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News6 Jul 2016INDA will celebrate the strength and growth of the filtration market at its 25th anniversary edition of the Filtration International Conference & Exposition in Philadelphia later this year.
The government of India recently announced a scheme aimed at getting its garment exports to reach US$30 billion in three years.
A powerful carbon fibre fabric has played a key part in a product design award. The TeXtreme Spread Tow fabric has been used to manufacture the fuselage and wings of the lightweight aircraft, BlackWing Sweden, which has received the Red Dot Award for Product Design 2016.
Insight4 Jul 2016From the week starting from 30th of May to the week ending on the 10th of June, Cotton Prices in Shankar-6 have increased 3.93% from an average midpoint value at Rs37150 to Rs38610. Then from the week ending on the 10th of June to the week ending on the 17th of June, increase in cotton prices fell to 3.89% from Rs38610 to Rs40110. From the week ending on the 17th of June to the week ending on the 24th, there was a further slowdown in the increase in prices to 2.89% from a midpoint weekly average at Rs40110 to Rs41270. Finally, from the week ending on the 24th of June to the week ending on the 1st of July, there was a 3.22% increase from a weekly midpoint value at Rs41270 to Rs42600. Since the Beginning of this month, price of cotton increased 15.8%!
Intelligence1 Jul 2016Turkey continues to dominate news headlines through 2016 with mainly negative connotations, but the textile industry – in 2016, at least – is proving resilient. This is partly thanks to a more stable political climate than we have seen in previous years and an uplift in foreign investment, especially from Asian investors. The digital textile market in particular looks set to remain positive throughout 2016, following a strong performance in 2015, despite experiencing tougher market conditions than in past years and slower sales than some may have expected, particularly in a year that culminated in ITMA.
