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Insight16 Apr 2015Asia is leading the global stampede for softer, higher performing, more premium absorbent hygiene products, according to the latest market report. Sally Priestley speaks to Pricie Hanna, the report’s author, to find out more about the key trends she uncovered
Insight16 Apr 2015A successful early adopter of Kornit Digital’s Paradigm II technology, combining screen and digital techniques in garment printing, has been World Of Textiles, based in Konradsreuth, Germany. A family-owned business that has been trading for more than 90 years, this company’s origins were as a weaving mill before it moved into screenprinting of textiles. Today production takes places at six sites worldwide, these being the company’s headquarters where 280 staff are employed, plus the Czech Republic, China, Bangladesh, India and Thailand.
Insight16 Apr 2015In the screenprinting fraternity, particularly among garment producers, the attraction of digital technology is perceived to be high – but its practical integration into a business set up primarily to use analogue methodology is considered a challenge.
Profile16 Apr 2015Standfast and Barracks, in the north of England, has a deep heritage in the craft of textile screenprinting and is now investing strongly to exploit that expertise in a digital world. The advantages delivered by digital printing in terms of lower origination costs, lower set up times and design freedom are already bringing dividends and allowing it to look beyond its traditional markets in home textiles, to new opportunities in apparel fabrics.
Insight16 Apr 2015DTG (Direct to Garment) digital textile printing has been discussed widely over the past few years, as the market continues to develop and new machine introductions arrive at both the low end (sub-€30,000) and the high end (over €100,000) of the production spectrum.
Profile15 Apr 2015Indian digital-textile printer T&M Designer Studio began operating only in April 2014, as an offshoot of Sahiba Ltd – a diverse and substantial fabric company with a 30-year history. But a year has been long enough for T&M to become a major player on the Indian scene, and to formulate big ambitions.
News15 Apr 2015Lenzing Group has sold its fully owned German subsidiary Dolan GmbH, Kelheim and its 91.1% stake in European Carbon Fiber GmbH, Kelheim to WHEB Partners’ Growth Fund 2 of England and Jan Verdenhalven. The corresponding agreement was concluded on April 15, 2015.
Insight15 Apr 2015Northern Italy’s textile sector takes the technical training of the next generation very seriously – even supporting vocational education in schools. One key addition to this infrastructure has been the recently opened Epson/For.Tex Textile Solution Center (TSC) in Como, located adjacent to the For.Tex headquarters and containing Monna Lisa digital printing technology alongside a range of Epson printers and associated finishing equipment.
News15 Apr 2015India’s Colorjet is to introduce a new, faster model in its Vastrajet series of digital textile printers when it participates next month at the Garfab-TX exhibition in Surat. The VJD 4824 is designed for direct printing with disperse-dye inks on polyester fabrics, including delicate constructions such as georgette, moss crepe, weightless and chiffon.
Sustainability remains a topic of vital concern to manufacturers throughout the textile supply chain. According to ITMA, in the markets of both natural and man-made fibres, the origins of fibre have come under scrutiny, leading to the expansion of the organic movement, the establishment of various eco labels and the increasing application of synthetic fibres made from recycled fibres.
Insight14 Apr 2015The PX explosion in eastern China last week continued to impact the global polyester sector, as the plant hit by the blast must delay its restart of equipment amid mounting concern over the environment, reducing the industry’s capacity to the tune of 1.6 million tonnes of PX and 4.5 million tonnes of PTA.
Insight14 Apr 2015The purified terephthalic acid (PTA) industry is at an interesting juncture. While the Asian PTA industry is oversupplied and is expected to continue to be until 2017, according to ICIS, and market research has suggested that in the short term, the overcapacity and declining margins will hinder the global market, in the long term, it is expected to expand with increased demand for polyester.
Insight13 Apr 2015With news coming in from Australia that the country’s shortage of rural skills may be threatening the local cotton industry, the global cotton picture is looking increasingly troubled. According to agribusiness development specialist, Gordon Stone, who is working with the Cotton Research and Development Corporation, the reason is that there is not enough of the right people coming into the sector in the first place, Farm Weekly reported.
