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Research and Markets has published a report entitled India Textile Chemicals Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2018.
Five Italian denim-industry leaders are in Bangladesh this week to preach the technical and environmental excellence of their products under the title: Italian DNA – Creativity and Innovation, the Italian way to Sustainability.
News25 Mar 2014The British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) has launched a new interactive website which is now on-line and available for use.
Figures published by Pakistan’s National Bureau of Statistics indicate that textiles and clothing export earnings grew in February by over 3% compared with the previous month, to reach US$1.13 billion. This was 14.5% higher than the year-earlier statistic.
Last year was a strong one for weaving machinery sales which boosted business for warp preparation technology firm Stäubli. Stäubli’s analysis and market intelligence suggests that the investment activity in key markets for weaving machines was much better than anticipated last year and far better than in 2012.
Ahlstrom has launched a new range of surgical drapes for the operating room called TrustShield. The single-use drapes are designed to offer consistent protection and performance to ensure the safety of both surgical staff and patients.
Techtextil will be extended to four days in 2015 and will offer more exhibition space for the combined Techtextil and Texprocess shows. Messe Frankfurt has announced the trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens will run from May 4-7, 2015, in parallel with Texprocess, the trade fair for textile processing and flexible materials.
UK based Fastek is to introduce its own range of dye-sublimation and eco-solvent wide-format printers, under the Samsonn Digital brand. Scheduled for launch at the Sign & Digital show at Birmingham’s NE C (April 29 – May 1), the dye-sub version will come in widths of 1600m and 3200mm, with the eco-solvent version also available in the intermediate width of 2500mm. All the printers will be fitted with the Epson DX5 print head.
Epson has begun shipping its SureColor® F2000 Series direct-to-garment (DTG) inkjet printers. It says the SureColor F2000 White Edition and SureColor F2000 Color Edition will be available from a network of authorised resellers, including All American, Axiom America, BelQuette Inc, Equipment Zone, Groupe STAHL and Lawson Screen & Digital.
Insight24 Mar 2014Divergent price influences and a lack of clarity surrounding key market dynamics appear to be creating a volatile price environment in the international cotton arena. International merchants are generally holding fairly large stocks of non-US cotton, against which they are ‘short’ New York futures. The time left for them to liquidate those stocks, before the impact of a large inverse in New York futures (which could involve substantial losses on those physical positions) comes into play – most merchants would start rolling futures positions out of the July contract into the December delivery month around the beginning of June.
News24 Mar 2014The dynamics influencing the global cotton market last week were essentially unchanged from the previous few weeks. Nearby New York futures remained firm, reflecting a tight current crop supply of US cotton, which has attracted buying interest from the speculative community. However, New York futures at current levels are making it very difficult for international traders to liquidate stocks of non-US cotton (particularly hand-picked cotton such as Indian and West African), with mills baulking at paying prices much above 92.00 US cents per lb for higher grades. With a huge inverse in New York futures looming (the July 2014 contract is over 12 cents above the December 2014) pressure to sell current crop stocks is mounting and physical prices are therefore softening in relation to New York futures.
