Government Institutions

BHFTI. California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation - USA. Government organization enforcing state statutes and regulations governing upholstered furniture, bedding, and thermal insulation industries. Document search. Library of technical bulletins.
www.bhfti.ca.gov/

Canadian Apparel and Textile Industries Program - Government founded program, in partnership with the textiles and apparel industries, aiming to improve technological and marketing innovation.
strategis.gc.ca/catp

The Chieri Textile Foundation - Italy. Cooperative initiative of industry and government, aimed at promoting the Chieri textile industry through trademark recognition, furthering personnel education and training, and technology innovation. History of the Chieri textile industry. Company directory. English and Italian.
www.fondazionetessilchieri.com/

IFC. International Fibre Centre - Australia. Government center, focused on providing support and facilitate access to education and training programs relating to textile processing and manufacturing from fiber to fabric. Technical articles and presentations. Links to related sites.
www.ifc.net.au/

Integrated Handloom Cluster Development Program - India. Government program for the continuous development and growth of local handloom textile manufacturing centers. Includes information. List of textile designers. Links to related sites.
edi-handlooms.org/

ITCB. International Textiles and Clothing Bureau - Intergovernmental organisation of developing countries involved in the export of textiles and clothing, created in response to the long-running restrictions imposed by major developed countries on imports of textiles and clothing from developing countries.
www.itcb.org/

Ministry of Textiles of India - Government office, responsible for policy formulation, planning, development, export promotion and trade regulation in all fields related to the Indian textile industry. Industry reports. Calendar of events. Acts of parliament. Business statistics and analysis. English and Hindi.
www.texmin.nic.in/

National Handloom Development Corporation, Ltd - India. Government organization, involved in the development of the cottage hand loom textile industry. Yarn rates. List of yarn spinning mills. Links to related sites.
www.nhdcltd.com/

NCTD. National Centre for Textile Design - India. Government institute, created with the objective of making innovative, ethnic and contemporary design available to the textile sector. Trends and forecast. Gallery of handcrafted textiles.
www.designdiary.nic.in/

Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms - India. Government department in charge of the implementation of development and promotion policies for the Indian handloom textile industry. Links to related sites.
handlooms.nic.in/

Office of the Textile Commissioner - India. Government department, overseeing the implementation of regulations and providing technical and development services to the Indian textile industry. Directory of member companies and technical articles on PDF files. Links to related sites.
www.txcindia.com/

Textiles & Clothing High Level Group - Advisory body of the European Commission, mandated to formulate recommendations on concrete proposals and measures to improve the conditions for the competitiveness of the European textiles and clothing industry.
ec.europa.eu/enterprise/textile/high_level_group.htm