Textile Asia

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  Año 2014, Vol. 45, Número 4 (May)

  • Company index

    pág. 2

    

  • Editor's page:: The quantified self

    Max Sung

    pág. 3

    

  • Special reports:: Issues most critical to global apparel industry

    Gail Taylor

    págs. 4-5

    

  • Special reports:: China heads for heavy drop in cotton harvest.- Outlook positive for yarn, fabric output

    págs. 5-7

    

  • Regional notes:: Bangladesh: Safety scheme extends to more garment plants

    pág. 8

    

  • Regional notes:: Brandix seals BPO deal

    A.H.H. Saheed

    pág. 8

    

  • Exhibitions and conferences:: Interstoff Asia Essential defines two clear trends

    Gail Taylor

    págs. 9-12

    

  • Exhibitions and conferences:: ITMA Asia + CITME opens in Shanghai next month

    C.K. Chow

    págs. 13-23

    

  • Exhibitions and conferences:: Coming events: HK Fashion Week for spring/summer wear.- WIEW Premium Selection this July.- Indigo and Première Vision in New York.- Home textiles sourcing.- Galleria Intima in Goa.- ITSH - autumn edition.- Dornbirn manmade fibre congress

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  • Exhibitions and conferences:: Apparelsourcing and Texworld.- Tuileries shows.- ZhejiangTex in Yiwu in November.- Heimtextil in Frankfurt next January

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  • Products and technology:: DyStar's newest innovations.- A new protection against incontinence.- Machine to make fibres fast for small producers.- Textile protection technology.- The latest NOW.- Home wash for woollen garments.- Vector Surge wins a new round of applause

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  • Products and technology:: A fully computerised knitting machine.- Advanced microfibre for wetlaid nonwovens.- Multi-end roving.- Orizio redesigns two key machines.- Boeing honours TenCate again.- A bid to lead the market for flushable nonwovens

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  • Products and technology:: E-Wash, a great leap from Porta-Wash.- Schlafhorst, China's top machine builder.- Automatic darts seamer.- Eco-friendly Eurocel for skin-friendlly wipe

    págs. 29-30

    

  • Fashion trends:: Wool is cool in summer

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  • Fashion trends:: Ageless denim offers new options for fashion

    Alpana Shrestha

    pág. 32

    

  • Executive desk:: De Bellis to heat American operations of Archroma.- INDA honours two top nonwoven experts.- Althoff assumes new duties at BASF Southeast Asia.- Koelnmesse appoints new VP for trade fair unit.- Lectra has a new marketing director

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  • Executive desk:: Chemical giants in talks for joint venture.- Swiss weaving mill's glorious achivements

    pág. 34

    

  • Technical features:: Comfort properties of apparel textiles

    S.B. Mhetre, Nitish R. Sarda, Hrishikesh V. Chavan

    págs. 35-38

    

  • Technical features:: Fabric and fibre parameters that effect air filter efficiency

    Mohamad A. Saad, Mohammad Sabry, Alsaid Ahmed Almetwally, Dina Hanafi

    págs. 38-41

    

  • Technical features:: Flame retardant finishing for textiles

    Y. M. Indi, R. H. Deshpande, Atul W. Pohane

    págs. 41-44

    

  • Technical features:: Carbon fibre - its evolution over the past half-a-century

    Aftab A. Patel, Arun M. Patil

    págs. 44-47

    

  • Events calendar

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