Floreon, a tougher and easier to process bioplastic material produced by UK-based Floreon Transforming Packaging, has been granted a patent. The bioplastic is polyester-based polymer blend with a standard bioplastic, polylactic acid ...
Tags: Bioplastic Material, Floreon
Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has increased its regional contract price for the Asia-Pacific region for March 2015 contracts. For the Asia-Pacific region, Methanex ...
It is time for the Government of India to liberalise policies and remove the ‘uncalled-for protection’ from the textile industry in the form of anti-dumping duties and certification requirements, which will eventually help in ...
MTEX solutions, producers of textile machinery, have displayed their new range of direct-to-textile print and treatment machines at Heimtextil 2015, international trade fair for home and contract textiles, held in January. The new ...
Tags: Digital Textile Print, Textile
Yarn Expo Spring 2015 which exhibits a wide range of fibre and yarn products returns to Shanghai from March 18–20, 2015 in Hall 7.2 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center. Yarn Expo will showcase natural and blended yarns ...
Fisher Textiles has launched a new range of fabrics for yoga pants, ET 3000 Yoga, made with Repreve recycled yarns, which are produced from recycled plastic bottles. “With a soft hand and adequate stretch, it makes an excellent ...
Tags: Recycled Fibre, Yoga Pants
India-based Kriplon Synthetics, a leading exporter and manufacturer of diverse range of suitings, shirtings, and cotton, synthetic, and polyester fabrics, is participating in Textillegprom 2015, to be held from 17-20 February 2015, in ...
Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to major international markets, has decreased its regional contract price for all the regions—Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America—for February 2015 ...
Tags: Methanol Prices, Methanex
AkzoNobel has received the 2015 JEC Innovation Award for its patented cure system for bio fiber reinforced composites in the competition’s Resins category. The company will receive its award during the JEC Europe Composites Show in ...
“For the just completed 2014, business in the polyester specialties segment continues on the whole to proceed in a very solid and pleasing fashion, German fibre manufacturer, Trevira said. It also anticipates the 2014 turnover at ...
Tags: textile materials, chemical tests, Textile
Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of fibres and polymers, co-sponsored the upcoming Kingpins Show in New York where it showcased its latest innovation, Lycra Beauty brand fabrics. Already used successfully in ...
Improved global operations and a lower effective tax rate drove net income growth by 46.87 per cent year on year at value added yarns producer, Unifi Inc in the second quarter ended December 28, 2014. Unifi said its net income for the ...
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Label printing company Marschall Etiketten has deployed a new multifunction finishing machine Saturn Midi 330 from Prati for post-processing of labels. Prati machine is used by the firm to inspect the finished label products in order to ...
Tags: environment-friendly substrates, clear-on-clear labels, Agriculture
Thailand based and global fibres and petrochemicals producer, Indorama Ventures (IVL) is pulling out of an agreement to acquire SASA Polyester Sanayi AS (SASA) in Turkey. In a Thailand stock exchange filing, Indorama said both sides have ...
Tags: DMT, staple fibers, filament yarns, Textile
The Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Spring 2015, will see a number of country and region pavilions returning like those from Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Taiwan and India. These are in addition to the recently announced pavilions ...
Tags: casual wear, jeanswear, Textile