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Articles in Oct 2003 issue of Asian Textile Business

• Taiwanese textile makers interested in investments
• New plan for reviving ailing mills
• Gerber Technology launches "Taurus XD" leather cutting system
• Kanebo withdrawing from acrylic fiber production
• ITMA 2003 (October 22nd to 29th, Birmingham)
• Polyester fila. fabric exports drop 25% in 1st half
• Cotton fabric exports surge in 1st half year
• Kurabo expanding "Spinair" in U.S. market
• IKME 2003: (October 16th to 20th, Milan)
• Synthetic fiber makers in serious business
• Zhejiang apparel exports continue rapid growth
• Political rhetoric impedes intra-regional trade
• Polyester prices rise further
• Increasing Pakistani cotton yarn hurts domestic spinners
• Suzhou's export growth tops Chinese cities
• Enka tecnica acquires Wetzel Micro Products
• Arvind's Mauritius operations
• Comparative study on apparel industries in major countries of South Asia
  by Saheed, A H H
• Toray expanding polypropylene spunbond production in China
• CISMA 2003: The biggest show in Asia
• Picanol reports 18% growth in first-half sales
• Feminine look boosts demand for napped corduroy
• Cotton: Focus on U.S. cotton exports to China
• "WholeGarment" made with "Solotex"
• Profits in MMF industry up 30% in first half
• Honm Yue sets up weaving & finishing mill in China
• Textile dyeing & printing activity ascending
• Textile makers intensify marketing sectors
• China to augment cooperation with Benin in textile field
• Stork Prints merging European plants for rotary printing machines
• Shuttleless loom exports to China up 58% in 1st half
• Polyester filament: Taiwan's makers try shift higher material prices
• Itochu establishes JV for covered yarn in Qingdao
• Differential spandex project under construction
• Ciba Specialty Chemicals resists challenging environment
• Cotton textile trade levels off in 1st half
• Wool: Prices firming
• Lyocell in growing demand
• China lacks 600,000 tons of cotton this year
• More investments needed to complete garment projects
• Cotton production to rise
• Textile industry improving in second half
• Yizheng chemical fiber reports 90% drop in 1st half profits
• Textile exports grow by only 4.51% in July
• Sears Canada's India initiative
• Kanebo spinning offers nano technology-applied moisture-retaining effects
• Toray's operating income jumps 123% in Apr.-Jun.
• Acrylic staple fiber: Rising prices with favorable demand in China
• Shikibo "T-400" wins popularity
• July production of cotton yarn and fabrics rises
• Textile exports up 60% in first 7 months
• Marked fall in raw silk export prices
• IRO group expands tensioner range
• June apparel imports up 10%
• "Blackout and floods affect more adversely than SARS"
  by Sugahara, Sadamitsu
• Gawadar Port: Gateway to Central Asia
• Grasim moving towards R&D
• Researchers put the brakes on detergent suds
• Aramid fiber contributes to Teijin's synthetic fiber business
• "Business Revolution Tomen"
  by Yoshida, Shigeru
• Poor weather further worsens consumption
• Jeans exports suffer disastrous decline
• Kyokuyo Sangyo opens office in Shanghai
• Functional fibers
• Textile exports drop 2% in 1st half
• Project of industrialized production of PAN base CF starts
• Rieter donates RSB drawframe to Reutlingen Technical College
• Silk output to look up