Month: February 2018

JK Group will attend Fespa Asia introducing the latest dye sublimation inks to the portfolios of its premium brands Kiian Digital and J-TeckKiian Digital brand will exhibit Digistar T-Sonic, the new sublimation ink for transfer printing designed for Panasonic printheads. T-Sonic is specially formulated the new generation of industrial dye-sublimation textile printers. The new ink stands out due to its excellent reliability and drying quickness of the printed paper and the superior colour gamut. Marco Girola – JK Group Marketing Specialist – says “We are very excited about T-Sonic as it perfectly suited to exploit the high productivity potentiality...

Huntsman has developed a new dyeing solution which it claims sets a new standard in terms of wash-fastness and colour saturation for the polyamide/elastane blends favoured in the swimwear business.Vibrant blocks of colour and high-contrast black and white continue to dominate in the swimwear market.But achieving these deep shades and striking contrasts is difficult on the polyamide/elastane (PA/EL) blends favoured in the swimwear business. These blends deliver high resilience and elasticity, but tend to have limited wash- and wet-fastness. Conventional PA dyes bond to the PA fibres with only weak links and can bleed onto adjacent fibres during home...

US retail industry sales will grow by 3.8-4.4 per cent in 2018 over last year and online and other non-store sales, which are included in the overall number, are expected to increase by 10-12 per cent, according to the economic forecast for this year by the National Retail Federation (NRF). The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants. Retail sales grew 3.9 per cent in 2017 over 2016 to $3.53 tr, the US Census bureau’s preliminary estimate for the year shows. The number is subject to revision but exceeded NRF’s forecast for growth between 3.2 and 3.8 per cent,...