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News23 Dec 2013A soft price tone permeated the polyester supply chain in eastern China last week, as feedstock replacement costs eased and demand for fibre and filament yarn remained sluggish. Prices for other man-made fibres also ruled weak in a difficult trading environment.
Insight23 Dec 2013Turkey’s increasing focus on technical textiles is reflected in the programmes of two major international conferences that look set to be among the highlights of the country’s busy textile events programme in 2014.
A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.
Profile23 Dec 2013Xennia Technology reached a milestone this year with the introduction of UV-curing inks for a digital printing machine for industrial textiles, developed by TenCate in partnership with Reggiani Macchine. John Scrimshaw examines the background to the company’s continuing R&D programme.
Insight20 Dec 2013Apparel and textile exporters operating in sub-Saharan Africa, including Chinese- and Indian-owned companies, could create a more effective export-oriented manufacturing base in the region following the new World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement on trade facilitation, experts predict.
News20 Dec 2013UK-based Avocet Dye & Chemicals has installed a new Datacolor 650 spectrophotometer with a full software package, including Tools & Match Textile with smart match technology, allowing for both the reflectance and transmission measurements, giving increased flexibility when assessing colour.
Profile19 Dec 2013China has many thousands of textile printing companies – so the ability to stand out from the crowd and attract high-end clients, who are probably innovative and environmentally conscious, has been a focus for the Changzhou-based Dongheng Group. It has found the answer in digital printing.
Georgia has historically been one of the leading textile-manufacturing employment centres in the US. It made lots of news in October and November with major expansions announced and a change in ownership in one of the state’s venerable textile companies.
News19 Dec 2013Late notice that the scheduled South Island sale on January 9 would be cancelled due to insufficient wool being available, along with the recent dip in prices stimulating export demand, were the main factors prompting an upturn in auction values this week, reversing the recent trend. Wool Services International’s Coarse Crossbred Indicator gained 2.7%, rising to 492 NZ cents per kilo, clean.
Technical19 Dec 2013Generally sodium hydrosulphite (Na2S2O4) (ie. sodium dithionite) is a preferred reducing agent in dyeing of cellulosic fibre with vat dyes. The high cost and excess requirement of sodium hydrosulphite increases the cost of dyeing. In this experiment, the use of a combined mixture of sodium hydrosulphite, sodium bisulphite and sodium sulphite in appropriate proportions gave good results in terms of colour value. The cost of dyeing was also reduced significantly due to partial replacement of hydrosulphite.
