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Insight23 Oct 2015Purchasing activities from spinners and mills has supported the Pakistan cotton price at current level during the last five sessions.
The conclusion of a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal on October 4 has prompted fears among some Asian countries outside the 12-country bloc about a resulting reduction in export orders for textiles and garments
Insight23 Oct 2015Viscose staple fibre producers raised their rates again in China this week, pushing up quotations to 14,600 yuan a tonne, slightly higher than last weekend.
Having acquired Italian digital textile printer manufacturer MS back in 2014, Dover is increasing its impact in the digital textile industry with the announcement that it has acquired JK Group SpA. JK Group is made up of the well-known digital textile printing brands Kiian Digital, J-Teck and Sawgrass Industrial, and the Group will become an operating company within the Printing & Identification platform of Dover's Engineered Systems segment.
In addition to unveiling the strategic expansion within the polycondensation business by means of the joint venture with Chinese partner Huitong, Oerlikon’s Manmade Fibers segment is focusing on offering its customers total man-made fibre spinning systems solutions.
Insight22 Oct 2015US pulp and paper company Georgia-Pacific is investing US$110 million in upgrades to its Alabama River Cellulose (ARC) mill. The investment includes replacing one of the mill's two existing wood yards that process incoming logs, upgrading the other wood yard, plus a major upgrade to one of the mill’s machines that produce pulp.
Profile21 Oct 2015As the hygiene industry has thrived over recent decades, nonwoven companies in the sector have enjoyed ample opportunities for growth across all segments. WTiN hears from German company BICMA, which is celebrating 20 years of growth in the hygiene machinery business
Insight21 Oct 2015Wide-format inkjet printer manufacturer, Mimaki has announced the introduction of its brand-new direct-to-textile inkjet printer, which will debut at ITMA 2015, in Milan, Italy. The show takes place from November 12-19 bringing together industry leaders for a discussion on emerging trends and innovative solutions, of which the TX300P-1800 printer is one. In Hall 18, Stand C104, Mimaki will launch this 1.8 meter roll-to-roll direct-to-textile inkjet printer, which replaces the Tx2-1600 model that has been used for textile printing worldwide for the last 14 years.
Insight21 Oct 2015India’s textile and apparel industry is eager to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, but it says labour and tax reforms, better infrastructure, foreign trade agreements and easier foreign investment procedures are needed to make it work.
