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Profile22 Mar 2017Sian Miles is leading the way in developing a new era of digital textile print designers, in time for the reshoring movement that is slowly happening in the UK, Europe and the US.
Insight22 Mar 2017The Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has developed software to make the production of nonwoven materials much more efficient and flexible than ever before.
The third Conference on Nonwovens for High‐performance Applications (NHPA) provided a successful platform for speakers to present the latest developments.
Prices20 Mar 2017The fall in prices of Chinese viscose and polyester yarns began to speed up, and viscose and polyester staple fibres followed the same pattern. Chinese cotton yarn, however, moved positively, while Chinese cotton fibre dropped marginally, relative to 24 February. Chinese intermediate prices, such as PX, dropped along with oil prices up to 10 March, when measured in dollars. The drop-in Friday’s price of oil has been continuous since 3 March, where the price level was at $53.33/bbl, down 1.22% from $53.99/bbl the week before. The following week, on 10 March, saw the drop-in prices accelerate to 10%, as the price per barrel fell to $48.05/bbl. Meanwhile, PX fell 0.22% on 3 March to $909/tonne from $911/tonne the week before and, like oil, Friday 10 March saw the drop in PX price level accelerate to 5.39% as prices fell to $860 per tonne. PX prices have bounced back up on 17 March, relative to the week before. Indian and Pakistan cotton prices fell in week ending 17 March, but the trend is still positive. Pakistan missed its target production despite good management of adverse supply side factors, including erratic weather, low prices and pesticide attacks.
