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It’s been a ‘will they?’, or ‘won’t they?’ story for several months. But US wide-format printer manufacturer EFI has finally announce its acquisition of Italy’s textile-specialist Reggiani Macchine.
Exports of Mexico-made knitwear to the EU could be set to rise, with the EU and Mexico announcing they are planning to later this year start negotiations on upgrading a 15-year-old free trade agreement (FTA) between them.
WTiN and Messe Frankfurt gathered in the fashion capital of Paris to announce the launch of their new joint fair Avanprint, a unique platform for digital textile printing technologies.
Insight1 Jul 2015Turkey’s burgeoning digital textile printing sector thinks it will make some dramatic changes over the next five years, to meet requirements from its key European Union (EU) export markets to supply products with a limited environmental footprint, qualifying, for instance, with EU ecolabels. According to Çağatay Albayrak, head of digital printing product research and development engineering, at Pisa Tekstil, in Istanbul, Turkish digital printers may need to decrease their use of water and energy during the printing process as a result, which for many producers will mean changing their printing technologies.
Insight1 Jul 2015North America is a strong market for man-made fibres. While mill consumption has declined, reaching 3.25 million tonnes in 2014, the carpet industry there is growing. It has reportedly shifted towards filament yarns, particularly polyester, with capacity for BCF for polyester estimated to have grown from 85,000 tonnes in 2008 to 400,000 tonnes in 2015, according to Textile World.
Insight1 Jul 2015The creation of fleece fabrics as a synthetic alternative to woollen products, was a major advancement for textiles. The synthetic-fibre product with a bulky fibre structure offers a number of useful characteristics, such as being lightweight, warm, soft, insulating even when wet and not flammable. These qualities have made fleeces very popular among consumers for everyday wear as well as outdoor.
Insight1 Jul 2015Back in October 2014, it was announced that BASF was to divest its textile chemicals business to Archroma. Today, Archroma has confirmed that the acquisition is now complete and said that, with this, it hopes to further solidify its position as an industry leader in the supply of chemicals and dyes to the global textile industry.
Insight1 Jul 2015Sinkers adapted to different conditions are key to obtaining maximum value, performance and quality. Groz-Beckert has recognised this in the development of its latest sinker range. While the company said it always uses high quality steel, optimum edge rounding, straightness, precision and dimensional stability, it is synchronisation of all technical properties that makes the sinkers stand out. The most popular sinker in Asia is SNK 35.31-15 G 6. This high performance sinker is mainly used in gauges E20–E28.
Insight30 Jun 2015Messe Frankfurt is tapping into an exciting growing market for the textile manufacturing industry. In collaboration with WTiN, the global exhibition organiser is creating Avanprint, a new platform for digital textile printing technologies.
Insight30 Jun 2015Flystrike is a devastating affliction to sheep and the wool industry, and something which wool producers are actively fighting against. It costs the Australian sheep industry $280m per year and it can lead to death of the animals.
Insight30 Jun 2015Senior figures in Turkey's cotton textile sector have warned about the impact on the country’s textile supply chain of the Turkish government's ongoing antidumping investigation into imports of US cotton.
Secant Medical is to move its US-based corporate headquarters to 551 East Church Avenue, Telford, Pennsylvania 18969 from its long time Perkasie location. The company said it has been investing heavily in the regenerative medicine field through the enhancement of its operations and new biomaterials platform technology development.
Insight29 Jun 2015Demand for added functionality to textiles is booming in the industry. It is almost expected by consumers in today’s society, that a shirt will offer comfort and breathability, that sportswear will reduce drag and offer odour control, or that an outdoor jacket will be wind- and waterproof.
Insight29 Jun 2015Textile machinery is big business in Italy, with a value of €2.3bn last year and employing 12,000 across 300 companies. Its market share of world exports of textile machinery is about 11% and it is a key supplier along with Germany, Japan, China and Switzerland.
