8/4/2006 9:03:00 AM
The comment on textile trade in issued just now is as follows: The scraping of quota lead to more advantageous trade condition, but international textile & fashion trade is only increased by 5% in 2005 due to the slacking economy development and exchange rate in developed country. China texti…
8/1/2006 10:24:00 AM
Buckeye Technologies has said that it expects its profitability for the April-June quarter will be slightly above the level achieved in January-March 2006.Revenue growth in the mid-single digits compared to both the preceding quarter and the year ago quarter is anticipated.The company recorded revenu…
8/1/2006 10:23:00 AM
With subjects as diverse as insulation, filtration, apparel and nanofibres, the 2006 International Nonwovens Technical Conference (INTC), which takes place from September 25-28, 2006 in Houston, Texas, will once again focus on new and advancing technologies in nonwovens and engineered fabrics.Co-spon…
8/1/2006 10:22:00 AM
Kraton Polymers is claiming a significant breakthrough in bicomponent fibre technology offering for the first time a ombination of elastic spunbond grades, for biaxial stretch, with the strength of Kraton’s styrenic block copolymers (SBC). The company describes this as a major step toward commercial…
8/1/2006 10:20:00 AM
A titan-modified hydroxyapatite photocatalyst developed by the University of Tokyo and Fujitsi Laboratories has been applied to nonwovens by Kurashiki Textile Manufacturing in Japan.These are being used in antimicrobial filter media and protective masks, and their efficacy in blocking bacteria and in…
8/1/2006 10:19:00 AM
Ecolab has purchased Shield Medicare, a European developer, manufacturer and marketer of contamination control products used in pharmaceutical, medical device and hospital cleanrooms. Based in Farnham, UK, Shield has sales of approximately 15 million. With 15 years experience of manufacturing in clea…
8/1/2006 10:17:00 AM
The Applied Technologies division of Albany International increased its sales by 13.4% in the first six months of 2006, buoyed by strong second-quarter performances by its PrimaLoft, Engineered Fabrics and Industrial Process Belts businesses.Applied Technologies includes the emerging businesses which…
8/1/2006 10:15:00 AM
Elmarco of the Czech Republic has opened its first affiliated overseas office in Kobe, since it views Japan as the most open to the enormous potential of nanotechnology.Elmarco’s Nanospider technology is a modified electrospinning system which has been developed in co-operation with the University o…
7/31/2006 9:48:00 AM
Advisory Committee approves new sequence of days: Tuesday to Friday At the most recent meeting of the IMB — World of Textile Processing — Advisory Committee in Cologne in June 2006, the dates for the next trade fair were set: 21st to 24th April 2009. The world’s leading trade fair for the processi…
7/31/2006 9:47:00 AM
China is set to overtake Japan this year as America´s third-largest export market, an American trade official said Wednesday. U.S. exports to China grew 36.5 percent in the first five months of the year over the same period in 2005, Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L. Lavin …
