Tomorrow’s Apparel Industry: Products, Markets, and Processes – Forecasts to 2016. The report is intended to encourage apparel industry executives to consider what is going to shape future products, markets, processes in the apparel industry. It covers market and distribution evolution, supply chain, sourcing, production, technology, systems, future merchandise trends ... http://marketpublishers.com/r/T66853063EEEN.html

Global Technical Textiles Business Update, 1st quarter 2010. Among recent acquisitions, Glatfelter has taken over the nonwovens producer Concert Industries from Brookfield Special Situations Management while Kiri Dyes & Chemicals Ltd (KDCL) in India has purchased DyStar, thereby rescuing the company from insolvency. Trützschler has completed its takeover of John D Hollingsworth on Wheels … http://marketpublishers.com/r/G856938D648EN.html

Profile of Alpha Pro Tech: A Rising Star in the US Supply of Disposable Protective Products. Alpha Pro Tech is a producer of protective products made from fabrics. The company consists of three business units—Disposable Protective Apparel, Building Supply, and Infection Control. These units supply products for a wide range of markets, including industrial safety manufacturing environments, health care facilities and building sites … http://marketpublishers.com/r/P71E09BA60BEN.html

The World Nonwovens Industry: Ten Smaller Producers—part 3 of 3, 2009/10. Sales achieved by the producers profiled in the report—which rank from number 31 to number 40 among the world’s leading companies—ranged individually from USD80 mn to USD107 mn and together accounted for about 5% of the global total. Many of these producers benefited from new market development. Other drivers of growth are new technologies and new product markets … http://marketpublishers.com/r/WE437BA1AB7EN.html

Statistics: Fibre Consumption for Technical Textiles in Japan, 2010 edition. Man-made fibre output in Japan fell in 2009. Output of filament yarn plunged by 29.9% while that of staple fibres decreased by a substantial 15.1%. The fall in filament yarn output reflected double digit declines in all the main fibre types. In the case of staple fibres, output of all the main synthetic fibre types fell at double digit rates but the drop in cellulosic staple fibres was confined to 4.3% ... http://marketpublishers.com/r/SE18B5A5CE5EN.html

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