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Review18 Mar 20143,400 selected visitors attended Milano Unica China, up 13.3% on the previous year.
Whether it is a retailer changing sourcing destinations in response to rising labour or freight costs or a machinery builder adapting its capacity to meet rapidly changing customer demands, modern businesses need to build flexibility into their supply chains to survive.
Stoll has applied for a patent for a new pre-assembled thread guide rail unit and method of fitting a flat knitting machine with independently powered yarn guides. The patent application is based on a pre-fitted yarn carrier rail unit which has a yarn carrier rail for at least one independently driven yarn-carrier which is able to move the former. The unit has a yarn carrier drive able to fit the driving arrangement for connecting the yarn carrier drive to the yarn carrier. The new yarn carrier rail unit can be placed ready to function into a flat knitting machine.
News17 Mar 2014DTG Digital, which markets direct-to-garment digital printers and inks produced by Australia’s Impression Technology, is to introduce a set of inks for polyester and other synthetic fibres. The new inks will expand the capabilities of the company’s machinery, complementing its existing DTG ink set for natural fibres.
ExxonMobil Chemical is building facilities to manufacture Escorez hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin at its recently expanded petrochemical complex in Singapore. The company has started engineering and procurement activities and expects construction to start in the second half of 2014, and completion anticipated in 2017.
News14 Mar 2014Hunter Sportswear is to launch a safety glove for ice-skaters with the highest - class 5 - cut resistance at SPOVAK. The glove offers users the highest level of cut resistance, combined with a high level of comfort and light weight, similar to standard sports gloves, according to DSM Dyneema.
