The Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics (SGTF) Composites Group has announced the launch of its latest development for closed mould processing, MAXFLOW multiaxials.These are engineered fabrics that have been adapted by a patented process to allow up to 2 X speed of infusion compared to standard multiaxial reinforcements, whilst retaining the same basic architecture and properties of their equivalent standard fabrics. The process works by the addition of trace amounts of special flow-promoting fibres.

Ref. : CR EIC 230/2/1/1/1 13 September 2005Dear Sirs,Commercial Information Circular No. 372/2005Notice to Exporters: Series 2 (EU) No. 19/2005European Union (EU)1 : Establishment of Transitional Flexibility Measures on the EU/Mainland Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)The EU and the Mainland have reached an agreement to unblock the textiles imports from the Mainland sitting on the EU ports due to rapid exhaustion of quotas previously agreed by the EU/Mainland in June 2005. This circular informs

World cotton consumption is expected to rise 3.7 percent in 2005/06 to 112 million bales. World production is expected to fall 8.4 percent to 110 million bales.However, at about 50 million bales, world ending stocks are forecast only 1 million bales lower. A 24.7-million-bale production gain in 2004/05 boosted this year? beginning stocks, sustaining stocks and consumption even as production falls.The last few years have seen some of the most robust growth in world cotton consumption in decades (

Charles Martin, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in China has said that trade sanctions will not work in reducing the friction that Sino-US textile trade ties are presently experiencing.He opined that US firms have to produce goods catering to other country's requirements, which they lacked.Speaking to the journalists, he said imposing quotas as a strategy per se, would not indeed be the best and could could backfire.Martin enlisted several measures like revaluation of Chinese c

The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 1993-94 for the month of July 2005 was released here today, by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The General Index stands at 212.1, which is 6.7% higher as compared to the level in the month of July 2004. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of July 2005 stand at 146.9, 224.3, and 184.1 respect

Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai, met with Italian Minister Scajola and his delegation in Xiamen on September 8, who came to participated in the 9th China International Investment Trade Fair. Minister Bo Xilai expressed welcome to Mr. Scajola and his delegation, and said that China-Italian economic and trade relations got closer day by day, but there was still a big room for expansion in view of economic strength of the two countries. China and Italian have plenty of small and medium enterprises, a

The Producers' Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods increased by 5.3% in August as compared with the same month of last year, up by 0.1 percentage points as compared with last month; purchasing prices for raw materials, fuels, and power were up by 8.1%, dropped by 0.4 percentage points as compared with that in July.In August, the National Statistics Bureau says producers' prices for means of production were up by 7.3% over the same month of last year. Of which, prices for mining and quarryin

Millions of Chinese shirts, bras and trousers blocked at European customs warehouses because they exceeded import quotas will be released and in stores this week, the European Union said. "Member states will have the legal grounds to issue import licenses to these products on Wednesday," Francoise Le Bail, a European Commission spokeswoman, told reporters in Brussels on Monday. "That will allow these textile products to come onto the shelves in shops very quickly during the course of this week

Czech Republic Statistical Office presented the retails sales results for August 2005.The month-on-month development of consumer prices (index 100.0 percent) was influenced, like in the preceding years, by an increase in prices in ?ecreation and culture?where prices of stays abroad rose (+8.2 percent) due to the peak season. On the other hand, the drop in prices in ?ood and non-alcoholic beverages? which was primarily caused by decreases in prices of fruit (-9.0 percent), potatoes (-17.8 percent

DESPITE better growth prospects for all the sectors, skyrocketing oil prices are likely to caste a shadow on the Indian economy. The textile sector, in particular, may be affected by spiralling oil prices, as major fibre intermediates are derived from petroleum products such as naphtha, according to a report from YarnsandFibers, a market intelligence company. In the first eight months of 2005, crude oil prices rose 40-50 per cent and naphtha is now dearer by almost 25 per cent. This may set