Few decades ago, African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, were listed in the list of world’s largest textile industries and currently the textile sector in the region is faced with several challenges. ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement in meeting between President Barack Obama and President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam. “Within the context of the ...
Elastane yarns give garments stretch and a perfect fit, but they do present a number of production challenges. During warp preparation in particular, the special physical characteristics of the high-stretch synthetic yarns have to be ...
Tags: Karl Mayer, Warping Range, DSE-EC Machine
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,22 commodities increased in prices, 22 fell and 56 remained unchanged on 24/07/2013.The largest rises were SBR (1.15%),Ethylene glycol (1.13%),Dried cocoons (1.03%),while ...
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Global yarn production jumped in Q1/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter as a result of higher output in Asia, North and South America and despite a decrease in Europe. Also on an annual basis global yarn output rose resulting from ...
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The Oxford dictionary defines lint as "short, fine fibers which separate from the surface of the cloth or yarn during processing." Lint is a common occurrence in laundry operations. Materials such as cotton, linen and wool are more likely ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,37 commodities increased in prices, 16 fell and 47 remained unchanged on 23/07/2013.The largest rises were Dysprosium oxide (10.53%),BR (5.60%),SBR (4.13%),while the ...
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The wool importers have been complaining of difficulty and harassment on quarantine issue for the last three years. Some Quarantine Officers and Custom Officers had stopped clearance of wool imports seeking animal quarantine clearance/ NOC. ...
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KARL MAYER’s high-speed warp knitting machines have always set the standard in producing plain warp-knitted textiles at high speed. The last benchmark was 4,000 min-1. The current version of the HKS 2-3 E with CFP components has ...
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The Swiss yarn manufacturer Hermann Bühler AG is the very first company worldwide to receive a certificate for sustainable textile production in line with the certification system “Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) by ...
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The sixth meeting of the Kyrgyz-Indian intergovernmental commission on trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation, held in Bishkek, discussed setting up joint ventures in the textile sector. The Minister of Energy and ...
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections indicate that world 2013/14 cotton consumption is forecast at 109.8 million bales, an increase of 2 percent (2.4 million bales) from a year ago. India and Pakistan are expected to ...
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“With the 18th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations now underway in Malaysia, the timing of the hearing, and opportunity for Ways & Means Committee Members to seek clear, unambiguous answers from the USTR on President ...
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A strong presence from overseas and Chinese exhibitors awaits visitors to Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics this October. An estimated 3,500-plus exhibitors from 31 countries and regions will display their latest fabrics and ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,25 commodities increased in prices, 17 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 18/07/2013.The largest rises were Chloroform (5.04%),Natural rubber (1.45%),PA (0.87%),while the ...
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