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News29 Jan 2015CCI sells cotton stockpiles back to weak market
Cotton quotations recovered on January 27 in India, providing a precious chance for The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to cut back inventories, with an initial offer of 5,100 cotton bales for auction.
News29 Jan 2015Cotton futures rebound on short-covering
Sparked by speculative short covering, New York cotton futures rebounded dramatically this week.
News29 Jan 2015Argos gives its uniform a smart textiles overhaul
Goose Design, an apparel and branding agency, has incorporated tech-inspired looks into the new uniform of UK catalogue retailer Argos.
News29 Jan 2015Pakistan cotton quotations shrink
The recovery of procurement on the Pakistan market is peripheral, failing to arrest the declining trend in cotton value on January 29.
News29 Jan 2015Cotton demand tepid in China
Along with the decreasing operating rate in China’s cotton textile sector, cotton values continued to decline during January.
Insight29 Jan 2015Political violence disrupts textile and garment trade
Ongoing political violence and blockades in Bangladesh involving the country’s opposition parties – Bangladesh National Party and the Jamaat Party is causing concern for leaders of Bangladeshi associations representing its knitwear and garments industry.
Shanghai digital textile show under new ownership
Event promoter UBM Asia has secured a slice of the booming digital textile printing market with the acquisition of the China (Shanghai) International Printing Industry Expo (CSTPF) from SUNEXPO.
Review28 Jan 2015Final programme announced for OUTLOOK Plus Latin America
Global nonwoven trade associations, EDANA and INDA, have launched the final OUTLOOK Plus Latin America 2015 programme.
News28 Jan 2015China viscose value softens again
Viscose prices lost ground again in China as downstream yarn manufacturers continued to trim production before the Spring Festival.
News28 Jan 2015Kornit Digital launches DC Pro ink for digital discharge printing
Kornit Digital, provider of digital textile printing solutions, has launched a new-generation discharge ink for the Kornit Avalanche DC Pro direct-to-garment printing system. This solution creates unique digitally printed garments which have a natural feel when touched, which is crucial to the apparel industry, enabling garment decorators to expand into new markets and achieve higher revenues and margins.
News28 Jan 2015Nylon quotations encounter mounting pressure in China
Dragged by shrinking feedstock values, the polyamide price was back on a downward trajectory again in China, as downstream firms started to cut their operating rates before the Spring Festival.
News28 Jan 2015Suominen launches advanced flushable substrates
Global nonwovens supplier Suominen has launched Hydraspun Dispersible Plus, a new range of flushable substrates for the global wipes market.
News28 Jan 2015Micro Technology Destroys Body Odour in Apparel
Following the product’s introduction back in 2013, Odegon Technologies’ Odegon DeoTags – small fabric tags that use micro technology to attract and destroy the molecules responsible for body odour – have seen success, becoming part of M&S’s range of lightweight suits and now the Bagir Group’s clothing brand on its suits and shirts.
Insight28 Jan 2015Behind BBE’s bottle-to-POY line
Earlier this month, BB Engineering (BBE) unveiled its VarioFil R+ machine – what it called the world’s first bottle-to-POY (partially oriented yarn) line in operation, presented at an Open House at its Remscheid site in Germany. BBE tells WTiN about its uniquely sustainable turnkey line.
Carbon black market for textile fibres to reach US$253.1 million by 2020
The global carbon black market for textile fibres is expected to reach US$253.1 million by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc.
News28 Jan 2015InkTec modernize with new English and Chinese websites
InkTec, specialists in inkjet applications, has re-launched its English website, www.inktec.com, with a modern facelift and user friendly enhancements, which allows for information to be more easily accessed.
Indian technical textiles branded ‘sunshine sector’
The Ministry of Textiles in India is promoting advanced technical textiles as a sunshine sector.
Insight27 Jan 2015Adidas scores high in ‘clean capitalism’ sustainability league
Adidas is the only textile or luxury goods manufacturer to make it into the 2015 Global 100 – a league table of sustainability performance published by ‘Corporate Knights’, described as ‘The Magazine for Clean Capitalism’.
Profile27 Jan 2015Science in style
Fashion designer Brooke Roberts loves a combination: she married the seemingly incompatible fields of radiography and fashion design and she favours fibre blends in yarns. She talks MRI scans and merino wool with WTiN
News27 Jan 2015China textile and apparel exports expand moderately in 2014
According to China Customs, textile and garment exports during December reached US$ 25.67 billion, 5.46% higher than the previous month.
Insight27 Jan 2015Sporting wool
The debate between synthetics and natural fibres is ongoing, as each boasts its own special properties and advantages for a myriad of applications. Wool has previously had connotations as a warm and cosy fibre for the likes of jumpers and socks, but it is fast-becoming one of the go-to materials for edgy sportswear and thin layers intended to keep you cool as well as warm.
Executive Market Report - 26th January 2015
A detailed review of movements in fibre, yarn and fabric prices from the previous week, along with changes in production costs.
