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News Archive 2008.07~ >> See the latest news Indonesian dyeing plant installs equipment of Hisaka Works and Hirano Entec for energy saving [2008/11/17] Toyobo switches acrylic facilityies to carbon fiber precursor production [2008/11/17] R&H of US approves Dow's acquisition at shareholders general meeting [2008/11/17] Over 20% of listed companies in China are in red in third quarter of year [2008/11/17] Wal-Mart increases existing store sales by 2.4% in October [2008/11/17] Carpet production in US significantly decreases in 2007 [2008/11/13] Major US carpet maker Dixie Group Inc shuts down two plants [2008/11/13] Spectrum Yarns Inc permanently closes two textile plants [2008/11/13] US investment company Sun Capital acquires apparel retail chain [2008/11/13] Shima Seiki clears net profit of 4.9 billion yen despite drop in sales for China and Hong Kong [2008/11/10] Changshu Changjiang of China establishes PLA fiber production line [2008/11/10] Freudenberg spins off filter division of US nonwoven company [2008/11/10] Freudenberg closes staple fiber nonwoven plant in North Carolina, US [2008/11/10] Toray successfully molds platform front floor with CFRP within 10 minutes [2008/11/06] Komatsu Seiren jointly develops two kinds of new material for swimwear [2008/11/06] UK's Marks & Spencer jointly opens large scale shop in India [2008/11/06] Lenzing enhances production of rayon S in India [2008/11/06] First half performance of textile enterprises in China declines [2008/11/06] Ministries aim at legislation for Japanese version of REACH [2008/11/04] Textile exports from China show actual decline in growth rate since June [2008/11/04] Dyestuffs drop in price in China with glut in market [2008/11/04] Sewing industry in Vietnam experiences rapid decline in orders received from Europe and US [2008/11/04] China's biggest printing and dyeing company, Jianglong Textile Printing and Dyeing, goes bankrupt [2008/11/04] Maya Trading completes deal in Turkey for 3-D printing agent [2008/10/30] Kuraray establishes local subsidiary in India [2008/10/30] India's Jay Chemical Industries ceases cold-type reactive dye production [2008/10/30] Business conditions of Korean textile industry from April to June 2008 [2008/10/30] AIST develops palm-size portable super inkjet device [2008/10/27] China to raise textile export tax rebates again as of November [2008/10/27] Business conditions of Chinese textile industry from April to June 2008 [2008/10/27] Business conditions of Taiwanese textile industry from April to June 2008 [2008/10/27] Fast Retailing to hit record-high sales and UNIQLO International to move into black for first time [2008/10/23] Cheil Industries of Korea to envision 50 "Bean Pole" stores in China [2008/10/23] Hong Kong casual wear chain U-right to fall into bankruptcy [2008/10/23] Textile exports from Indonesia decrease by 2.6% in first half of 2008 [2008/10/23] Konica Minolta to realize maximum speed of 210m2 per hour for ink-jet printer [2008/10/20] Konica Minolta develops ink-jet printer for towelling and knit fabric. [2008/10/20] China's Zhejiang Hualian Sunshine Petrochemicals suffers big losses caused by PTA futures contracts [2008/10/20] Qingdao Bonded Port Area of China to be approved [2008/10/20] US clothing chain "Forever 21" to open store in Thailand [2008/10/20] Itochu to revitalize apparel OEM business by acquisition of Sankei [2008/10/16] SEL of India to build textile park in Himachal Pradesh [2008/10/16] Anjani of India to build nonwoven plant [2008/10/16] Production of nonwovens in China drastically increases from January to July [2008/10/16] Dyestaff production in China declines 7.2% in July from the same month last year [2008/10/16] Toyobo acquires highest ranking in Environmental Ratings of Development Bank of Japan [2008/10/14] Huntsman wins court fight with Hexion [2008/10/14] Hanesbrands to shut nine plants in America to enhance production in Asia [2008/10/14] Premiere Vision September exhibition has 6% fewer visitors [2008/10/14] Yantai Spandex of China enhances meta-aramid fiber production [2008/10/14] Several companies to speed up digital printing within the year [2008/10/09] Konica Minolta IJ innovates performance of digital printing [2008/10/09] Chinese Shenghong Group and European textile machine company Oerlikon to establish new textile R&D center in Germany [2008/10/09] Milliken of US to acquire flame-retardant nonwoven business from WNI [2008/10/09] Toray to obtain string of RO membrane orders from 4 Gulf Arabs Stetes for seawater desalination plants [2008/10/02] Indonesia to reduce by 50% 2009 subsidy budget