The textile engineering reference
Textile engineering, from fibre to finished garment
Worked references and interactive tools for mills, merchandisers and technologists — spinning, weaving, knitting, wet processing, finishing, garmenting and quality control. Every calculator shows its formula, a worked example and the standard behind it.
The registers
What is in the registers, and what readers open first
Fairs, prices, dated obligations, test methods, duty rates and machine specifications - each kept against its published source. Every list below is a way in: the next to open, the next to fall due, and the records readers look up most.
Event series
306updated 17 Oct 2026
Opening next
- Nomadic Weavings Online Exhibition
- IHGF Delhi Fair
- Vietnam Int’l Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition (VTG)
- Vietnam International Dyeing & Chemical Industry Exhibition
- Shandong (Zhucheng) International Fabrics, Accessories & Yarn Exhibition (山东(诸城)国际面辅料及纱线展览会)
- IGATEX Pakistan
Prices
21collected 16 Oct 2026
Most looked up
- PTA6,486↓ 0.52%
- US producer prices: apparel manufacturing142.18↑ 0.05%
- Paraxylene9,424↓ 0.25%
- Polyester staple fibre8,226↓ 0.65%
- Wool, coarse1,484↓ 4.30%
- Cotton, world price88.78↑ 2.88%
Regulations
91next due 1 Jan 2027
Falling due next
- Washington Safer Products PFAS rule
- New York PFAS in apparel law
- Safer Clothes and Textiles Act
- ESPR
- EU PFHxA restriction
- EU Forced Labour Regulation
Standards
3,03835 more cited, not yet mapped
Most looked up
- ISO 3801Textiles — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area
- ISO 5077Textiles — Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying
- ISO 2859-1Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes — Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
- ASTM D5430Standard Test Methods for Visually Inspecting and Grading Fabrics
- ISO 105-C06:2010Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part C06: Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering
- ASTM D3887Standard Specification for Tolerances for Knitted Fabrics
Tariffs
1,684HTS 2026 Basic Edition
Most looked up headings
- 6110Sweaters, pullovers and sweatshirts
- 5511Man-made staple fibre yarn, retail packs
- 5603Nonwovens
- 5904Linoleum and coated floor coverings
- 6215Ties and bow ties
- 5307Jute yarn
Machinery specifications
1,459updated 13 Oct 2026
Largest departments
- Knitting323
- Garment making262
- Dyeing, finishing and printing250
- Spinning225
- Weaving101
- Testing and laboratory92
The calculators mills open most
The tools mills open most often. Every one runs in the browser, free, with the formula and a worked example on the page.
- Textile Unit Converter: Fabric Weight, Tenacity & Yarn Length Textile Testing & Quality Control
- Fabric GSM & Yarn Consumption Calculator Weaving & Fabric Construction
- Universal Yarn Count Converter Yarn Spinning & Preparation
- Twist Multiplier to TPI & TPM Calculator Yarn Spinning & Preparation
- Blended Yarn Commercial & Invoice Weight Calculator Testing, Standards & Metrology
- Woven Geotextile Sieve Size vs Soil Particle Retention Geosynthetics & Civil Engineering
- Tech Pack Graded Measurement Generator Merchandising, Retail Math & Apparel Production
- Product Specification Limits & Process Capability Builder Product Engineering, Specifications & Feasibility
- Process Capability Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk & Specification Fit Quality Systems, Traceability, Utilities & Factory Decisions
- Fabric Consumption per Garment Calculator Apparel Manufacturing & Garmenting
- Two-for-One Twister Production & Power Calculator Advanced Spinning, Texturizing & Twisting
- Cut-to-Ship Ratio & Wastage Calculator Apparel Manufacturing & Garmenting
Professional tools
The decisions a calculator will not make for you
Full costing sheets, booking schedules and project appraisals. Enter your own figures and see the headline result before you buy.
