Abaca to be used in peso banknotes.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has secured an additional market for abaca fiber through a Central Bank resolution and a memorandum from the President calling for the use of abaca for peso banknotes. The use of abaca fiber was authorized for P100, P500, P1000, and P2000 circulation...

Cottoning on: whether it's the disastrous environmental problems associated with its production or the aggressive trade tactics regularly employed by some of its producers, cotton presents consumers with an ethical minefield. But thanks to a series of new initiatives, says Victoria Lambert, it's becoming increasingly easy to purchase this clothing staple with a clear conscience.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Next time you pull on an ordinary cotton t-shirt, think of David and Goliath--and then ask yourself, whose side are you on? For the world's cotton producers are locked in an unequal struggle of huge proportions that could see the industry wiped out in some...

New silkworm hybrids boost RP silk industry.
Byline: Madel R. Savater The Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) has developed 10 new silkworm hybrids that would help the country's textile industry produce more quality silk fabrics and thus help it gain competitiveness in the global market. PTRI is a government agency under the...

New silkworm hybrids boost RP silk industry.
Byline: MADEL SABATER The Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) has developed 10 new silkworm hybrids that would help the country's textile industry produce more quality silk fabrics and thus help it gain competitiveness in the global market. PTRI is a government agency under the Department...

Daimler Chrysler may tap abaca.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The abaca sector is poised to benefit from an advanced study funded by auto-maker Daimler Chrysler and German's DEG for the extensive use of environment-friendly abaca to replace fiberglass on cars. The study which started some two years ago is now...

Textiles in the Pacific, 1500-1900.
0754640752 Textiles in the Pacific, 1500-1900. Ed. by Debin Ma. Ashgate Publishing Co. 2005 354 pages $144.95 Hardcover The Pacific world; lands, peoples, and history of the Pacific; v.12 HD9866 ...

Manila Cordage expands into sisal market.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA Manila Cordage Corp. (MCC), the countrys largest abaca processing firm, is confident the country can capture at least 10 million of the 70 million-kilo (P1.34 billion) market of processed sisal fiber, an abaca-competitor, given abaca can have more competitive prices. Jaime...

Big coco fiber market in China eyed.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA The Philippines should seize a P21-billion coconut fiber market in China and the Asia Pacific that will have a multi-billion ripple effect on the economy or miss this opportunity within the next two to three years if the technology is captured by a...

Big market seen for abaca products.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA A huge market for high-end industrial-engineering products made of "composites" is seen as the wave of the future for the Philippine indigenous abaca fiber whose tremendous market value is not even one percent of the present $80 million abaca export. Industry...

New abaca pulp mill put up in Eastern Leyte.
Byline: MELODY M. AGUIBA A new abaca pulp milling facility has been put up by Specialty Pulp Mills Inc. (SPMI) in Eastern Leyte as one of a string of expansion activities in the abaca sector that is trying to meet brisk demand for specialty abaca uses in...