The following Report covers my participation in a series of meetings at

Bremen, Germany, in late March 2006 - including;

20.3.06; CSITC *small technical group' meeting

21.3.06; International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF)

'working group' meetings on - Cotton Fibre Maturity, Stickiness, Neps

and Trash, Fibre Length, and HVl.

22.3.06; ITMF Cotton Technical Steering Committee (am).

CSITC Full Meeting (pm).

23.3.06; ITMF Cotton Conference - included a forum on

'International Harmonisation of Instrument Testing' - self on panel.

24.3.06; ITMF Cotton Conference - included reports from earlier

specialist technical sessions' and on measurement technology.