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Mr Buchen, together with MeiLin Wan, Vice President of Textile Sales, will lead the company’s sales efforts in its textile vertical. Mr Buchen will be responsible for the strategic sales direction, focusing on business development, key accounts, integrated value chain propositions and new customer relationships and partner development. He will also design and implement go-to-market strategies for new applications of Applied DNA’s CertainT platform in textiles.

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Hainsworth has been manufacturing premium quality woollen fabrics at its Yorkshire mill for 235 years. Today, Hainsworth combines the traditional qualities of craftsmanship with innovation and product development to meet the needs of a growing and diverse global customer base. Hainsworth’s premium woollen fabrics are used for high-quality fashion apparel, costume design and ceremonial military dress, as well as for fire PPE, piano felt, aviation interiors and cue sports.

Acrylonitrile prices in Asian markets were range-bound in the first week of October underpinned by scarce global supply.

China’s PetroChina Jilin is planning to shut its ACN plant for maintenance in end-October which has 452,000 tons per year of production capacity.

In US, spot ACN prices were steady on the back of firm feedstock cost during the week.

In Europe, ACN spot prices were unchanged in the week while ACN contract settlers were in a process of negotiating the October contract price during the European Petrochemical Association (EPCA) meeting.

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In China, bright conventional spinning nylon-6 prices in the first week of October was down US$15 a ton as compared to last week while semi-dull high-speed spinning fell US$33 a ton on the week.

Taiwan‐origin and South East Asian high-speed nylon chips offers were up US$40 a ton on the week.

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Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Chief Coordinator Ijaz Khokhar advised the government to split the textile sector into three categories namely raw material, home textile and apparel adding that the sector presently comprises of multiple sub-sectors, all having different functions and activities. The chief coordinator further stated that the value-added garment sector of the textile industry showed a growth of 11.22% in 2017-18.

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ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018, Asia’s foremost trade fair dedicated to textile machinery, is once again marked by a significant presence of German companies both in their number and in the quality of their technology. Visitors to the fair will have an opportunity to appreciate the high level of technology being proposed by more than 100 exhibitors from Germany, including more than 80 VDMA member companies. They cover nearly all different machinery chapters with a focus on spinning, nonwoven, weaving, knitting, warp knitting and finishing.

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Chairman Pablo Isla confirmed the move at a recent Milan store opening. “We want to make our fashion collections available to all our customers, wherever they are in the world, even in those markets which do not currently have our bricks-and-mortar stores." eCommerce is the source of 10% of Inditex’s sales, having grown more than 40% last year. According to data from online marketing data provider SEMrush, the March launch of Zara’s new Australian online store blew up the local retail market. Ad spend went through the roof once the retailers saw the threat from the world's fashion giant.

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The sixth ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 exhibition opens today in Shanghai with industry players set to focus on technology’s impact on taking China’s textile industry forward into the future. The combined show grosses 180,000 square metres of exhibition space and has attracted a total of 1,733 exhibitors from 28 countries and economies to showcase a wide array of latest technology solutions that will help textile makers to become more competitive.

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Edwin Keh Yee-man, chief executive of the publicly funded Hong Kong Research Institute for Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA), which developed the plant’s recycling system, said the move would put the city’s textiles industry back on the map and boost the “made in Hong Kong” mark. He said that, "We could have opened (this mill) in China, 10 times its current size," Also,"But we decided to do it in Hong Kong to prove two things – that we can solve our local textile waste problem locally, and that in such a small, compact city, sustainable (textile recycling) is feasible."

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Cotton On has two distribution centres and another 14 around the world. The Avalon facility will service the company's 400-plus Australian stores as well as online consumers. The 40-hectare Avalon Airport Industrial Precinct is expected to create 750 on-site jobs and another 1100 indirect positions.

Cotton On a Geelong-based fashion company has opened it’s new National Distribution Centre at Avalon Airport, saying the facility will secure the jobs of 300 employees.