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The tenth British wool sale of the 2014/15 season offered 1,740,195 kg. The final sale of the calendar year saw good competition, with an overall clearance of 96%.
Insight15 Dec 2014The South African market strengthened at the final sale before the Christmas recess, with the Cape Wools Merino indicator gaining 1.5% compared to the previous sale to close at R110.82 per kg (clean). This is 0.7% lower compared to the opening sale and 5.6% lower compared to the corresponding sale of the previous season.
Insight15 Dec 2014The 6,040 bales of North Island wool at auction this week saw a 95% clearance with good style wools holding their ground and poorer styles easing. The weighted indicator for the main trading currencies was 0.56% stronger but had minimal impact on the market with supply / demand factors being the current market driver.
News15 Dec 2014The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has estimated wool production to be at 334 million kilos greasy for the 2014/15 season, down by 2% from the 2013/14 season total of 341 million kilos, and at its lowest for over eight years. Total production is now anticipated to be slightly less than the decline previously forecast in August 2014.
Prior to 2008, the European textile and man-made fibre sectors trended in tandem: their annual indices were similar. When the economic crisis of 2008 arrived, although these two sectors continued to decline, man-made fibres lost a lot of ground compared to textiles, but shortened the gap in 2013 owing to a sharp increase in fibre production in 2013 whilst textile production was quite stagnant. This can be explained by upstream stock reduction and readjustment of production to the prevailing downstream consumer demand.
Profile12 Dec 2014Extex was established in 2002 out of parent company Marina Mill – a design, hand print and weaving business – as a luxury outdoor range of fabrics, specifically designed at the time for use on all exterior areas of a yacht. Twelve years later, the range is being used extensively in the residential, marine and hospitality sectors.
Massive capacity additions in polyamide raw materials, mainly in China and, based on this, globally falling operating rates combined with slowing demand and high volatility in petrochemical raw materials are the challenges for the European polyamide industry in 2015 and beyond.
After last week’s decrease in cashmere prices, they have remained stable in China this week, The Schneider Group said. Mongolian cashmere prices have also stayed quite firm in Europe, partly because the peak season for knitting production is about to start and the demand for the longer type (over 38mm) is strong, the group added.
News12 Dec 2014Arioli successfully launched its ArioPrint digital textiles printer at of FESPA Eurasia, in Istanbul, Turkey, following a minor hiccup on day one when its Kyocera printheads were stopped by Turkish customs. Day two of the exhibition was far more triumphant as all 16 heads were fully installed, thanks to the hard work of Arioli Engineers and its Turkish partners Aras Teks Kimya.
News12 Dec 2014Digital textiles printing was a clear focus at FESPA Eurasia, held in Istanbul, Turkey last week, as international and local brands came together to present their latest innovations. Spread over two halls, FESPA announced that the event had increased in size by 20% when compared to the previous year, with international participants also an area of growth.
