Report Writing Podcast - Part 2  Category : Business Services - Report Writing Trainers   This is the second in a series of three podcasts, giving advice and guidance on getting started with report writing. It is intended to be read in conjunction with our free ´Getting Started with Report Writing Guide´. List Price  £ 0.00 Downloads   2 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Report Writing Podcast - Part 1  Category : Business Services - Report Writing Trainers   This is the first in a series of three podcasts, giving advice and guidance on getting started with report writing. It is intended to be read in conjunction with our free ´Getting Started with Report Writing Guide´. List Price  £ 0.00 Downloads   3 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Reducing Stress Levels  Category : Other   Whilst there is such a thing as positive stress – that little bit of adrenalin that can fire you up, excite, focus and motivate, negative stress (the more usual, unpleasant kind!) is a major cause of days off work, leads to ill health, depression and inappropriate responses. We function less well and become unable to see the wood for the trees. We also become unpleasant colleagues or companions! As a 1-1 NLP coach, I meet many clients who are suffering from stress. There are common threads in the causes and symptoms that I see time after time - and I share those, and their solutions, with you now. List Price  £ 3.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Parenting by Stealth  Category : Other   Parenting by Stealth (because ‘Do As I Say, Because I Say So’ doesn’t work any more!) By Jane Malyon I am not a perfect parent. Sigh! My children (two creative, spirited lads currently aged 25 and 21) think it´s hilarious that I ´dare´ to tell other parents how to parent, when they clearly think I´ve made loads of massive errors in that department! And they´re probably right. So I´m not going to ‘tell’ anyone how to do anything but instead, present to you some creative strategies that may well prove to be most interesting and useful tools for your parenting tool box. And we can never have too many of them! I´ve called it Parenting by Stealth because, if you have sassy, quick-witted, eloquent, technologically-able children - who may well be cleverer than you (our oldest can certainly out-argue us any day of the week!)…then traditional ´Do As I Say Because I Say So´ methods, won´t cut it any more. This generation do not respect their elders just because they ´ought´ to…they know their own mind and aren´t afraid to express it - and that´s how one of our boys ended up with 26 detentions given to him in just one week at school!! All of them have proved useful and one or two have been absolute rescuers of dire situations, when nothing else worked. But, as the Mum or the Dad, we can´t give up or write the children off! Ultimately, we have to remind ourselves that WE are the adults in the family…and we have to find a way to appropriately parent children who often don´t think they need or want parenting! So, if you´ve tried all the ´old methods´, the ways that maybe worked (or maybe didn´t) on you as a youngster….then read on for some new tools for your tool box to help guide our amazing youngsters through the minefield of growing up. List Price  £ 11.95 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Textile and Apparel Trade and Production Trends in the EU  Category : Textiles & Apparel - Made-up Textile Products   Textile and clothing output fell sharply in the EU in the first six months of 2009, and declined at double digit rates in almost all member states for which data are available. The falls reflected declining export demand for EU-made goods as well as falling domestic sales as a result of the global economic crisis and recession in many countries. Total exports to countries outside the EU were 17.9% lower, with sales of textiles down by 20.4% and clothing by 14.9%. Within the EU, Italy was the largest textile exporter, followed closely by Germany. The largest destination for EU textile exports was the USA, followed by Tunisia and Turkey. Italy was also the biggest exporter of clothing, followed at some distance by Germany and France. The largest destination for EU clothing exports was Switzerland, followed by Russia and the USA. Imports also fell significantly as EU consumer spending weakened, and retailers and distributors cut back on inventories. The fall also reflected weaker demand for raw materials as activity in the textile and clothing industry was curtailed. Total EU textile and clothing imports were down by 8.5% in value, reflecting a 12.7% fall in internal trade, although imports from outside the EU were down by only 3.5%. Of the total, textile imports from outside the EU fell in value by 18.2%. Clothing imports from outside the EU, on the other hand, rose in value by 2.3% but fell in volume by 7.7%, reflecting a rise in the average import price. The leading external supplier of textiles was China, followed by Turkey and India. In clothing, the leading supplier was China followed by Turkey, Bangladesh and India. Many suppliers increased their prices in order to maintain or raise their revenues in the face of falling order volumes. Only two of the EU’s 20 leading clothing suppliers increased their deliveries in volume terms—namely India and the USA—but nine increased their value. List Price  £ 375.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

The 2010 Polyolefin Gold Rush Could Benefit Technical Textile Producers  Category : Textiles & Apparel - Textiles (Non-Apparel)   The global structure of polypropylene and polyethylene production is poised to change dramatically as capacity rises in China and soars in the Middle East. As a result, the shares of Western Europe and the USA are set to fall substantially. The change in production structure will come about because the manufacture of propylene and ethylene—which are the main raw material feedstocks for polypropylene and polyethylene polymer—is to start in the Middle East on a large scale. Also, large-scale production of the polymers themselves is about to begin. Polypropylene and polyethylene fibres and filaments are used in a wide variety of technical textiles for agriculture, automotive, building and construction, hygiene, leisure, medical, outdoor and packaging applications. Specific end uses include active wear, artificial grass, bale wrapping, ballistic materials, bedding, carpet backing, car seating, diapers, disposable wipes, filter fabrics, fishing nets, flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs), furniture, geotextiles, ropes and twines, sportswear, strapping, thermal underwear, upholstery and wall coverings. Polypropylene and polyethylene filaments are normally produced by melt spinning. In this process, polymer granules—usually made by specialist producers rather than fibre companies—are fed to an extruder, which melts the polymer and then pumps it through a spinneret. Filaments are formed, and cooled in an air stream before being wound on a package or collected as a tow. In many cases coloured pigments are added to the polymer stream before extrusion because polypropylene and polyethylene fibres are difficult to dye. List Price  £ 150.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Weaker Markets Spur Acquisitions in the European Technical Textile Industry  Category : Textiles & Apparel - