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Insight28 Feb 2017Deutsche Leasing Vostok, a member of German company Deutsche Leasing Group, encouraged Russian textile manufacturers attending Russian Textile Week events, staged on 20-24 February in Moscow, to lease rather than buy manufacturing equipment.
Insight28 Feb 2017Vietnam, an essential production hub for the garment manufacturing sector thanks to its low labour costs, is currently a major industry supplier for both the European and US markets.
Dr Naresh M Saraf & Dr Sanket P Valia, of chemical manufacturing company Sarex in India, discuss some of the functional finishes that are critical for nonwoven fabrics.
Insight27 Feb 2017Viscose prices continued to rise, but growth in the longer-term 5-day average price began to slow, relative to the week before. In terms of dollars, viscose prices increased 0.1% on Friday relative to the week before, thanks to the appreciation of the Chinese yuan. The price of polyester staple fibre dropped by 1.86% in terms of yuan, 1.88% in terms of dollars, relative to Friday the week before. On average, recorded polyester filaments fell 0.24%, but most filaments had stable price levels in terms of yuan. In terms of dollars, the drop in price level averaged 0.25%. In Pakistan and India, cotton prices began to fall, due to low demand for yarn and fabric. Price levels remain high, however, relative to the first week of February.
Intelligencefree24 Feb 2017The WTiN Intelligence: Digital Textiles channel continues to provide insight into a unique and fast-moving industry that consistently changes and grows as key regional markets mature and newer markets start to develop. The latest round of data, which shows industry findings from 2017, continues to surprise, with higher-than-average growth rates and the start of some unusual trends being seen. The digital textile industry continued to grow globally through 2016, with machinery sales helping to push the market above 1.5 billion sq m of digitally printed fabric globally. The largest global markets of China, Italy and Turkey dominate, with steady growth rates seen in these large markets, despite a forecast of slowing growth, while other large markets such as the US and India continued to grow on a global scale.
