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News10 Dec 2013Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology, is rolling out a new security platform specifically for textiles and apparel - SigNature T.
The Government of India has raised the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of cotton for the current season with the amount for medium staple going up from Rs.3600 ($59) per quintal in 2012-13 to Rs. 3700 ($60) per quintal in 2013-14.
Keer American Corp, the American arm of textile company the Keer Group, based in Hangzhou, China, known for its manufacturing of cotton yarn, is to invest $218 million in a new plant and American headquarters in Lancaster, South Carolina, US.
Electrocoagulation is an electrochemical dissolution technique in which coagulating agents are generated in situ and used for treating wastewater. It could also be an effective tool for treatment of colour from textile and dye wastewaters with high removal efficiency and it rapidly removes the chromophores and by-products of dye solutions.
News10 Dec 2013Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated polymers and fibres producers, has expanded its XPURE portfolio of polyester products made with a next generation catalyst system, which offers easy flowing properties for better processability, as well as the possibility to use nonreactive thermal bonding methods.
News10 Dec 2013According to the data from China Customs, textiles and apparel exports during November exceeded market expectations, increasing by 1.55% from the previous month, to US$24.5 billion, which was also 16.6% higher than a year earlier.
Pakistan-based Island Textile Mills has been given the approval, by its Board of Directors, to seek the project ‘feasibility’ for the setting up of Unit II at its manufacturing premises at the Kotri Industrial Estate in the province of Sindh.
News10 Dec 2013Evonik Industries, one of the world´s leading speciality chemicals companies, and LanzaTech have signed a three year research cooperation agreement to develop a route to produce bio-processed precursors from waste derived synthesis gas.
News9 Dec 2013Kraig Biocraft Laboratories (KBLB), a developer of advanced spider silk based fibres, has delivered the first shipment of its Monster Silk recombinant spider silk fibre to Warwick Mills, a leader in the engineering and development of advanced technical textiles and protective materials.
News9 Dec 2013On the Qianqing Raw Material Market, in Zheijiang province, quotations for polyester yarn inched higher in slightly brighter trading. In contrast, blended poly/cotton yarn values declined. Despite some signs of a modest improvement in trading, burdensome yarn and fabric stocks could mitigate any positive impact on price in the short term, according to traders on the Qianqing market.
