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WITH predictions of shortfalls in paraxylene (PX), purified terephthalic acid (PTA), and monoethylene glycol (MEG) finally coming true, it is time to move on to the next set of forecasts. [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

The Fiber Price Sheet The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

THE FIBER PRICE SHEET The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, [...]

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, in the case of [...]

demand 2004: 4.405bn lbs. 2005: 4.525bn lbs. 2009: 4.615bn lbs, projected. Demand equals production plus imports (2004: 972m lbs 2005: 1.148bn lbs) less exports (2004: 536m lbs 2005: 468m lbs). [...]

Staff Charlotte, N.C.- Polyester fiber suppliers Wellman and DAK Americas have announced price increases for polyester staple fiber products. Wellman is raising prices by 4 cents per pound effective July [...]

Byline: Leticia Leizens NEW YORK-Count the increased cost of polyester fiber as an added burden to home textiles companies already forced to absorb the rising cost of fuel. Prices for [...]

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber or, in the case of [...]

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-DAK Americas has begun notifying its polyester staple customers that all of its staple fiber products sold to home furnishings, apparel, industrial and fiberfill markets will be subject to [...]

POLY PRICE HIKE: Buyers of polyester staple fiber, which is used as an insolation in jackets and blankets, are facing another round of price increases. DAK Americas LLC on Tuesday [...]

The last Tuesday of every month, WWD publishes the current, month-ago and year-ago fiber prices. Prices listed reflect the cost of one pound of fiber. Fiber; Price on 12/22/03; Price [...]

NEW YORK -- DuPont Textiles & Interiors has notified customers that it has increased the price of nylon 6 fiber by 5 to 11 percent in North America, effective immediately. [...]

Byline: Scott Malone NEW YORK - Get ready for the squeeze play. At a time when a weak economy and low consumer confidence is keeping up deflationary pressure on retail [...]

NEW YORK -- The third round of polyester fiber price increases will soon hit the market, this time for staple. Effective in early April, three producers will hike staple prices [...]

NEW YORK -- A new round of polyester fiber increases is in the works and it may be very damaging to the U.S. apparel fabrics industry. The first moves have [...]

NEW YORK -- An increase in the cost of fabrics, at least those made of synthetic fibers, may be looming. Nearly all U.S. polyester fiber producers have notified their customers [...]

HOUSTON -- KoSa is increasing prices of its polyester staple and textiles filament products by 5 to 10 percent, effective with April 9 orders. The company statement said the increases [...]

WILMINGTON, DE -- DuPont Polyester Fiberfill announced plans last week to increase prices on unbranded fiberfill products in North America. Prices will rise approximately 10 percent according to a statement [...]

NEW YORK -- Kicking off a fifth round of price hikes on polyester filament, DuPont on Wednesday said it would increase its prices for Dacron-brand filament yarns by 5 to [...]

KoSa has announced a 10% increase in prices of its polyester film, fiber, sheet, and engineering resins in North America, effective July 7. The company has separately announced a 5-cu/lb [...]

Effective with April 3 shipments, Wellman Inc. will increase the price of its Fortrel polyester filament by 7 to 11 percent. 'As the cost of raw materials continues to spiral [...]

NEW YORK -- Wellman Inc. said Friday that despite its repeated efforts to raise polyester prices during the last half of 1999, the company's average selling prices for the fiber [...]

KoSa says it is increasing its polyester staple prices by 10%-15%, effective February 15, citing low margins and an improved supply-demand balance. KoSa recently purchased Celanese's polyester staple unit at [...]

Wellman will raise polyester filament prices by 7%-11% effective January, citing falling margins and rising raw material costs. KoSa, Acordis, and AlliedSignal previously announced polyester filament price hikes for December [...]

NEW YORK -- Blaming low margins and rising raw materials costs, four major domestic producers of polyester filament this week kicked off a third round of price increases. They said [...]

Wellman Reports Polyester Price Increase Wellman Inc. announced that as of Nov. 1 shipments, the price of Fortrel polyester staple will go up 6 cents per pound. This is due [...]

NEW YORK -- Setting off a second round of polyester staple price increases, KoSa, Nan Ya Plastics Corp., America, and Wellman Inc. over the past week said they would be [...]

DuPont and KoSa says they will increase polyester textile filament prices by 7%-10%, effective with October [...]

Wellman has announced a 10%-12% price increase for polyester staple fiber, effective August 1, citing rising raw material costs. Producers raised filament prices in June. 'Raw material increases are driving [...]

Wellman Inc. and KoSa are announcing polyester staple price increases for August. Wellman will raise its prices by 10 to 12 percent, and KoSa will strengthen its prices by 10 [...]

Imports into Europe have undermined the prices there. Yet, as contracts are still being negotiated for the first quarter, information is still speculative. The article continues with an overview of current market trends for various chemicals, with statistics. Polyester prices are expected to continue downward, due to slow sales. Even the spot buying market is reflecting the oversupply, with slow sales. The Ethylene glycol market is slow. Acrylonitrile prices are soft, owing to slow sales in Europe and Asia. Turkey's exports to Europe have also softened prices. Cyclohexane and caprolactam prices are equally soft.

