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Kimberly-Clark’s aviation wipes have been qualified and listed on Aerospace Material Specification AMS 3819C and Boeing Material Specification BMS 15-5G.
The UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has today launched a formal consultation on proposals to amend the testing regime within the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations (FFRs).
BFT Medical has applied for a patent for a knitted orthopaedic orthosis in the form of a post operative knee brace. The invention is designed to overcome the draw-backs of the conventional knee brace and is made entirely from knitted fabric with three-dimensional zones using the latest generation of technical yarns and without seams.
Delta Apparel reported net sales for its fiscal 2014 third quarter ended June 28 of $123.5m and net income of $2.2m. This compares with 2013 third quarter sales of $133.6m and net income of $4m. For the first nine months of fiscal 2014, net sales were $338m compared with $360.4m in the prior year period. The company had a net loss for the 2014 first nine months of $195,000 compared with net income of $5.6m in the prior year period.
Advanced-textiles and composites company Albany International Corp has reported sales of $193.5 million in Q2 2014, a slight fall on the same period last year. But earnings of $37.7 million before tax and other deductions were up by more than $1 million and the company turned last year’s $7.4 million loss into a profit of $11.2 million. Last year’s earnings in the period were reduced by factors that included a $24.3 million restructuring charge.
Culp Home Fashions is to invest $9.5m in the company’s mattress fabrics operations. This capital project is designed to support the future growth potential in mattress fabrics and includes a building expansion as well as added capacity for finishing and fabric production.
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), polyester value chain producer, saw total revenues of THB125.7bn ($3.9bn) in the first half of 2014, a 12% increase over the same period in 2013, with core EBITDA growing by 44% to THB10.2bn ($0.3bn). Net profit correspondingly grew by 163% to THB1.8bn ($5.6m) over 2013.
News6 Aug 2014The European Union market continued to bolster China’s textile and garment exports during 2014. According to China Customs, shipments during June to the EU reached US$ 6.09 billion, jumping 25.53% from previous month and 20.32% on the same period of 2013.
Technical6 Aug 2014Customers want their clothing to deliver comfort, but comfort is a difficult concept to define qualitatively. This is because comfort consists of complex and interdependent combinations of perceptions and can be highly subjective from person to person.
News6 Aug 2014Werner Breuers, Board Member of Lanxess AG, is leaving the company when his contract ends on May 31, 2015, to pursue new challenges. Mr Breuers, who has been responsible for the Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates segments, will leave the Board of Management with immediate effect. He will, however, remain in an advisory role to Lanxess for a transitional period.
During the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, the business environment for the Toyobo Group was characterised by recovery trends in the economy against a background of continued monetary easing in the US and improvement in the employment environment, the company said.
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection recently issued its new ‘Environmental compliance guidelines for printing and dyeing enterprises,’ encouraging manufacturers and operators to put more emphasis on environmental compatible processes and process aids.
News5 Aug 2014Holding low inventories, the main viscose staple fibre producers in China raised their quotations on August 5. The price of key products (1.5den, 38mm) climbed 100 yuan per tonne, to 11,900 yuan a tonne, rebounding for the first time since July 1.
