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A detailed review of movements in fibre, yarn and fabric prices from the previous week, along with changes in production costs.
News16 Sept 2013Woolmark exhibited a range of product innovations and global trends in wool at SpinExpo, displaying an array of tactile and colourful yarns to more than 12,000 visitors.
China is changing from a manufacturer for the world to an open market for the world and the urbanisation process will bring new opportunity for the textile industry both domestically and overseas.
SK Capital expects to close the acquisition of the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialities and Emulsions business from Clariant at the end of this month. The private investment firm specialises in the speciality materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors and will combine the three divisions into an “integrated, market-focused and highly collaborative company” called Archroma it said upon the closing of the transaction.
News16 Sept 2013Invista is considering the possibility of constructing a new, combined hydrogen and anhydrous ammonia manufacturing unit - valued at more than $500 million - within the existing footprint of the company’s nylon intermediates production facility in Victoria, Texas.
According to the China Textile Council, sales of textiles and apparel in Jiangsu province have continued to rise this year, despite a challenging business climate. The local government estimates that total sales revenue could surpass 1.2 trillion yuan in 2013.
News16 Sept 2013Fine weather has permitted an early start to picking in Greece’s main cotton areas, with the first seed cotton deliveries reported to gins in Thessaly and Levadia. Harvesting is expected to start in earnest in those areas in the next 10 to 15 days, and should expand into Macedonia and Thrace a few days later. Weather conditions are forecast to remain favourable in the short term.
News16 Sept 2013Speciality materials company Celanese has stated that its “aim to make the world a better place” has been a driving force behind its new International Impact Program, an employee volunteer programme of the Celanese Foundation that will help organisations and people around the world address economic, social and environmental challenges.
The short to medium term outlook for both polyester staple and filament yarn prices in China is still considered firm, based on an anticipation of a seasonal upturn in trading. Prospects for stronger prices would seem especially good in terms of filament yarn, stocks of which have been managed effectively over the slower summer business period.
News16 Sept 2013Despite the slightly brighter signals emerging from downstream textile markets, it was a softening in feedstock values that proved most influential for polyester market sentiment in China last week. Paraxylene (PX) spot rates tended to react to a downturn in crude oil prices, and that weakness fed into local prices for purified terephthalic acid (PTA).
