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A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.
Bayer MaterialScience is increasing its production capacities in the Asia/Pacific region to meet the continued growth in demand there for raw materials for coatings and adhesives. The company has broken ground today for a new plant for the production of precursor hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), which will have an annual capacity of 50,000 metric tons and is expected to be complete in 2016.
Shima Seiki Italia S p A, Italian subsidiary of Japanese computerised knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki Mfg Ltd is to hold a private exhibition at its headquarters in Segrate, Milano later this month.
Profile21 Mar 2014Ethical manufacturing in the textiles industry is sadly still far from the norm and in the performance outdoor apparel segment, the focus on innovative fibres, functional finishes and enhanced design features can sometimes mean that the people that actually make the clothes are overlooked.
A survey of the environmental-management-system standard ISO 14001, covering its future content and current benefits, suggested that the next version should have a clearer focus on preventing pollution, eco-efficiency and lifecycle, according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Japanese flat knitting technology manufacturer, Shima Seiki is to exhibit at ITM Texpo Eurasia 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey’s knitting industry is rapidly gaining recognition as a provider of high quality and quick response for the European fashion market.
News20 Mar 2014Mill offtake of baby alpaca tops (22/23 micron) was again brisk during the past week, according to The Schneider Group, influencing a further upward adjustment in their FOB quotations. Unsold stocks of those qualities are said to be virtually exhausted, both at origin in Peru and in European warehouses. The lack of available baby alpaca supply continued to influence a shift in demand towards superfine types (26 micron), stocks of which are also becoming thin. Superfine prices are expected to rule firm in the near term. The 2013/14 clip has drawn to a close and the market will have to wait until the end of the year for fresh supplies to become available.
News20 Mar 2014The factors shaping trading patterns remained unchanged this week. Although some brokers continued to flag up supply concerns, indicating that yields per head of sheep are down on previous expectations, the dominant influence on price was again the restricted nature of demand from China. Processors and mills in that country reported very sluggish sales for the domestic wool textile and clothing market, with export business to Europe (involving primarily the finer end of the quality spectrum) proving slightly more active. The foregoing may explain the tendency of finer wool values to fare relatively well in recent week compared with mid-micron styles, despite the supply of the former category being more abundant.
