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FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Executive Market Report - 4 June 2018

The last week of May witnessed crude oil prices driven down by record US production and appreciation of USD on better-than-expected US employment data

News4 Jun 2018

Nonwovens Network to host Summer Seminar

The Nonwovens Network has announced details of its 22nd Summer Seminar. Taking place on 26 June at the Cedar Court Hotel, Bradford, UK, the theme of this season’s seminar is ‘Innovation’.

Nonwovens

SA wool market lifts by 2.9% as strong demand continues

The South African wool market traded higher on 30 May, with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator increasing by 587 points (2.9%) to close at a value of R207.23 (Clean). The Cape Wools All Wool Indicator increased by 3%

Insight

4 Jun 2018

Kornit announces new CEO

Kornit Digital has announced that Ronen Samuel will become the company's new chief executive officer

EffectsDigital PrintingCompanies & Finance

EMI surges past 2,000 cents

The extraordinary rise of the Australian wool market continued this week as the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) passed the 2,000 cents mark for the first time

Wool Market Report - 4 June 2018

A comprehensive weekly round-up and analysis of price developments at the major wool auctions around the world.

NonwovensWipesResearch & Development

Nonwovens leaders publish wipes flushability guidelines

EDANA and INDA, the two leading global associations representing the nonwovens and related industries, have announced an update to their in-depth guidelines for the labelling of non-flushable wipes

EU moves ahead with retaliatory duties on US textile exports

The EU has moved ahead with its plans to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports into the EU of USA-made textiles and clothing

FibresYarnsTrade

FibresSyntheticsResearch & Development

Engineers develop colour-changing compression bandage

A team of engineers has developed a compression bandage threaded with photonic fibres capable of changing colour to signal differing pressure levels

YarnsSpun/Man-madeMarkets & Prices

Viscose yarn prices move up in line with VSF cost

Viscose spun yarn prices were pushed up by the surge in VSF prices over past two weeks in China

YarnsSpun/Man-madeMarkets & Prices

Polyester yarn prices go flat as raw material markets turn sluggish

Spun polyester yarn prices were flat after they were lifted in China last week, due to a rise in cost, while downstream demand remained normal

FibresSyntheticsMarkets & Prices

Nylon markets continue to derive support from rising cost

Nylon filament yarn and cord fabric prices were lifted once again for the third consecutive week as caprolactam spot and contract prices gained, while chip markets kept moving up further

FibresNaturalMarkets & Prices

Cotton futures rally on adverse climatic conditions in Texas

US cotton futures rallied another 4.6% this week, climbing 7.7% in the past two weeks

Review1 Jun 2018

What was new at FESPA? Textile boost for print

This year’s FESPA Global, which took place in Berlin on 15-18 May, had the largest textile offering of any FESPA to date

EffectsDigital PrintingEvents

Insight1 Jun 2018

Elastic electrode-filled fibres developed for smart clothing

A team of scientists has discovered a new, simple method of creating super-elastic, multi-material, high-performance fibres

FibresSyntheticsResearch & Development

Insight1 Jun 2018

Fighting fire with textiles

The 8th edition of the European Conference on Personal Protective Clothing was held in Portugal in May, focusing on the special theme of firefighter protection. Shreya Sonalker reports

Technical TextilesProtectiveEvents

Insight1 Jun 2018

ITMF highlights textile machinery shipment successes

The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has published key results from its 40th annual International Textile Machinery Shipment Statistics (ITMSS)

FibresYarnsManufacturing Technology

Prices1 Jun 2018

NCWSBA Australian Wool Market Report

Weekly analysis of the Australian Wool Market by Chris Wilcox, Executive Director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia.

MedicalResearch & Development

Intelligence1 Jun 2018

Healthcare cleaning wipes and infection control

In this report, the principles of the dynamic process of wiping, the physiochemical mechanisms to detach and transfer bacteria, and the role fibres and nonwovens play in it are explained

EU set to retaliate on confirmation of US metal tariffs

The US textile industry is bracing itself for European retaliation after the Trump administration confirmed today that it would impose new import duties on steel and aluminium imports from the EU

FibresYarnsTrade

International Nonwovens Symposium looks to the future

A host of industry leaders, stakeholders and academics visited Rome, Italy, for the latest edition of the International Nonwovens Symposium (INS)

NonwovensMedicalEvents

EffectsDigital PrintingManufacturing Technology

L&S Prints installs new dye-sublimation printers

Yorkshire-based L&S Prints has purchased two DGI FT-1908 printers through the Korean OEM’s UK distributor, Sabur