certification, accreditation companies, organic textile standards, eco-textile labels, regional labels and legislation.

Web: www.mclglobal.net

CSRtextile.com

CSRtextile.com is an on-line magazine dedicated to promoting the move towards a more ethical and socially responsible global clothing supply chain.

This new web-site provides readers with a wide range of exclusive news and features on corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the textile and garment industries right through the garment supply chain. CSRtextile.com expects that textiles and garments should be manufactured, produced and handled in an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable manner whilst balancing the interests of diverse stakeholders.

Coverage includes, social compliance, worker safety, child labour, forced labour, worker rights, economic development.

Web: www.csrtextile.com

Other Activities and Events

Along with Marks & Spencer and The University of Leeds MCL Global also co-founded the RITE Group, a new organisation dedicated to Reducing the Impact of Textiles on the Environment. See: www.ritegroup.org

MCL works in partnership with a number of textile trade and retailer-led organisations such as Organic Exchange and the Society of Dyers and Colourists, along with some of the largest textile trade show organisers in the world such as Messe Frankfurt. It is now a co-owner of the new Planet Textiles event which will launch in Hong Kong in March 2010. See: www.planet-textiles.com

Another key product is the new eco-metrics tool developed by Colour Connections, which measures the true environmental impact that a variety of fabrics and clothing have on the environment at the touch of a button.