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Insight9 Nov 2020The Turkish textile finishing industry is playing a key role in helping UK-based international chemical producer LiquidNano make and sell its new DiOX high-performance fabric coatings.
Insightfree20 Feb 2019Turkish textile and clothing manufacturers are eyeing slow but steady export growth in 2019, overcoming the challenges of regional instability, weak European export markets and a cheap Turkish lira that makes imported inputs more expensive
Insightfree17 Dec 2018Digital production technologies could help African manufacturers pick up business lost by Chinese rivals because of the trade war in the US, with brands looking to take advantage of the free trade agreements that many African countries have with the US and Europe.
Insight5 Dec 2018A syndicated loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is enabling Turkish company Aksa Akrilik, already one of the world’s largest manufacturers of acrylic and acrylic fibres, to significantly expand its operations.
Movements of refugees can involve millions of people – all of whom are potential consumers – but tapping their purchasing power can be difficult for knitwear companies, even though their products are clearly useful for displaced people in poor accommodation.