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Preview3 Aug 2017IMI Europe has confirmed the full speaker and panel session programme for its strategic Digital Printing Conference, which will be held at the Novotel Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, on 20-21 September this year.
Insight3 Aug 2017Roger Wills assesses the latest digital textile printing technology in relation to high speed printing with pigments.
Insight3 Aug 2017A number of companies have come together to create an intelligent “decision-making” warehouse.
Ohmatex CEO Klaus Oestergaard reveals how the Danish-based business stays one step ahead in the newly-emerging e-textiles market.
Prices31 Jul 2017The value of the US dollar dropped 0.42% against the yuan, due to congress failing to pass a healthcare bill. The US economy, however, looks positive, with consumer spending continuing to support its economic growth. Brazil’s 2016/17 cotton trade surplus was revised further downwards in July, relative to expectations made in June by the United States Department of Agriculture, due to a reduction in both exports and imports. Exports were revised downwards by a relatively larger amount than imports. Cotton prices in Brazil dropped 1.1% relative to the week before. The USDA’s 2016/17 market year ends in July. The Cotton Association of India predicts a slight year-on-year drop in cotton arrivals in its 2016/17 market year (which starts in October). 58% of cotton arrivals and production are in the Central Zone. 29mm Gujarat price remained constant relative to the week before, by Wednesday 26 July and by Friday, severe flooding in India appreciated the value of cotton China’s YTD yarn production grew positively year-on-year in 2017, up to June. Yarn production in the second quarter also grew positively relative to the previous quarter, and relative to the second quarter the year before.
Prices31 Jul 2017Acrylic staple fibres remained constant at 14,670 yuan per tonne relative to the week before. Viscose staple fibre started off positive on Monday 24 July, relative to the week before. The price of polyester staple fibre fared worse than yarns, dropping 1.3% by Friday 28 June to 8,225 yuan per tonne from 8,335 yuan per tonne quoted on 21 June the week before.
Insight31 Jul 2017The latest figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics show year-to-date (YTD) yarn production in China increased 4.1% year-on-year to 20.52 million tonnes in 2017 up to June, from 19.71 million tonnes produced the same period the year before.
Insight31 Jul 2017Brazil’s 2016/17 expected cotton trade surplus was revised downwards by the USDA, as a result of a further downward revision in 2016/17 cotton exports and imports, with exports dropping by a larger amount than imports.
