The proportion of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has reached 60%, according to figures released by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK. ACE stated that this was a ...
Tags: Beverage, wood fibres, Agriculture
Environmental packaging specialist Biopac has launched a new range of compostable containers with clear RPET lids which are said to be suitable for food outlets which would like to show off their culinary creations. The range has been ...
Tags: Biopac, Compostable Container
India is set for some spectacular growth in polyester production over the next 6 years, going up from just over 5 million tonnes to well over 10 million tonnes by 2020, according to Philips Gibbs, the group MD for PCI Xylenes and ...
Tags: raw material, polyester production, Textilec
Fulgar SpA, Italian yarn manufacturers, has been named Company of the Month for November 2014, by the International Association for Research and Testing in the Field of Textile Ecology (OEKO-TEX), which provides testing and certification ...
Tags: raw materials, Textile
Integrated producer of chemical intermediates, polymers and fibres, Invista has bagged the ‘Innovation Upgrade Award’ from China Chemical Industry News. According to Invista, it received the award for its outstanding ...
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has requested the Government to reduce the excise duty on all man-made fibres and filaments, as also their raw materials from the current 12 per cent to 6 per cent. In a pre-Budget ...
Tags: man-made fibres, Apparel, Textile
ISPO Textrends Forum, a platform for innovative textiles and components for sportswear manufacturing, has seen participation from companies in 2015, rising by 65 per cent from the prior year. 240 selected products will be presented at the ...
Yarn Expo Autumn 2014 held from October 20-22, witnessed over 18 per cent more visitors as against the last Autumn Edition. Altogether 7,098 visitors from 62 countries and regions came to source from nearly 150 yarn suppliers during the ...
Austria based, Lenzing said looking at the challenging conditions, it will not undertake any new expansion projects at any of its viscose staple fibre (VSF) production sites across the world. Although Lenzing continues to anticipate good ...
Tags: viscose staple fibre, Textile
Green packaging and tissue paper products manufacturer Cascades have acquired and installed two new printing presses at its Québec plants in Vaudreuil and Drummondville in a deal close to $13m, which are operated by its Norampac Inc. ...
Tags: tissue paper, printing presses, Agriculture
A free trade agreement between South Korea and China could knock down Taiwanese textile exports to China to the tune of US $324 million per annum. According to the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF), through the FTA, 85 per cent of South ...
Tags: textile exports, free trade, Textile
CEO of Germany based Advansa, Heinz Meierkord has been named the new president of CIRFS, a trade body representing Europe’s €10 billion man made fibres industry. Heinz Meierkord succeeds Giulio Bonazzi, CEO of Aquafil, whose ...
Tags: fibres industry, Textile
China Bags, Cases & Boxes Exports, from Jan. to Dec. 2013 HS Product Name Jan.-Dec. Total Export Volume (Kg) Export Value Compared with the same period last year ...
Scientists at the Hohenstein Institute and the Leibnitz Institute for Interactive Materials (DWI), both from Germany, have developed an antimicrobial treatment for wool and other textiles containing wool. Many of the antimicrobial ...
Tags: antimicrobial treatment, textiles containing wool, Textile
Outlast Technologies, a developer and producer of temperature regulating fabrics has launched a new fabric by blending PCM viscose fibres with down fibres to offer a solution for climate comfort in bedding and apparel products. Outlast ...