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Heimtextil and Colombiatex the first events of 2020 for Italian textile machines
For the Italian textile machinery industry 2020 opens with two extremely important trade fairs. From January 7 to 10 Frankfurt will host Heimtextil, the most important global trade show for home and contract textiles. In hall 3.0 Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT, the Italian association of textile machinery manufacturers, will be present with a service center designed to assist Italian manufacturers during the show, but also to provide information on the Italian supply to the numerous expected visitors.
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The general conditions for the textile machinery industry and for mechanical engineering as a whole are characterized by great uncertainty. Internationally, protectionism continues to increase and a final settlement of the US-Chinese trade conflict is not expected in the near future.
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Welcoming Mr. Calleja Crespo, Director General of the European Commission DG Environment at the Board of Directors meeting today, EURATEX is pleased to anticipate preliminary proposals for a new Circular Economy Action Plan for the Textile value chains to ensure sustainable resource use and tackle urgent environment, social and economic challenges.
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At the end of November, the chairman of the Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation) of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association, Peter D. Dornier presented awards to six successful young engineers in Dresden. The award ceremony took place as part of the Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference.
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Engineers, scientists and industry professionals will dive deep into critical filtration and separation issues at the FiltXPO technical conference, Feb. 26-28, 2020, at Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. The stellar speaker lineup with conference details are available on the event website.
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NCTO statement on signing of Phase One Deal on 301 tariffs
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), representing the full spectrum of U.S. textiles from fiber though finished sewn products, released the following statement on the Phase One Deal on 301 tariffs signed today by the U.S. and China.
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Retailers welcome phase one trade deal with China but say remaining tariffs must end
The National Retail Federation today welcomed the signing of a “phase one” trade agreement between the United States and China but said work remains to be done to end the trade war between the two countries.
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NCTO comments on the administration’s announced phase one deal on 301 tariffs
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), representing the full spectrum of U.S. textiles from fiber though finished sewn products, provides initial comments on the Phase One deal on 301 tariffs reached between the United States and China today.
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TMAS welcomes two technology groundbreakers
Swedish textile machinery association TMAS is welcoming two new companies – both at the forefront of sustainable and Industry 4.0-enabled technologies – to its membership.
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European industries unite to call for an ambitious EU industrial strategy
Industry4Europe, a coalition of 149 sector Associations representing the diversity of the EU’s industrial base, published its new Joint Paper ‘A long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future: from words to action’. Through cross-sectoral recommendations, the Industry4Europe coalition contributes to the future EU industrial strategy announced by European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen.
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Italian textile machinery will be present at IRANTEX 2019
As part of the promotional activities set for 2019, Italian Trade Agency and ACIMIT, the Association of Italian textile machinery manufacturers, will organize Punto Italia, a service center at the next IRANTEX, the main Iranian textile and textile machinery trade show, to be held in Tehran, from 9 to 12 December 2019.
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ITALIAN TEXTILE MACHINERY: Falling orders for third quarter 2019
The orders index for textile machinery compiled by ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers, from July to September 2019 was down by 10% compared to the same period in 2018. The value of the index came in at 97.4 points (basis: 2015=100).
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Successful Hygienix™ 2019 addresses sustainability in absorbent hygiene & personal care
Over 500 absorbent hygiene and personal care professionals from 30 countries and throughout the supply chain participated in the fifth edition of INDA’s Hygienix – the premier event for absorbent hygiene & personal care markets – held in Houston, Texas, Nov. 11-14.
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