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Insight26 Feb 2015Pitti Immagine Filati, Florence, moved forward with confidence for spring/summer 2016 rewarded by increased buyer attendance. Trends were centred upon intricate decoration, volume, colour and stitch interest. Colours such as pink, primrose, blue lilac, light orange and green were key, together with bright turquoise and yellow, deep blue marine, denim blue, black and white and cream.
News26 Feb 2015Italy-based weaving machinery manufacturer, Itema’s sales were up 10% for the financial year ending 31 December, 2014. Commenting on the results, Carlo Rogora, CEO, Itema, said: “We are pleased with our results considering that our company grew by some 60% in the past two years in a market that declined, according to our estimates, by some 30% over the same period.
Insight25 Feb 2015Colleges struggling to fund their digital-textile printing departments might take a leaf from the book or Iowa State University, in the USA. There, students have created their own collection of scarves, which are on sale in the university’s own bookshop – which, despite its name, carries a wide range of clothing and general merchandise, both in ‘bricks-and-mortar’ and online. These designs, selling for over $50 each, fund the fabrics, ink and other supplies consumed by the Digital Apparel Textile Studio. The venture was the idea of lecturer Christina Denekas, who studied digital textile printing for her Masters degree at Iowa State, before working in the apparel industry.
Insight25 Feb 2015International demand is growing for Cambodia’s traditional ‘krama’ scarves. Its main focus is Europe – especially Germany and Italy, which are the destination for the bulk of the country’s nearly 50-60,000 annual ‘krama’ exports, Cambodian Craft Corporation executive director Seung Kimyonn told WTiN.com.
News25 Feb 2015According to China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT), yarn exports during December tumbled 4.75% on the comparable statistic of 2013, to 332,428 tonnes, the second consecutive month to register a y-o-y contraction.
Insight24 Feb 2015As we all know, the major part of textile printing industry has moved to Asia in the last 20 years, with China in particular now producing the largest proportion of all textile prints (currently 30 % of the total world production).
Insight24 Feb 2015The successful introduction of Hall 4.0 dedicated to digital print, at the Heimtextil Exhibition in Frankfurt, was further evidence that digital printing for decorative textiles and wall coverings has well and truly arrived. The new floor was much visited and most of the major manufacturers of digital printing machines were represented – several with demonstration printers working on their stands.
Insight24 Feb 2015Is this the right time to talk about textile certifications? This is a question arising from many players in the textile market. The changing geography of the textile and clothing industry and the penetration in the local markets of artefacts from different areas of the world brings out the issue of products’ safety and consumers’ health.
Profile24 Feb 2015The textile industry is taking steps towards a more sustainable future and the automotive textiles sector is no exception. However, whilst the production methods being used to make automotive textiles are becoming cleaner and more efficient, the short shelf-life of a car means that the amount of textile waste produced for landfill is very high. As a result, it is becoming crucial to consider ways in which these textiles can be recycled.
Delta Apparel is to sell ‘The Game’ branded collegiate headwear and apparel business to David Peyser Sportswear, Inc, the owner of MV Sport, Inc. MV Sport was founded in 1948 and has grown to become a leading supplier of custom decorated apparel in the college bookstore and other markets.
The falling crude oil prices in 2014 have taken their toll on many producers of man-made fibres. Over the second half of 2014, oil prices fell from $115 a barrel to around $60, due to subdued demand in many countries because of slow economic growth and surging US production. Brent crude oil prices fell to a six-year low at the start of 2015.
Insight23 Feb 2015Freudenberg Interlining has become the first company in Germany to gain certification for the biological degradability of a textile product. Freudenberg is marketing the first ever polyester lining to be made from 100% biodegradable fibres.
