The imports of cotton by Vietnam in the first nine months of current year have increased by 35 percent year-on-year to 430,000 tons, valued at US$ 864 million, Viet Nam News reported. Vietnam Cotton and Spinning Association ...
Tags: Cotton Imports, Spinning
Dragon Aromatics is likely to start commercial production at its No.2 Paraxylene (PX) plant by the end of this month. “We have achieved on-spec production at No.2 PX plant earlier this month and plan to start commercial production ...
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Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) announced that it has commenced a consent solicitation (the "Solicitation") to amend (the "Proposed Amendments") the indenture, dated January 28, 2011, (the "Indenture") among PGI, the guarantors party thereto and ...
Tags: Polymer Group, Textile
Comfortably cool in summer and cosy warm in winter, all with minimum energy use. The Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim/Germany have expanded their current range of tests to allow modern office and living spaces, vehicle interiors, ...
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Up to 90 percent of cotton grown in Uzbekistan would be machine-harvested by 2016 as the Tashkent Tractor Plant is set to manufacture cotton-picker machines, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev has said, RIA Novosti reported. In ...
Tags: Machine-Harvest, Cotton
With ten weeks to go until Christmas Day, new exclusive research conducted by OnePoll for retail technology company, Retail Assist, reveals the shopping strategies that consumers plan to use to crack Christmas this year. With 34% of ...
Tags: Holiday Shoppers, Shop Online
Rugs America Corp. has signed an agreement with Furniture First to offer the Harrisburg, Pa.-based buying group's members a full-size gallery rug program. Rugs America officials said Furniture First members will have the opportunity to ...
Tags: Rug, Furniture, Furnishing, Textile
In support of its newly created Business Development Group and market diversification strategy, Universal Fibers has purchased the continuous filament bi-component production assets of Fiber Innovation Technology. Fiber Innovation ...
Tags: Textile, Universal Fibers, Construction
Current levels of clothing and textile recycling has among the highest levels of impact on reducing greenhouse gasses according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In its report entitled: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling ...
National Safety Apparel has raised the bar with their new DWR high tech premium fleece. The modacrylic/cotton fabrics used in producing the navy blue crew neck, pullover, half-zip, stand-up collar half-zip and full-zip fleece sweatshirts ...
Tags: Sweatshirts, Fleece Sweatshirts, Textile
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has signed a partnership agreement with PlastiComp, Inc., based in Winona, Minnesota, USA, to develop new innovative bio-based Long Fiber Thermoplastic (LFT) composite ...
Bolger & O'Hearn will exhibit two products at the upcoming IFAI Specialty Fabrics Expo 2013. Altopel F3 is an advanced fluorine-free finish that gives textiles a high degree of durable water repellency. The environmentally friendly ...
Tags: Textile
Israel-based Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. (EVS) — a provider of vision solutions for surface inspection and real-time quality monitoring — has introduced C-BELT, an inspection system for narrow safety belts such as automotive ...
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Goulston Technologies Inc., Monroe, N.C. — a formulator and manufacturer of spin finishes and other specialty chemicals for man-made fiber, nonwovens and downstream production; and a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan-based Takemoto Oil ...
Aiming to address the issues of the textile industry of Punjab, the Regional Managing Committee of All Pakistan Textile Manufacturers Association (APTMA) has formed working sub-committees. The Committee in its very first regional ...
Tags: Textile Industry, APTMA