Every dollar invested by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) over the past three years has delivered a $2.90 return to wool growers. “The benefits of AWI's investment in R&D and marketing have been detailed in the recent 'Review of ...
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The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
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Australian Wool Network (AWN) has moved forward in the wool textile value chain from brokerage to wool-made apparel retail by acquiring Victorian knitwear manufacturer and retailer, Hysport. “The acquisition will allow AWN to move ...
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The Vietnamese retailer Canifa, in collaboration with the Australia-based international wool textile organization The Woolmark Company, has launched its first-ever collection of Woolmark-certified clothing. Following the sell-out success ...
Italian kidswear brand Il Gufo is unveiling its second colourful machine-washable Merino wool capsule collection. The collection launched in partnership with The Woolmark Company compromises of 100% Merino wool sweaters, cardigans and ...
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Australian wool major The Woolmark Company will exhibit a selection of Merino wool trends, industry services and innovations at SPINEXPO Shanghai beginning from 2-4 September, 2014. Incidentally, 2014 also marks the 50th anniversary of ...
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Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) will further fund the expansion of the popular Lifetime Ewe Management course (LTEM), investing an additional $800,000 for the further expansion of the course to 2017. AWI has been the principal funder ...
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ASWGA welcomes the positive step by Italian luxury fashion label Ermenegildo Zegna into the Australian wool production industry, with its joint venture with Achill, a 175 year old sheep property in the NSW New England Region. Zegna ...
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The wool comfort and handle meters have been developed by the Sheep Co-operative Research Centre over several years and were commercially launched on Friday. They will be licensed and sold by the Australian Wool Testing Authority. ...
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Australian actor Isabel Lucas stars in Country Road's short film, Life Through Wool. Made in collaboration with The Woolmark Company and filmed at 'Boonoke' sheep station, the film pays homage to Australia's Wool industry. To increase ...
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A report has been commissioned to examine the value of the live sheep trade to the Australian wool industry and Western Australia in particular. The report follows a request by the Australian Wool Innovation's Industry Consultative ...
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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 ...
A celebration of Australian Merino wool has been enjoyed in Indian shopping malls, as consumers were invited to fall in love with the natural, renewable and biodegradable fibre. The Fibre Advocacy campaign was held across three ...
Cubbie Ag or CS Agriculture, which is co-owned by Chinese textile group Shandong RuYi and Japanese trading company Itochu, along with Australian wool trader Lempriere Group in the ratio of 80:20, has bought a cotton gin in Dirranbandi from ...
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Dormeuil and The Woolmark Company have unveiled ‘iconik’ at the Long Museum in Shanghai. The latest masterpiece from the house of Dormeuil, ‘iconik’ is made from superfine Australian Merino wool and certified by The ...