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News23 Oct 2013Traders selling into Turkey have reported renewed weakness in offering rates for polyester staple fibre and filament yarn during the past week. Suppliers are thought to be facing growing unsold stocks, with demand (not just in Turkey, but in other markets) having remained in the doldrums during the past few months.
News23 Oct 2013Cotton yarn prices in Pakistan have ruled slightly softer during the past week. Although comments from some domestic downstream textile sectors have pointed to satisfaction over the current pace of business, many local yarn buyers have continued to purchase only their most pressing raw material requirements.
Technical23 Oct 2013The range of available reactive dyes is wide, and enables a large number of dyeing techniques to be used. This research was undertaken with a view to improving value addition to the substrate and reducing dyeing cost.
News23 Oct 2013Elevance Renewable Sciences, a high-growth speciality chemicals company, has authorised the next stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Mississippi, in order to expand the production of its Inherent renewable building blocks by 2016.
News23 Oct 2013Cotton pre-treated with Gentle Power Bleach, which is powered by DuPont’s enzymatic bleaching technology PrimaGreen EcoWhite, demonstrates a softer, bulkier, more natural handle with less fabric weight loss, according to a new case study.
Insight23 Oct 2013WTiN has expanded the range of fabric prices it is tracking in India (adding to its existing coverage of poplin fabric), to provide more comprehensive coverage of that country’s main fabric markets. In four different sectors, namely poplin fabric, knitted jersey fabric, home textiles (both bedlinen and towelling) and nonwovens, WTiN will provide indicative prices towards the middle of each month, along with a report on the main factors influencing the individual markets. The following report covers developments during the month ended October 20.
News23 Oct 2013Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V), a global leader in the supply of industrial nonwovens, is to add NanoWave Filtration Media production capability to its plant in Hatzfeld, Germany, to support the rapid growth in demand for high performance filter media.
Insight22 Oct 2013The global chemical industry is expected to grow from $4 trillion to $5.3 trillion by 2020, according to a 2011 report from Pike Research. And ‘Green Chemistry’ represents a market opportunity that will grow from $2.8 billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020.
News22 Oct 2013According to the latest monthly production report published by the Textile Commissioner’s Office in India, cotton yarn output during August totalled 332,000 tonnes, 2.5% up from July and 9.5% higher than a year earlier. Cumulative output between April and August (the first five months of the fiscal year), at 1,607,000 tonnes, was 11% higher than the corresponding level a year earlier.
News22 Oct 2013SCS Global Services (SCS) has independently verified Fruit of the Loom's 2012 North American carbon footprint, which will serve as the baseline report that the apparel company uses to monitor and measure its success in reaching its 2015 goal of reducing electricity-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40%.
News22 Oct 2013Dyneon GmbH in co-operation with InVerTec and the University of Bayreuth has developed a new technology for recovering about 90% of the monomers split from fluoropolymers during manufacturing and ‘up-cycling’ them back into the manufacturing process.
