If you ask Karel Williams, Global Strategic Marketing Manager (Hygiene & Personal Care) of The Dow Chemical Company, USA, what is intelligent freshness, he can talk to you for hours how freshness can be induced into the garments and home textiles, which can act on its own ´intelligence.

San Yang Textile Co Ltd is a joint-stock cotton spinning and weaving company established in 2003. At present San Yang has 5,00,000 ring spindles installed and 340 sets of airjet looms as main production capacity. The annual output of is 30,000 tonnes of cotton greige yarns and 40 mm of cotton woven greige fabrics.

Itema has grown by about 60% in the last two years in a market that declined by about 30% over the same period.
Itema, the world´s largest privately held provider of advanced weaving solutions, including best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, announced results for the full year (FY2014) ended December 31, 2014, maintaining positive trend for the second year in a row after the FY2013 and H1 2014 spectacular results.

Demand for carpets and rugs in the US is projected to advance 4.5 per cent annually to 14.6 billion square feet in 2019, valued at $16.2 billion. Growth will be spurred by rebounding building construction expenditures and continuing consumer interest in replacement and remodeling projects, such as the removal of worn or out-of-style carpets & rugs.

Nonwoven crop covers can also be used again and again, and by increasing the production and limiting damage to agricultural crops, nonwovens ensure that what is grown in the field counts.

Woes for the man-made fibre (MMF) industry have been piling up, with the proverbial last straw being the dumping of cheap fabrics in the last one year amounting to $850 million by countries including three major Asian nations ´ China, Taiwan and Korea.

At this year´s Techtextil, taking place in Frankfurt between May 4-7, the Manmade fibres Segment of the Swiss Oerlikon Group will be placing the information focus on safety and environment.

In the felting area Groz-Beckert will present needles for filtration felts. The range or products comprises numerous needle types with different barb sizes and shapes as well as gauges and cross sections. This means that the right needle can be offered for differently needled filter media.

Growth in the volume of world merchandise trade will pick up only slightly over the next two years, rising from 2.8 per cent in 2014 to 3.3 per cent in 2015 and eventually to 4.0 per cent in 2016, WTO economists have announced. Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said that ´by withdrawing protectionist measures, improving market access, avoiding policies which distort competition and striving to agree reforms to global trade rules, governments can boost trade and seize the opportunities that it offers for everyone.´