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Articles in Sep 2003 issue of Asian Textile Business

• Swiss specialty knit producer relies on Monforts
• Teijin: Technology to remove heavy metals from polluted soil
• Good biz for cation-dyeable polyester
• Unitika fibers introducing Nano-Tex technology
• Nisshinbo exporting liquid ammonium processed knits
• Xinjiang wool prices up
• Profits increase for wool textile industry
• Thai textile & apparel industry
• ITMA forum breaks all expectations
• NSC nonwoven further increases market share in Germany
• Toray introduces new series of "Ceo [alpha]"
• Nisshinbo closing Hamamatsu Mill
• Toyobo strengthening "dyneema" production
• BASF lays cornerstone for world's largest "PolyTHF" facility
• An makers expect favorable demands after SARS
• Cotton fabrics: Top-heavy market due to slow store sales
• ZSK shows strength in special embroidery machines
• Rieter expects higher first-half results
• Sakai Ovex speeding up carbon fiber fabric developments
• Spinning spindles drop below 1.9 million
• Sales of major retailers down in June
• Cotton fabric exports drop 9.49% in May
• Hong Kong entering a new phase in post-SARS crisis
• Polyester staple fiber: Hitting ceiling at 90 cents
• Tsudakoma reports good biz in fiscal first-half
• Schilgen selects Sulzer Textil projectile looms again
• Investments in textiles touch US$4 billion
• Itochu launches car carpet JV in Guangzhou
• Surprise growth in handloom exports
• Slow textile export talks for S/S 2004
• Zero growth forecast for 2Q textile exports
• Goods of H.K. origin to be defined
• EU may levy 40% duties on Pakistani bed linen exports
• Jan.-May textile exports down 7% in volume
• Polyester fiberfill production reduced
• Suminoe textile launching 3 overseas factories
• Fears of lower jute crop
• Consolidation in weaving begins
• Japanese factories in Nantong operating at full capacity
• Many changes in MMF quotations in 1st half
• Saurer reports 20% growth in first-half sales of textile machinery
• Department stores regain vigor
• Korean appareal makers disappointed with quota allocation
• Fujibo makes use of FTC for yarn-dyed fabric exports
• Kanematsu textile to be lotto sport Italia licensee from 2004
• Weaving centers continue to shrink
• Spun yarn production down
• Polyester spinning speed reaches 4,000 M/Min.
• Pegasus Sewing Machine holds a seminar in Honduras
• Favorable sales of "amino jeans"
• Apparel consumption cools down in 1st half
• Teijin fibers tripling production of "Morphotex"
• May apparel imports up 3% in volume
• Polyester prices up, demand stagnant
• 2003 cotton production expected to exceed 5.5M tons
• Shorter skirts in Shinsaibashi, Osaka
• New head of Saurer's sales, After Sales & Marketing
• Mitsubishi rayon: Changeable fiber stretches with moisture
• Apparel makers eye China again
• Qingdao Nikke Fabric introducing finishing
• Apparel exports slowing down
• Bt cotton controversy unresolved
• Ningbo becomes biggest PTA importing port
• Worsted yarn: China's wool purchases to affect market
• Gerber hosting 5th annual "WebPDM" user's conference
• BZ group sells Rieter shares
• PSF capacity decreases
• Toray expects good results for FY2003
• Seiren investing 2.8 billion yen abroad
• Spandex demands pick up
• Two textile enterprises win tender for large Egyptian project
• CPL runs short
• Nylon migrates to Asia
  by Julian, Ian M
• Facing trade challenges
• Textile exports up 24.16% in 2002-03
• Daiwabo Rayon strengthens materials for spinning fields
• Active demands for warp knits in Hokuriku
• ASF production drops 21% in June
• Made-ups exports to U.S. growing
• World's largest investment in single PTA production line

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