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Executive Market Report 21 May 2018

Crude oil prices jumped to a new multi-year high due to concerns that Iranian exports could fall, reducing supply in an already tight market

Insight21 May 2018

Fashion e-commerce is the new saviour of the Indian textile industry

India’s e-commerce space recently saw a prolonged and hard-fought battle to take over the leading online seller and e-commerce major, Flipkart India, which leads in fashion and apparel e-tailing

FibresYarnsDesign & Trends

Insight

21 May 2018

Chinese investment prospects in Pakistan's textile sector appear bleak

Pakistan’s textile industrialists are downbeat over the diminishing prospects of investment by Chinese financiers and manufacturers

FibresYarnsTrade

SyntheticsFilamentMarkets & Prices

Cost support continues to push nylon prices up

Prices of caprolactam, the raw material for making nylons, ticked up in the third week of May in Asia with support from rising benzene values and modest trading

FibresSyntheticsMarkets & Prices

Acrylic fibre prices jump on production cuts

Asian acrylic staple fibre markets remained tight due to an intentionally low operational rate, particularly in China, with prices firming to higher levels

Wool Market Report - 21 May 2018

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

Market mostly unchanged despite weaker NZ dollar

The New Zealand wool market was largely unchanged this week despite a further weakening of the local currency

EMI breaks through 1,900 cents barrier

The Australian wool market continued its recent upward rise this week as the Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) broke through the 1,900 cents barrier for the first time

Preview18 May 2018

ANFA confirms programme for ANEX2018

Secretary general of Asia Nonwovens Fabrics Association (ANFA), Yuichi Komuro, tells WTiN about what visitors can expect from this year’s ANEX trade show, which returns to Japan on 6-8 June

NonwovensEvents

FabricsKnittingResearch & Development

Researchers knit satellite antenna for outer space

Satellite antennas knitted from wires thinner than hair are being developed by Nottingham Trent University, UK, for use in outer space

Prices18 May 2018

Global cotton consumption projected to rise 3.9% to a new record high

According to a recent report by World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, projections for 2018-19 cotton production in the US have decreased

FibresNaturalMarkets & Prices

SyntheticsSpun/Man-madeManufacturing Technology

Shaw Industries achieves carbon neutrality in carpet manufacturing operations

Shaw Industries Group says it has achieved carbon neutrality in its commercial carpet-manufacturing operations

FibresRecycledSustainability

Unifi receives UNC Sustainability Award

Unifi, the North American manufacturer of sustainable and recycled fibres, has been announced as the inaugural business winner of the 2018 UNC Sustainability Award

NonwovensManufacturing Technology

Driving technological change in nonwovens machinery

Fiona Haran reports on the trends that are being seen in the nonwovens machinery industry as companies aim to deliver on sustainability, cost and efficiency

Prices18 May 2018

Crude oil hits 30-month high and crosses US$80 a barrel

The US renewed sanction on Iran has reignited price fueling in crude oil markets. Prices hit new multi-year highs due to concerns that Iranian exports could fall, reducing supply in an already tight market

FibresYarnsMarkets & Prices

Prices18 May 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.