Explore ideas, evidence and developments across the textile value chain.
23,365 articles · latest first · 11,329–11,352
Pricesfree10 Sept 2018According to USDA’s weekly export sales report of week ending 30 August, net sales of 92,200 RB for 2018-19 were reported for China (24,500 RB, including decreases of 4,500 RB); Vietnam (23,500 RB, including decreases of 3,200 RB); Indonesia (15,600 RB, including 900 RB switched from Thailand, 600 RB switched from Japan, and decreases of 600 RB); Pakistan (10,600 RB, including decreases of 100 RB); and Ecuador (6,600 RB).
Insightfree10 Sept 2018ICE USA: The International Converting Exhibition and InPrint USA: The Exhibition of Print Technology for Industrial Manufacturing have partnered with the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers (NAPIM).
Insightfree7 Sept 2018For some time now, the growth of inkjet technology for printing on textiles has stolen the limelight from screen and rotary printing technologies. There are many well-known reasons for this: sustainability; design flexibility; and machinery footprint, to name only a few. However, analogue printing techniques still account for around 95% of all fabric printed globally and countless print service providers have committed to a combined analogue and digital business model, choosing the most appropriate technology for each application.
Intelligence7 Sept 2018A Swedish study highlights the effect of information about hazardous fluorinated substances on consumers’ willingness to pay for alternative solutions in outdoor garments. In this article, WTiN reports on the Swedish survey experiment conducted by Holmquist H, Jagers SC, Matti S, Svanström M, and Peters GM (2018), which aimed to investigate the extent to which information about hazardous properties of fluorinated substances increases people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for durable water-repellent outdoor clothes free from hazardous substances.
Insightfree7 Sept 2018Screen printing distributor Skyscreen Pvt, based in Mumbai, India, is now a distributor of technology from Croatia-based Azonprinter. Skyscreen will be supplying Azonprinter’s Mirage brand direct-to-garment (DTG) printer to the Indian market, according to the company.
Insightfree6 Sept 2018ITMA Asia + CITME is well established as Asia’s leading textile machinery show and this year’s edition, which takes place on 15-19 October 2018 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Shanghai, China is the sixth edition of the combined show and is set to welcome around 100,000 visitors
Insightfree6 Sept 2018For SMEs conforming to Industry 4.0 trends and digitalising manufacturing processes can be difficult, particularly as no two factories or their infrastructures are the same. As a result, it can often be a lonely process trying to figure out how best to streamline and digitise personalised but traditional processes that, in some cases, have been done in a particular way for generations
Insightfree5 Sept 2018Last year digital textile printing in Pakistan was one of the fastest-growing textile printing markets globally. According to WTiN Intelligence: Digital Textiles the country’s annual capacity reached 60 million sqm by the end of 2017
Insightfree5 Sept 2018The global printing industry continues to evolve and the digital textile printing sector is no exception. Therefore, for both OEMs and textile manufacturers, the upcoming SGIA Expo – which takes place on 18-20 October at the Las Vegas Convention Centre – will help companies plan ahead and secure their futures in the US digital textile printing, which is an increasingly competitive industry, according to show organisers
