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Oerlikon Neumag is to unveil its new staple fibre plant Staple FORCE S 1000 at INDEX 14, which takes place on April 8-11 in Geneva. The company said that the compact Staple FORCE S 1000 is designed for the economical production of staple fibres in small lots of up to 15 tons per day, as necessary for the production of carded nonwovens.
Turkey’s knitting industry performed strongly in 2013 and its senior figures are optimistic about further growth in the coming year. According to data from the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA), exports of knitted apparel from Turkey grew by around 10% in 2013, reaching $8.49bn in the first 11 months of the year. It said that exports of the overall garment industry - of which knitted products comprise just over 60% - grew by 8% to $17.4bn in 2013.
News11 Mar 2014The Textile Commissioner’s office reports that cotton yarn production in January amounted to 336,000 tonnes, up from 6.7% in January 2013. Non-cotton yarn and blended yarn output at 118,000 tonnes was 5.7% higher than a year earlier. The growth displayed in the cumulative totals for the fiscal year through to January is still more robust. Between April 2013 and January 2014, cotton yarn production rose by 11.1% to 3,288,000 tonnes, while production of other spun yarns increased by 9.8% to 1,172,000 tonnes.
The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for micro and nanotechnologies, has recommended a range of Government funding that it said would boost the UK nanocomposites industry.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has recommended that the solvent N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) be placed on the REACH authorisation list, so special permission is needed for its EU use. It helps synthesise and produce coated textiles and synthetic fibres. ECHA fears it might harm human fertility and reproduction. The European Commission will make the final decision on the listing.
News11 Mar 2014According to China Customs, textile and clothing exports during January displayed robust growth to the major destination markets. However, shipments to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which had shown the most significant growth during 2013, were the weakest.
News11 Mar 2014The United States Department of Agriculture’s March review of its global supply and demand forecasts contained much fewer significant adjustments than some observers had anticipated. Ahead of the report, conjecture focused on a potential bullish downward revision in US ending stocks for this season, with exports surpassing expectations. Washington did reduce its US export figure by 43,500 tonnes and its ending stock number by a commensurate margin, but this was a smaller decline than some had predicted. Moreover, the US changes were overshadowed somewhat by reduced 2013/14 consumption forecasts for China and Pakistan, which offset increases for Bangladesh, India and Turkey, resulting in a further rise in the Department’s world ending stock forecast of 62,000 tonnes, to 21,065,000 tonnes.
Thies Textilmaschinen is to introduce its newest yarn-dyeing machine in at ITMA Asia + CITME in Shanghai, in June. The iCone is said to consolidate the highest ecological standards with technological intelligence, to achieve ‘tremendous’ savings in water and electricity consumption.
