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Fiber & Yarn Products (F&YP), manufacturer of nylon and polyester yarn products, has joined forces with Next Fiber Technology (NFT), allowing the companies to combine their intellectual property, patents pending and manufacturing trade secrets.
INDA, the US-based association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, has purchased the Insight conference from Marketing Technology Service (MTS) and plans to combine the event with its Vision consumer products conference. Both events have focused on the absorbent product and disposable hygiene market segments.
Environment friendly alternatives in degumming, scouring and bleaching
The predominantly short wooled second shear offering from the North Island saw the shears, lambs’ wool and oddments ease with longer and finer fleece wools firm to dearer. Of the 11,000 bales on offer, 95% sold, according to Wool Services International.
The Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 1 cent on the previous week’s sale (May 22). The EMI closed at 1,040 Australian cents per kilo clean on Thursday May 29. In US dollar terms, the EMI increased by 3 cents to 965 US cents per kilo.
