Market Data & Pricing
Planning To Sell Your Business? How Do You Choose the Right Investment Bank?
Five Essential Questions yo Ask Today, the textile fiber industry is fast-moving and rapidly consolidating. We are seeing more and more business owners choosing to make strategic decisions, and considering options such as selling, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or taking some cash off the table as the right next step for themselves and their company. If …
Exiting the family business graciously
Five best practices can help the sale of a family business go smoothly. Everyone listens to the dreadful stories of when the sale of a family business goes out-of-kilter. What they may not realize is that oftentimes this situation is a direct result of the lack of coordination and cooperation between all the family groups. …
World supply – highlights in upstream business
World supply was pushed by manmade fibers but century’s average annual growth rate was missed in the third consecutive year and adverse conditions prevailing make a return to the long-term growth path rather highly disputable. Global supply rose less than 4% to 127 million tonnes, equal to an average 15 kg per capita consumption. The …
A view of the North American nonwovens market and material consumption
This is a great time to be in nonwovens and will continue to be so, as demand and, correspondingly, localized supply, to meet that demand, continues to increase. The nonwovens industry has responded to the pandemic and will continue to provide materials that keep the surfaces we touch clean, protect the air we breathe, and …
The Fiber Year 2022 – Advance notice and key findings
Work for The Fiber Year 2022 still is in full swing when writing this article at the beginning of May. Early information on strategic enrichments and key findings in the new textile yearbook will be introduced subsequently.1.) Breakdown of wood-based cellulosic staple fibers into spinning processes2.) Changes at supply side3.) Feedstock investments Breakdown of wood-based …