9 February 2012, Hawick
Luxury Scottish knitwear and accessories manufacturer Johnston of Elgin is investing £1 million on a new visitor centre at its Hawick site in the Scottish Borders. The new development, which is due to open in May this year, will include a visitor centre with museum, coffee shop and retail space and is set to create new jobs whilst safeguarding existing jobs at the Eastfield Mills site.
9 February 2012, Paris
Korean fibre producer Hyosung has launched a new creora brand elastane with outstanding dyeability in blends with nylon for hosiery, warp knits, circular knits and wovens. New creora dyeable is said to be engineered in a proprietary way to allow absorption of dyestuffs and the delivery of superior colourfastness compared to regular elastane.
8 February 2012, Beaverton, OR
Nike announced this morning that it has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. By using recycled carbon dioxide, DyeCoo's technology eliminates the use of water in the textile dyeing process. The name DyeCoo was inspired by the process of ‘dyeing’ with ‘CO2.’
6 February 2012, Milan
In spite of an increase in production for 2011 by Italian textile machinery manufacturers, forecasts remain cautious for the current year. Provisional figures for 2011 for Italy’s textile machinery sector show a further increase in manufacturing production and exports, following a good recovery in 2010 and a recession hit 2009.
3 February 2012, Singapore
DyStar has announced it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the collaborative venture established in 2011 by leading apparel retailers, suppliers and manufacturers with participation from academics and NGOs.
1 February 2012, Biella
FILO, the International exhibition for fibres and yarns organized by AssoServizi Biella, started the run up to the 2012 show with two press conferences in Biella and Milan together with a presentation on the 37th edition.
1 February 2012, Shanghai
Despite a number of challenges, China's textile and clothing industry is said to be set for further growth while its competitors suffer declines as a result of cutbacks by retail buyers, according to a recent report from the global business information company Textiles Intelligence.
