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Insight4 Mar 2019Textile Exchange, a non-profit organisation to create leaders in the sustainable fibre and materials industry, has released its first annual 2025 Sustainable Cotton Challenge report
Prices4 Mar 2019Polyester staple fibre prices moderated in China this week and rolled over in India and Pakistan at the moment
Prices4 Mar 2019Polyester filament yarn prices moderated early in the week in China following weakness in upstream markets and poor downstream demand
Mono ethylene glycol prices were pulled up notably at the weekend on the back of healthy bulk commodity market and falling inventories
Pricesfree1 Mar 2019The 14th sale of the season, held on 26 February, saw mixed demand with 70.6% of the 2.16 million kilos offered being sold. Prices on Mules and finer micron wools were generally firm to dearer. Blackface and Swaledale were largely passed over.
Pricesfree1 Mar 2019South African wool sales resumed this week following the postponement of last week’s auction after Chinese Customs had suspended all greasy imports from South Africa until further notice due to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease earlier in the year.
Insight1 Mar 2019Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Penn State University have found that under the right conditions, ordinary clear water droplets on a transparent surface can produce brilliant colours, without the addition of inks or dyes, that can be potentially toxic
Profile28 Feb 2019As digital textile printing technology continues to evolve, analysts have claimed that more companies will be attracted to the industry - this has certainly been the case for New Mexico’s Kab Designs, which is looking to establish itself in the continually evolving market
Insight28 Feb 2019Quality Print Services (QPS), a wide-format print specialist and the main UK distributor of Nazdar digital inkjet ink products, has installed a Roland RT-640 dye-sublimation transfer printer at Magic Textiles’ custom-built facilities in Leek, Staffordshire, UK
