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The cellulose fibres giant Lenzing is aiming to further extend the use of its Tencel fibre through a new micro version of its Tencel A100 fibre type. The new version is designed to meet a number of consumer trends including the desire for smooth, lighter weight fabrics.
Nylstar, one of Europe’s leading producers of nylon 6.6 yarns, has launched a new product featuring superfine Merino wool.
The Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) has revealed that approximately 5,400 smallholder farmers from Uganda are now benefiting from AbTF’s Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative.
Cotton Council International (CCI), through its Cotton USA brand, has launched a new global marketing campaign titled ‘Love My Cotton.’ Stephanie Thiers-Ratcliffe, the Cotton USA international marketing manager, speaks to WTiN about the content of the campaign, the inspiration behind it, and what it is designed to achieve.
As Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics moves to a new venue, the exhibition space at this year’s Spring Edition is set to be twice as large as in 2014, while the Premium Wool zone will feature at the Spring Edition for the first time. Jonathan Dyson looks ahead to the show.
The president of the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers’ Association (TCMA), Cem Negrin, has told WTiN.com that it is anticipating a slowdown in the Turkish textile and clothing industry’s export growth in 2015 due to difficulties in some of Turkey’s most important markets. Mr Negrin said that the Turkish clothing industry has reached its exports target of US$19 billion for 2014, representing growth of 9.2% on 2013. Exports of growth of around 10%, according to the Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporter Associations (ITKIB).Turkish textiles for 2014 are expected to reach around US$12 billion, which would represent
Insight15 Dec 2014The South African market strengthened at the final sale before the Christmas recess, with the Cape Wools Merino indicator gaining 1.5% compared to the previous sale to close at R110.82 per kg (clean). This is 0.7% lower compared to the opening sale and 5.6% lower compared to the corresponding sale of the previous season.
Insight15 Dec 2014The 6,040 bales of North Island wool at auction this week saw a 95% clearance with good style wools holding their ground and poorer styles easing. The weighted indicator for the main trading currencies was 0.56% stronger but had minimal impact on the market with supply / demand factors being the current market driver.
Insight15 Dec 2014The Australian wool market saw an encouraging upturn in the final sale before the Christmas break despite another increase in the size of the offering and a strengthening in the US dollar exchange rate. The Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) climbed 5 Australian cents to close at 1,059 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, December 11, though in US dollar terms the EMI fell slightly, dropping 1 US cent, to close at 882 cents per kilo.
Peter Ackroyd, the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) president, told delegates at this year's IWTO Wool Round Table that the slowing economic growth in China has led to a fall in sales for several European weavers of wool cloth in this market.
This year’s International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) Multi Stakeholder Meeting, held on December 1 at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) building in Brussels, looked at the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recycling of wool textiles.
