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Profile12 Feb 2015Growing the distance
Having recently divested its flexibles business area, nonwovens giant Suominen has its sights set on further growth this year. Senior Vice President of the company’s Care sector, Lynda Kelly, tells Fiona Haran about implementing its new strategy, and why it is championing spunlace technology
News12 Feb 2015Miniature spectrometer launched for textiles
Ocean Optics has launched its new miniature spectrometer line, Flame, which it said delivers high thermal stability and low unit to unit variation without compromising the flexibility and configurability that are the hallmark of modular, miniature spectrometers.
Review12 Feb 2015ESMA announces 2016 Printed Interior Decoration Conference
ESMA has announced that the next installation of the Printed Interior Decoration (PID) conference will be held in November 2016, looking to build on the success of the first edition held in November last year. The 2016 event hopes to further explore the potential of the interior decoration market and feature a broader approach with designers, creative developers, printers and suppliers, with digitally printed textiles being a key focus.
News12 Feb 2015China home textile shipments rise moderately during 2014
Data published by China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT) shows that home textile exports during December amounted to US$ 2.4 billion, contracting 2.83% on November and 5.7% y-o-y.
News11 Feb 2015EU and USA markets boost China garment exports
According to China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textile and Apparel (CCCT), apparel exports during December increased 7.57% on November, to US$ 15.92 billion, bucking the declining trend of the last three months.
Insight11 Feb 2015CLASS tours fashion capitals promoting sustainable SS16 season trends
Increasingly over the last few years, sustainable materials have become one of the most fashionable parts of the fabrics and garments presented at design and trend forums. Additionally, this movement has been equally instigated by consumers, who have largely united against the likes of real fur and angora, as by manufacturers, who see a lot of benefit to reducing their water and energy consumption, as well as their chemical use for the processing of fibres, yarns and fabrics.
News11 Feb 2015Lenzing presents its new micro fibre
Lenzing has launched a new micro version of its Tencel fibre. The Tencel A100 speciality fibre has been specially developed for the processing of knitted fabrics.
Insight11 Feb 2015Sustainable Clothing: Challenge or Opportunity
The pressing problems of our age are environmental ones. The environment underpins all of our lives. If environmental conditions change rapidly then all our efforts are reduced to nothing. One of the major ideas to emerge from the environmental movement is sustainable design. In essence this is an attempt to create consumerism that does not alter the overall quantity of resources available to us. Sustainability is to create a system that can be supported indefinitely in terms of environmentalism and social responsibility. Sustainable fashion is part of the larger trend of sustainable design where a product is created and produced with consideration to the environmental and social impact it may have throughout its total life span. The goal is to integrate local ecology into design and construction, to reduce natural resource impacts, minimize non-renewable energy consumption, use environmentally preferable products, protect and conserve water resources, enhance indoor environmental air quality, and improve operation and maintenance practices. However, perhaps the simplest way to differentiate the terms is to say that sustainability is the destination while sustainable development, or more specifically, ecologically sustainable development, is the path we need to take to get there. Sustainability simply means the property of being sustainable.
SpecialChem announce digital textile printing webinar
SpecialChem has announced that it will host an exclusive webinar that will focus on how to ‘Optimize Digital Print Quality on Textiles with Advanced Chemistry’. The webinar will feature: the benefits of digital printing, the parameters affecting digital printing quality and how ink receptive pretreatment technology can solve printing challenges.
News11 Feb 2015India cotton grabs greater share of China import market
According to China Customs, cotton imports during December jumped 187.19% on November, to 264,500 tonnes, extending the increase to a second consecutive month as importers rushed to use up their quotas.
India Focus: Bt cotton makes India top global cotton producer
The next growth area in Indian cotton farming may come from newer hybrids of Bt cotton, which allow farmers to plant more cotton in the same area. This will lead to high productivity per ha, which is currently low.
News10 Feb 2015User-friendly portable spectrophotometer launched
Datacolor, a specialist in colour management solutions, today announced the launch of the CHECK 3 portable spectrophotometer. A complete redesign on Datacolor’s previous spectrophotometers, CHECK 3 aims to address formulation and quality control needs of colour professionals in the paint, coatings, plastic and textile industries.
Toyobo textile segment sales decrease 5% in Q3
Through the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, from April 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, the business environment for the Toyobo Group was characterised by continuing recovery trends against a background of monetary easing in the US through the third quarter, the company reported.
UK government backs resurgent textiles industry
The UK textiles industry is worth £9 billion to the UK economy and is experiencing year-on-year export and domestic growth, according to the findings of a major new report.
News10 Feb 2015Neck warmer offers skin protection
Sports fashion clothing brand, Roxy, has teamed up with luxury skincare company, Biotherm, to produce a neck warmer designed to care for the skin in freezing temperatures, as part of Roxy’s Autumn/Winter 2016 outerwear collection.
News10 Feb 2015China PTA exports pick up pace during 2014
According to China Customs, PTA exports during December jumped 103.51% y-o-y, to 30,933 tonnes. As a consequence, total shipments in 2014 reached 463,022 tonnes, soaring 267.19% on 2013.
Organic cotton towel collection achieves fair trade certification
The first company to bring organic cotton bedding to the United States, Coyuchi, has announced today that the brand's classic Air Weight Towel Collection has achieved Fair Trade Certification under the strict requirements set by Fair Trade USA.
LifeThreads partners with PureTex Solutions to offer rental textiles
Life sciences specialist LifeThreads is partnering with PureTex Solutions, a Florida-based medical laundry and uniform rental firm, to offer the company’s recently introduced antimicrobial, medical apparel product line on a rental basis to the healthcare industry.
Executive Market Report – 9th February 2015
A detailed review of movements in fibre, yarn and fabric prices from the previous week, along with changes in production costs.
HDWool launches woollen insulation at ISPO 2015
HDWool, developer of naturally adaptive, traceable wool-based insulation for outdoor apparel, launched its latest product, Thermal Comfort, at ISPO 2015.
Wherever I lay my hat
Arthur Pottash loves going into work every day and putting in a full day. At 79, an age when most people are long retired, Mr Pottash still helps guide the fortunes of Artex Knitting Mills, a small, but fast-growing manufacturer of knit headwear located in Westfield, New Jersey. Artex is the largest producer of knit hats in the US and has become a big success story over the past few years.
Mongolia to tax exports 10% in support of domestic mills
Cashmere prices have remained firm in China, prior to Chinese New Year, The Schneider Group has reported. There are small drops in the 30-32mm types’ prices, but the prices for the best 38mm types remain firm with limited availability. Overall, no price changes have been registered, the group said.