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News21 Oct 2014The Chairman of the North West Leicestershire District Council, Graham Allman, officially opened the UK branch of MTEX Solutions, manufacturer of digital textile printers, at the opening ceremony last week.
Kelheim Fibres is presenting its flame retardant (FR) viscose fibre Danufil BF at this year’s Materialica (October 21-23, Messe München), designed for use in home textiles, interior fittings and for acoustic insulation in the automotive sector.
News21 Oct 2014Instron, testing equipment provider for the evaluation of mechanical properties of materials and components, presented its Pneumatic Cord and Yarn Grips designed to overcome the problem of premature failure for industrial textile fibres – including Aramid and UHMwPE.
Cambodia’s “high cost of electricity – the third highest in South East Asia after Singapore and Myanmar – along with low skills are keeping the country away from producing textiles,” the World Bank chief economist for the East Asia and the Pacific region, Sudhir Shetty, told WTiN.
FMP Technology GmbH – a corporate spin-off of the German University of Erlangen – has developed two innovative application systems for pretreatment, dyeing, impregnation, finishing and coating of textiles including non-woven fabrics, fibres, yarns and multifilaments.
News20 Oct 2014Fifteen German textile machinery and accessories manufacturers visited some important Ethiopian textile producers last week in order to gain information on this novel textile market and network with potential customers in the region.
Huntsman Textile Effects has been selected as the overall winner in the 2014 ICIS Innovation Awards for its revolutionary AVITERA SE dyes – also becoming the first recipient of the Innovation with Best Benefit to Environment or Sustainability Award.
GTTES-2015, organised by India ITME Society in Mumbai, is to take place in January. This textile technology event will cover spinning accessories and spare parts; weaving machinery; processing machinery; nonwovens and technical textiles; digital printing machinery; garment, knitting and embroidery machinery; textile chemicals and dyes; fibres and yarns; jute machinery; accessories, spare parts and components; and waste water management and green technology.
Insight20 Oct 2014Prices declined at this week’s sale, which saw the Cape Wools Merino indicator shed 3.5% to close at R112.88 per kilo clean. This is 1.1% higher compared to the opening sale of this season and 2.9% down compared to the corresponding sale of the previous season.
Insight20 Oct 2014At Thursday’s North Island wool sale, prices took a sharp correction against previous weeks, as exporters finished buying for Chinese orders. This, combined with a recent quiet period of business and a rise in the New Zealand dollar, has resulted in this price correction.