- Air, Sea or Split: Late Shipment Expedite Sheet Worth of Choosing Style by Style
- Brownfield Expansion: What the Next Increment Costs Shared Plant the Proposal Forces
- Built Into the Fibre or Applied to the Cloth: What Protection Costs Over a Life What Moving to the Cheapest Protection Saves
- Buyer Chargeback: Contest, Fix or Accept Recoverable a Year
- Buyer Cost to Serve & Development Recovery Net Margin After Serving the Book
- Buyer Quotation Generator Order Value
Latest
Business & Marketing
EU Forced Labour Regulation: Deadlines and the Evidence Textile Suppliers Should Keep
The EU ban on products made with forced labour applies from 14 December 2027, including to goods made before then. What investigators can ask a spinner,…
Every section of the library
All articlesFiber & Yarns16
Fabric180
Apparel & Fashion24
Processing & Finishing11
Specialty121
Sustainable Textile97
Resources & General173
Written by people who do the work
Professors, mill technologists and laboratory managers sign their own articles here, with the position and the institution the reader is being asked to trust.
Ashok Hakoo
Tech. Textile and Management Consultant · Fabtech Solutions, India
Ashok Hakoo is a technical textile and management consultant, who undertake projects on mill operational activities and provides solutions to technical and management shop floor problems. He has an extensive business background in international, multi-cultural environments with proven achievements in textile technology and management, operational functional applications, for conventional and technical fabrics. He is currently working with Fabtech Solutions as a textile Consultant.
29 articles
Subrata Das, Dr.
Professor (Fashion Technology) · Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam
Dr Subrata Das has a graduation degree in Textile Technology from Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Serampore, West Bengal, India. He has Masters and a PhD degree from I.I.T., Delhi, India. He has over 32 years of experience in production, quality assurance, technical and social compliance audit and R&D in reputed industries in India and Bangladesh. He has published 70 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has 62 technical papers in national and international journals. He has written 6 international books on apparel, home textiles, and product safety. He has expertise in ISO/IEC 17025 auditing and is a Technical Expert, GOTS and OCS audit, under NABCB, Govt of India. At present, he is working as a Professor (Fashion Technology), Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India.
13 articles
K Murugesh Babu, Dr.
Professor & Head, Dept. of Textile Tech. · Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology
Dr.Babu obtained his B.Tech (Textile Technology) degree in the year 1986 from BIET securing first class with distinction. He pursued his higher studies at Anna University, Chennai and got his M.Tech (Textile technology) postgraduate degree in the year 1991. His urge for research made him pursue his PhD further. He was awarded IIT research fellowship from IIT Delhi in the year 2001. Dr.Babu was awarded the prestigious “Commonwealth Fellowship” by the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the UK in 2014. Under this fellowship, he was invited as a Visiting Professor by the University of Maroua, Cameroon, Central Africa to establish and develop the Department of Textiles. Dr.Babu has published about 85 research papers in various national and international textile and polymer-related research journals. He has also contributed 7 Book Chapters in textbooks published from Wood Head Publishing House, Cambridge, a UK based international publishing house and his textbook entitled Silk – “Processing, Properties and Applications” was published in 2011. The second edition of this book will be published in 2019. He is also recognized as a Technical Referee for 10 international refereed textile/polymer journals. His name has been included in “World’s Who’s Who 2010 Edition”. Apart from his curricular activities, Dr Babu is a Hindustani Classical Vocalist and a graded artist in Light Music Category of All India Radio and Television. International research invitations: - Oxford University (Oxford Biomaterials Ltd.), the UK on Silk Based Biomaterials in the year 2006 - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong during 2007-2008 on Shape Memory Textiles and Garments Dr Babu is presently working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Textile Technology and Research Centre and Dean (Public and International Affairs). M.Tech., PhD (IITD) Dean (Public Affairs) Davangere 577004, Karnataka, India
2 articles
The textile industry at a glance
A powerful engine of global growth, innovation and employment.
- $1.5 Trillion Global market value
- 300 Million People employed worldwide
- 95% Countries engaged in textile exports
- 30% Growth in technical textiles by 2027