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Insight9 Oct 2015According to Korea International Trade Association, PX exports during August plunged 9.93% from the previous month, to 478,112 tonnes.
Insight9 Oct 2015According to CCF Group, the leading textile information provider, MEG imports during August dropped slightly, by 1.34% from July, to 774,123 tonnes in August, which, however, was an increase of 5.47% y-o-y.
Insight9 Oct 2015Indian cotton prices softened this week in the wake of expectations that new crops could be available across the whole country within two weeks.
Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Chris Wilcox, Executive Director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia.
Insight8 Oct 2015SGIA Expo 2015 will feature much of the latest in digital textile printing technology and it is expected that this area of the show will grow this year after success at the 2014 edition. Despite the exhibition taking pace in the same month as ITMA Milan, which has a new dedicated printing hall, SGIA 2015 is guaranteed to see new product launches and Graphics One brings the latest printer from Pigment.inc.
Hollanders is continuing its efforts to move into the mainstream digital textile printing market by dividing its printing systems portfolio, clarifying the specific segments for its digital textile printing solutions. While the company’s single-sided platforms are designed for sign-makers and display producers, there has been notable growth in demand for its double-sided devices which increasingly appeal to specialist products, including printing of interior decoration and furnishings.
Insight8 Oct 2015With the growing competitiveness between brands to produce bespoke designs efficiently and effectively, printers are becoming increasingly aware that it’s not just the machinery and the ink that are key to the printing process. Colour management plays a crucial role in digital textile printing as creation of an accurate and attractive print can save time and money.
Insight8 Oct 2015Following wide-format ink manufacturer Bordeaux’s creation of its new department VelvetJet back in March – providing inks for the digital textile printing market – there has been a great deal of interest from all segments of the textile industry. VelvetJet has announced business partnerships with hardware and fabric manufacturers and during ITMA the company will work together with Corino, Tesoma, Beaver Paper, Monti Antonio, DP FABRICS and Cotonea to demonstrate its new inks for visitors to the show.
Insight8 Oct 2015gDiapers, a US manufacturer of flushable and compostable diaper inserts, has unveiled a new style of gPants based on traditional values. Branded George and Genevieve, the gDiapers system pairs soft cotton gPants covers with disposable inserts that are flushable and compostable (wet ones only), offering a new alternative to regular disposable diapers.
Insight7 Oct 2015The expansion of the Premium Wool Zone at this autumn’s Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics highlights the extent to which the show is attracting a growing number of exhibitors from the European high-end textile industry.
News7 Oct 2015Konica Minolta has opened its new €5 million textile innovation centre in Como, near Milan, at the same time demonstrating its flagship Nassenger SP-1 single-pass digital textile printer, whose launch is timed to co-incide with the forthcoming ITMA.
Insight7 Oct 2015The acquisition of FiberMark by Neenah Paper, announced last quarter, is now in the process of rapid integration. Neenah Paper and Packaging customers now have access to thousands of colours, textures, finishes and weights in premium papers, box wraps, folding boards and labels. Newly expanded capabilities include speciality coatings and finishings with a focus on custom work.
