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News6 Mar 2015Crochet and warp knitting machinery manufacturer, Comez, is to exhibit alongside Jakob Müller AG at Techtextil 2015. The two combined forces last year.
Insight6 Mar 2015Last year was a pretty standard year for Swiss textile machinery manufacturers. Business didn’t achieve the peaks of 2013, however, it was nothing to get too upset about.
News5 Mar 2015Euratex-led Energy Made-to-Measure campaign - an initiative for energy efficiency in the European textile and clothing industry – is to intensify due to new collaboration with both the VDMA’s Blue Competence initiative and the Sustainable Technologies project of ACIMIT.
DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) received the 2015 Bio Business Award for Breakthrough Bio-Based Technology Platform at the World Bio Markets Conference awards ceremony in Amsterdam.
The mattress fabrics sector continues to gain ground. While fabrics were, once upon a time, a fairly plain affair, companies like Culp Inc, based in the US, have shown what is possible in terms of diversification of mattress manufacture. Knitted mattress fabrics, with their two-way stretch properties and design flexibility are becoming increasingly popular.
Groz-Beckert is to acquire Bekaert’s Carding Solutions activities. The division has about 350 employees. The acquisition allows Groz-Beckert to build on its existing service programme for card clothing with a corresponding product portfolio.
News26 Feb 2015Italy-based weaving machinery manufacturer, Itema’s sales were up 10% for the financial year ending 31 December, 2014. Commenting on the results, Carlo Rogora, CEO, Itema, said: “We are pleased with our results considering that our company grew by some 60% in the past two years in a market that declined, according to our estimates, by some 30% over the same period.
Delta Apparel is to sell ‘The Game’ branded collegiate headwear and apparel business to David Peyser Sportswear, Inc, the owner of MV Sport, Inc. MV Sport was founded in 1948 and has grown to become a leading supplier of custom decorated apparel in the college bookstore and other markets.
News that one of the largest hosiery knitting facilities in the world, Hanesbrands, based in the US, is to reshore its finishing and packaging operations, increasing its workforce by more than a quarter demonstrates the new confidence permeating US-based manufacturing.
RevoLaze, LLC, a laser technology firm headquartered in Westlake, Ohio has reached a settlement and licence agreement with VF Corporation regarding the patent infringement lawsuits filed with the International Trade Commission naming 17 denim jeans companies. The financial terms of the agreement are confidential.
While there has been significant positive news indicating a modest revival in the UK’s textile and garment industry over the past few years, a new report illustrates a worrying incidence of some employers flouting the law when it comes to employment rights. Their practices threaten to undermine those companies striving to comply in a competitive market with traditionally low margins.
Insight17 Feb 2015In the six months to December 2014, Mauritius-based Ciel’s Textile Division has posted a profit of 410m Mauritian Rupees (€10.4m) compared with 331m Mauritian Rupees (€8.4m) in the same period last year – a €2m a year increase. Strong financial performance of the woven cluster mainly driven by the Asian operations was the key driver to Ciel Textile Group’s improved profitability during this period.
News17 Feb 2015Weaving technology manufacturer Itema has appointed PT Illies Engineering Indonesia as sole agent in Indonesia. Fulvio Carlo Toma, Itema’s group sales and marketing director said: “Itema works relentlessly to provide the best tailored solutions, as well as effective and efficient services to customers worldwide.
Specialist textile supplier HeiQ is to enter a joint venture with Chem-Tex Laboratories, a major player in specialty chemicals for the carpet, textiles, paper and petroleum extraction industries based in Concord, North Carolina, US. The joint venture will be a full manufacturing, distribution business as well as a joint innovation effort.
Insight13 Feb 2015The outlook for yarn production for Q1/2015 is positive in Europe and unchanged in Asia. The same pattern applies to the outlook for fabric production. For Q1/2015 it is positive in Europe and unchanged in Asia, according to International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) predictions.
Insight9 Feb 2015India’s textile industry, while a significant global player, continues to struggle in a stop start way, never quite steaming ahead. As the world’s largest cotton producer (est 6.7 million tonnes for 2014/15 season compared with 6.22 million tonnes for China) – India’s textile industry has, in common with China, the advantage of producing one of its key raw materials.
