The polyester fiber used to make a range of 3M floor pads for floor maintenance will now contain a minimum of 50% post-consumer recycled content. "The 3M product team extensively tested the product to ensure the new floor pads have the ...
Tags: Floor Pads, 3M Floor Pads, Recycled Content
As part of the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) "Out of Vietnam" project, 20 Vietnamese textile manufacturers have visited Australia to see first-hand how wool is grown, tested and traded, as well as assessing for themselves the quality of ...
Emerging from Arizona, USA, PinkKiwi has successfully developed anti-UV polyester clothing to protect skin and all its beauty. The patenting behind the light weight material has extraordinary fabrics that give comfort, protection from the ...
South Korea's spot supply of solvent-grade mixed xylenes for April loading will fall by up to half of its typical volume because of lower yields from naphtha-fed steam crackers' use of butane in its feedstock mix, a market source said ...
Tags: solvent-grade mixed xylenes, butane, LPG
Global demand for paints and varnishes is forecast to expand 4.7% p.a. between 2014 and 2018. Argentina, China, India, Morocco, and the United States are considered the highest potential markets in the coming years. According to recently ...
Tags: paints, varnishes, Decoration
German polyester fibre specialist Trevira GmbH, Bobingen, has voiced its satisfaction with the past fiscal year in view of annual sales totalling about EUR 250 million (2012: EUR 232 million). Changes in the product mix and a positive ...
Tags: polyester fibre, Textile
The year 2013 saw growing volumes for many of the tailor-made solutions offered by the RadiciGroup PET YARN Business Unit: RADYARN UV STABILIZED (UV-stabilized yarn), RADYARN FR (flame-retardant yarn), r-RADYARN and CORNLEAF ...
Mafatlal Industries Limited (MIL), a flagship company of Arvind Mafatlal Group has launched Designer Collection of School Uniforms for the coming season. MIL is the first company to introduce eco-friendly fibre dyed suiting in the school ...
Tags: School Uniforms, Mafatlal
Old materials are new again as companies scramble to replace polycarbonate dielectricThe insulating material between the plates of the capacitor. The material is chosen for its ability to permit electrostatic attraction and repulsion to ...
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) International Working Group is announcing Version 4.0 of its globally-recognized standard for the processing of textiles made from certified organic natural fibers. GOTS' core provisions such as ...
Tags: Organic Textiles, GOTS
PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry has suggested the Indian Government not to impose anti-dumping duty on imports of Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) into India in view of its demand supply mismatch, which according to latest estimates ...
Tags: PHD Chamber, PTA Imports
High inventories have pushed the spot price of monoethylene glycol in China to the lowest level seen since July 2012, Platts data showed Tuesday. Weakness in the domestic market pressured down the import price of MEG to $916/mt CFR China ...
Tags: MEG Prices, Domestic Market
Spring is all about bright, vibrant colors. Wearing complimenting color combinations of sherbet shades or pastel hues, such as peppermint green, ice blue, lilac, lemon yellow, or pastel pink will add a whole lot of fun and excitement to ...
Tags: Lime Road, Waistline Dresses
The national bureau of statistics data show that China's GDP in 2013 is 56.8845 trillion yuan, calculated at comparable prices up by 7.7% over the previous year, increase of nearly 5 trillion yuan year-on-year, the increment is equivalent ...
Well here it goes my first tool review for Tools in Action, and it is the Gerber MP1 multi-tool it is part of their industrial lineup of multi-tools. I have to say I am pretty impressed with the fit and finish of this multi-tool, but for ...
Tags: Industrial Multi-Tool