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Article: BUYERS SEEK BETTER QUALITY AT TEXWORLD.
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- WWD
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- September 26, 2006
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Byline: Robert Murphy, With contributions from Emilie Marsh
PARIS - While buyers continue to flock to Asian mills for inexpensive, big-volume business, they are now demanding more sophisticated fabrics as well, according to mills and buyers at the most recent edition of the Texworld fabric fair held here last week.
"We spend more on research and development now," said Ayush Murarka, a partner at Indian mill Ventures, which specializes in embroideries. "It's not enough that we merely make fabrics. We have to make fashion propositions, too."
To that end, Raymond Ltd., one of India's largest textile firms, opened a design office in Milan two months ...
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