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CCI launched the COTTON

USA Mill Performance

Index™ at ITMA 2023

Cotton Council International team at ITMA 2023
An essential new benchmarking tool for spinning mills launched at ITMA 2023 that allows mills to evaluate
their performance vis-à-vis others and definitively show the positive impact of U.S. cotton: the COTTON
USA Mill Performance Index™.

“The benchmarking capability of this tool from Cotton Council International (CCI) has the potential to
transform a mill’s performance,” said CCI Executive Director Bruce Atherley. “The COTTON USA Mill
Performance Index™ shows how mills compare to their direct competition and how sourcing U.S. cotton
ultimately increases productivity and provides higher yields.”

The COTTON USA Mill Performance Index™ (patent pending) anonymously collects data from
participating spinning mills and gives performance measurements across five key cost drivers: material
yield, machine productivity, labor productivity, efficiency management, and energy management. Data
security is a top priority, and anonymity is guaranteed.

The launch of this exclusive tool at ITMA 2023, the world’s largest international textile and garment
technology exhibition, followed a successful pilot program of the COTTON USA Mill Performance Index™
involving 47 mills across 13 countries. The pilots showed that U.S. cotton increased labor productivity and
lead to better running conditions/fewer ends down, higher yield in combed and carded yarns, higher
machine productivity, and higher spindle speed.

The COTTON USA Mill Performance Index™ is available on an invitation-only basis to spinning mills that
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are members of the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol and consume at least 10,000 bales of U.S. Upland and
Supima cotton.
Interested in learning more about how the COTTON USA Mill Performance Index™ can improve your
mill’s performance with U.S. cotton? Contact your local CCI representative via
cottonusa.org/contact-form

July/August 2023