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Rockline Industries, a manufacturer of wet wipes and coffee filters, has released its eighth annual Sustainability Report, which outlines the environmental sustainability goals it hopes to achieve by 2020.
Insight18 Jan 2017Biomedical engineers in Australia have woven a “smart” fabric that mimics the sophisticated and complex properties of one of nature’s ingenious materials, the bone tissue periosteum.
Insight17 Jan 2017The ability to personalise digital prints, as well as the connectivity between machines in the digital textile printing production line, took centre stage at this year’s edition of Heimtextil in Frankfurt, Germany, on 10-13 January.
Insight16 Jan 2017Polyester staple fibre saw a drop in price the week ending 13 January, both in terms of yuan and dollars. In terms of yuan, prices dropped 1.31% while, in terms of dollars, prices dropped 1.02% relative to 6 January. Recorded polyester filaments also fell, averaging a 1.12% drop in price level in terms of yuan, a 0.83% drop in terms of dollars when compared to 6 January the week before. Viscose remained the same in terms of yuan relative to last Friday, but grew 0.29% in terms of dollars due to the rising strength of the yuan relative to the dollar. 32s carded cotton yarn remained flat in terms of yuan, but increased 0.29% in terms of dollars for the same reason as viscose. Combed 40s yarn faced tight supply relative to the week before, as the price level increased 0.37% in terms of yuan, and 0.67% in terms of dollars. The price of cotton yarn in China grew overall, as fibre continues to fall.
