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A new €2.9m project is aiming to develop re-usable filtration media for the clarification of liquids. The Clarifil project is approved by the France-based UP-tex cluster in co-operation with Fibres Hub and Innovin, is co-ordinated by Arkema and the partners are Béarnais Filtration, Bucher Vaslin, CETI, Fiberweb, ICPEES, IFTS, ISVV and Mortelecque. The project, which is expected to last 42 months, has received €1.3m in funding through FUI16.
News12 Dec 2013The offering that came to auction this week was by far the biggest of the season to date, totalling 54,764 bales, of which 90.56% were sold. Although demand from exporters was well maintained, with few wanting to go into the summer recess with uncovered ‘short’ sales, it was not sufficient to prevent a modest decline in prices. The Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) dropped by just less than 1.0%, to 1,134 Australian cents per kilo, clean, having recovered some ground at the last sale on December 12. In US dollar terms, the Indicator decreased by just over 1.0%, to 1,024 US cents per kilo.
News12 Dec 2013Exporters noted a dearth of fresh demand this week and purchasing at auction was limited to covering of existing sales for shipment before the forthcoming Christmas break. Price differences were stretched, with those for poorer styles declining more than those for desirable lots. The paucity of buying interest was highlighted by the fact that of the 6,199 bales of North Island wool on offer, only 66% were cleared, the lowest rate since July 2012. Wool Services International’s Coarse Crossbred Indicator declined by 7.0%, to 479 NZ cents per kilo, clean. The Indicator is close to relinquishing all the gains made since the season opening.
Local wool prices reached a new high at the final sale before the Christmas recess, as traders covered shipment requirements ahead of the break from a small offering. The Cape Wools Indicator rose 0.7% to R117.36 per kilo, clean. This is 15.1% higher than the opening sale of the season and 6.8% up on the year-earlier level.
Insight12 Dec 2013In recent years, the demand for carbon fibres in automotive applications has grown significantly. Due to increasingly stringent fuel economy standards and other regulatory frameworks in the United States, Europe and Asia, most major automotive manufacturers are now looking to incorporate lightweight materials in their newer models.
Lotte Chemical is to shut its pure terephthalic acid (PTA) factory in Wilton in the North-East of England after 32 years, pending consultation with employees. The company said the move was due to increased competition from China and falling market prices.
Sympatex Technologies has opened a branch in Seoul to expand in the Korea. To establish further growth in the Asian market, the company’s new customer, Trespass, is promoting its functional jackets that feature the Sympatex 100% recyclable membrane via a new campaign on the home shopping channel CJO.
News11 Dec 2013According to figures supplied by the Textile Commissioner’s Office, Indian cotton yarn production during October totalled 323,000 tonnes, on a par with the previous month and up 6.6% versus a year earlier. The cumulative total between April and October (the first seven months of the financial year) amounted to 2,259,000 tonnes, an increase of no less than 10.4% versus the comparable level in 2012.
Supima, a non-profit trade association of the American Pima cotton growers, has entered into an agreement with Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) to use its new SigNature T platform to mark, identify, and protect 100% US grown American Pima from counterfeiting and blending.
