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The Government of India has raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of cotton for the current season with the amount for medium staple going up from Rs.3600 ($59) per quintal in 2012-13 to Rs. 3700 ($60) per quintal in 2013-14.
Keer American Corp, the American arm of textile company the Keer Group, based in Hangzhou, China, known for its manufacturing of cotton yarn, is to invest $218 million in a new plant and American headquarters in Lancaster, South Carolina, US.
News10 Dec 2013Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated polymers and fibres producers, has expanded its XPURE portfolio of polyester products made with a next generation catalyst system, which offers easy flowing properties for better processability, as well as the possibility to use nonreactive thermal bonding methods.
News10 Dec 2013Technical textile producer Sioen Industries has revealed that total sales, from continuing operations, in Q3 amounted to €243.3 million, or a 0.6% decrease, compared to the €244.7 million in the same period in 2012.
Pakistan-based Island Textile Mills has been given the approval, by its Board of Directors, to seek the project ‘feasibility’ for the setting up of Unit II at its manufacturing premises at the Kotri Industrial Estate in the province of Sindh.
News10 Dec 2013Evonik Industries, one of the world´s leading speciality chemicals companies, and LanzaTech have signed a three year research cooperation agreement to develop a route to produce bio-processed precursors from waste derived synthesis gas.
News9 Dec 2013Wacker Group has developed a new dispersion, based on vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers (VAE), especially for the European carpet market.
News9 Dec 2013Novozymes and the China Knitting Industry Association (CKIA) have signed a strategic partnership to promote the sustainable development of biological solutions in the Chinese textile sector.
Gulf Coast Spinning Company is to invest $130 million in a new cotton spinning facility in Bunkie, Louisiana, US, with construction beginning in mid-2014.
News9 Dec 2013Kraig Biocraft Laboratories (KBLB), a developer of advanced spider silk based fibres, has delivered the first shipment of its Monster Silk recombinant spider silk fibre to Warwick Mills, a leader in the engineering and development of advanced technical textiles and protective materials.
News9 Dec 2013Reima Kerttula has been appointed senior vice-president of Flexibles and a member of the Corporate executive Team at Suominen Corporation, effective 1 January 2014.
News9 Dec 2013Cotton Australia has warned farmers across all industries to guard against the potentially disastrous effects of herbicide spray drift – following on from damage to cotton in at least one district.
News9 Dec 2013The dyeing of textile fabrics is considered to be one of the most polluting industries globally, and there is a need to develop green processes that can reduce this pollution. One team of Indian researchers believe they are on the way to achieving this.
Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co Limited, a Chinese textile firm specialising in woollen textiles, garments, cotton spinning and weaving, spandex fibre, printing and dyeing, is intending to acquire up to 52% of ordinary shares of Masood Textile Mills Limited (MTM).
Profile9 Dec 2013Textil Fab, the digital printing company which sits on the French-Swiss-German border, has been specialising in small-run textile printing since 2005, and has increased its capacity to handle mass production as well.
News4 Dec 2013Dr Sakthivel, chairman of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC), has stated that India’s garment exports will be touching $60 billion in the next three years, with the help of Government support.
News4 Dec 2013Marks and Spencer has partnered with SDC Enterprises Limited and UL VS UK Ltd to develop and produce a new Multifibre Adjacent fabric, SDCE Multifibre.
News4 Dec 2013Klopman International, one of the major European producers of polyester/cotton blended fabrics for work and protective wear, has developed a new fire resistant textile technology - Sungrazer 180 - that provides reliable protection for the Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) clothing industry.
News4 Dec 2013AkzoNobel, the coatings and speciality chemicals company, has underlined its commitment to improving its global supply chains by signing up to the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative.
News4 Dec 2013The BETITEX Project, a research and development study cofounded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme, has been set up to obtain textile materials protecting against ticks and bedbugs.
News4 Dec 2013SABIC, the Saudi Arabian petrochemicals company, has opened a $100 million state-of-the-art SABIC Technology Centre (STC) in Shanghai, China, which will focus on developing next-generation solutions to help address some of the most pressing issues in China across major industry sectors including Construction, Clean Energy, Electrics and Electronics, Medical Devices, Transportation and Textiles.
News4 Dec 2013Jushi Group Co, the Chinese fibreglass manufacturer, has opened a new factory in Egypt where it will produce chopped strands for PA, PBT and PP polymers and LFT rovings for the demanding European thermoplastics market.
