Browsing: Industry Update

The incidence of skin cancer has risen sharply since the 1970s – despite the widespread use of sunscreen – and has become a major public health concern in countries with fair skinned populations and high levels of solar radiation.

Electronics For Imaging, Inc, a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, has reported a revenue of $228.7 million, down 2 per cent compared to first quarter 2016 revenue of $234.1 million. GAAP net income was $5.5 million, up 160 per cent compared to $2.1 million for the same period in 2016.

Future Market Insights’ recent report on global technical textiles market projects that Asia-Pacific will be observed as the world’s largest market for technical textiles during the forecast period, 2017-2027. The report values the global technical textiles market at little less than $166 billion, and anticipates it to reach $260.3 billion by the end of 2027.

Brazilian exports of textiles and clothing to the Arab region surged during the first two months of 2017, increasing by 87.5 per cent compared to its performance during the same period in 2016, according to the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).

ITM 2018, the International of textile, yarn, knitting, weaving, dyeing, printing, finishing and hosiery machinery, sub-industries and chemicals, organised by Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc & Teknik Fairs Inc partnership with the Cooperation of TEMSAD (Turkish Textile & Machinery Industrialists Association) will be held 14-17 April, 2018 at TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul – Turkey.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Textiles India, a mega event comprising conferences and exhibition, and showcasing the country as a global sourcing hub in Gandhinagar on June 30, 2017. The Union Ministers and key policymakers along with industry leaders are expected to will deliberate upon issues and challenges faced by the sector.

The value of UK clothing and textile production increased by 2.5 per cent to £9.1bn between 2014 and 2016, but new investment could offer even greater potential as Brexit looms, interim findings of the Textiles Growth Programme has found.