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Switzerland-based Falu says it has found an answer to a problem that has plagued the European cotton swab industry for decades. Previously manufacturers had to rely on a cotton sliver weight of around 1.5g/m but the company’s new FDM (Falu Draft Module) system enables the usage of 3 to 5g/m standard slivers.
The extent of the potential impact on the textile industry of the next stage of European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH – the registration of chemicals of small volumes (10 tonnes a year and above) – has been made clearer by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
Raw-material costs are responsible for a decision by Wacker Polymers to raise its prices for VINNAPAS vinyl acetate-ethylene and VINNOL ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), according to a statement by the chemical company.
Weaving technology manufacturer Lindauer Dornier is exhibiting for the first time at this year’s JEC Europe in Paris. Under the new brand ‘Dornier Composite Systems’ the Bavarian-Swabian mechanical engineering company specialises in weaving systems for technical textiles and large production plants for biaxial stretched thermoplastic films.
Insight6 Mar 2014Data supplied by China National Bureau of Statistics and Chemical Fibre Association confirms the impressive growth in China’s polyester filament yarn output in recent years. Production has nearly doubled in the space of only 5 years. Polyester filament yarn comprises around half of the country’s total man-made fibre output.
News6 Mar 2014The Schneider Group this week reported a rather uncertain business climate in the cashmere market. Prices had ruled a little softer ahead of the Lunar New Year, with Chinese dehairers pushing harder for orders in an attempt to generate some cash flow. Since then, prices have subsequently edged back up to the levels prevailing previously. However, demand has remained selective, both domestically (where the economic climate is proving unhelpful) and on the export front (with mills in Europe covering their requirements cautiously).
