Cotton Market & Risk Management Consulting

read moreToday, the textile industry is a global industry and we are living in a world full of volatility in commodity prices, foreign exchange, and interest rates. Since raw cotton presents such a large percentage of total input cost, bad judgments in price fixations can seriously affect the profitability of a company. More and more cotton growers and textile mills around the globe employ the services of consultants to assist them with their cotton pricing and risk management decisions. This is not surprising as cotton is the only major input cost item over which a textile mill has control.

read moreMr. Paul Ruh considers his a "niche" business with only a very small number of customers in six different countries, spread over three continents. Depending on the needs of his customers he will be in hourly, daily or weekly contact by phone, fax or e-mail. Personal meetings are held as often as required, but at least once a year, in order to review the past performance and discuss long-term strategies and future needs. Mr. Ruh continues to give a limited number of "one-on-one" and small group seminars throughout the year on the cotton market and risk management to a wide diversity of groups: cotton growers, owners, executives, managers and technical staff at textile mills.

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