Spinning units in Jiangsu to participate in state cotton auction

Recently, influenced by a decline in auction price and volumes of state cotton reserves, spot price of lint cotton has slightly dropped in Jiangsu and so local spinning units are prepared to participate in the auction of state cotton reserves. It is reported that transaction price of local cotton in 328 grade is 13,000 Yuan per ton, down 50 Yuan from the previous week. Spinning units have accepted the current auction price level; especially since the release of old cotton is more attractive to local textile manufacturers. At present, cotton stock of local enterprises is almost exhausted and current market is not optimistic for textile industry, and the industry still faces pressure on sales of finished goods as well as financial problems. Factories have to ensure stability of operation and workers by insisting on certain scale of production, so they will also have to arrange for additional funds to participate in the auction and also solve problem of inadequate raw materials Read More..

TAL to exhibit at PackPlus, India

2009 (UK)

Technical Absorbents Ltd (TAL) has announced that it will be exhibiting at PackPlus 2009 in India next month. The total packaging, processing and supply chain event will take place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi between 8-11July and is expected to be double the size of the 2008 show. India’s fastest evolving packaging exhibition is the culmination of ten niche shows which focus on packaging, processing, converting and the supply chain. Packaging systems and technologies for a whole host of markets will be represented, including food, personal care, retail and pharmaceuticals and is a great platform for TAL to promote its Super Absorbent Fibre (SAF) technology to the country’s evolving food industry. TAL is owned by Bluestar Fibres Ltd, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China National BlueStar (Group) Co., Ltd – which in-turn is wholly-owned by ChemChina. One of the main applications for its super absorbent technology is SAF-based nonwoven food pads. As the company already occupies more than 50 per cent of the EU super absorbent market in the pre-packaged food sector, it is now focusing on developing its innovative technology in Asia. “Fresh food, including meat, fish, poultry, fruits and dairy products are often scrutinized by North American and European consumers,” explains TAL Business Development Manager Dave Hill. “This scenario is commonplace in the western world where demand is high for foods of the highest quality. “With pre-packaged foods becoming extremely popular, one of the most important considerations for the food manufacturer is how best to preserve the original quality of the product to achieve an optimum shelf-life. Effectively managing free exudates with a super absorbent food pad is one solution.”

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Import Scenario of Chinese Textile Machinery Industry

2007 was year of great success for Chinese textile machinery market. In this year machinery manufacturer experienced orders pouring and the market witnessed attention of world focusing on Chinese machinery. Many leading machinery manufacturers chose China for expanding their production base and established their manufacturing Unit in China. Oerlikon is one of those companies who selected china for their Asian manufacturing hub who believed China is one of the highest promising markets in Asia considering the fact that China accounted for 17% of total 37% of Oerlikon's sales in Asia in the first nine months of 2007.

China imported textile machinery worth 4 billion USD in the year 2007 as textile industry of China went for modernization. Main export destinations were Japan and Europe. Main import market for textile machineries were provinces like Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong which accounted for 71% of the China's overall imports.

Customs Statistics revealed that in the first half of this year, total imports of textile machinery together with other machineries reached US $2.38 billion, a growth of 4.7 percent over the same period last year. Of this, June imports marked $410 million, an increase of 11.1 percent.

Textile machinery imports in general trade fetched $1.4 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent a drop of 54.2 percentage points in growth rate, accounting for 58.8 percent of the total imports made by China in the first six months of this year. Moreover, equipment imports under investment by foreign-invested enterprises scored $680 million, down 1.4 percent and accounting for 28.6 percent of the total.

In the period under review, textile machinery imports by foreign invested enterprises amounted to $1.07 billion, an increase of 3.5 percent over the corresponding period last year and commanding 45 percent of China's total textile machinery imports. On the contrary, imports made by the private sector fell by 0.8 percent to $620 million while those made by state-owned enterprises plunged by 0.1 percent to $490 million.

Individually, textile machinery imports of Zhejiang stood at $550 million representing an increase of 8.5 percent, while those of Jiangsu and Guangdong stood at $510 million and $420 million marking a decline of 17.3 and 15.3 percent respectively. Together, the three provinces accounted for 62.2 percent of the total textile machinery imports.

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Cambridge Solucent woven metal fabric shines in Silicon Valley

A metal fabric shading system from Cambridge Architectural delivers a smart and fresh design for 116 University Avenue, matching the building's place and purpose in the heart of high-tech Palo Alto, CA.

Serving as the focal point of Silicon Valley, the city of Palo Alto is home to numerous technology companies and firms, the most prominent being the Internet giant Facebook. 116 University Avenue is one of ten buildings that make up Facebook's “campus”. Situated between Stanford University and downtown Palo Alto, it houses the Facebook Cafe – the company's upscale employee cafeteria.

