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Wednesday, 6 July 2011

SPINEXPO New York - Collections Overview

Organisers of the forthcoming SPINEXPO New York show have released a Collections Overview in the run up to the show which takes place at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York from 18-20 July.

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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Endless possibilities from Performance Fibers at Techtextil

Performance Fibers, a specialist manufacturer of industrial polyester fibres and fabrics with operations in The Americas, Europe and Asia, showed just some of its extensive product range at the recent Techtextil in Frankfurt.  The USA based company, which is owned by Sun Capital, serves some of the world's largest and most critical markets, including energy, transportation and safety.

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Monday, 4 July 2011

Oswal Woollen Mills invests in alternative energy sources

India’s leading vertical knitwear producer Oswal Woollen Mills is investing Rs 60-crore (US$ 13.5 million) in a wind power venture in the country’s Tamil Nadu and Karnataka regions. Oswal, which owns the knitwear ‘superbrands’ Monte Carlo and Canterbury, has already signed up to a Rs 350 crore (US$ 78 million) solar energy project which goes on stream in December this year.

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Lochcarron of Scotland sold to South Korea's E-Land

John Buchan Ltd, owner of Scottish Borders knitwear manufacturer Lochcarron of Scotland has announced the sale of the Lochcarron business to South Korean retail company E-Land.

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Comez innovations for ITMA 2011

Italian narrow fabrics machine builder Comez will take part at this year’s ITMA 2011 in Barcelona with important innovations including new and renewed machine models.  The Italian company says it will highlight the excellence of its technology from its broad range of machinery for the production of narrow fabrics.

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Knitting Industry RSEARCHSTORE - for your market research needs

Knitting Industry ( www.knittingindustry.com) has teamed up with market research leader Datamonitor to give readers quick and easy access to selected quality market research for the textiles and clothing sector.

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Friday, 1 July 2011

Creora 2013 swim trends: New fibres and fabrics for Interfilière

Creora by Hyosung, a leading elastane producer will present a collection of new fibres and fabrics highlighting its 2013 trends for the Swimwear market at Interfilière/Paris Mode City July 9-11, 2011.

Featured fabrics and mills include Sofileta, Hyunjin, Pucheon, and Hung Yen, with creora highclo for longer lasting fit from superior chlorine resistance. For quick dry combined with UV protection, Hyosung will launch Mipan aqua X fibres and fabrics.

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