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Insight28 Sept 2016According to China Customs, cotton imports during August reached 69,510 tonnes, dropping 26.68% from the previous month and 0.7% on an annual basis.
Insight28 Sept 2016Vijaykumar More, product manager of ring/compact spinning at Rieter, explains why the company’s new Q-Package provides top yarn quality.
Insight27 Sept 2016Thailand’s strong upstream and mid-stream textile sectors can gain significantly by investing in Vietnam, setting up plants in the country ahead of the key Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal coming into force, Thailand textile industry experts have said.
Insight26 Sept 2016The 10th edition of India International Textile Machinery Exhibition 2016 (India ITME), the largest textile machinery and accessory exhibition in India, is to be held from December 3 – 8 2016 at Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India.
Insight26 Sept 2016One of the most difficult aspects of developing reliable inkjet inks is creating a stable dispersion of particles within the ink. This applies to inks containing pigments for colour applications but equally to inks containing other particles for functional deposition applications, which are becoming increasingly important. The issue of dispersion quality and how to achieve it were covered by industry experts at recent IMI Europe events: the Inkjet Ink Development Conference in Lausanne, 13-14th April and the Inkjet Summer School in Heidelberg, 20-24th June, and this article will review some of the main topics covered.
News26 Sept 2016For autumn/winter 2016/17, Vivienne Westwood is launching a special MacAndreas tartan accessory collection. Each piece in this special collection has been manufactured by Johnstons of Elgin in Scotland, experts in creating beautiful cashmere and fine woollen products.
Insight26 Sept 2016Lemon Head Prints has been established with the purpose of providing a textile print service to the British design community. With digitisation of the textile industry signalling the beginning of a “make on demand” customisation trend, and time to market becoming increasingly important, LHP’s set up looks forward to a new supply chain.
