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Insight8 Sept 2017DB Tex Ltd of Dhaka, Bangladesh, is adding two more SPGPrints bestLEN direct laser engraving systems to its operation.
Insight8 Sept 2017Researchers from the ITA of RWTH Aachen University, Germany, discuss the work they are doing with industry to recycle mixed textile waste through separation technology.
Prices8 Sept 2017Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Chris Wilcox, Executive Director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia.
The International Textiles Manufacturers Federation's latest report on international textile machinery shipments offers statistics for 2016, compiled with the cooperation of over 140 manufacturers.
Prices4 Sept 2017The floods in Karachi (Pakistan), and Mumbai (India), have destroyed crops and disrupted business activity within the region, with millions of people affected. By Wednesday 30 August, the Karachi cotton price level in Pakistan dropped 0.8% to Rs5,900 per 37.32kg, from Rs5,950 per 37.32kg quoted on 25 August. In India Gujarat Cotton prices remained stable at INR42,300 per candy relative to the week before. Karachi Cone Cotton Yarn prices remained stable relative to the week before in terms of Rupees. However, the Rupee appreciated against the dollar by 0.14%, placing upward pressure on the dollar price of yarns in the country. Chinese Yuan also appreciated against the dollar by 1.33%, placing upward pressure on the dollar price of Chinese man-made fibres and yarns. Latest figures from the USDA (released on 10 August) show Pakistan’s expected cotton supply in 2017/18 was revised downwards, due to a downward revision in initial cotton reserves. Cotton demand is also expected to be revised downwards as a result of a drop in expected cotton exports. The YTD growth rate of cotton cloth production in China seemed to be rising year-on-year in 2017 up to June, according to accumulated monthly figures provided by the China’s National Bureau of Statistics. This is positive news for producers of cotton fibre and yarn.
