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News30 Nov 2014According to China Customs, cotton yarn imports during October reached 173,000 tonnes, a marginal drop of 0.57% on the previous month, and a contraction of 5.21% on the same month last year.
News30 Nov 2014According to China Customs, acrylic imports during October amounted to 11,814 tonnes, down 17.61% on the previous month, and 32.49% lower than the same month in 2013.
Pegas Nonwovens’ earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 35.9% from 2013 to €11.9 million in the third quarter of 2014.
The Hohenstein Institute’s director of the Consumer Tests Department, Florian Girmond, said that the institute is carrying out studies to examine the effectiveness of non-medical compression textiles, a contested topic in the industry.
BASF plans to invest in a pioneering superabsorbent (SAP) technology platform of its hygiene business. The chemicals company will plough up to €500 million (US $625 million) into the project over the next two to three years to establish droplet polymerisation capacities worldwide by revamping existing plants.
News28 Nov 2014Nonwoven and film specialist RKW has reported high demand for its viral barrier film-to-nonwoven laminate for surgical gowns during MEDICA, the world's largest medical fair show, which took place in Düsseldorf from 12-15 November, 2014.
The cashmere market in China is getting quieter, mostly because European buyers appear reluctant to buy due to the upcoming Christmas holidays, the Schneider Group reported. Despite this, prices remain firm, since at the current price levels, dehairers only have a small margin and if prices drop, they may face a loss, the group added.
News27 Nov 2014Turkey’s Good Cotton Practices Association (IPUD) has become a member of the International Cotton Association (ICA). It joins Supima, the Bangladesh Cotton Association, the Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers, the Spinners & Weavers Association of Korea and the Australian Cotton Shippers Association, who have all signed up to ICA membership and safe trading.
Profile27 Nov 2014The name ‘Rialco’ is not widely known in the digital-textile printing industry, but in the past 12 years this UK company has quietly carved itself a niche at the heart of the supply chain for dye-sublimation inks. It processes and supplies highly purified dye powders under the brand name Riaplas, used in the ink formulations of several of the leading global brands.
Insight27 Nov 2014The global textile industry requires cooperation across national borders on the road to recovery, said Josué Gomes da Silva, retiring president of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) in his opening address at the Annual Conference 2014, in Beijing, China.
The Indonesian textiles association (API) is to partner with the Indonesian ministry of industry to set up free training courses for textiles workers, according to API chairman Ade Sudrajat. The initiative is seen as an early indicator of the investor-friendly credentials of the new administration, under President Joko Widodo, who took office last month. The API (Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia) boss said the country’s textiles industry was moving its factories from West Java and Jakarta to Central Java and finding competent workers was challenging: “Obviously factories are moving from Jakarta [where the minimum wage is Indonesian Rupiah IDR2.4 million-a-month [US$198] to Central Java because the minimum wage is half as much, but we need to educate and train workers here for things to move forward — it’s very important,” he said.
News26 Nov 2014Chief secretary (Textiles) at the Government of Maharashtra, Sunil Porwal, has pinpointed India’s logistics in terms of textile production as the country’s biggest challenge, at the Textile Association (India)’s Annual Conference on November 14.
News26 Nov 2014Italian stretch fabrics company Piave Maitex has been voted designer of the year 2015 in the intimates category by Interfilière Paris. The company has been present at Interfilière since the show’s launch and will be celebrated at the 2015 edition from January 24-26.