The 10,000 square foot structure is also home to the architectural firm that designed it. Joseph Bellomo Architects was looking for a modern edge and a transparent building shell that would shade the sun and control the amount of light entering their offices. They were so impressed with Cambridge's architectural mesh panels, that they specified them for their own use. The panels were able to perform all of the necessary functions while meeting the architect's forwardthinking design needs.

A Cambridge Solucent woven metal fabric shading system inventively adorns the expansive windows and concrete exterior of 116 University Avenue, angled to reduce the southern to western setting sun exposure. The result is a breathtaking architectural element which reduces solar heat gain, optimizes daylighting and makes the building exterior stand out – especially through its interplay with the setting California sun.

“116 University Avenue is a building that sticks in your memory,” says Heather Collins, Director of Marketing for Cambridge Architectural. “Our mesh was chosen not only because it created such a unique design, but because underneath it all, the building interior benefits from lower cooling costs and improved occupant performance.”

The project team was immediately drawn to architectural mesh for 116 University Avenue because of its flexibility in both design and function. The texture and overall physical nature of the material served both of these purposes.

“Cambridge's mesh veils and highlights the structure,” says Joseph Bellomo, Principal of Joseph Bellomo Architects, the architect of the project. “It also reduces solar heat gain and blocks about 50% of the sunlight and glare coming through the windows, without blocking the views out of those windows.”

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VDMA ends its cooperation with Koelnmesse

A few days after the end of IMB 2009 — which was evaluated positively by exhibitors and visitors alike and has provided the strong stimuli the sector needs during the current economic crisis — the trade fair's conceptual sponsor, the German Garment and Leather Technology Association of the VDMA (German Engineering Federation), ended its cooperation with Koelnmesse.

IMB – World of Textile Processing – has taken place in Cologne for 35 years now, and in its most recent form it was held every three years.

Gerald Böse, Chief Executive Officer of Koelnmesse GmbH, was sorry to hear of this one-sided decision to end the partnership. "It's very difficult to understand this decision, especially right now," he said.

“In spite of the difficult overall economic situation, Koelnmesse organized a very satisfactory event. IMB 2009 succeeded in mobilizing the international industry and at the same time supporting German manufacturers in their international business activities in a sustainable way. I believe that the event's unique market position as a leading independent European trade fair for textile processing, as well as its worldwide reputation, have now been seriously put at risk."

"A surprising development after a good IMB 2009" he added.

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Monocapa unwinding device for leather & textile industry

Autex-Int. S.L.L. offers Monocapa. Monocapa is the ideal unwinding device to be used with conveyor type one-ply cutters. It is specially designed for the leather and textile industry that manufactures several different products such as shoes, upholstery, special clothes, leather goods, technical textiles, etc.

Since 1973 Autex-Int. S.L.L. has offered a wide range of spreading machines with accessories to cover our customers needs and expectations. We have grown year after year adapting our machines to the last technology of the moment in order to offer the best product of the market, always developing new ways of cutting and spreading and looking closer the latest currents in fashion, new fabrics, new tendencies...

Furthermore, we have trained a professional team with many years of experience and highly qualified in offering services and solutions. Our target is to keep being a global reference in the market of spreading machines and keep offering solutions to our customers, always taking care of the quality.


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Attractive Market For Advanced Textile Machinery

On occasion of the International Technical Textile Symposium from April 14 to 17 in Taipei, seven member companies of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association will present their latest solutions “Made in Germany” to Taiwanese textile industry professionals.

The participating German companies are well-known technology providers for the textile industries around the world: Sahm, Oerlikon Saurer (Allma product line), Karl Mayer, Dornier, Mayer & Cie., Herzog and LIBA. An Overview about the product range in machines for technical textiles of VDMA members will be given during a presentation of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association.

Since Taiwan has focused on research and development of highly technical textiles, the country is an attractive market especially for advanced textile technologies. In order to deepen the cooperation in this sector, the VDMA Textile Machinery Association and the Taiwan Technical Textiles Association (TTTA) had signed a memorandum of understanding two years ago.

Together with Japan, Germany is by far the most important supplier of textile machinery to Taiwan. Like many other textile industries in the world, the Taiwanese one had to face a downturn last year, which resulted in a lower demand for machinery.

In 2008 the exports of German textile machinery and accessories to Taiwan decreased by 28 percent compared to 2007and reached 34 million Euro. With exports worth 17 million Euros, the highest demand was registered for knitting and hosiery machinery. The exports of spinning machinery amounted to 9 million Euros. The export figure of finishing machinery reached 5 million that of weaving machinery 3 million Euro.


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