Textile Asia

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  Año 2015, Vol. 46, Número 3 (April)

  • Company index

    pág. 2

    

  • Editor's page:: Ultimate confort

    Max Sung

    pág. 3

    

  • Special reports:: Will Africa become the new China?

    Gail Taylor

    págs. 4-7

    

  • Special reports:: Great opportunity for filter media in China

    C.K. Chow

    págs. 8-9

    

  • Special reports:: Cotton prices unlikely to change much as stocks remain high

    págs. 10-11

    

  • Regional notes:: Sri Lanka: Colombo bids to regain GSP+.- Expansion bid

    A.H.H. Saheed

    pág. 12

    

  • Products and technology:: Spectrophotometer with new features.- Yarn defects sensor.- Twister for multiply glass yarns.- World's first piezoelectric fabrics.- Sorona for apparel.-Yarn technology to cut CO2 emission.- Chomarat's new reinforcement fibres

    págs. 13-14

    

  • Products and technology:: A low temperature device from Atlas.- SDC yardstick for fabric texting.- Sustainable nonwoven for hygiene products.- Fashion trends fit for creora fabrics.- Fashion PLM has a new version.- Cygnus print software

    págs. 14-15

    

  • Products and technology:: Denim collection for spring/summer 2016

    pág. 15

    

  • Executive desk:: Cotton Australia appoints three key executives.- EDANA honours Heelis with top award.- Racing for market lead.- Cotton University adds new course in College of Retail.- Federle wins INDA'S 2015 lifetime award.- SSM's new COO

    págs. 16-17

    

  • Executive desk:: this year's Olney Award goes to Haig Zeronian.- Itema appoints agent in Indonesia.- Richard Hough opens service centre in Changzhou.- Textile Institute prepares to elect top leaders.- Rieter gains globally with Asian operations

    págs. 17-18

    

  • Executive desk:: Kapsali wins Innovator of the Year award.- serge Piolat steps in as Euratex president.- Cotton researcher of the year

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  • Exhibitions and conferences:: Intertextile and CHIC enter a new era.- Fair-in-fair concept catches on.- Yarn Expo marks impressive gains.- Kenya beckons investors

    Vicky Sung

    págs. 20-27

    

  • Exhibitions and conferences:: TBIS in Croatia.- Nonwovens symposium in Prague.- ShanghaiTex with digital printing forum.- WOW in Atlanta.- Intertextile Pavilion Shenzhen.- July is textile time in New York.- Hometex Amsterdam.- Textile Exchange sustainability confab

    págs. 28-29

    

  • Exhibitions and conferences:: IAF fashion convention in Istanbul.- Nonwovens expo and forum in China.- Materials testing forum.- RISE with added value.- Nonwovens symposium.- Texcare Asia this Nov in Shanghai.- ICAC plenary in India

    págs. 29-30

    

  • Fashion trends:: A platform for lingerie business knowhow

    Gail Taylor

    págs. 31-35

    

  • Technical features:: Milk protein fibre - eco-friendly raw material for apparel fabric

    R. Rathinamoorthy, S. Kaviya, R. Vanathi

    págs. 36-39

    

  • Technical features:: Silica particles can improve electrical conductivity of polyester and cotton

    B.H. Patel, S.B. Chaudhari, A.A. Mandot, C.J. Panchal

    págs. 39-41

    

  • Technical features:: Making of circular cross-section composite tubes by filament winding technique

    Hemdan Abdou Abou-Taleb

    págs. 42-48

    

  • Events calendar

    págs. 49-51