LVD Company nv expands its fibre laser portfolio with the Phoenix FL 4020 and Phoenix FL 6020, two new laser cutting machines designed to handle sheet dimensions of 4,000 x 2,000 mm and 6,000 x 2,000 mm respectively.

In synthetic fibres, Indian market has high potential mid-term for FDY, IDY and staple yarns, which might have been also due to the slowdown in the Chinese economy, said Michael Korobczuk at the Oerlikon Man-Made Fibre Seminar held at Silvassa very recently.

The Albstadt-based circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) can once again look back on an extraordinarily successful financial year. Mayer & Cie. has been able to record a substantial increase in sales of around 10 per cent for 2016.

The global menswear market has been experiencing fast growth that has outpaced the womenswear market in recent years.

Texworld, a specialised fabric show, was held in France, February 6 to 9, 2017, in which this time the stress was on denim.

Kenya is stitching together a policy to boost textile production and measures include allowing textile firms in export promotion zones to sell up to 20 per cent of their produce locally without paying duties.