The natural fibers are vegetable, animal, or mineral in origin. Some of the natural fibers like vegetable fibers are obtained from the various parts of the plants. They are provided by nature in ready-made form. It include the protein fibers such as wool and silk, the cellulose fibers such as cotton and linen.
Cape Wools SA (South Africa) Non-profit
company, established and owned by farmers and industry, and involved in
wool textile research and development, technology transfer, promotion, and
collection and processing of market information and statistics.
Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers
Institute (United States): International institute for research, education
and promotion of cashmere and camel hair products. Garment care and
labeling
guides. Links to organizations and test facilities.
The Cotton Corporation of India, Ltd
(India): Governmental marketing organization for the local cotton industry.
Research and development activities. Price support, commercial and export
services to growers, processors and textile manufacturers.
Cotton Foundation (United States):
Research and education arm of the North American cotton growers associations
and allied industries. Library of technical studies and research articles.
DWI. German Wool Research Institute
(Germany) Department of the University of Technology in Aachen, Germany.
Fundamental and applied research on wool and its uses in the textile industry.
Cooperative industrial projects. Seminars and conferences. English and German.
IJIRA. Indian Jute Industries Research Association
(India): Autonomous cooperative research and development laboratory, funded
by the Indian government and jute industry. Technology transfer and consultancy.
Testing and certification services. Some feature articles on the utilization
of jute fiber.
INF. Institute of Natural Fibres
(Poland) Interdisciplinary research center, dedicated to applied research
in the development and processing of natural fibers for textile applications.
Also, spinning technologies and machine design. English and Polish
The Organic Cotton Site
(United States): The Sustainable Cotton Project, which was founded to search
for, develop and promote ways to grow clean, chemical and pesticide free
cotton. Since 1996, the Sustainable Cotton Project has been dedicated to
the production and promotion of sustainably grown domestic cotton fiber.
In the field we work with innovative growers to produce a high-quality
fiber without using the most toxic pesticides and herbicides. And, in
the industry we connect growers, manufacturers and consumers to develop
a Cleaner Cotton™ supply chain.
Woolwise Australian Wool Education
Trust: Until 1996 the Department of Wool & Animal Science at the
University of New South Wales was the only Australian Tertiary
institution providing comprehensive specialist training in wool and
textile science and technology. Other institutions offered some training
through the provision of wool science related topics as elective
subjects. As such, the Department was a major source of graduates
employed in wool marketing and technology industries and in related
research. Graduates have been and are still employed in the wool broking
and exporting industries, wool processing, CSIRO, State Departments of
Agriculture, The Woolmark Company, Australian Wool Innovation and AWTA
Ltd. The decision of the University of New South Wales at the end of
1996 to close the Department created a void in the tertiary training of
undergraduates and graduates and also reduced the facilities for post
graduate training and research – a situation which further exacerbated
opportunities lost with the closure of the CSIRO Division of Wool
Technology laboratory at Ryde, NSW, in mid 1996.
WRONZ. Wool Research Organization of
New Zealand (New Zealand) Non-profit research and development organization,
concerned with the science and technology of New Zealand wool processing
and products.
You may also want to learn more on this subject by reading the
textile fiber
definitions section.
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