for textile industry [2008/10/02] Orders received by Rieter of Switzerland to decline 60% for textile machinery in first half of 2008 [2008/10/02] Indorama to establish spandex plant in India [2008/10/02] Asahi Kako to introduce oil smoke liquefier and simplified exhaust heat recovery device at N-EXPO [2008/09/29] BASF to propose acquisition to Ciba [2008/09/29] Aeon to establish large-scale shopping mall in Beijing in October [2008/09/29] Ryohin Keikaku to promote nylon 6 chemical recycling with Toray [2008/09/29] Jetro Milano exhibition to be held in February next year in time for Milano Unica [2008/09/25] Nikka Fine Techno to promote ink-jet agent globally [2008/09/25] Santana Textiles of Brazil to build denim plant in Texas, US [2008/09/25] Companhia Providencia of Brazil to produce nonwovens in US [2008/09/25] Vietnam to aim at textile production value of $31 billion in 2020 [2008/09/25] Faurecia of France to shut down two car seat plants in Czech Republic [2008/09/25] Onward to acquire holding company of Jil Sander for 167 million euros [2008/09/18] Unifi of US to establish sales and distribution company for processed yarn in Suzhou, China [2008/09/18] High-end men's clothes maker of US, JA Apparel Corp to enter China [2008/09/18] Benetton increases sales by 3% and operating income by 9% over fist half of 2008 [2008/09/18] Singapore and China to conclude FTA negotiations, to sign in October [2008/09/15] China to adopt "Circular Economy Promotion Law" from January 1 next year [2008/09/15] Fast Retailing to aim at 1 trillion yen in sales and 150 billion yen in pretax profits by 2010 [2008/09/15] Fast Retailing to establish joint venture in Singapore [2008/09/15] Taiwan to develop textile industry promotion project [2008/09/15] Concern about impact on car seat factories in Thailand raised by EU's Substances of Very High Concern [2008/09/11] Nisshinbo to accelerate shifting textile production to overseas [2008/09/11] SGL Group of Germany to establish carbon fiber precursor pilot plant in Kelheim [2008/09/11] Donghua University promotes research and development of high functional fiber [2008/09/11] World's cotton supply and demand forecast in 2008 [2008/09/11] Meisei Chemical Works' textile chemical plant in Shaoxing, China under construction [2008/09/08] Suminoe Textile enhances automotive interior related business [2008/09/08] Johnson Controls of the US to build automotive seat factory in Wuhan, China [2008/09/08] Johnson Controls Inc of US to establish joint venture with Plastech [2008/09/08] Lear Corporation of US to acquire automotive interior fabric maker in China [2008/09/08] Target of $ 9.5 billion becomes hard for Vietnam's textile export in 2008 [2008/09/04] Indian government to make additional investment in TUFS [2008/09/04] Thailand's textile exports increase by 7.9% from January to May 2008 on same period last year [2008/09/04] Nonwoven production in Europe increases by 7.3% in 2007 compared to last year [2008/09/04] US workforce in textile industry decreases by 8.9% in 2007 [2008/09/04] Teijin to export overseas technology for polyester that is free from antimony [2008/09/01] Invista files nylon raw material technology suit against DuPont and Rhodia [2008/09/01] Printing firm in Wakayama proceeds with printing experiment to reduce terpene volume [2008/09/01] US nonwoven company WYI to sell assets to SBC [2008/09/01] Unifi to tie up with Burlington in recycled nylon [2008/09/01] Japan Wool Textile to establish nonwoven sales company in Hong Kong [2008/08/28] Konica Minolta introduces dissemination model ink-jet printer for China [2008/08/28] Netherlands' Ten Cate Advanced Textiles to produce protective fabrics in Thailand [2008/08/28] Lenzing to have technical association with Weyerhaeuser in nonwoven production [2008/08/28] India's Aditya Birla to take stake in retail chain V Mart [2008/08/28] AIST succeeds in synthesizing tungsten oxide nanotube by hydrothermal method It has eight times more photocatalytic activity at optical wavelengths than titanium oxide [2008/08/25] Oda Gosen to start operation of separated filaments plant in Wuxi, China [2008/08/25] India and ASEAN conclude FTA negotiations [2008/08/25] Australia's wool exports in 2007/08 decrease by 15.3% and by half for Japan compared with previous quarter [2008/08/25] US department store Mervyns to file for bankruptcy [2008/08/25] Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group to be ranked No.1 for business competitiveness among Chinese textile companies [2008/08/14] Toray presents textile development center to public [2008/08/14] Toabo's subsidiary in Guangzhou, China to expand nonwoven production