[avner]

My father works for the largest thread company in the world, Coats plc. I ran down everything avinash told you in the above post with him and he says its good advice. E-mail me and I can put you in touch with him -- He can put you in touch with the right peope in places like Egypt, Kenya. According to him, its all about volume in the textile business and quality control (i.e. silk printing etc) can be very hard when you outsource your production to a third world country.