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Insight9 Mar 2015Over the past few years, the wool industry has been actively working to shed the image of woollen garments being ‘old-fashioned’, and highlighting the fibre’s benefits in warm weather, tackling the misconception that it is a material only suitable in winter. Wool growing has developed over the years to provide a softer handle, shattering the notion that it is a ‘coarse’ fibre and a better quality and colouring.
Insight9 Mar 2015Last year was a positive year for the Swiss textile machinery industry. Exports were 8.9% up on the previous year. This equals an export volume of 1.339bn CHF (€1.25bn). Looking at the quarters individually, export volumes were up quarter by quarter, according to the Swiss textile machinery association, Swissmem.
The 14th British Wool sale of the 2014/15 season offered 1,789,444 kg. It was a strong sale from the outset, with prices firm to dearer throughout the range, producing a clearance of 93%. Compared to the last time sold, fine types were up to 2.5% dearer; medium types fully firm; Romney types firm; Mule types 2-4% dearer; and Cheviot, Radnor, Welsh, Swaledale, and Blackface types all fully firm.
Insight9 Mar 2015The South African wool market was slightly dearer at this week’s sale, as the Cape Wools Merino indicator gained 0.4% to close at R110.54 per kg (clean). This is 1% down compared to the opening sale of this season and 3.7% down compared to the corresponding sale of the previous season. The Cape Wools All Wool Indicator gained 2.8%.
Insight9 Mar 2015A resurgent New Zealand dollar against all its main trading currencies saw most types ease on the local market. The weighted currency indicator was 1.32% higher than the last sale on February 26. Of the 21,200 bales on offer from both islands, 87% sold.
Insight9 Mar 2015There was a slight downturn in the Australian wool market for the week ending Thursday, March 5, with the Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) dropping 3 cents to close at 1,085 cents per kilo clean. In US dollar terms, the EMI fell by 6 cents for the week, finishing on 848 US cents per kilo. In Euro terms, the EMI climbed 5 cents to 767 Euro cents per kilo.
Profile6 Mar 2015As companies creating effects on textiles strive to become more sustainable, the innovative use of natural products is becoming ever more crucial. Large businesses have set out to develop dyes made from natural products, such as Archroma’s range of Earthcolors from items such as almond shells, saw palmetto, rosemary leaves.
PGI is extending its distribution partnership with Velox GmbH in Europe, as part of the company’s bid to boost its speciality materials business. The global nonwovens giant is working to locate more of its services and manufacturing sites closer to customers.
