Karl Mayer sees huge potential for seamless

A fashionable, seamless look produced by the DJ series (photo by Jean-Luc Valentin)16 October 2009, Obertshausen – German warp knitting machine builder Karl Mayer says that it sees huge potential in the market for seamless products and the company is consolidating and extending its expertise in this area, as well as stepping up its R&D efforts in the seamless field.

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DyStar seeks investor but continues supplying customers

Frankfurt Am Main - DyStar, the Frankfurt-based chemical company and global supplier of dyes, additives and services for the textile and leather processing industries, can continue supplying its customers whilst it seeks new investors. “We have made great progress in our talks with banks and secured creditors. This allows us for the time being to continue our operations at DyStar Textilfarben GmbH and resume delivery of our products,” confirmed the preliminary insolvency administrator appointed by the Frankfurt District Court Miguel Grosser from the law firm Jaffé Rechtsanwälte Insolvenzverwalter. Deliveries to customers resumed on Monday, 12 October.

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Unifi expands Repreve offer in China with polyester staple

Suzhou, P.R. China - Unifi Textiles (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (UTSC) continues to expand its Repreve brand product offering in Asia with the launch of Repreve polyester staple fibre. The new addition is made from 100% recycled materials for use in spun yarns, including open-end, ring and jet spun.

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‘Textile Days India’ attracts 4000 plus visitors with 175 exhibitors

Mumbai - ‘Textile Days India’, a combination of two fairs, Techtextil (International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens) and Heimtextil India (Trade fair for home furnishings), which took place from 10-12 October, was inaugurated by Mr. A B Joshi, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles India. The exhibition was held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai.

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Nilit strengthens presence in Chinese market

Migdal Ha’emek – Israeli performance nylon producer Nilit is to showcase its new EcoCare recycled nylon 6.6 and high-performance Cordura products at this year’s Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics Show. The show will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 20–23 October.

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Invista launches Lycra Fusion fibre at Verona legwear event

Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of fibres and polymers and the owner of the Lycra fibre brand, launched Lycra Fusion fibre, a new technology, to the industry at its international Lycra fibre MOVES event in Verona last week. The innovation promises to push boundaries within legwear industry and design world. The Lycra fibre MOVES event welcomed over 300 key players from 24 countries to celebrate the launch.

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Technical textiles news and information tailored to your needs

Manchester – In these days of aggressive internet marketing, readers can be excused from feeling overwhelmed by the volume of industry information and news which drops into their email inboxes. And what about the quality of the information and news you receive?

The good news for busy textile and clothing industry executives is that they can now choose exactly what news they want to receive by electing to receive specific news alerts from www.innovationintextiles.com and its sister site www.knittingindustry.com. Further good news is that both sites offer the service free of charge.

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