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News4 Sept 2013Sioen Industries NV, a producer of technical textiles, fine chemicals and hightech protective clothing, has revealed that during the first half of 2013 sales dropped by 3.2% to €161.7 million ($213 million), compared to €167.1 million ($220 million) during the same period in 2012.
News4 Sept 2013Celanese, a global technology leader in the production of differentiated chemistry solutions and speciality materials, has stated that its TruModa polymers can provide the answer to age-old processing limitations and hot colour trends in the apparel industry.
Review4 Sept 2013After many struggles and corporate restructures in the US, the textile industry has a promising future, according to the Synthetic Yarn & Fibre Association (SYFA), and this topic will be explored in detail at its upcoming conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
News4 Sept 2013Although the Cotlook A Index and the price of polyester in China were essentially equal during most of the 2000s, these price indices diverged in 2009/10, and it appears that 2013/14 will be the fifth consecutive season in which cotton prices will be substantially above polyester prices in China.
Profile4 Sept 2013Mondi, an international packaging and paper group with production operations across 30 countries and revenues of €5.8 billion in 2012, has developed FIBROMER, a natural fibre composite that offers superior mechanical performance with significant weight reduction.
Indian Polyester 2013, the first annual international polyester and fibre intermediates conference to be held in the country, took place in Mumbai on August 23 attracting around 200 participants, including industry players, traders, suppliers and feedstock manufacturers.
News2 Sept 2013Jeanologia, a developer of sustainable technologies for garment finishing, in collaboration with Munich Fabric Start, will present Greendustrial Times, a sustainable exhibition dedicated to measuring the environmental impact of companies in the textile industry.
News2 Sept 2013In recognition of the successful combination of Hexcel’s HexTow carbon fibre with Innegra’s S Fibre to maximise the high strength and toughness in composite laminates – the new Innegra H product line has won a JEC Americas Innovation Award for Fibres.
