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Insight10 Jul 2015Optima’s latest machinery launch for the nonwovens segment is another example of its push to increase speed and efficiency in modern manufacturing, with a new stacking machine which doubles the speed of processing for bulky nonwoven products.
Insight10 Jul 2015According to TTEB, the leading textile information provider in China, fabric exports during May reached 3.65 billion metres, up 10.32% on the prior month and 1.38% y-o-y.
Insight10 Jul 2015The best quality silk tops are in good demand and prices are very firm with limited stocks, the Schneider Group has reported. However, the group explained that medium and low-quality tops are bringing confusion to the market, as prices are attractive but European spinners are not able to use those qualities.
The Wool Carpet Focus Group (WCFG), formed earlier this year to help the wool carpet sector highlight the attributes of carpets made primarily from wool, has launched a competition to help produce new messages intended to promote the benefits of wool carpets.
Insight9 Jul 2015Textile and fibre companies are dealing with an intense and growing pressure to comply with a need for greater transparency within the textile and apparel supply chains, particularly in the context of man-made products. Where does their knowledge necessarily start and finish?
Insight9 Jul 2015Representatives of the US textile sector are looking forward to continued two-way trade growth now that the country has given final legislative approval to a 10-year extension for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), under which sub-Saharan countries can export duty-free to the US.
Insight8 Jul 2015The carbon fibre industry is strong and growing as this material becomes increasingly important in composites for the automotive and aerospace markets, as well as sports and industrial. The SGL Group is taking strategic steps towards nurturing its growing business areas and reviving ones which have been suffering.
Insight8 Jul 2015Kyocera dominates the market for print heads to be incorporated in high-speed digital textile printing machines. So when Shin Ishikura, of Kyocera FineCeramics GmbH, gave an overview of the complete series of Kyocera KJ4 series of print heads at the recent IMI Europe InkJet Technology Showcase, held in Munich in June, it was worth taking note.
Insight8 Jul 2015Last week, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) welcomed the extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which allows eligible countries from Sub-Saharan Africa to export a selection of goods to the US, duty free. The Bill was signed on June 30, 2015 by President Obama, authorising the extension of the non-reciprocal trade agreement for another 10 years.
Insight7 Jul 2015India’s digital-textile-printing industry is booming, with new companies starting every month to take advantage of falling input costs, says Tajendra Chadha, founder of New Delhi-based JV Digital Printing. Indeed, his company is innovating to make the most of these opportunities – even building some of its own machines to add to its capability.
