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News24 Sept 2013The Healthy Seas project has recovered 20 tonnes of fishing nets from the bottom of the North Sea, which will be transported to Slovenia today where they can be regenerated into new Econyl yarns.
News24 Sept 2013Invista has acquired Advansa’s assets related to the speciality polyester products sector for apparel end uses. This acquisition includes reversion of Advansa’s licensed rights in greater Europe to the Coolmax and Thermolite brands and acquisition of Advansa’s Thermocool brand, along with related technologies and key staff.
Chinese textile company Linqing Huaxing Textile, one of the largest compact yarn spinners in Shandong province, has awarded a major order for 99 ZinserImpact 71 machines with a total of 118,800 spindles as stand-alone machines with CoWeMat 396 F, plus 16 ZinserSpeed 5M roving frames and 28 Autoconer X5, Type D, to Saurer Schlafhorst.
News23 Sept 2013A process for immobilising different organic catalysts on textiles with the help of ultraviolet light has been developed by researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr in collaboration with scientists from the Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum in Krefeld and Sungkyunkwan University in Suwon, Korea.
Gildan Activewear said it is evaluating potential sites in the southern US for the construction of two additional yarn-spinning facilities, to support its projected sales growth and further reinforce its position as a global low-cost manufacturer.
Technical23 Sept 2013In this study, nano sized hexagonal boron nitride (at wt %0.15, %0.30 and %0.45) added polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based nanofibres and 100% PVA nanofibres are produced via electrospinning. The morphologies of the produced nanofibres are analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the tensile strengths of the nanofibres are evaluated.
News23 Sept 2013Marabu a global manufacturer of screen, digital and pad inks, is to exhibit its latest hybrid sublimation ink TexaJet DX-SHE, which can be used for both conventional transfer and direct printing on pre-treated polyester fabrics, at Viscom in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Insight23 Sept 2013Dr Stefan Eller discusses the role adhesives play in achieving core integrity and how consideration of the adhesive solution in the early stages of the design can make a significant difference to the size, performance and competitiveness of the final product.
News23 Sept 2013Further declines in feedstock spot rates dominated polyester market sentiment in China last week, a week in which trading was interrupted by the mid-Autumn Festival. However, the continued recovery of fabric sales raised hopes that prices throughout the supply chain could recover before another national holiday commencing on September 29.
News23 Sept 2013Margins have moved along the apparel supply chain from production territories and processes towards distribution in the last decade, but intelligent business logistics involving manufacturing and distribution, as well as balanced margin structures, are set to become of increasing relevance.
TenCate is part of a Netherlands-based initiative to install 20 sustainable drinking water systems in South Africa called Green Source Sports for Water. The company has been commissioned by the Sustainable Water Fund of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, alongside Pentair and Wavin.
Insight20 Sept 2013Nonwoven applications for the medical, hygiene and filtration markets are three areas where innovations could become significantly profitable in the future. David Stevenson looks at some of the latest developments in these areas discussed at Dornbirn
Technical20 Sept 2013Researchers at the University of Alicante (UA) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV) have developed and patented a new catalyst that efficiently removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from chlorinated gas streams.
AATCC, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, has developed a new digitally printed Stain Release Replica for use with AATCC Test Method (TM) 130, Soil Release: Oily Stain Release Method. The new Stain Release Replica was developed by the Association’s RA56 Stain Release Committee Task Force, which conducted testing of the replica across six different labs.
