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News24 Sept 2013Dürkopp Adler, the industrial sewing machine and conveyor systems manufacturer, is to highlight its award-winning sleeve setting workstation 650, with patented software for self-learning grading, at CISMA (China International Sewing Machinery & Accessories Show) 2013 in Shanghai from September 25-28, 2013.
News24 Sept 2013Around 100 garment factories were forced to close for a third day on Monday, September 23rd, due to widespread protests as workers demanded higher wages.
Chinese textile company Linqing Huaxing Textile, one of the largest compact yarn spinners in Shandong province, has awarded a major order for 99 ZinserImpact 71 machines with a total of 118,800 spindles as stand-alone machines with CoWeMat 396 F, plus 16 ZinserSpeed 5M roving frames and 28 Autoconer X5, Type D, to Saurer Schlafhorst.
News23 Sept 2013A process for immobilising different organic catalysts on textiles with the help of ultraviolet light has been developed by researchers at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr in collaboration with scientists from the Deutsches Textilforschungszentrum in Krefeld and Sungkyunkwan University in Suwon, Korea.
News23 Sept 2013Marabu a global manufacturer of screen, digital and pad inks, is to exhibit its latest hybrid sublimation ink TexaJet DX-SHE, which can be used for both conventional transfer and direct printing on pre-treated polyester fabrics, at Viscom in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Insight20 Sept 2013Nonwoven applications for the medical, hygiene and filtration markets are three areas where innovations could become significantly profitable in the future. David Stevenson looks at some of the latest developments in these areas discussed at Dornbirn
Technical20 Sept 2013Researchers at the University of Alicante (UA) and the University of the Basque Country (UPV) have developed and patented a new catalyst that efficiently removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from chlorinated gas streams.
News20 Sept 2013US BioDesign’s, the American producer of biomedical textile structure components, believes that relocating its manufacturing HQ to a business campus in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, supports the company's business strategy for remaining competitive, despite the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) economic impact on the global medical device industry.
News20 Sept 2013Henkel has inaugurated, what it calls, the world’s largest adhesives factory in Shanghai. The new factory, which is also known as the “Dragon Plant” at Henkel, comprises 150,000 square metres of space and is now the central production site for industrial adhesives in China and the Asia-Pacific region.
News20 Sept 2013After six years of research the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has stated that approaches for the testing and assessment of traditional chemicals are, in general, appropriate for assessing the safety of nanomaterials.
