In the 17th Century, Manchester was a market town with a population of fewer than 10,000 but the industrial revolution and growth cotton industry caused it to become one of the biggest cities in ...

Kenya’s manufacturing sector is collapsing as AfCFTA gains momentum. High costs, bad policies, and investor flight could cost ...

Four cultural stewards of sustainability unpack how indigo embodies Black fashion’s legacy of labor, innovation, and enduring ...

A global transition to zero-carbon industry has begun. New technologies and policies can help businesses thrive in the clean industrial revolution.

The textiles industry accounts for up to 20% of industrial wastewater globally – one of the reasons that Nashef and his team decided to focus their efforts on dyes.

Criterion (iv): The industrial heritage of the Iranian textile is a significant instance for the combination of modern industry with traditional architecture. This combination, through a creative ...

The Federal Government has unveiled a sweeping plan to drive Nigeria’s industrial transformation through the implementation of strategic projects under the Industrial Revolution Work Group (IRWG ...

Find out when the industrial revolution began and what manufacturing looked like before the 1800s in this BBC Bitesize History guide.

The first half of the 19th century was a time of great change. Industrialization brought new opportunities for employment, changing ideas of work, and economic cycles of boom and bust. During this ...

With textiles and clothing among the most wasteful and polluting sectors in the EU, it’s time for a total rethink. Ahead of World Consumer Rights Day on 15 March, Virginjus Sinkevičius, EU ...

Find out when the industrial revolution began and what manufacturing looked like before the 1800s in this BBC Bitesize History guide.