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Groz-Beckert is exhibiting at Texprocess Americas where its main focus will be on its service plan, designed to assist the sewing industry in mastering market challenges including product quality and elaborate designs.
The first WinTape winders have commenced production at two well-known American carpet manufacturers.
The Global and Chinese Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer (TPEE) Industry Report 2014, offered by Research and Markets, is said to be a professional and in-depth research report on the global TPEE industry with a focus on the Chinese situation.
Italy’s textile machinery sector is to display its latest technology to Russian textile manufacturers at a technology seminar to be held in Ivanovo, a textile manufacturing cluster, on 9 April.
The phenomena of the Gecko lizard’s feet as the basis for highly effective adhesives and the ‘lotus leaf effect’ – the creation of roughly-textured, microscopic surfaces on fabrics for effective water repellency – are two of the more well-known examples of nature inspiring developments in material sciences.
Last year was a strong one for weaving machinery sales which boosted business for warp preparation technology firm Stäubli. Stäubli’s analysis and market intelligence suggests that the investment activity in key markets for weaving machines was much better than anticipated last year and far better than in 2012.
Japanese flat knitting technology manufacturer, Shima Seiki is to exhibit at ITM Texpo Eurasia 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey. Turkey’s knitting industry is rapidly gaining recognition as a provider of high quality and quick response for the European fashion market.
Pegas Nonwovens achieved consolidated revenues of €199.2m in 2013, up by 6.1% year-on-year. In the fourth quarter of 2013, consolidated revenues reached €53.2m, up by 11.8% year-on-year. The growth in revenues was the result of increased sales levels relating to start of production on the new Egyptian production line, according to Pegas.
News19 Mar 2014Research and Markets has added the ‘Concise Analysis of the International and Chinese Carbon Fiber Industry’ report to their offering. Carbon fibre is the new-generation reinforced fibre, mainly used in the fields of aerospace, wind power, automotive, sports and leisure. In 2013, global industrial applications like wind power and automobiles showed the largest demand for carbon fibre accounting for 60%, followed by aerospace, where growth is steadily increasing, while growth of demand from sports and leisure was relatively slow, said Research and Markets.
News19 Mar 2014IndustriALL Global Union, Uni Global Union and the ITUC together with 30 major brands, including H&M, Inditex, Gap, Adidas and Nike, have signed a joint letter to the Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia reiterating the need for an urgent resolution to the minimum wage and to respect the human rights of 21 wage protestors detained since demonstrations in January.
