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News25 Nov 2013Infiniti Red Bull Racing finished the 2013 Formula 1 season in São Paulo, Brazil, as winners of both the driver and team championships for the fourth year in a row and, once again, the racing outfit used TeXtreme Spread Tow carbon reinforcements in their vehicle.
News25 Nov 2013The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UW-Stevens Point) will invest over $2.8 million in a Collaborative Research Facility for Development and Commercialisation of Biorefinery Technologies – including a Cellulose Pilot & Processing Lab.
News25 Nov 2013Prices through much of the polyester supply chain in eastern China displayed renewed weakness last week. Declines in intermediate spot rates, along with quieter demand from downstream textile buyers were the two main factors affecting the market.
Technical25 Nov 2013The continuous demand for technical textiles with increased performance combined with sustainability leads to an increased focus on a phenomenon such as “adhesion to textile substrates”. This article elaborates on the parameters which influence the adhesion of coatings and finishes towards the most commonly used textile substrates made of polyamide and polyester.
The Hassan Group has invested in a new SMS line through its Aksis company, which produces spunbond nonwovens. The company has an annual capacity of 3,600 tons that will increase to 9,000 tons with the addition of the new line, which is expected to be operational by the first quarter of next year.
News25 Nov 2013Alto University has developed a global first with textile samples made from Ioncell cellulose fibres, which it introduced to the Finnish Bioeconomy Cluster FIBIC - one of the six Strategic Centres for science, technology and innovation in Finland.
News25 Nov 2013DuPont Protection Technologies has launched two new solutions for body armour utilising its Kevlar fibre, including a new water repellent ballistic fabric. The company has developed DuPont Kevlar XP 2104 to offer strong ballistic performance and comfort in wet or tropical climates.
Soyang Europe, a supplier of digitally printable media for a broad range of industries, has witnessed an upward trend in customers investing in superwide and wide format polyester fabrics for use in soft signage, POS and exhibition installations.
Yesterday, the Undersecretary of Foreign Trade announced that following completion of anti-dumping investigations into spun yarn imports from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan and Egypt, provisional safeguard duties of 20 to 25% of the CIF value will be upheld. The case covers all types of spun yarn, with the exception of those manufactured from pure cotton and pure linen.
News22 Nov 2013Prices for poplin fabric in India have tended slightly softer during the past month, reflecting to some extent a weaker trend in domestic cotton and cotton yarn prices. A further depressive influence has been a subdued domestic demand for woven fabric. Buyers have tended to focus on securing heavier weight knit fabrics for winter fashion lines, fabrics incorporating low counts of cotton yarn, but also polyester (both virgin and recycled). Price declines have been accentuated in US dollar terms, owing to renewed weakness in the rupee.
Trends affecting new market and business opportunities for the nonwoven and engineered fabric segments will be the highlight of next year’s VISION 2014 Consumer Products Conference held from January 27-30, at The Westin Galleria in Dallas, Texas.
Insight22 Nov 2013Last week, we asserted that, “On the one hand, the scope for further significant falls in international cotton prices may be limited in the short term, but, on the other hand, any move to the upside should also be capped by the weight of new crop supply”. The second part of that equation would seem to have been tested during the past week, with a number of developments that may have spurred a sustained recovery in the market, failing to have any substantive impact.
Asahi Kasei has revealed that during the first half of 2013 sales in its fibre segment increased 5.9% to ¥59.8 billion ($590 million), compared to ¥53.9 billion ($532 million) in the previous year. And the unit’s operating income rose by 2.7% compared to 2012.
News22 Nov 2013Van de Wiele is showcasing new carpet qualities resulting from recent electronic breakthroughs at Domotex in January. The introduction of servo drive technology has been implemented in the new generation of tapestry and velvet looms. Tapestry carpets with jacquard flat weave, in combination with cut pile, are woven in open harness on the Tapestry Rug Innovator TRi02.
News22 Nov 2013M&R’s newest entry-level manual screen printing press, Kruzer, includes numerous proven design features, including a tapered-roller with supported upper and lower carousels, a precise micro-registration system, a machined centre shaft, and a three-point pallet levelling system.
