Research and Markets: Output Of Knitted Textiles Forecasted To Grow By 25% Over Next Ten Years Reaching More Than 21mn Tons.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of World Markets for Knitted Textiles and Apparel: Forecasts to 2010 to their offering. The world produces over 17 mn tons of knitted textiles and apparel - representing one third of the global textile market. Moreover, output is forecast to grow by 25% over the next ten years, reaching more than 21 mn tons. Knitted textiles and apparel are used in a wide range of basic apparel items such as T-shirts, underwear and sweaters. But the industry is changing. New markets are emerging as high-tech fibres are used and manufacturing technology becomes more sophisticated. Designers are discovering that knitted goods now offer more scope than ever before, to be used in an increasingly sophisticated range of products. Producers are investing in machinery that offers the latest technological developments in order to become more flexible and make better quality products. Automation has been used in the past to produce large orders at low prices. But today's technological advances are providing producers with the flexibility to offer small bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. , customised orders tailored to specific customer requirements at competitive prices. World Markets for Knitted Textiles and Apparel: Forecasts to 2010 examines all these issues and more. In particular, it provides: --details of trends in knitting capacity, production, and investments in circular knitting Circular knitting or knitting in the round is a form of knitting that creates a seamless tube. When knitting circularly, the knitting is cast on and the circle of stitches is joined. Knitting is worked in rounds (the equivalent of rows in flat knitting) in a spiral. , warp knitting 1. A kind of knitting in which a number of threads are interchained each with one or more contiguous threads on either side. , hosiery knitting, flat knitting Flat knitting is a method for producing knitted fabrics in which the work is turned periodically, i.e., the fabric is knitted from alternating sides. The two sides (or "faces") of the fabric are usually designated as the right side , fully fashioned Adj. 1. fully fashioned - knitted to fit the shape of the body; "full-fashioned hosiery" full-fashioned shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" knitting and speciality knitting --a survey of manufacturing costs in major producing countries, including the impact of new and old machinery --developments in automation and technology, and labour costs --a detailed description of the manufacturing technologies employed in the knitting sector, and an assessment of technological changes and the introduction of quick response --details of the effects on productivity of increased automation and the introduction of seamless technology --comparisons between different types of staple fibres and continuous filament filament, in astronomy: see chromosphere. yarn, and their suitability for various end uses --assessments of process developments in knitting and downstream marketing, with particular emphasis on apparel, hosiery, home furnishing, automotive and technical textile markets --detailed analyses of the world's key markets, including Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. , Turkey, Asia, North and South America, Russia and other CIS countries, and Africa --a comprehensive set of predictions and forecasts to 2010 For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c5768 |
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