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South African retail group Woolworths is inviting South African men and women to take part in a national sizing survey.
News11 Feb 2014The decision by officials to refuse bail to 21 of the 23 Cambodian men who were arrested following January’s wage dispute in the country, has caused international outrage among NGOs and industrial unions.
News11 Feb 2014According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s fabric production (all types of fibre) during December amounted to 6.43 billion metres, a modest decline from the previous month and from a earlier year.
Nanotechnology has been used by researchers at the Islamic Azad University, Yazd branch, in Iran, to develop cotton clothes with antimicrobial properties.
News10 Feb 2014Interface, the carpet tile manufacturer, is now operating its European manufacturing facility in Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands, with 100% renewable energy (both electricity and gas), using virtually zero water in its manufacturing processes and has attained zero waste to landfill.
News10 Feb 2014The Government of India has launched a new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) to establish four to six Brown Field projects and three to five Green Field projects to address the environmental issues faced by the textile processing units.
News10 Feb 2014According to China Customs, silk (including silk yarn, fabric and other end products) exports during the whole of 2013 reached US$3.51billion, up 3.08% versus a year earlier, but marginally lower than the 2011 total and below the recent peak of US$3.72 billion recorded in 2006.
Technical10 Feb 2014The object of fibre, yarn and fabric pretreatments is to prepare the material for subsequent coloration and finishing treatments. This is accomplished by removing the natural, acquired and applied substances which are mainly located at the fibre surface.
Freudenberg’s nonwovens business group will be commissioning a new manufacturing plant in Jacareí near São Paulo, Brazil. The plant will target the technical products and hygiene market segments and is part of a €13.2m programme of investment in South America.
Insight7 Feb 2014China’s viscose staple fibre (VSF) producers endured a sluggish market during 2013 (see export figures in Trade section below). Spot rates for 1.5 denier, 38mm, in eastern China collapsed from a peak of 15,000 yuan per tonne in early May, to 12,300 yuan per tonne by the end of January 2014, a drop of 18%.
