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Profile8 Apr 2014A streamlined manufacturing process, better exploiting new knit applications and greater flexibility to react to market demands are some of the ambitions of Andreas Schellhammer.
INDEX 14, the largest global meeting place for the nonwovens supply chain and its customers, was launched today, with a ceremony to showcase excellence in the nonwovens and related industries. EDANA’s INDEX 14 Awards highlight innovations from businesses of all sizes and from all parts of the nonwovens supply chain.
News8 Apr 2014According to the China Chamber of Commerce for Imports and Exports of Textiles and Apparel (CCCT), yarn exports during February amounted to 236,000 tonnes, down 28.7% from the previous month, but increasing 7.3% from the same period a year earlier.
News8 Apr 2014Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is marking the 50th anniversary of the AWI-owned Woolmark symbol by working in conjunction with Country Road, commemorating its 40th year as a key Australian lifestyle brand, by creating a short film celebrating Australian wool.
News8 Apr 2014Outlast Technologies, a company producing temperature regulating phase change materials (PCMs), has released a series of short videos which aim to answer many questions surrounding PMCs – from how these materials actually work to the benefits and applications of this technology.
The director general of the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (EURATEX) has called on the EU to keep pushing for a free-trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur trade bloc – notably because it is dominated by Brazil, which today remains a tough market for the European textile industry.
Colour-management software company GMG achieved top ranking in the recent ‘Printing the Unexpected – Textile!’ proofing challenge, run by Germany’s Graphic Technology Research Association (Fogra) and the German Fashion Institute during the recent Colour Management Symposium in Munich.
Huntsman Textile Effects has introduced Eriofast Navy M for polyamide and its blends with elastane, including microfibres, and says the new reactive dye makes it possible for textile mills to achieve economical navy shades and royal blue with the highest standard of wet fastness.
Epson has revealed plans to launch over 10 new inkjet printers for a range of professional print applications over the next 18 months under an ambitious rollout programme that will double the suite of machines built up over the past two years.
