Explore ideas, evidence and developments across the textile value chain.
617 articles · latest first · 433–456
Whether it is a retailer changing sourcing destinations in response to rising labour or freight costs or a machinery builder adapting its capacity to meet rapidly changing customer demands, modern businesses need to build flexibility into their supply chains to survive.
News18 Mar 2014Rieter generated net profits of CHF 37.4m (€30.8m) in 2013, equivalent to 3.6% of sales. This figure is 46% higher than the previous year’s of CHF 25.7m (€21.1m), said the company.
The spring/summer 2015 edition of the Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA Textile) took place from March 10-12, 2014 at the California Market Center (CMC), with an increase in traffic compared with last year, according to the organiser.
News14 Mar 2014Hunter Sportswear is to launch a safety glove for ice-skaters with the highest - class 5 - cut resistance at SPOVAK. The glove offers users the highest level of cut resistance, combined with a high level of comfort and light weight, similar to standard sports gloves, according to DSM Dyneema.
Crypton has acquired Nanotex. The privately held, 20-year-old Crypton Fabrics, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, US, purchased Nanotex from private equity and venture capital investors, W L Ross and Co. LLC as major stockholders, Norwest Venture Partners, Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund, Firelake Capital Management and Masters Capital Management.
News13 Mar 2014Teijin Aramid’s current product in the waterblocking yarns category, Twaron type D3052, features a super-absorbent polymer yielding superior waterblocking properties and has been met with positive feedback throughout the industry compared with its type 1052, according to the company.
Weaving technology manufacturer Lindauer Dornier is exhibiting for the first time at this year’s JEC Europe in Paris. Under the new brand ‘Dornier Composite Systems’ the Bavarian-Swabian mechanical engineering company specialises in weaving systems for technical textiles and large production plants for biaxial stretched thermoplastic films.
News6 Mar 2014The Federation of Australian Wool Organisations (FAWO) has won a biosecurity award. The Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, Minister for Agriculture, made the presentation to FAWO chairman, Robert Ryan at the Australian Biosecurity Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 4 March 2014, held as part of ABARES Outlook 2014 in Canberra.
The Turkish subsidiary of Deutsche Messe based in Hannover, Germany is launching a new trade fair in Turkey dedicated to machine-made carpets. The new show will be held in Gaziantep from 26 to 29 May 2014 as the DOMOTEX Gaziantep Machine-Made Carpet Fair, in affiliation with the DOMOTEX parent event held annually in Hannover.
Insight5 Mar 2014The US (the largest cotton exporter in 2012/13) and China (the largest cotton producer and consumer in 2012/13) have recently announced changes to their agricultural policies, including cotton, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).
News5 Mar 2014Itema Weaving Pvt Ltd has appointed Mr Updeep Singh as its new managing director succeeding Mr Tapas Nandi. India is one of the top three most important markets for itema globally in terms of revenue from weaving machines and a country with significant prospects for continued growth, said the weaving technology manufacturer.
