Bangladesh ramps up knitwear targets
Dhaka – Bangladesh has set an ambitious
target of more than US$7 billion in knitwear exports for the 2010 fiscal year.
Trevira deal safeguards jobs and plants
Bobingen ? A deal to transfer the assets
of the bankrupt fibre firm Trevira Group to its new owners will safeguard three
of the company?s production sites and preserve more than 1,400 jobs.
What next for Mayer & Cie
Albstadt- As circular knitting machine builder
Mayer & Cie files for insolvency, Knitting Trade Journal discusses what the company may do next and how they will achieve it.
The company commenced proceedings at the
local court of Hechingen in Germany
on Thursday, 1 October with Dr Wolfgang Bilgery appointed as its insolvency
administrator.
At this moment in time, Mayer is keen to
stress to its customers and to the textile industry in general that is
currently undergoing a restructuring exercise that it hopes will see it emerge
stronger and more able to cope to with the demands of the current economic
climate.
A source close to Mayer & Cie told
Knitting Trade Journal that the message the company was putting out was that
?everything was continuing as normal? with Mayer still offering the same level
of service as before.
FIMAST preview now available
PONTEFRACT ? The
new issue of Knitting Trade Journal, out now, includes a comprehensive preview
of the latest knitting, finishing and ancillary equipment that will be on
display at next month?s FIMAST event in Brescia.
Segmented weft-inserted fabrics make outdoor living safer
Obertshausen – Fabrics with different weft
densities can offer graduated shade effects and act as sun screening textiles.
Flat knitting
Pakistan buoyed by duty-free machinery imports
Islamabad – Both circular and flat knitters in Pakistan have received a huge boost
after the country?s Federal Board of Revenue decided to remove import duties
on a wide range of knitting machinery.
KTJ invited to speak at Invista event
Verona – Knitting Trade Journal consulting editor John Mowbray will join a
host of leading industry professionals when he addresses delegates at the
high-profile Invista international legwear forum in October.
New machine for single-jacquard in 44G
Balingen – Circular knitting machine
builder Beck has teamed up with fabric manufacturer H?ndel + Diller to produce
a new machine for the production of superfine jacquard fabrics.
Cosmetotextiles worth ?500m in 2013
Saint-Avertin – Having sold over two
million pairs in France since 2003, Lytess will launch its range of seamless,
second skin ?slimming leggings? in the UK this December.
Unifi benefits from knitwear shift
Greensboro – Strong demand for its products
from its domestic US sector and particularly the Brazilian market means Unifi
inc is now expecting almost 50% more earnings for its current quarter than
previously expected.
