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News3 Oct 2013A good demand for a limited North Island offering resulted in prices ruling firmer. Wool Services International’s Coarse Crossbred Indicator rose by 0.4% to 519 NZ cents per kilo, clean. In US dollar terms, it rose by 1.4%, to 432 US cents per kilo.
News3 Oct 2013Export business was fairly slow this week, owing in the main to holidays in China. Offers of Type 55 into that market were about maintained compared with a week earlier. Demand for superfine fleece from Europe remained in the doldrums.
A new public consultation on the proposed restriction of NPs and NPEs in textile articles has been announced by ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency).
Review3 Oct 2013Première Vision offered a bounty of trends for autumn/winter 2014/15 to the delight of buyers who journeyed to Paris for their fashion fabric fix. Think flamboyant checks, fuzzy textures, watercolour prints and large motifs suited to men’s and womenswear alike.
Review3 Oct 2013At Milano Unica the focus was on high quality fashion, selecting bright colours to breathe new life into classic patterns. Surfaces were brushed and made voluminous by the use of thick, light yarns, whilst tartans and checks were also key elements. The core trend was for the fancy and unusual.
News2 Oct 2013Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a process for turning non-biodegradable plastic bags into carbon nanotube membranes – highly sophisticated materials that have a variety of potential advanced applications including filtration, sensing, energy storage and a range of biomedical innovations.
News2 Oct 2013Rain and cloud were today noted in many of Turkey’s cotton growing regions. The sudden turn in the weather has attracted attention as the harvest in Urfa, Diyarbakir, Izmir and Cukurova has yet to start in earnest, with cotton bolls therefore open to any adverse weather.
