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Cotton producers, users, textile and fashion representatives
from different parts of the globe found an abundance of common
ground recently at the third annual Certified FiberMax Cotton
Quality Summit in Singapore.
The conference, sponsored by Bayer CropScience, attracted nearly
150 members of the global cotton industry for a four-day
networking and information-sharing event June 27- June 30.
Attendees represented every spectrum of the global cotton trade,
including growers, merchants, mills, trade associations,
consulting firms and government entities.
 Brent
Crossland the US Marketing Manager and Monty Christian the
Director of Marketing of FiberMax delivered their welcome speech
at the inaugural session of the summit.
Dr. O.A. Cleveland Jr., a long-time U.S. cotton industry veteran
and professor, and also a marketing specialist emeritus at
Mississippi State University, hosted formal presentation session
on June 28 & 29 with his lively stage appearance that make
attendees feel comfortable on their sits.
The speakers who delivered their speech at the summit were: Bob
Antoshak from Globecot, Jeffrey Silberman form IFCP, Andrew Olah
from Olah Inc., Maria Capparozza from Belcoro, Len Furlough from
B&L Consulting, Jeanne Reeves from Cotton Inc., Ed Jernigan from
GlobeCot, Richard Knowles from Knowles/ Taylor, Jagdish Parihar
from Olam International and also Alex Merege and Toni Arioli
from Bayer CropScience, namely.
 There
were two panel discussions on two different concerns. On June 28
it was about sourcing, three professionals from the global
fashion arena; Brad Beal from Jockey International, Amit Shah
from International News and Andrew Olah from Olah Inc. discussed
the matter in a very affable milieu. That panel discussion was
moderated by Jeffrey Silberman from IFCP, also the chairperson
of Textile Development and Marketing of Fashion Institute of
Technology (FIT).
Four cotton growers took part in another panel - Eddie Adams
from Adams Fert., Terry Smith from CC Planters, Richard Knowles
from Knowles/ Taylor Cotton and Rodger Haldenby from Plains
Cotton representing various regions acknowledged that fibre
quality is an increasing concern for them. In that panel
discussion, cotton growers shared information about production
and ginning of FiberMax and how they maintain the quality of
FiberMax. Finally, how they maintain it through the processes
such as production, harvesting and ginning. Dr. Cleveland,
moderated that panel discussion on June 29 that included a
lively question-and-answer session.
Besides, the summit was also followed by complimentary amusement
packages like night safari tour, bicycle tour and golf - play
presented to the participant by the organizer.
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