Kebaya blooms with Jacquardtronic Lace

Obertshausen - The women of Southeast Asia are delicate and beautiful, and they know just how to make the most of their features by wearing the right sort of clothing. Women have worn the kebaya here for centuries to assist them in the delicate art of seduction. This close-fitting blouse-dress found its way into Indonesian women’s dress in the 15th century, and has now become part of the national dress in this island state as well as in Malaysia and Singapore.

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SpinExpo Shanghai: Highlights from the collections, Part 2

Shanghai - The 16th session of SPINEXPO Shanghai, held at the Shanghai Pudong Expo Centre on 7-9 September 2010, showcased the Autumn/Winter 2011/12 collections of 165 textile mills and textile fibre manufacturers/promoters. Here are more highlights from the collections.

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SpinExpo Shanghai: Highlights from the collections, Part 1

Shanghai - The 16th session of SPINEXPO Shanghai, held at the Shanghai Pudong Expo Centre on 7-9 September 2010, showcased the Autumn/Winter 2011/12 collections of 165 textile mills and textile fibre manufacturers/promoters. The fair welcomed 7,975 visitors, a stable figure compared to previous years. With 13,990 multi-visits (re-entries) compared to 9,618 in September 2009, SPINEXPO ended on a note of general satisfaction - unexpected given the economic outlook and the general increase in the price of raw materials.

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Techtextil North America appoints Symposium Advisory Council

Las Vegas - Techtextil North America Symposium has been praised as ‘world class’ and ‘the best symposium of its kind’ by the trade press. In order to assure the continued popularity of the symposium, the Techtextil North America Symposium Advisory Council has been created. The 2011 Advisory Council consists of six well respected professionals that attend and exhibit at Techtextil North America as well as academia known for their contribution to the technical textiles and nonwovens industry.

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Demand for knitwear and accessories rises at Johnstons

Elgin, Scotland - Johnstons of Elgin, a leading producer of quality cashmere knitwear and accessories, is said to be on course for a good trading year after emerging from one of the toughest periods in the company’s 213 history.

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Sage installs BarcoVision manufacturing execution systems

Wevelgem, Belgium - Sage Automotive Interiors has successfully installed BarcoVision WeaveMaster, KnitMaster and QualiMaster manufacturing execution systems (MES) in its five USA plants. All systems are linked with the company’s Jomar Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

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TencelWeb promise explained at Dornbirn

Dornbirn - The tremendous potential of TencelWeb – a new technology which allows the direct manufacture of cellulosic nonwoven webs from Lyocell spinning solution – was outlined at the recent 49th Manmade Fibre Conference held in Dornbirn, Austria.

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