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News9 Feb 2015Indian cotton values picked up last week, with the Gujarat Shankar-6 trading at Rs 30,650 on February 6, up from Rs 30,450 the previous week.
Insight9 Feb 2015The wool market was slightly softer at the sale on February 4, with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator shedding 0.1% on last week to close the day at R109.62 per kilo clean. This is 1.8% lower compared to the opening sale and 9.2% below the corresponding sale of last year.
Insight9 Feb 2015Strong buying interest for quick shipment underpinned the wool market on Thursday, February 5, for the 13,789 bales on offer from both Islands.
The Australian wool market had a very strong week this week, with the Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) climbing 31 cents to close the week on a new season high so far of 1,101 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, February 5. In US terms, the EMI saw a rise for the first time since January 15, coming up 12 US cents to close at 856 cents per kilo.
News9 Feb 2015W.L. Gore & Associates is set to present a new function on the Gore Business Portal: the Gore Fabrics Academy. The new e-learning platform offers retailers, buyers, floor staff and retail employees with courses about Gore products and services. It is available in 12 languages and will be launched at ISPO 2015.
Although Italy has been making headway with international exports over the last year, it has experienced a check in exports in recent months. However, domestic sales, which has been languishing, have experienced something of an upturn. As one of Europe’s largest textile manufacturers, Italy’s domestic machinery sales remain important but it is also vital than it keeps pushing forward to increase its overseas markets.
News6 Feb 2015Lectra, technology manufacturer for fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, has extended its global partnership with Johnson Controls for another three years. Johnson Controls will acquire all of its high ply fabric cutting equipment and related services exclusively from Lectra.
News6 Feb 2015Chicopee, a manufacturer of cleaning wipes, has launched a cleaning towel specifically designed for professional coffee machines. The Chicopee Coffee Towel has heat-resistant properties and superior cleaning capabilities, which allow baristas to clean machines thoroughly in seconds without risk to their own safety and comfort.
Technical Absorbents Limited (TAL) is exhibiting its Super Absorbent Fibre (SAF) technology at FILTECH 2015. Taking place between 24-26 February at the new venue of Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, the expo is the largest filtration event worldwide for designing, improving, purchasing, selling or researching filtration and separation equipment and services.
News6 Feb 2015The Curtis Wool Direct Group has acquired Irish wool merchants, Laurence Pierce (Wool Merchants) Ltd. The company, based in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland, handles around 4 million kilos of wool each year and the figure is expected to rise with this new investment.
FM Brooks have announced that InPrint 2016 will take place at MiCo, Milan, Italy, from 9-11, November 2016. FM Brooks said that its decision to launch an InPrint Show in Milan is in direct response to demand from the market for a dedicated forum for industrial print technology in Italy.
Profile6 Feb 2015The Tompkins USA family company is one of the oldest US manufacturers of circular knitting machinery and equipment. It was established in 1846 as the Empire Machine Co by Clark Tompkins. The name then became Tompkins Brothers and the company moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1914. It continues to occupy the same facility the company built in 1919, which was expanded to 33,000sq ft with a major addition in 1980.
Insight5 Feb 2015In the wake of news that global cotton overproduction may continue into its fifth consecutive season, due to high prices when planting decisions were made by cotton farmers in the Northern Hemisphere, the quality of cotton which has been stored in warehouses for a long time has become a concern for buyers.
