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Insight24 Sept 2015According to Vietnam Customs, fabric imports during August were down 14.84% from the previous month, to US$775 million, which, however, was an increase of 7.91% on an annual basis.
Insight24 Sept 2015Pakistan cotton prices remained stable during the Eid holidays while most markets were closed.
Complementing the ‘Art of Sustainability’ theme of ITMA 2015, the PCI Consulting Group Fibres Conference, which precedes the exhibition from November 10-11, 2015, is set to explore not only the how sustainable practices can help take a business to the next level, but will also look at the challenges that have been faced in an effort to make the fibre industry more sustainable. Topics include: A difficult year for PET recyclers; and the sustainability of different raw materials for polyester production.
Insight24 Sept 2015Attracting new talent to the textile machinery industry remains difficult, agreed textile machinery manufacturers and educators at a recent debate at the Swissmem Press Conference, held in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. Sonja Amport, director at the Swiss Textile School in Zurich said currently around 25 students a year graduated from her school in textile engineering. “They want to learn business or fashion. The question is how to find engineers.”
Insight24 Sept 2015The Brazilian economy is forecast to shrink 2.7% this year, but the country’s nonwovens industry is hopeful that its sales will grow in 2016, after a rough and flat 2015. That is the opinion of Rubens Sardenberg, chief financial and investor relations director at Providência, a major Brazilian company manufacturing and selling disposable diapers for the mass market.
Insight23 Sept 2015It is difficult to believe that ITMA will shortly again but the show promises significant innovations in the knitwear field. Mayer & Cie recently launched an entirely new concept – the spinnit circular knitting machine – which combines the spinning and knitting processes. Taiwan-based Pai Lung is also active in this area of technology.
Intelligence22 Sept 2015The Spanish digital textile market is set around a strong traditional Dyeing and Finishing industry, one of the leading sectors of the Spanish textiles industry with 32 large companies working within this area across Spain. Alongside this aspect that provides a strong foundation for high volume digital textile machinery sales, Spain also hosts some of the most innovative companies and brands who were quick to incorporate digital textile printing into their supply chains.
Insight22 Sept 2015Michael (Mickey) Solomon, chairman and CEO of New York-based HMS International Fabrics Corporation, which owns the British fabric company Huddersfield Fine Worsteds (HFW), speaks to WTiN about some of the key trends in menswear fabrics, the latest developments at HMS, and HFW’s innovative new fabric collections.
