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A fire broke out at Umzamo Nonwovens on Wednesday morning, injuring one worker at the facility in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, according to Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
News17 Jan 2014John Smedley Ltd has announced plans to extend its product range and establish an apprenticeship scheme following a £500,000 investment.
Pegas Nonwovens, a manufacturer of polypropylene/polyethylene nonwoven textiles, has successfully passed the demanding testing and qualification process at it is new production line in Egypt and, at the start of January, has commenced standard commercial operations.
Shima Seiki is to exhibit at the 74th Pitti Immagine Filati exhibition in Florence, Italy. It will participate in the KnitClub section of the exhibition which is aimed at appealing to the technical and creative interests of visitors and to stimulate advanced integration of the production chain.
The Converting and Bonding (CAB) conference hosted by INDA, the US-based association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, will focus on new technologies, raw materials and processes for the automotive and furnishing nonwovens markets.
News16 Jan 2014Our monthly review of India's cotton fabric markets reveals a upward trend in prices, spurred mainly by increases in local cotton and cotton yarn values. However, in many instances, manufacturers have struggled to pass on the full extent of the upturn in input costs.
News16 Jan 2014Prices for nonwoven fabric in India have typically tended higher during the past month. Demand for air and water filtration industrial applications has been strong. However, an area of concern has been a slowdown in activity in the domestic automotive industry. The number of cars sold by domestic manufacturers during 2013 fell to 1.8 million, down from 2.0 million in 2012. Consumption of nonwoven fabric by the sector is estimated to have fallen by around 5 to 8% as a consequence.
News16 Jan 2014According to The Schneider Group, a desire among dehairers in China to liquidate supplies ahead of the Spring Festival, at a time when demand is at a low ebb, has influenced a weakening in origin prices, which has been reflected in Schneider’s FOB quotations. Prices for Mongolian and Iranian cashmere have remained unaltered.
News16 Jan 2014Auction values again reflected a larger supply and sluggish demand in trading this week. For much of the week, Chinese buyers were reluctant to add to their purchase commitments -many had anticipated that increased auction volumes would depress prices further. Moreover, exporters were typically focused on liquidating existing stocks accumulated ahead of the year-end break, rather than covering against new sales.
Prices eased back from the record set immediately prior to the year-end break, with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator falling by 1.4%, to R115.67 per kilo, clean. A slightly slower demand and a weakening in the local currency against the US dollar since December both contributed to the price weakness. In US dollar terms, the Cape Wools Indicator was no less than 6.24% lower at 1,066 US cents per kilo.
