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News15 Jan 2014Growing calls for transparency in the textile and garment industry have placed even greater pressure on chemical manufacturers operating in the sector, however due to intellectual property rights relating to the formulation of commercial chemical products (CCPs) this has been difficult to achieve.
News15 Jan 2014Conwed, the plastic netting manufacturer, is to share its latest innovations at VISION 2014 - Consumer Products Conference, organised by the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) in Dallas, Texas, from January 27-30, 2014.
News14 Jan 2014At this year’s Heimtextil, which attracted almost 67,000 visitors from 133 countries, one of the growing trends was towards digital textile printing - the development of which was characterised by an increasing number of exhibitors and greater innovative strength.
Insight14 Jan 2014The battleground for developing efficient, eco-friendly flame retardant (FR) fibre applications in the Home Textiles market is opening up and, this week, WTiN has heard about new treatments and how already established brands are trying to diversify.
Schoeller Technologies, the Swiss-based manufacturer of smart and innovative textile technologies, has stated that ‘fascinating prints with eco-designs’ dominate its 2015/16 Collection which consists of sophisticated fabrics and imaginative 3D textile structures.
Shaw Industries, one of the world’s largest carpet manufacturers, has made a surprise announcement in early 2014 that it is exiting the rug business market and will convert the current Ringgold, Georgia, facility into a new state-of-the-art luxury vinyl tile (LVT) manufacturing plant.
Asia Fashion Holdings Limited, a manufacturer of functional knitted fabrics applicable in a wide variety of products including casualwear, sportswear, shoes and bags, has stated that it plans to buy 100% of the share capital of China Construction Material (Hong Kong) Limited (CCMH).
Crypton Fabrics, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has purchased Nano-Tex, a textile technology company, from private equity and venture capital investors; WL Ross and Co. LLC as major stockholders, in addition to Norwest Venture Partners, Masters Capital Nanotechnology Fund, Firelake Capital Management and Masters Capital Management.
News6 Jan 2014Indorama Ventures (IVL), a global leader in the polyester value chain, has signed a joint venture agreement with Abu Dhabi National Chemicals Company (ChemaWEyaat) to develop the Tacaamol Aromatics Plant on Madeenat ChemaWEyaat Al Gharbia’s (MCAG) site in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi.
News6 Jan 2014After enduring a difficult year in 2013 when Pakistan’s industries were crippled by severe energy shortages, a lack of funds and deteriorating economic conditions, Pakistani textile exporters have set their hopes high for 2014, according to Sheikh Ilyas Mahmood, chairman of the Pakistan Textile Exporters Association.
