Explore ideas, evidence and developments across the textile value chain.
23,365 articles · latest first · 10,273–10,296
Insight11 Mar 2019The WASDE report of March 2019 has kept the US 2018-19 cotton supply and demand estimates unchanged from last month
Prices11 Mar 2019Polyester staple fibre prices were hiked in China, boosted by rising feedstock cost and a warmer trading atmosphere, with converters following up. Suppliers offloaded goods actively at rising levels in Jiangsu and Zhejiang
Mono ethylene glycol prices in Asia gained, with the intermonth spread nudging towards backwardation as China cuts value-added tax which bolstered buying
Insight8 Mar 2019The latest data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs shows that the country’s garment and textile exports grew by 19% in the first two months of the year from January-February 2018, outpacing 2018’s full-year growth of 16% and serving as an early indicator that official export targets for 2019 may easily be met
Pricesfree8 Mar 2019The South African wool market ended higher at this week’s auction, held on 5-6 March, with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator increasing by 418 points (1.9%) to close at a value of R221.78 (clean). The Cape Wools All Wool Indicator was also up by 1.9%.
Insight8 Mar 2019The overall digital textile print market continued with double-digit growth in 2018 and market analysis by WTiN Intelligence: Digital Textiles indicates that the roll-to-roll market produced 2.57 billion sqm, with a CAGR market growth forecast at 20% from 2018 to 2022
Insight7 Mar 2019The digital textile printing market in Israel remains small. The growth rates for the country are lower than the average for the region at 7% in annual printing capacity, according to WTiN Intelligence: Digital Textiles
Insightfree7 Mar 2019EIT Digital, a European digital innovation and education organisation that’s aiming to drive Europe’s digital transformation, has launched EIT Digital 2020. The programme targets entrepreneurial minds that are planning to launch a digital tech start-up, product, or deliver digital technology-focused education programmes.
Insight7 Mar 2019Industrial thread company Coats has published its first sustainability report, which covers key sustainability performance data for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. The report, ‘Pioneering a sustainable future’, also launches a sustainability strategy which sets out seven ambitious targets for 2022 across five priority areas in order to accelerate the company’s progress towards a more sustainable future, according to the company.
