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Insight5 Dec 2017The technical textiles specialist has collaborated with DuPont on the development of its protective ComfortShell fabrics for emergency services personnel
Insight5 Dec 2017Duncan Ferguson, executive director of printing and robotics at Epson, discusses Epson’s new innovation centre and its role in Epson’s digital textile printing sector
Insight5 Dec 2017The topic of ‘reshoring’ manufacture closer to the point of use has been of interest for many years. Dr Tim Phillips, consulting editor, WTiN, reveals more
The Egyptian government recently hosted Destination Africa to promote the continent as a new frontier for textile manufacturing, with Egypt as a regional focal point
Prices4 Dec 2017YTD chemical fibre, cloth and yarn production in China still looked positive in 2017 up to October, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. Chemical fibre and yarn production went up 5.6% and 1.9% respectively in 2017 up to October, relative to the same period year before, while cloth production increased 1.7% year-on-year. Accumulated profits in China’s textile wearing apparel and clothing sector rose 6.2% year-on-year in 2017 up to October – this was much better than in the textile manufacturing sector, which dropped marginally by 0.5% year-on-year during the same period. Cotton prices in India dropped marginally relative to the week before, due to an increase in supply in the market, while yarn export prices stayed relatively stable due to the strengthening INR.
