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US greasy wool sales very active

US wool trading on a clean basis was active with 207,543 lb (94,142 kg) of confirmed sales this week.

UK carpet types perform well

The ninth sale of the 2017/18 UK wool season offered 2,003,267 kg. This was a stronger sale than of late with good competition.

Mohair market continues to rise

The penultimate sale of the 2017 winter mohair season took place in Port Elizabeth on 21 November.

NaturalMarkets & Prices

SA market falls by 2.6% despite solid demand

The South African wool market traded lower on 22 November, with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator decreasing by 508 points (2.6%) to close at a value of R192.35 (Clean).

Crossbred Indicator drops 3.7%

The North Island sale held on 23 November saw positive results for most types compared with the previous North Island sale.

Correction sees EMI fall back

The Australian wool market dropped back slightly this week, following its recent run of sustained upward movement.

Intelligencefree27 Nov 2017

Medical Disposables Market: Key Growth Trends

Medical

SyntheticsSpun/Man-madeTrade

Russia plans to double production of synthetic fabrics

Russian textile manufacturers aim to double the country’s production of synthetic fabrics from next year

FabricsKnittingIndustry 4.0

Customise your enterprise software solutions

Halo’s Inteos 4.0 IoT software suite, complete with ERP modules, looks to integrate systems and better connect the supply chain. Tansy Fall reports

FibresSyntheticsSustainability

Coding system for recycling textiles

Researchers from ITA, RWTH Aachen University, and Centexbel, Belgium, discuss the benefits of using markers to improve the recyclability of textiles

Q&A24 Nov 2017

Value-added solutions from Suominen

Leading manufacturer of nonwovens for wipes, Suominen has experienced a year of significant investment. President and CEO Nina Kopola and chief technology officer Markku Koivisto explain more

NonwovensWipesResearch & Development

KnittingTechnical TextilesIndustry 4.0

Resource planning in the textile value chain

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is becoming a staple technology in the textile manufacturing sector

Prices24 Nov 2017

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.

NonwovensHygieneResearch & Development

Intelligence24 Nov 2017

Sustainable water-repellent solutions in outdoor textiles

This report examines the history of water repellency in outdoor textiles, and the properties of PFCs that deem them suitable for DWR fabrics.

ProtectiveSportswear

Q&A23 Nov 2017

Investing in the future of nonwovens

INDA's Dave Rousse and Brad Kalil reflect on the nonwovens industry highlights of 2017, while offering an insight into future trends and developments

Insightfree23 Nov 2017

Automated and on-demand knitwear

Software provider Unmade secures high-profile partnerships for customised knitwear. Tansy Fall speaks to CEO Hal Watts

FabricsKnittingIndustry 4.0

FabricsKnittingIndustry 4.0

Challenges of ERP in the textile industry

Indian software development and outsourcing company Jingle Info Solutions talks to Madelaine Cornforth about its ERP software, Texams ERP

EffectsDigital PrintingDesign & Trends

Making customisation mainstream

Bivolino CEO, Michel Byvoet, offers his thoughts on why made-to-measure garments are not mainstream and what needs to be done to make it happen

Technical23 Nov 2017

Dye removal from wastewater

Dr Ian Holme reports on the chemical, physical and biological methods used to decolourise dyes

EffectsDyeingResearch & Development

FibresYarnsDesign & Trends

University student grows his own clothes

A fashion design student at Liberty University, US, has created what he believes could be one of the most innovative trends in fashion – self-grown clothes

NonwovensHygieneResearch & Development

Making sense of odour testing in absorbent hygiene

H.B. Fuller and St Croix Sensory explain the methods they used to test the efficacy of H.B. Fuller’s ODOGard technology in adult diapers