Textile research case study

In order to accomplish with the aforementioned aim, during the first year of project, an extensive research on the different chemical additives used in six industrial sectors was conducted plastics, textiles, electronics, lubricants, leather, and paper. A list of selected chemical additives was identified for each sector and used as a study basis for the rest of the project. This is the case of the decabromo-diphenyl ether (BDE) used in electronics as a flame retardant or the triclosan used in the textile as a biocide. The results of this investigation were presented in the first volume of this book (Global Risk-Based Management of Chemical Additives I Production, Usage and Environmental Occurrence). This volume also included a section of case studies related to the selected additives in different countries (i.e., Denmark, Vietnam, Brazil, India). The main outcomes of the first part of the project are summarized below ... 

Two case studies representing recent research in our own laboratories will illustrate the challenges posed by the need to develop novel high performance textiles having the required levels of heat and fire performance while maintaining the required textile properties of aesthetics, insulation, moisture transport, etc. 

BTRA, 2012. Case studies of jute geotextiles in roads. In Handbook of Geotextiles. Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai. 

Some empirical research also includes a variable assumed to reflect the size of the country or its domestic market. The results are not uniform for countries and branches, but two studies identify a significant correlation between scale and trade performance for the car industry, among others (Fagerberg, 1995 Soete, 1981). With regard to the importance of price competition, the evidence is less clear cut. As might be expected, price competition seems to be important in many low-tech industries (e.g., textiles and clothes). The investment variable measured per worker fails to have a significant impact in all but a few cases. 

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