A textile or clothis a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibers (yarn or thread).
Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibers of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands.
Textiles are formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, or felting.
The words
fabric and embroidery digitizing cloth are used in textile assembly trades (such as tailoring and dressmaking) as synonyms for textile.
However, there are subtle differences in these terms in specialized usage.
Textile refers to any material made of interlacing fibres.
Fabric refers to any material made through weaving, knitting, spreading, crocheting, or bonding that may be used in production of further goods (garments, etc.).
Cloth may be used synonymously with fabric but often refers to a finished piece of fabric used for a specific purpose (e.g., table cloth).
The Bangladesh University of Textiles or BUTex, informally known as Textile Engineering University, is the first-ever and only public university in Bangladesh specializing in Textile Engineering.
It is one of the nine PhD granting research universities of Bangladesh.
BUTex is the only university in Bangladesh and South Asia that specializes in Textile Engineering.
It meets the need for advanced textile engineering and technology education in Bangladesh and the world.
The textile and clothing (T&C) industries provide the single source of economic growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy.
Exports of textiles and
digitizing garments are the principal source of foreign exchange earnings.
Agriculture for domestic consumption is Bangladesh’s largest employment sector.
By 2002 exports of textiles, clothing, and ready-made garments (RMG) accounted for 77% of Bangladesh’s total merchandise exports.
By 2013, about 4 million people, mostly women, worked in Bangladesh's $19 billion-a-year industry, export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) industry.
Bangladesh is second only to China, the world's second-largest apparel exporter of western brands.
Sixty percent of the export contracts of western brands are with European buyers and about forty percent with American buyers.
Only 5% of textile factories are owned by foreign investors, with most of the production being controlled by local investors.