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Insight4 Mar 2016As the digital textile market continues to grow, WTiN caught up with Digitex’s general manager, Ebrahim Al-Awadhi, at Texworld in Paris, which was co-located with the first edition of Avanprint, to talk about the growth of the company into home textiles, some misunderstandings surrounding digital printing, and how the Avanprint and Texworld exhibitors can complement each other.
Insight4 Mar 2016Manufacturers of insecticide-impregnated textile products, including mosquito nets and special clothing, are among the few commercial winners in the current healthcare crisis facing Brazil through the Zika virus outbreak. Stores have not only reported a boom in sales in the country’s northeast – the epicentre of the crisis – but also in wealthier southern states such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which have been less affected.
Insight3 Mar 2016The sourcing trade fair for functional fabrics, Performance Days, returns to Germany in April, loaded with all the latest industry developments. WTiN looks back at the last show in November to see what functions will lead future trends.
Intelligence2 Mar 2016Data gathered on 2015 machinery sales showed that, despite tough economic conditions in some of the digital textile sector’s key production markets, such as China, Italy, Turkey and further afield, growth remained strong. Output capacity from machinery sales increased by 26% globally, thanks to a strong second half-year in many Asian markets – China and India both proving key to the result.
Insight2 Mar 2016According to CCF Group, China’s leading textile information provider, polyester staple fibre exports during January amounted to 79,204 tonnes, down 6.38% on an annual basis, due to the relatively high level in January 2015.
Insight1 Mar 2016The Indian government has reduced custom duty on several fibres and yarns from 5% to 2.5% to help the country grow backwards linkages for its important clothing manufacturing sector. The textile sector has welcomed the move.
