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Insight8 Jun 2015The Australian wool market has soared again this week, with the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) gaining 61 cents to close on a new season high of 1,373 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, June 4. In US dollar terms, the EMI also made big gains, up 52 US cents to close at 1,061 cents per kilo clean.
PGI has started a rebrand which will see its name changed to AVINTIV, the company recently announced. The new corporate brand and identity is said to align with its commitment to developing and delivering high-impact solutions for its customers.
A recent recipient of EDANA’s lifetime achievement award, Dr Diana Heelis says her achievements in representing the nonwovens industry with EDANA have gone hand in hand with her professional role at Kimberly-Clark.
Insight5 Jun 2015The increasing strength of the home-textiles sector in Turkey is confirmed by the growth in a major international trade fair, held annually in Istanbul. The 21st Evteks International Home Textile Exhibition, in May, attracted around 125,000 textile professionals, with the largest groups coming from the Middle East and Russia.
Insight5 Jun 2015A study contracted by the European Commission will screen about 100 biocidal active substances to see if they have been connected with endocrine disruption effects in animals. The screening is part of a wider cost-benefit analysis conducted by Brussels in its effort to introduce criteria for what constitutes an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) under European Union (EU) biocides (and pesticides) regulations.
Insight4 Jun 2015The Teijin Group and its Dutch subsidiary Teijin Aramid BV are set to exhibit at INTERSCHUTZ 2015, international trade fair for rescue, fire prevention, disaster relief products and services, in Hannover, Germany, from June 8-13.
Insight3 Jun 2015According to CCF Group, a leading textile information provider in China, polyester filament yarn exports during April rose 3.59% on the previous month, to 153,674 tonnes, another monthly record high after March also broke the record.
Insight3 Jun 2015According to CCF Group, a leading textile information provider in China, polyester staple fibre exports during April were up 7.74% on the previous month and 14.37% annually, to 84,627 tonnes, the highest level since August 2014.
