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Wednesday, 3 August 2011

Kern-Liebers Textile: four specialists - one global player

Germany’s Kern-Liebers Group has rebranded its needle, sinker and textile machine parts businesses Kern Liebers, Saxonia, Leistner and Naplafa under the Kern-Liebers Textile umbrella brand with a brand new image. Through recent rapid expansion, the company says it has steadily evolved into an expert in the field of knitted fabric technology and is now ‘the alternative’ as a full-line supplier to the market.

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Tuesday, 2 August 2011

OutDoor 2011 reflects industry's potential

According to organisers, the success of OutDoor 2011 has generated a lot of buzz in the international outdoor industry. The 18th edition of the trade show set records across the board, with 21,520 visitors (+5%) and 1012 media representatives (+10%) from around the world coming together with 890 exhibitors (+3%).

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Brandix awarded Asia's Best Brand and Asia's Best Employer Brand

Brandix Lanka Limited has been recognised as Asia's 'Best Brand' and 'Best Employer Brand' winning dual honours at a prestigious international forum held in Singapore with the representation of 37 countries in Asia, extending from the Middle East to Australia.

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Indian technical textiles sector to reach US$36 billion in 5 years

According to media reports the Indian government now estimates that the country’s growing technical textiles sector will reach US$36 billion by 2016-17. According to an article on www.commodityonline.com by leading technical textiles academic Seshadri Ramkumar of Texas Tech University, an estimated annual growth of 20% is expected.

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Bangladesh knits to have record breaking year

Bangladesh’s knit goods export growth is likely to surpass all previous records this year, as demand continues to grow in European Union (EU) markets, media reports say.

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Monday, 1 August 2011

Amyris partners with Kuraray to develop renewable polymers

California's Amyris, Inc. has signed a collaboration agreement with Kuraray Co., Ltd. to develop innovative polymers from Biofene, a renewable hydrocarbon building block made using Amyris's technology.

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Speakers announced for LYCRA fibre MOVES forum

Invista, owner of the Lycra fibre brand, has announced an impressive line-up of top industry speakers who will take part in the second edition of its unique leg wear event titled ‘LYCRA fibre Moves’ in Barcelona, on 29 and 30 September 2011.

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