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Even though all cashmere prices from all origins have remained firm for the week, the EUR/USD exchange rate (now at 1.23) is making the prices in euro much higher and this fact certainly is damaging the already difficult situation of spinners and weavers in Europe, The Schneider Group reported.
Insight10 Nov 2014The Australian wool market has seen an upturn this week, with the Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) climbing 13 Australian cents to close at 1,042 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, November 6. In US dollar terms, the EMI dropped 8 US cents, closing at 893 cents per kilo.
This season was the first time all six of the Paris fashion manufacturing events were fully owned and managed by one organiser. And now the current grouping of six shows, comprising Première Vision, Expofil, Indigo, Mod’Amont, Zoom and Le Cuir à Paris, collectively known as Première Vision Pluriel, is to be rebranded.
News7 Nov 2014Jiangsu Kuangda Automobile Fabric Group, one of the largest producers of automotive interior fabrics and car seat covers in China, has equipped its three newest plants, scheduled to open in 2015, with Lectra’s Vector fabric cutting machine.
Industrial Opportunity Partners (IOP), an operations-focused private equity firm based in Illinois, US, has acquired Vita Nonwovens, LLC, a technical nonwoven solutions provider that serves the bedding, automotive, construction and medical markets.
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) will partner with Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU) in Hangzhou, China, in conducting the 13th International Wool Research Conference (IWRC 13th) and AATCC’s Sustainability Symposium (June 10-12, 2015) in Hangzhou.
A current research project sponsored by the Alliance for Industrial Research and running until the start of 2016 is working on developing innovative reusable operating theatre textiles which are more comfortable to wear and more durable because they can be cleaned in a gentler process.
Flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki of Wakayama, Japan, will participate in a private exhibition to be held by its second-tier subsidiary Shima Seiki Morocco SLU at its showroom in Casablanca, Morocco, later this month. On display will be the latest in computerised flat knitting and computer knit design technology.
