Find out who has been selected for the Uruguay Teje call for proposals

2021-07-29T10:35:07-03:00July 29, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , , |

The solidarity initiative of the national company Texturable presents the 30 selected artisans and their process of creating design products for the home. After an open call with 300 registered participants, including artisans, artists and designers from all over the country, 30 ventures were selected to participate in the Uruguay Teje initiative of the company [...]

Why is Montevideo now more competitive for investors?

2021-07-01T11:39:16-03:00July 1, 2021|Categories: Home, Rankings|Tags: , |

Uruguay's capital city moved from 88th to 132nd place in the Mercer Cost of Living Ranking 2021 In the 2021 edition of the prestigious Mercer cost-of-living city ranking, Montevideo improved its ranking by dropping 44 places to 132nd, dropping out of the list of the 100 most expensive cities to live in. This year's index [...]

Montevideo, Latin America’s least stressful city to live in

2021-07-01T11:43:38-03:00July 1, 2021|Categories: Health, Science and Technology, Home, Lifestyle|Tags: , , |

A study by the German company Vaay ranked the Uruguayan capital as the sixteenth least stressful city in the world. Montevideo ranks first among Latin American cities with the least stress factors according to the 2021 edition of the annual study on the most and least stressful cities in the world conducted by the German company Vaay. The capital [...]

Uruguayan Research Provides an Alternative Look at Wool Fibre

2021-06-24T10:14:21-03:00June 24, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , |

Results from the first phase of research were presented on 27 May at the International "Virtual-Wool" Research Conference organised by AgResearch. Lanas Trinidad, a Uruguayan producer and exporter of washed wool and combed wool top, joined designers Ana Piñeyro and Agustina Bello to promote the project, which aims to explore new uses for wool fibre. [...]

Uruguayan Wool for Export

2021-06-23T17:11:01-03:00June 23, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , , |

Product diversification, expansion into new markets, and investment in new technologies are some of the factors that have allowed the wool industry to achieve and maintain its position in the export economy. With 36 active markets, Uruguay is the 4th largest exporter of wool top by volume in the world, coming in 6th when exports [...]

Wool Quality: Wool Lot Certification

2021-06-23T16:18:38-03:00June 23, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , |

Different aspects of wool certification have been a central topic in wool production and trade, including discussions at recent IWTO meetings, at the Wool Connect conference, and at the last Merino congress in Uruguay. Currently, media reports from the wool market commonly assert that "several lots of fine wool were sold at outstanding prices, but [...]

Carola, a Locally-Produced Uruguayan Wool Carder

2021-06-23T16:11:27-03:00June 23, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , , |

An Affordable, Safe Tool Made in Uruguay. The Uruguayan Wool Secretariat (SUL) offers workshops and courses on wool fibre and artisan weaving where participants practice various techniques, and receive information and guidance on how to purchase supplies, how to contact raw material vendors, and what equipment is needed for weavers to process wool. Craftsmen and [...]

Integrated Ovine Industry System (SIRO)

2021-06-22T16:52:17-03:00June 22, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , |

In September 2019, the Uruguayan Wool Secretariat (SUL), as a representative of the National Strategic Plan for the Ovine Industry (PENRO), presented a project for “Applied Technology for Enhanced Competitiveness in the Ovine Chain - Integrated System for the Ovine Industry (SIRO)” as part of a request for proposals for public goods by the National [...]

Don Baez & Moweek Present Wool Roots

2021-06-22T16:48:15-03:00June 22, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , , |

WOOL ROOTS is a Fashion Film developed by Moweek along with Don Baez for the new edition of the winter fashion week 2021. As part of the new edition of fashion week’s winter season, all of Moweek’s digital channels broadcasted the film premiere, seeking to introduce the public to the process of Uruguayan wool harvesting [...]

Uruguay Teje Call for Proposals

2021-06-22T16:42:44-03:00June 22, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , |

Uruguay Teje (Uruguay Knits) is a solidary call for proposals born at the height of the pandemic, an initiative of the Texturable company with support from Lanas Trinidad, Leo Hilados, La Nave Multimodal, and the industry brand Uruguay Wools. As Claudia, a designer at Texturable, puts it, this collaborative action seeks to promote the culture [...]

National Geographic launches first expedition in Uruguay to support the creation of new marine protected areas

2021-03-24T13:28:48-03:00March 24, 2021|Categories: Home|Tags: , |

The National Geographic Pristine Seas team will embark on an expedition to Uruguay to support the creation of new marine protected areas and employ exploration technology including deep sea cameras and pelagic cameras. New expedition to study and document critical ocean habitats that support biodiversity, sustainable fishing and climate change mitigation in Uruguay. Yesterday, National [...]

Gabriela Hearst Unveils Her First Chloé Collection, Infused With Uruguayan Influences And The Parisian House’s Quintessential DNA

2021-03-12T12:46:23-03:00March 12, 2021|Categories: Film & Art, Home, Uruguayans around the world|Tags: , , |

One of the Paris Fashion Week Shows we’ve all been waiting for is Gabriela Hearst’s inaugural unveiling of her autumn-winter 2021 women’s ready-to-wear collection for the House of Chloé that was shown digitally today. Also noteworthy is Chloé unleashing the collection one-hundred years on the day of Gaby Aghion’s, the founders, birth. Chloé in Greek [...]

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