Birla Cellulose, the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group recently launched Liva, a new age fabric brand in line with consumer needs. Leading Bollywood diva Kangana Ranaut is the brand ambassador of Liva and had been part of the Liva ...
Tags: fashion textile, fabric products, Liva
Indian synthetic fibre and yarn producers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to abolish excise duty of 12 per cent levied on the industry and bring it at par with the cotton fibre and yarn sector. “This will help the growth of ...
Tags: cotton fibre, yarn sector, Textile
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
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
The man-made fibre (MMF) industry in India has demanded that the Union Government implement a fibre neutral excise policy and remove bias and anomalies against the MMF industry. The MMG producers, represented by the Association of ...
Manmade fibre industry, which is witnessing an increasing demand for sustainable products, is likely to use wood pulp (a renewable source) as the main raw material for manmade cellulosic in the coming years. Speaking to Fibre2Fashion, ...
Tags: Fibre Demand, Viscose
The man-made fibre (MMF) makers are looking forward to an increase in consumption in the global textile and clothing industry at an annual growth rate of 3.3 percent by 2020. In an interview with fibre2fashion, Mr. Friedrich Weninger, ...
Tags: Man-Made Fibre, Textile
On October 16, Salmoiraghi SpA celebrated the 50th anniversary. This important event took place in the Monza headquarters in the presence of over 200 guests. Sandro Salmoiraghi, the company President, retraced the history of the company, ...
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Philippines’ abaca output has dipped to 35,060 tons, registering a decline of 5.5 percent during the first half of 2013, compared to 37,120 tons recorded during same period last year, according to data from the Bureau of Agricultural ...
Tags: Abaca Output, Textile
In order to implement the State Council’s second comprehensive energy saving program, the China Textile Industry Association is promoting 35 technology projects for achieving sustainable development of the textile industry. ...
The Australian alpaca fibre industry is not expecting better prospects this year mainly due to highly variable product, contamination of consignments and lack of technological advancements in processing alpaca fibre. Speaking to ...
Tags: Alpaca Fibre Sector, Textile
More attention should be given to the industrial textile segment in China, especially enhancing cooperation between various manufacturers in the initial new product design and development stage, according to the China Textiles Industry ...
Tags: Textiles, Chemical Fiber
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) along with other stakeholders joined forces to strengthen national and local collaborative efforts to promote, develop, and sustain the growth of the ...
Owens Corning is to buy Chinese glass fibre busing producer Tanaka Kikinzoku (Suzhou) (TKS). TKS is a producer of glass fibre bushings and other parts which service the Chinese glass industry and has been operating since 2006. TKS will ...
Tags: Owens Corning, glass fibre busing producer, Tanaka Kikinzoku
Thanks to the rising preference of people for green products, both in the local as well as international markets, the abaca industry of Philippines is expecting an eight percent rise in exports this year, after experiencing a decline last ...
Tags: green products, abaca industry, Philippines