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Insight29 Jun 2015The combined North and South Island auction comprising 20,585 bales saw a 91% clearance and a generally firm market except for the previously overpressured fine crossbred types which eased slightly.
Insight29 Jun 2015With increasing interest in green buildings, textile waste may be a good candidate as a raw material. University of Connecticut researchers are finding new applications for carpet wastes, developing particle boards as a part of a project funded by Carpet America Recovery Effort.
Insight29 Jun 2015The wool market corrected strongly this week after weeks of price increases. The Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) fell with 57 cents to close on 1,263 cents per kilo clean on Thursday, June 25. In US dollar terms, the market fell with 41 US cents to close the week on 978 cents per kilo.
The American textile and apparel sectors, like other importing and exporting companies, are hailing as a success the United States Congress’ passage last Wednesday of a bill giving ‘trade promotion authority’ (TPA) to President Barack Obama.
News26 Jun 2015ICA Bremen has opened a new cotton testing laboratory at Bremen’s Cotton Exchange Building, incorporating a new range of cutting edge facilities to meet the growing demands of the global cotton industry. Dr Gerd Müller, German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, who started the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles in 2014, opened the facility earlier this week.
Insight26 Jun 2015The committee for socio-economic analysis (SEAC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a consultation on its backing of ECHA proposals to restrict the use of decaBDE as a flame retardant, aiming to reduce emissions from this chemical, used widely in textile applications.
Insight25 Jun 2015Good sourcing practice at the Indonesian mill of India-based viscose fibre giant Aditya Birla has paved the way to the company’s commitment this month to a global policy to eliminate sourcing materials from ancient and endangered forests, according to the international environmental group that helped develop the policy.
The Kazakhstan government has told WTiN.com that the recent successful outcome to almost 20-years’ negotiations aimed at enabling the country to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) will help boost its textile industry. A WTO working party on Monday approved the details of a deal allowing Kazakhstan to join the WTO, which should now be rubber-stamped by the WTO’s general council, with accession maybe coming by the end of this year and certainly in 2016.
