Market Data & Pricing
Has Diligence for M&A Deals Gone Too Far?
Investment Banking teams are focusing significant time collecting wide swaths of a client’s company data in the early deal phase prior to marketing the firm in a sell-process. The main reason for this action – anticipation of receiving the buyer’s third-party advisor diligence requests! For 2023, sellers of their business should anticipate closing their transaction …
Historic Decline in World Staple Fibers
Global supply of staple fibers in 2021 accounted for 58 million tonnes which meant for the first time in history losing their majority share in primary spinning stage. This decline in the second consecutive year softened their share to 49%, down from more than 80% during the 1980s. Natural fibers suffered from the fastest contraction …
Prognostication on Nonwovens in the Coming Year
One is often asked as a new year begins, what do you see on the horizon for the coming year? At INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics industry, we are asked more specifically what we see occurring in the markets for nonwovens and fibers. There are a number of challenges and opportunities on the …
2022 Dampened by Economic Challenges
The Fabric Year 2022 is a unique service as the result of joining forces between Groz-Beckert and The Fiber Year to combine the upstream spinning industry with fabric making stage including the latest trends and market developments in knitting, weaving and nonwoven. Global supply of fibers and yarns was clearly pushed by manmade fibers while …
Textile and Apparel Trade
The Fiber Year in its 22nd edition compiled textile and clothing trade data for more than 60 countries with double-digit expansions in both export and import value. Asian industries lifted exports jointly by 13% apart from Myanmar with its economy severely impacted by the military coup in February 2021. Greater European area, including extra-EU data …