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Manufacturing

Our Research Keeps Cotton Fabrics Cleaner and Greener.

For more than 30 years, Cotton Incorporated has been at the forefront of innovations that help make textile manufacturing more efficient and effective. Today, our work continues with a focus on processes that reduce energy and water consumption, and minimize the use of harsh chemicals.

Through a collaborative network of universities, cotton textile manufacturing operations and chemical companies around the world that help implement our research, we are enabling the global textile industry to be more cost-efficient and environmentally responsible.

Click on the link below to see a video depicting some of the many ways cotton manufacturing around the world is making great strides in applying environmentally responsible processes -- without sacrificing quality in the finished goods.