Everybody remembers only too well when the global financial system collapsed in 2008. The textile industry, and especially the textile machinery industry, was severely hit by these problems. Most of the machinery suppliers had deep ...
Tags: R9500 rapier weaving machine, ITMA, Free Positive Approach
ZURICH, Switzerland — November 7, 2012 — There is always a lot of discussion about the ongoing competition between cotton and synthetic fibers, which is to be expected. The two industries fight hard for every scrap of market ...
Tags: synthetic fibers, cotton, ZURICH, Switzerland, environmental friendliness
ZURICH, Switzerland — November 6, 2012 — The eyes of the textile universe were focused on Vietnam as the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) held its traditional Annual Conference from Nov. 4 - 6, 2012. In the ...
Tags: ITMF, Fiber Session, Better Cotton Initiative, Polyester, Cotton
The opening of the world's first brand corner of Zimmerli takes place at KaDeWe department store in Berlin. The gents collection with day and nightwear such as loungewear sis available at KaDeWe. The interior design for the ...
Tags: Zimmerli, takes place, nightwear, loungewear, socks
Heavy equipment makers are pinning their hopes on a stimulus fuelled rebound in China in 2013, after suffering another bruising quarter as the global economy slowed faster than expected with little respite seen before the end of the year. ...
The campaign is called 'Little Taste Testers'. It is a Facebook game inviting consumers to have fun in guessing the foods and drinks children describe through their blind tasting. According to Feve, as products are packed in glass, they ...
Tags: Facebook game, guessing, food, drinks, blind tasting, glass, packed
Greetings from London—I'm stopping here for a brief brake after spending an interesting two days in Switzerland at the Montblanc watch manufacturing facilities. As I mentioned a few weeks ago this is the season when the Christmas ...
Tags: Christmas, retail surveys, Online retail, holiday season
Clariant Ltd. and Wilmar International Limited have signed an agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture as the global platform for production and sales of amines and selected amines derivatives. The joint venture will be headquartered in ...
Tags: Clariant, Wilmar, palm oils, lauric oils, ICS, specialty chemicals
The Bossard Group acquired the fastening division as KVT Koenig Group, Bossard CEO David Dean announced. KVT Fastening supplies fastening and sealing applications in German-speaking countries. The division has 230 employees in Germany, ...
Tags: Industry Trends, Fasteners
If you have heard of it, you might think St. Moritz — polo has been played on the frozen lake there for more than a quarter century (snow polo polo was first introduced in 1985). Over the decades the Swiss event has drawn an ...
Tags: snow polo, World Snow Polo Championship, Marlot Park, Barry Stout
Switzerland - Vegas Dance Club is the newest destination for clubbers in Lucerne Switzerland, featuring a regular line up of hot international DJs, a capacity of 1000 and a Robe moving light rig as specified by lighting designer Frank Alofs ...
Tags: LED Moving Head, Stage Lighting
In July 2012,the Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management(AFIRM)Group released its RSL Guidance for suppliers.AFIRM recommends suppliers at all levels of the apparel and footwear supply chain to use the RSL Guidance with detailed ...
Tags: AFIRM, RSL Guidance, product safety
Setting new records for participation, this year's Autumn edition of the Yarn Expo welcomes over 100 exhibitors, representing an increase of 80% compared with the previous year, out of which 52 are overseas companies, marking a 160% ...
The Trützschler Group has expanded its Trützschler Man-Made Fibers product range by taking over the personnel and know-how from SwissTex Winterthur AG in the area of carpet and industrial yarns spinning. As competence center, ...
Tags: Trützschler, SwissTex, AG, PET fibre
At the beginning of October, Klausner Holz Thüringen started to dismantle the sawmill plant in Domat/Ems, Switzerland. Prior to that, the bankruptcy and execution agency in the district of Imboden in Trin had approved the start of ...
Tags: market view, sawmill machinery