Kurt Nonwovens has added a new spunmelt lines at its headquarters in Gaziantep, Turkey. The new line, a three-beam SMS line featuring the latest technology, will bring Kurt’s total nonwovens output to 15,000 tons per year. The polypropylene-based nonwovens made on the line will target the baby diaper and medical markets in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas. Source: Nonwovens Industry .

Mr.Andrea Semadeni,The Swiss Ambassador to Ghana The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) has received a US$ 3.5 million grant from the Swiss Government to support young entrepreneurs in the fashion and textile industry. The purpose of the grant is to help develop the fashion industry by empowering young entrepreneurs to produce and sell on the international market while maintaining high ethical standards. The Swiss Ambassador to Ghana, Andrea Semadeni, announced this in an interaction w

Item WidthCM Specification/Weight（meter） Wholesale Price：yuan/meter Centipede yarns fashion Flannelette 150 600 18．50 T/C80/20 machine Dyed Plain fabric 150 45S×45S 110×76 6．50 embroidery rayon fabric 145 30S×30S 68×68 9．30 Engraving embroidery rayon fabric 145 30S×30S 68×68 11．00 Full-size polyester clipping printed curtain fabric 280 600 18．50 T/R dou

Sri Lanka's MAS Holdings, an apparel exporter is setting up a 70 million US dollar knit fabric plant at its own industrial park, the state investment promotion agency said. MAS Fabrics (Private) Ltd will be located in Thulhiriya, north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka's Board of Investment said in a statement. "We partner with those who identify with our own value proposition; we are focused on innovation, and are eager to invest in it," Sharad Amalean, deputy chairman of MAS Holdings was quoted a

The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO) Wednesday agreed to pay within two months its dues to the members of Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA) who own wind mills in the state, an association official said. "The TANGEDCO Wednesday agreed before the Madras High Court that it would settle the entire dues to our members within two months from today (Wednesday). The dues are towards encashment of unutilised banked power units as on 31.3.2011 and 31.3.2012

The Government of Tripura is making all possible efforts to increase silk production through adaptation of modern techniques. Recently, the state’s first power loom silk unit for inaugurated by Tripura’s Industries and Commerce Minister Jitendra Chowdhury. Eight automatic machines brought from Karnataka have been installed in the unit which will produce over 500 silk sarees per month. It will give a fillip to the growth of silk industry in the state and will benefit more than 9,000 people as

German textile machinery manufacturers presented in the framework of VDMA conferences its latest product developments to a very interested Turkish technical audience. The presentation of 25 German textile machinery manufacturers under the umbrella of VDMA took place in mid November in Istanbul and Gaziantep (Southeast Anatolia) and around 600 representatives of the Turkish textile industry were present and formed the receptive audience. German textile machinery enjoys actually a market share of

Yarn Expo China international Trade Fair for Fibres and Yarns Autumn edition (October 22 -24, 2012 in Chinese Shanghai) – organised by Messe Frankfurt - attracted 100 exhibitors from 11 countries and regions to 3000 m2 (+ 60 %) of exhibition space and the number of visitors increased by 22 % to 4812 visitors from 61 countries and regions The exhibition took place concurrently with Intertextile Shanghai Apparel. Visitors and exhibitors alike benefitted from Yarn Expo and the three additional eve

After all, the slowdown of the global economy is wearing also off on Swiss textile, clothing and textile machinery exports. According to the newest official statistics, exports of Swiss textile machinery was in October 17.0 % in real terms lower than in October of 2011 and nominally 21.9 % lower and settled at a value of CHF 86 million. Textile exports amounted to CHF 132 million or an increase of 5.9 % in real terms and 4.0 % nominally and clothing exports settled at CHF 124 million meaning