Industry Talk

Colombia will welcome more than 32,000 international fashion professionals to the 26th annual Colombiatex trade show in Medellin from 12-13 January 2014. Working with Inexmoda, the institute for exports and fashion, Proexport Colombia will assist international exporters and buyers in finding the right partners for their business needs.

Brescia in Northern Italy and its surrounding area has always been one of the most important manufacturing centres for hosiery and sock manufacturing machinery as well as home to many internationally renowned producers of socks and hosiery.

A luxury knitwear manufacturer based in Derbyshire, UK, has announced it is to extend its product range and establish an apprenticeship scheme after securing a £500,000 investment. According to the Derby Telegraph, John Smedley, based in Lea Mills, near Matlock, which produces fine-gauge knitwear, has received the cash from Santander Corporate and Commercial.

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Première Vision Pluriel is set to demonstrate its leadership position from 18 - 20 February, at the Parc d'Expositions de Paris Nord - Villepinte, after it welcomed 58,000 visitors in February 2013 followed by nearly 63,000 visitors last September.

Hyosung, the world’s largest producer of spandex, has announced a new brand campaign to promote its newest sub-brands for specialty products in the creora spandex range.

In 2013 Van de Velde has realised a consolidated turnover growth of 0.3%, an increase from m€ 181.8 to m€ 182.4. A stable wholesale turnover of the company has also increased by 2.2% in the second half of the year compared with the same period last year, despite declining by 2% in the first half.

The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BKMEA) believes that apart from the existing European market, new export destinations for knitwear garments are helping increase the country's export volumes. According to the association, knit readymade garment exports may exceed wovens again this year in the next couple of months.

The 2014 winter edition of Texworld USA will feature 246 exhibitors from 18 countries including international pavilions from Turkey, sponsored by Uludag Exporters Association and Taiwan organised by Messe Frankfurt Taiwan. Lenzing Innovation will also once again have a pavilion at the January 2014 show.

Sun Capital Partners, a leading private investment firm specialising in leveraged buyouts and investments in market-leading companies, has announced the sale by an affiliate of its investment in Frontier Spinning Mills, one of the largest producers of spun yarns for the knitting and weaving industries, to American Securities LLC.