Textile Publications
Celanese Acetate Complete Textile Dictionary
Udo Schweizer’s Texturing Pages
Textile-Related Associations
American Fiber Manufacturers Association
Association for Contract Textiles
Industrial Fabric Association International
National Council of Textile Organizations
The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry
Textile Colleges and Universities
Gaston College Textile Technology Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Institute of Textile Technology
International Textile Center – Texas Tech University
North Carolina State University
Southern Polytechnic State University
Other Links
Advanced Textiles Source
Fills the space between highly technical information and consumer-oriented articles, and covers
the range throughout the supply chain from research to end product
BeaverLake6
Resource for information about the technical textiles industry.
Bureau of Economic Analysis
National income accounts, gross domestic product.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data include: national, state, local employment, hours, and earnings by industry. Producer price
index, consumer price index, import/export price index, and productivity.
Federal Reserve
Industrial production and capacity utilization, foreign exchange rates, interest rates, consumer
credit.
Fiber Economics Bureau, Inc.
Information and statistics on man-made fibers.
Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA)
Import and export statistics by category and country.
United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
Data include: retail sales, wholesale sales, housing starts, new housing sales, manufacturing
shipments & inventories.
