Organic cotton fabric leaders get GOTS certification

10 Feb '12

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According to the GOTS International Working Group, approximately 1,500 companies, totaling 2,754 facilities in 54 countries around the world, were certified to the organic apparel and textile standard as of the end of 2010. New figures for 2011 will be available soon. In addition, according to a 2011 report by Textile Exchange, the global organic textiles industry grew 20 percent to an estimated $5.16 billion in 2010 and is projected to increase another 20 percent in 2011, resulting in an estimated $6.2 billion market in 2011 and $7.4 billion market in 2012.

Founded by husband and wife team David “Sus” and Harmony Susalla in 1998, Harmony Art has created designs and products for every retail level from Target and Walmart to Nordstrom and Williams-Sonoma and many points in between. Personal conviction and a desire to show the world that organic fabrics can be beautiful led Harmony, in 2005, to become the first textile company to offer only printed organic cotton fabrics and make them available by the yard for businesses and home sewers alike.

Organic Cotton Plus, the oldest organic knit- and woven-fabric retailer in the U.S., has launched an expanded website and plans to broaden its product line by 50 percent in 2012, to include binding/webbing, a wider selection of knits (including Sherpa), and more eco-friendly textile filling products (such as buckwheat hulls). The website will have more photos of the fabrics and enable customers to post reviews as well as photos of the products they have made with the fabrics.

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