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News20 Sept 2013The African Cotton and Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF) has called for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to be renewed for at least a decade.
News20 Sept 2013US BioDesign’s, the American producer of biomedical textile structure components, believes that relocating its manufacturing HQ to a business campus in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, supports the company's business strategy for remaining competitive, despite the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) economic impact on the global medical device industry.
In golf, the sweet spot is the exact location on the club that provides the most accuracy and distance when it connects with the ball. Named after the founder’s favourite golf venue, Deer Creek Fabrics is an American manufacturer of weft knits and other fabrics based in Stamford, Connecticut that has found the sweet spot for their specialised products in both the military and active/outdoor markets.
News20 Sept 2013Henkel has inaugurated, what it calls, the world’s largest adhesives factory in Shanghai. The new factory, which is also known as the “Dragon Plant” at Henkel, comprises 150,000 square metres of space and is now the central production site for industrial adhesives in China and the Asia-Pacific region.
News20 Sept 2013New York futures have edged higher this week, but without any conviction and trading was generally slow. Price direction seems to have been derived primarily from wider macro-economic influences and mirrored a general rise in commodity prices following the US Federal Reserve’s surprise announcement that it would maintain its economic support measures. Little fresh news has been forthcoming regarding the cotton market specifically, both in terms of crop development and mill business.
Hygiene products manufacturer Ontex has opened its new $30m factory in Istanbul in Turkey. Located in the Silivri dirtrct, the plant will manufacture Canbebe branded hygiene products including baby diapers and wipes, the business which the Belgian company acquired from Turkish Astel Kagitcilik in 2000.
News20 Sept 2013After six years of research the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has stated that approaches for the testing and assessment of traditional chemicals are, in general, appropriate for assessing the safety of nanomaterials.
News20 Sept 2013The appreciation of the Indian rupee against the US dollar has been cited as a reason for a slightly improved yarn business climate in Pakistan during the past week, owing to an easing in competition for orders from that quarter. In addition, mills have expressed some optimism that the pace of orders could pick up in the months ahead, with China expected to come back to the market.
Exchange rate factors were the major influence on the market this week. Chinese purchasing was in evidence, but some merchants indicated that the major Chinese buying houses were not actively involved. While currency considerations could continue to create volatility in prices, the general direction in the short term could be modestly weaker, particularly as spring shearing gathers momentum and the supply to the market increases.
Insight19 Sept 2013The accompanying chart plots global benchmark prices for a selection of textile fibres against their average value during the first decade of the millennium in attempt to gauge their competitiveness, both against each other, as well as in comparison to their historical ‘norms’. The chart highlights a divergence between fibre prices during 2013, compared with the past couple of years when prices moved more closely in tandem.
Technical19 Sept 2013Sustainability has become an increasingly important topic for players along the textile value chain. Against the background of resource scarcity, we have to wonder how to handle resources and who – besides nature – generates raw materials for fibre production?
News19 Sept 2013The main change to export quotations, as reported to WTiN by The Schneider Group during the past week, has been an increase in offering rates for Baby Alpaca tops. The increase has been influenced by a sustained pace of mill demand and the scarcity of nearby supplies, both on hand in Europe and at origin in Peru. The new crop will not become available until the latter stages of 2013.
