Publisher's Synopsis
In yarn manufacturing two immediate prerequisites to success are high productivity and high quality. In the past century, the manufacture of staple yarns has been driven by the motive to achieve desired tensile properties and aesthetics at a reasonable cost. Globalization is creating a growing level of interconnectedness and competition in the world economy, and geographical clustering of activity is an important way in which firms and localities deal with these pressures. As a result, extraordinary changes are taking place in the world of textiles.
