The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan is expecting to harvest around 1.05 million tons of cotton this season from an area of 550,000 hectares, mainly in Mary and Akhal provinces. Exceeding the Government’s estimates by 11 ...
In the second quarter of 2013, we generated a profit of $201 million compared to profit of $186 million for the second quarter of 2012. The increase was primarily due to lower finance costs in the second quarter of 2013. For the six ...
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The government of Pakistan’s Punjab province is fully aware about the gas and power crisis issue hindering the textile industry and is working on war footing to address the same, state Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said ...
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The South Korea based Lotte Chemical is operating its Yeosu-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant at reduced rates. “The MEG plant is operating at 40 percent operating rates due to weak demand and lower prices of MEG,” a ...
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Fujitsu reported a consolidated net loss of 21.9 billion yen (US$221 million), representing an improvement of 3.5 billion yen compared to the loss posted in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. The operating loss was an improvement over ...
Researchers at the College of Agriculture (ESIT) of the National Institute of Polytechnic (IPN), Mexico, are developing fabrics and garments that would also have health benefits. Soon, there would be a day when clothing would not only ...
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FMC Corporation, one of the world’s leading specialty chemical companies, has released its second quarter results and vision 2015 outlook. The highlights of the second quarter results of FMC Corporation show a dip in the ...
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Uzbekistan’s capital city of Tashkent is once again gearing up to host the ninth international Uzbek Cotton and Textile fair on October 16 and 17, 2013. Since 2005, the Uzbek Government has been regularly organizing the fair in ...
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Methanex Corporation announced an initial $5 million investment in Carbon Recycling International (CRI), a privately held company with headquarters in Reykjavik, Iceland. Methanex will also evaluate further investments to support CRI's ...
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Every year in the month August NITRA offers a bouquet of intensive manpower training programs on distance learning mode to help the aspiring and existing textile & garment industry professionals. The programs enable them to update their ...
During the second quarter of 2013, new orders for textile machinery, as elaborated by ACIMIT’s economics and press department, showed signs of growth compared to the same period for 2012 (+12%). The absolute index stood at 92.2 points ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, Apparel
Lectra’s Board of Directors, chaired by André Harari, reviewed the consolidated financial statements for the first half of 2013, after a limited review by the Statutory Auditors. Highlights: Revenues: €99.2 million ...
Piotr Cinski from Poland has been crowned the Global Wrap Cup Masters champion at FESPA 2013 in London to win the title of Global Wrap Cup Champion. The Wrap Cup Masters started with a qualifying round on day one at FESPA 2013, which saw ...
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Fans of timeless, vintage fabrics and fresh pastels in particular will be delighted to learn that leading fabric retailer Curtains Made Simple this week introduced the latest collections from the highly regarded Elanbach fabrics to its ...
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INVISTA’s CORDURA brand expands its durable line of fabrics in its head-to-toe product portfolio with CORDURA Lite Plus and CORDURA Air Flow Technology (AFT) fabrics—debuting them at this year’s 2013 Outdoor Retailer ...
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