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Profile12 Nov 2013Fine Scottish cashmere garment brand Brora turned 20 this year. Back in 1993, Victoria Stapleton, company founder and creative director, had the desire to break down the barriers surrounding cashmere.
News12 Nov 2013India saw garment exports grow 13.5% in October underpinned by currency stabilisation and successful penetration of new markets.
Hotmelt adhesive specialist H.B. Fuller has received a New Product Innovation Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan for the development and commercialisation of two products for the nonwoven hygiene market.
A court has granted in part and denied in part a petition for review of a decision of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granting an application for conditional registration of two pesticides, AGS-20 and AGS-20 U, which HeiQ Materials sought to apply to manufactured textiles such as clothing, blankets, and carpet.
The Textile Institute is to hold a one-day ‘Innovation in Textiles’ conference in Manchester, UK, next week. Speakers include Lorna Fitzsimons, director, The Alliance Project, who will talk about Britain’s textile renaissance and opportunities for growth and employment in the UK textile sector. Cheryl Kindness, design and development director at Camira Fabrics Group will talk about her company’s activities while Jim Taylor, senior project manager, Lenzing, will discuss sustainability.
News11 Nov 2013Prices throughout much of the polyester supply chain in China presented a steadier appearance last week, influenced in part by strength in feedstock values. The impact of typhoon activity on shipping is thought to have been one reason why spot rates for paraxlyene (PX) and mono ethylene glycol (MEG) moved higher, despite a further fall in crude oil rates.
News11 Nov 2013In its latest world cotton supply and demand update released on Friday (the first for two months, owing to the US government shutdown), the USDA increased its global ending stock figure for this season by 214,000 tonnes, to yet another record high of 20,839,000 tonnes. China is predicted to hold around 60% of those stocks.
Profile11 Nov 2013The Story of the Suit has come full circle. Starting in the Awatere Valley of New Zealand, travelling to West Yorkshire’s manufacturing hub and on to Savile Row, the Jade fabric returned to its origins when it was worn by HRH Prince Charles on tour in New Zealand.
Profile8 Nov 2013All Print Supplies (APS), a leading supplier of materials for the sign, exhibition and display markets, recently formed its new textiles division in an attempt to take advantage of the ‘boom’ in the UK’s soft signage industry, where demand is on the rise.
News8 Nov 2013Indian yarn prices have been about maintained during the past week, following recent discounting. However, price sentiment has again been described as easy, owing not least to further declines in raw material replacement costs. Moreover, import demand from China continued in the slower vein witnessed of late.
