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| Who makes the textile industry? |
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| Developers, producers, and distributors |
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| What is the total worth of textile industry? |
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| 60 billion dollars per year |
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| What is the role of mills? |
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| What is the role of jobbers? |
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| Help get rid of excess merchandise |
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| What is the role of converters? |
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| Change greige goods to colored and finished product |
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| What is the role of importers? |
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| What is the role of retail stores? |
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| sell fabric by the yard to home sewers |
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| What is the role of overseas agents? |
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| The people or company who represent an exporter from the foreign country |
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| What are the reasons for textile imports? |
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| Price advantage, better quality of product, labor and cost advantage |
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| What are the reasons for textile exports? |
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| Lower cost of transportation, better communication, no government regulations |
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| What are examples of apparel products? |
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| Shirts, pants, dresses, purses, shoes, etc. |
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| What are examples of interior furnishings? |
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| Bath, bed, furniture, kitchen, etc. |
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| What are examples of industrial products? |
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| Bandages, boat sails, flags, luggage, tents, etc. |
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| Which organizations are associated with environment? |
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| Fair Trade Labeling Organization (FTLO) and International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT) |
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| Which organizations are responsible for standardization of textile tests? |
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| International Organization for Standardization (IOS) |
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| Which organizations inform and/or protect consumers? |
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| Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (TFPIA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) |
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| What are some possible careers in the textile industry? |
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| Educator, museum curator, researcher, designer, and colorist |
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| How do cellulosic fibers react to acids and alkali? |
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| Better resistance to alkalies than acids |
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| How do woolens react to acids and alkali? |
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| Better resistance to acids than alkalies |
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| How can you identify unknown fibers? |
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| Burning, chemicals, microscopy, staining |
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| What is the difference between fiber, yarn, and fabric? |
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| Fibers make up yarns which are used to make fabrics |
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| What are the sources of natural fibers? |
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| Animals, leaves, seeds, and stems |
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| What are the sources of various manufactured fibers? |
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| Chemical solutions through spinerette (dry, wet, or melt) |
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| What are examples of cellulosic fibers? |
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| Cotton, rayon, flax, hemp, and jute |
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| What are examples of protein fibers? |
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| What are examples of regenerated fibers? |
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| Rayon, acetate, and lyocell |
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| What are examples of synthetic fibers? |
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| Nylon, polyester, acrylic, and spandex |
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| What is the relationship between historic events and development of manufactured fibers? |
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| Rayon's introduction during civil rights movement and introduction of nylon at the break of WWII |
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| What is the role of nanotechnology with improving performance of fibers? |
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| Enhances properties; moisture management, oil and water repellency, wrinkle resistance, color change, heat/cold control |
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| A throwster texturizes filament yarns |
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| What are some examples of fabric specifications? |
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| Breaking strength, colorfastness, fabric thickness, fabric weight, fabric width, and thread count |
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| What are thermoplastic fibers? |
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| Fibers that melt when heated |
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| 1/1,000,000 of a meter which is used to measure the diameter of fibers |
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| What are two brand names of polyester? |
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| What is a brand name for nylon? |
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| What is a brand name for rayon? |
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| What does oleophilic mean? |
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| Attracted to oily stains (all synthetic fibers are) |
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| What are some secondary manufactured fibers? |
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| Bamboo, glass, metallic, modacrylic, aramid, melamine, novoloid, PBI, and saran. All have improved properties |
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| Spinning, weaving,knitting, etc. |
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| Where do the textiles come from? |
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| Plants, animals, petrochemicals, etc. |
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