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Insight28 Jan 2016Cotton values remained steady in Pakistan on Wednesday, as buyers continued their restocking in forward deals for quality lint, which was still in short supply.
Insight28 Jan 2016Indian cotton spot rates softened this week, while the enthusiasm of cotton yarn manufacturers for procurement ebbed on the markets.
According to the China National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), fabric production during November 2015 reached 6.6 billion metres, up 1.54% on the month prior and 5.1% annually.
Insight27 Jan 2016Sergi Garcia, C&D Fabrics sales manager (Western Europe), speaks to WTiN about why the print and design firm has invested in digital printing while keeping traditional printing processes, and how it has changed the company for the better.
Intelligence25 Jan 2016The US market continued to perform strongly during the first half of 2015, with growth rates of 20% compared to the market average of 15.6% helping to increase its position within the global market. Currently, digital textile capacity in the US sits at 5.6% of the global total, with further improvement expected in late 2015 and onwards as the market continues to expand. If we look at digital textile printing in the US as a whole, it is hard to ignore the success that Direct to Garment (DTG) printing has had within the US market and how far behind Roll 2 Roll (R2R) is in relation. Leading DTG printer manufacturers agree that at many levels the US market makes up between 40% and 50% of global sales for their companies – a long way in front of where any R2R company would place their market share in the US market.
