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Insight2 Jun 2016The new trend for knitted denim has its champions as well as its detractors, reports Adrian Wilson.
Insight11 May 2016Targeted protection for car drivers and their passengers is possible as a result of one-piece woven (OPW) airbags. Adrian Wilson surveys the developments in a key sector for fabrics in the automotive industry.
Insight28 Apr 2016Leading textile manufacturers such as Welspun know that automation and continuous improvements are the secrets to success in 2016. Adrian Wilson reports.
Having celebrated its 75th anniversary last year, Swissmem and its textile machinery companies are anticipating a successful investment climate in 2016. Adrian Wilson reports.
Insight29 Sept 2015A comprehensive conference programme has been arranged to run alongside this year’s ITMA show – the ‘textile machinery Olympics’ – which takes place in Milan, Italy, from November 12-19. Most notably, the 2015 World Textile Summit, on Friday November 13, will bring together some of the world’s most prominent textile business leaders to debate issues of strategic importance to the industry, with an emphasis on the opportunities for adopting sustainable forward planning.
Insight7 Aug 2015In 1926 Jean René Lacoste – nicknamed ‘The Crocodile’ for his tenacity on the court – decided he’d had enough of playing tennis in the stiff white button-up shirts that were then the standard. Mr Lacoste was ranked the world’s top tennis player that year, so he was in the perfect position to flout convention.
Insight18 Feb 2015The presence of the leaders in seamless knitting technology at the ISPO sportswear show, which took place in Munich, Germany, from February 5-8, illustrated its now-dominant position in the fields of both athletic performance and winter sportswear.
While no longer currently experiencing double digit growth, China is still the most reliable engine for new investments by European industrialists in fields such as fibres and textile manufacturing, according to Friedrich Weninger, chief operating officer of cellulosic fibres leader Lenzing, who will leave the company after 25 years’ service at the end of 2014.
