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Insight10 Aug 2015A continuing upward trend at the South Island wool sale on Thursday, August 6, saw prices increase. The weighted indicator for the main trading currencies decreased from 0.6314 to 0.6181, down 2.1%.
Insight10 Aug 2015A new report from Markets and Markets has tipped the protective clothing market to reach over US$9 billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% between 2015 and 2020.
Insight10 Aug 2015The wool market kicked off the 2015/16 season strongly, with the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator coming up by 37 Australian cents to close the week on 1,258 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, August 6. In US dollar terms, the EMI came up by 9 US cents for the week, closing on 922 cents per kilo.
Tajikistan, in the CIS region, is an important producer of good quality cotton of length 28-30mm and suitable for counts 24 ne to 50 Ne. The current national output of such cottons, mainly produced in the Sogd region, is approximately 0.5m tonnes per year.
Insight7 Aug 2015In 1926 Jean René Lacoste – nicknamed ‘The Crocodile’ for his tenacity on the court – decided he’d had enough of playing tennis in the stiff white button-up shirts that were then the standard. Mr Lacoste was ranked the world’s top tennis player that year, so he was in the perfect position to flout convention.
The acrylic fibre market has been on a steady decrease since the early 2000s, when production peaked at 2.75 million metric tonnes, according to statistics by Tecnon OrbiChem. Since then, production volumes have fallen by around 30%. Today’s global production is estimated at just under 2 million tonnes and is expected to continue to slowly come down over the next ten years.
Recent innovations in digital textile printing have focused on direct-to-textile printing, however transfer printing is still hugely popular. OKI Data Americas is therefore introducing its latest digital textile transfer printer to the market, the C831TS.
Insight7 Aug 2015Turkey’s growing digital textile printing industry is proving to be a useful sourcing location for Spain-based fashion giant Inditex, and Turkish suppliers are predicting it might move a majority of its production to Turkey from East Asia in the next few years.
Insight6 Aug 2015One of the five goals of Myanmar’s (Burma) National Export Strategy 2015-2019 for the textile and garment sector is to significantly increase exports of knit products. This special goal should not come as a surprise given that in 2012 only 7% of the $908m total garment exports were knitted or crocheted.
News6 Aug 2015Oregon US-based Pendleton Woolen Mills, a globally celebrated American lifestyle brand, has installed new jacquard looms at the company’s original mill. These Italian looms from Itema and Swiss jacquard machines from Staubli are equipped with the latest technology and provide high-speed performance.
Insight5 Aug 2015Dyeing denim has long been an environmentally strenuous process with large amounts of water used to dye only one pair of denim jeans and difficulties presented when adhering the dye to the denim, producing a large quantity of waste water. As a result of this, companies are constantly investing in R&D in order to make the process more sustainable and this is leading to ever more partnerships between brands and chemical manufacturers.