for automobiles [2008/08/14] Export value of Vietnamese sewn products to US increases sharply [2008/08/14] Briefing of ITMA Asia+CITME 2008 [2008/08/04] China to raise export tax rebates for some textile products [2008/08/04] BASF considers acquisition of US' specialty chemical company W.R. Grace [2008/08/04] Kuraray to sell lightweight canvas for flat sheet for truck bed [2008/08/07] Reliance of India to enter polyester business in US [2008/08/07] Korea's Hyosung to start production of spandex in Vietnam [2008/08/07] Hyosung lay-offs in tyre cord fabric plant in US [2008/08/07] ITMA Asia + CITME 2008 to open with flood of visitors Admission proceedings to take one and half hours on first day [2008/08/04] Teijin Fibers to fully produce high-intensity polyester nanofiber [2008/08/04] PTT of Thailand to buy shares of Malaysian subsidiary of Cognis of Germany [2008/08/04] Lear of US to self-manufacture automotive seat material [2008/08/04] Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi to expand PET plant in Brazil [2008/08/04] Teiken and Achilles to develop heat-resistant and fire-retardant sheet using meta aramid fiber [2008/07/31] Orders for Nishinakajima Precision Machinery's hank mercerizing system are all from overseas [2008/07/31] INVISTA to expand sales of solution dyed recycled nylon yarn [2008/07/31] Dow to grant exclusive sales rights of XLA in Germany to Weber & Heusser [2008/07/31] Vietnamese government to inject $3 billion in order to raise textile self-sufficiency ratio [2008/07/31] Toyobo to present production plant for reverse osmosis membrane installed in seawater desalination facility [2008/07/28] Toray opens Advanced Materials Research Center in Korea University [2008/07/28] Hayashi Chemical Industry carries out trial production of new type fixing agent for ink-jet pigment ink (for cotton) [2008/07/28] Zimmer to exhibit ink-jet printing machine for pile fabric at ITMA ASIA + CITME [2008/07/28] MBI Technology of Korea to develop 42-color circular sweater knitting machine [2008/07/28] Branch of Taiwan Textile Research Institute to start operations in Yunlin [2008/07/24] Arvind Mills of India calls off JV with Diesel of Italy [2008/07/24] Indonesian textile industry to request government to take measures against illegal imports [2008/07/24] Sales of Italian yarn in 2007 decrease by 4.5% from previous year [2008/07/24] Sales of Benetton from January to June 2008 to increase by 5% from same period last year [2008/07/24] Dow Chemical of US to buy Rohm & Hass [2008/07/21] Major dyestuff manufacturer in China to significantly raise prices for dyestuff including exports [2008/07/21] Disperse dyes Rubine and Blue to notably become scarce globally [2008/07/21] Transport regulations on chemical substances in China's coastal areas to have negative influence on Japan [2008/07/21] Mongolia to put off imposing export tax on raw cashmere [2008/07/21] Miyakoshi's ink-jet printer to test high rate of special color use [2008/07/17] DuPont to release new type Kevlar XP [2008/07/17] Indian techtextile market may reach $37 billion by 2020 [2008/07/17] Indian SRF to acquire Thai tyre cord manufacturer [2008/07/17] French automobile interior textile maker Michel Thierry to buy into same industry in Czech Repabric [2008/07/17] China to raise export tax refund on textile products [2008/07/14] Toray establishes climate chamber in Nantong, China [2008/07/14] Hisaka Works and Konica Minolta IJ to exhibit at ITMA Asia + CITME [2008/07/14] 28 companies from Japan to join Premiere Vision September [2008/07/14] US textile imports from January to March 2008 decreases from same period last year [2008/07/14] Teijin Fibers to make total volume of sports materials ecological [2008/07/10] Concentration reduction in ink-jet (pigment) Hayashi Chemical Industry to study anti-concentration reduction agent (for cotton) [2008/07/10] CP Kelco to start operation of CMC plant in China from early 2009 [2008/07/10] Avgol of Israel to produce non-woven composite material in Russia [2008/07/10] US Polymer Group to expand non-woven plant in Mexico [2008/07/10] Unitika Fibers to promote new material with nylon 11 [2008/07/07] American Apparel to acquire dyeing plant [2008/07/07] Cytec of US to expand carbon fiber plant [2008/07/07] Korea Hyosung to start spandex production in Turkey [2008/07/07] Global primary energy consumption increases by 2.4% in 2007 [2008/07/03] Research on terpene-less printing increases due to price increase [2008/07/03] Israel's NILIT to start production of nylon 66 in Suzhou, China [2008/07/03] India's six schemes for development of textile industry [2008/07/03] >> See the latest news