New York -- As polyester fiber producers raised prices on both staple and filament products in a range of 7 to 16 cents per pound, decorative fabrics producers are responding [...]

CHINESE demand for polyester staple fibre (PSF) and polyester filament yarn (PFY) will rise by 6.2% and 9.5% respectively in 2004 from 2003, according to CLSA. This compares with a [...]

An employee of Kosa subsidiary Arteva Services, Charlotte, NC, has pleaded guilty to a U.S. Department of Justice Allegation that he participated in a conspiracy with other polyester staple manufacturers [...]

ETHYLENE production in January increased slightly to 4 billion pounds, according to Petral Worldwide Inc., a Houston-based consultancy Liquid propane gas (LPG) crackers produced 1.6 billion pounds in January versus [...]

AlliedSignal announced a $0.15-per-lb price increase for 40-denier hard yarn in late Aug. 1996, a move which is expected to be followed by other nylon yarn manufacturers. Although shipments for first half 1996 decreased 12% from the same period in 1995, decreasing worldwide capacity has actually tightened the market. Rapid worldwide capacity expansion in polyester fibers dropped the price of staple fiber to $0.70 on Sept. 20, 1996, nearly $0.30 less than a year earlier., NEW YORK--The summer doldrums were anything but for the man-made fibers market as changing fashion trends and stormy weather buffeted prices and some production. Now there are scattered signs the [...]

DuPont's 1995 4th qtr earnings report showed a 1.6% drop in income after taxes compared to the 1994 quarter. Sales were up 4.5% for the quarter, but higher raw materials costs hurt earnings. The company's 1995 operating profits of $795 million for the fibers business was up from $676 million in 1994. The outlook for 1996 is for some lower materials costs, but the polyester market has been hurt by China's trade restrictions and a sluggish retail apparel market, so the company does not expect a strong first qtr., NEW YORK - The weakening polyester market caught up with the bottom line at DuPont's fiber business in the fourth quarter After solid profit gains in the first three quarters [...]

The home furnishings business is suffering from rising prices for cotton and polyester fibers and slow retail sales, according to officials of leading greige mills. Polyester prices have been increasing since about early 1994 and total increases for cotton amount to about 88%. In addition to price hikes, record low retail sales are also plaguing the industry, and officials are split on whether it will continue or improve., NEW YORK - Executives from leading greige mills said increasing prices of cotton and polyester, and persistently slow retail sales are hurting their home furnishings business. 'The cost of cotton [...]

NEW YORK--In what seems to be the beginning of another wave of price hikes, two major suppliers of polyester, DuPont and Wellman, have each increased the prices of their polyester [...]

NEW YORK--Thet just didn't see any other way out. Faced with an April 1 hike in the costs of raw materials, executives at Wellman raised polyester staple fiberfill prices 10 [...]

Members of the Knitted Textile Assn who attended the trade group's annual meeting in Aventura, FL, say they have absorbed massive raw material price increases for more than seven months and must now pass those costs on to their customers. They contend that eroding margins preclude any other course of action and say they must raise prices almost immediately. Cotton and polyester are the two commodities whose price increases have most severely impacted knitters' profits, but the slumping economy has also contributed., AVENTURA, Fla. - Running old of margin to squeeze, knitters say price hikes for their fabrics are on the way - and and it's going to happen soon. That was [...]

DAK Americas LLC, Charlotte, NC, will increase the price for all polyester staple fiber (PSF) products six cents per pound effective October 1, 2012. The company had previously raised the [...]

NEW YORK--The contentious issue of cost will once again be a hot topic at the Home Textiles Market, running this week, as manufacturers seek to defray rising raw materials charges [...]

Polyester/wool suit fabrics will increase in price by 2% to 6% for fall 1995 because of the increase in polyester and wool prices. As a result, some suit manufacturers plan to produce all-wool suits because of the low prices foreign suit manufacturers have placed on their polyester/wool suits. Some US suit manufacturers will obtain more polyester/wool fabrics from foreign companies. Other suit manufacturers will market wrinkle-resistant polyester/wool suits., NEW YORK -- The recent price hikes for polyester on top of the already escalating high cost of wool has bumped up polyester/wool tailored clothing fabric prices for fall to [...]

An increase in polyester fiber prices incurred by men's activewear and sportswear manufacturers will be passed on to retailers. The men's clothing manufacturers cannot absorb the 2%-5% price increases because they have been operating within tight margins currently. These price increases will be evident in shipments sent for spring 1995. Many manufacturers are forecasting that consumers will be paying more for the clothing due to this price change., NEW YORK -- Men's sportswear and activewear manufacturers, faced with rising polyester prices, say they won't be able to absorb the costs themselves and will pass them on to retailers. [...]

* Springs Industries is investing $25 million to equip its Anderson, S.C., Wamsutta plant with air-jet looms and related equipment for the production of home furnishings fabrics. Installation is slated [...]

LyondellBasell says it will increase prices of all its polypropylene compounds in Asia/Pacific by $300/m.t., effective August 1 * Eastman Chemical says it will increase list and off-list prices of [...]