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News26 Oct 2015FESPA Fabric has relaunched, and will now be known as FESPA Textile for its next edition, opening its doors alongside FESPA Digital 2016 at the RAI Amsterdam on 8-11 March.
News26 Oct 2015James Heal is launching its new mace snag tester – ProMace at ITMA. Based in Hall 7 at Stand H122, James Heal is aiming to bring the experience of a fully working laboratory to the exhibition hall.
Transparent knitting and warp knitting machines are demonstrating to visitors how Groz-Beckert’s knitting elements work, also allowing removal and inspection, at ITMA at Stand D124 in Hall 7.
News26 Oct 2015Celebrating its 55th anniversary, Fadis is exhibiting its dyeing package line at ITMA. The rewinder has automatic doffing, is more compact with a 33% lower space requirement than previous models and is said to be suitable for short warping chains.
News26 Oct 2015DiloGroup is showing off on a grand scale at this year’s ITMA with a giant stand measuring more than 1.2sqm. The company’s stand, C104 in Hall 3 features two complete production lines and includes fibre preparation, card and card feeding, cross-lapper and needle looms.
Cotton prices were mixed again worldwide last week while more new crops were available in India and China. Polyester quotations softened despite the strengthening feedstock values. Nylon also retreated. Acrylic remained stable, but viscose continued its upward trend. Yarn and fabric sales were flat amid the expectations that the traditional high trading season will finish soon.
Insight26 Oct 2015Leading Indian textile-chemical manufacturer Sarex is bringing interactive ‘Seeing is Believing’ and ‘Do It Yourself’ exhibits to its substantial 150sqm stand at ITMA Milan (Hall 8, Stand F102), where its overarching theme is: ‘Customer Delight’ – an indication of its strategy to provide solutions rather than simply sell products.
The South African wool market increased at this week’s sale with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator gaining 1.3% compared to the last sale to close the day at a value of R123.23 (Clean). The Cape Wools All Wool Indicator strengthened 1.2%.
Despite a slightly easier New Zealand dollar compared to the last sale on October 15, New Zealand wool prices continued to decline this week. The weighted indicator for the main trading currencies came down 0.85%. Of the 8,290 bales on offer 70% sold.
The Australian wool market was up strongly this week, following five successive weeks of falls. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) climbed 36 cents (3.1%) to close on 1,205 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, October 22.
At ITMA 2015 in Milan, Zünd, together with industry partners, will be demonstrating how textile and garment manufacturers can make their production processes more efficient, profitable, and transparent with its ‘Simulate, Print & Cut’ workflow software.
Insight26 Oct 2015The European Commission has asked the textile finishing sector to assess a list of chemicals that may cause cancers and mutagenicity problems in consumers. Brussels is considering using a fast-track procedure under European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH to impose controls on the use of these chemicals in clothing and textile articles. This procedure would bypass a series of steps that are usually taken when imposing controls on so-called CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction) substances. These include the production of a special dossier and consultation with bodies such as the European Chemical Agency’s risk assessment committee (RAC) and its socio-economic analysis committee (SEAC).
