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News4 Feb 2014Mimaki has developed an updated version of its JV33 outdoor durable printer, enhanced by the inclusion of Mimaki’s Advanced Pass System (MAPS) technology, which has been launched at the C!Print Exhibition in Lyon, France.
Vestagen Technical Textiles (Vestagen) has obtained worldwide rights from Schoeller Technologies AG for certain technologies that are integral to the unique properties of Vestex, the first of its barrier protective fabrics that are clinically proven to prevent or reduce the acquisition and retention of microbes and other contaminants.
Shinwa Corporation, a medium-size nonwovens specialist based in Ehime, Japan, is to establish a spunlace nonwovens plant in Indonesia. The new company, PT Shinwa Nonwovens Indonesia (SNI) was founded in August 2012 and commenced construction of its plant, which is expected to be complete by July this year.
News4 Feb 2014The following selection of wool yarn prices supplied to WTiN indicates a weaker trend in values during the course of the past year. Prices for yarns spun from mid-micron fleece have been better maintained than most. It will be recalled that mid-micron fleece values in Australia have ruled firm in trading this season, on the back of a shift in the composition of the clip towards the finer end of the range.
News4 Feb 2014In its latest monthly revision of its global cotton supply and demand figures, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), a US-based inter-governmental organisation, again raised its ending stocks estimates for this season and next.
News4 Feb 2014Cotton fabric prices generally tended firmer in Pakistan during January, reflecting (at least partially) advances in raw material replacement costs. The representative prices indicated in the table below were those prevailing at the end of the month. However, many weavers, particularly those located in Punjab (where production costs are higher) have reported difficult trading conditions.
Low & Bonar is to appoint a new CEO, following the decision of Steve Good to retire from his full time executive role. Mr Good will remain in his current role until the second half of this year while the board searches for his successor to lead the company, which supplies yarns, fabrics and fibres to a broad range of end markets including civil engineering, building products, transport, sports and leisure, agriculture and other industrial applications.
A new kind of feminine hygiene product that protects women against light to moderate accidental bowel leakage (ABL) has been selected as the 2014 Visionary Award winner by industry executives from major consumer product companies and their supply chain.
News3 Feb 2014Following the announcement that Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) and Toyobo are to acquire the German-headquartered PHP Fibers, the move has been hailed as a win-win situation for all concerned, a senior industry official has told WTiN.
