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Eastman is a global advanced materials and specialty additive company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day.After a ten-month process of sketching, sample construction, fitting and fabrication, the Sydney based design team created three designs using Naia for its Spring 2018 collection; a Kaftan, a Tank Maxi Dress, and a Sarong in a copper colour. The three pieces are minimal, monochromatic, and lightly textured. They were made from a fabric that is 90% Naia and 10% Lurex.

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Invista is a leader in the production of high-performance and quality elastane for high-technology and performance fabrics for a variety of sectors, including athleisure, activewear, hosiery and intimate wear.

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Now The Wolfsonian—FIU is expanding its global scope with Made in Italy: MITA Textile Design 1926–1976, its first-ever major collaborative exhibition with its kindred museum. It was also organized in cooperation with the Consulate General of Italy in Miami.

Silvia Barisione from The Wolfsonian and Matteo Fochessati and Gianni Franzone from The Wolfsoniana curated the exhibition, which borrowed many of its items from the Italian museum’s collection.

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Portugal has today 6000 vacancies in the textile sector. The association, which brings together almost all companies in the sector stated that one of the solutions would be to receive migrants, because of the lack of manpower prevents today the sector develop.

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Referring to the currency supply problem, Eftekhari said that now, for one month, no currency has been given to anybody in the clothing industry. "Before that, we were importing major raw materials from China through the Kunlun bank of China, but with the imposition of sanctions, China was the first country which announced that they will not provide us with textile raw materials anymore."

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Singapore based VeChain launched another fashion collaboration a few weeks ago, when it teamed up with high-profile shoe artist SBTG to release Adidas shoes containing NFC chips.

Caprolactum (CPL) prices in Asia were stable-to-down in the week ended 16 November 2018 while upstream feedstock prices witnessed bearish sentiment. In China, CPL prices for liquid goods were assessed down in the week amid limited trading activity.

In China, spot liquid good offers was down US$1 a ton as compared to last week while solid goods were also down US$1 on weak local currency.

Supply was moderating a bit with average run rate down at 71.5% during the week. Due to few plant shutdowns in the week, supply is likely to decrease in short term.

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Polyester intermediate, purified terephthalic acid (PTA) prices in Asia fell in the week ended 16 November 2018 in tandem with weak paraxylene cost, however supply was relatively tighter in the week amid plant shutdowns.

The average plant run rate in China fell to 69% in the week. However, China's Honggang Petrochemical is planning to build a second PTA unit with 2.4m tons per year of capacity at its Lianyungang site.

In US, PTA prices were firm in the week. In Europe, PTA prices rolled over during the week.

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New IT-basis for POC -The fixed connection to the Common Service Platform (CSP) of the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment enables services and software updates to be provided smoothly, quickly and automatically, the company says. In this way, service applications can transform collected data into instructions or automated commands to secure and improve processes. For example, the secure availability of management solutions such as the Plant Operation Center (POC) for process monitoring can be increased and possible errors can be rectified very quickly.

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A Green Marathon was held in Mumbai on October 28, 2018 and was the second event of the SBI Green Marathon series, after the first one, which was held in New Delhi in September 2018. The theme was about celebrating a passion for the environment, sustainability and better living conditions for our future generations.