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The 2015 International Wool Textile Organisation Annual Congress is heading to China in this Year of the Sheep. By Elisabeth van Delden, IWTO secretary general.
Highlighting the ongoing growth in the nonwovens filtration market, a new infographic from industry association EDANA is aiming to boost awareness of the environmental benefits offered by nonwovens filtration media.
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has entered into partnership with a number of textiles manufacturers with the aim to reduce the volume of hazardous chemicals used in the production of textiles.
RevoLaze LLC, which makes laser technology for denim effects, says it has reached a settlement with Levi Strauss & Co, following its filing last August of patent infringement lawsuits with the International Trade Commission and Cleveland US District Court.
Huntsman Textile Effects has obtained a final judgment from the High People's Court in Shanghai, China, against Shanghai Colva Dyestuff Industry Co Ltd for infringing its Chinese Patent No. ZL00106403.7 by manufacturing and selling Colvazol Super Black LC-G and Colvazol Super Black LC-R.
Cotton Council International (CCI), through its Cotton USA brand, has launched a new global marketing campaign titled ‘Love My Cotton.’ Stephanie Thiers-Ratcliffe, the Cotton USA international marketing manager, speaks to WTiN about the content of the campaign, the inspiration behind it, and what it is designed to achieve.
Insight4 Feb 2015The acquisition of the young wastewater-treatment company Solwa srl by Santex Group is the first major coup by recently appointed CEO Marco Tecchio, who took over the post last summer and immediately embraced the growth strategy instituted two years earlier by his predecessor, Heinz Michel – now president of Swiss operating company Santex AG.
Conwed, a global plastic netting manufacturer, will be present at this year’s RISE Conference in Miami, US. Conwed netting is used as a reinforcement material with diverse substrates such as film, foil, paper, foam, nonwovens, and other types of fabrics.
The FluoroCouncil – a global organization representing the world's leading FluoroTechnology companies – has released a guidance document for the global apparel industry to provide an overview of Best Environmental Practices to help wet processing textile mills and finishers minimize waste and environmental releases, while also keeping desirable fluorinated product performance in the textile.
Insight3 Feb 2015On the Australian wool market, over the last two weeks’ sales, the finer microns available have outperformed the medium micron wools by a big margin. This is in quite a stark contrast to the last few months of 2014, when the finer wools were generally losing ground compared to medium merinos and coarser crossbred fibres.
Insight3 Feb 2015The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) announced at the start of the year that the 2014/15 season is predicted to see overproduction of cotton of 1.7 million tonnes, the fifth consecutive season where cotton production is surplus.
Insight2 Feb 2015High performance outerwear brand, Sunderland of Scotland, has unveiled its new Autumn/Winter collection for 2015 which offers contemporary designs in a variety of vibrant colours and incorporates technologically advanced fabrics and construction techniques.
EDANA, the global nonwovens trade association, has announced the dates and location of the Turkish Nonwovens Symposium for 10-11 November, 2015, in Istanbul. The Symposium, the second of its kind to be held in Turkey, will focus on Turkey and its key trading regions, including Europe and the Middle East.
News2 Feb 2015Beaver Paper & Graphic Media, Inc. has announced the official launch of TexPrint ModaHS, a lightweight print medium engineered for newer, high speed, digital sublimation printers for the fashion industry. TexPrint ModaHS is offered as a 58gsm transfer paper for use with water based sublimation inks in a production environment.
