Role of Labels and Textile Making

Criteria for Textile making

 Objectives of the Textile
Labelling Act  plastic film, cloth, metal, or other
• to protect consumers against
misrepresentation in the
labelling and advertising of
textile fibre products;
• to enable consumers to
choose textiles on the basis
of fibre content.
• To help the customers how to
care for the product.
• A label is a piece of paper, 
material affixed to a container or 
product, on which is written or 
printed information or symbols
about the product or item.
• Information printed directly on a
container or article can also be
considered labeling.
Labels have many uses,
including promotion and
providing information on a
product's origin, manufacturer
(e.g., brand name), use, shelf-
life and disposal.
Labels may be
o Sewn
o Glued
o Printed
Symbols are written on labels,
attached to textiles to indicate
how a particular item should
best be cleaned.
All textile products have to be
labelled with a range of
information to inform the
customer about the product’s
care, safety, quality standard,
size, fibre content (including
percentage) and where it came
from (country of origin).
With the increased demand for
environmentally friendly
products, textile items may also
have recycling labels, eco-
labels, organic and fair trade
labels.
 Care Labelling
 Care labels must be included so II. Bleaching:
that a customer can care for the
product correctly A triangle is the symbol
• The treatment of various kinds of for bleaching. A big 'x'
clothes over the triangle means
no bleaching.
I. Washing:
 Some labels also use a
picture of an actual washing
machine to show machine wash.
III.Drying: A normal IV.Ironing:
drying symbol is a • Different kinds of
circle enclosed in a fabrics require ironing
square. at different
• The dot in the symbol temperatures.
indicates the temperature.
• The dots in the ironing
• Some garments also include
hang dry instructions on
symbol indicate the
the label. intensity of the heat of
the iron.
V. Dry Cleaning: Quality and Safety Labelling
A simple circle is the • Textile products are often tested for safety
dry cleaning symbol, the and quality so that consumer can be
circle with a P suggests confident in the product they are buying. 
dry clean with any
solvent except
trichloroethylene, and Eco-Labelling
the circle with a big In today’s world, it is important that
cross indicates no dry
clean. manufacturers and consumers are aware
of environmental effects on our planet, and
The symbols refer to the part most the textile industry has to play its part.
sensible to the care treatment of a
textile article. This includes:
• Colouring; Finishing
• Accessories ( such as buttons,
zips ) and
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