textile

SK Group began as a textile company in 1953 but quickly grew across a wide swath of industries to become one of South Korea's biggest conglomerates.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The home textile manufacturing giant, among India's largest, supplies bedsheets and towels to several major British high-street retailers like John Lewis and Tesco among others.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The EU generated nearly seven million tons of textile waste in 2022, about 35 pounds per person, according to the European Environment Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Vikings weren’t just “simple, uncivilized, barbaric hordes,” says historian after a huge 1,000-year-old textile production site was discovered.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

This was East Durham, an area of run-down houses built around the turn of the century by the textile manufacturers for their workers.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Liberal Democrat cabinet member for environmental services, Chris Wiggin, said the event was "diverting textiles from waste by prioritising reuse and recycling instead of being discarded as waste".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Elsewhere are splendid cabinets with mother-of-pearl inlay, gorgeous enamel accessories, plush velvet textiles and engraved iron swords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

While sub-Saharan Africa imports over $30 billion worth of textiles per year, the businessman is developing this industry in other countries such as Togo, Nigeria and Kenya.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

It contained a huge range of items including furniture, paintings and textiles.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Accompanying the noble few in the tombs to the world of the deceased were copper beads and bracelets, stone tablets and collars, textiles and awls, and, sometimes, stone pipes in the shape of surreal animals.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann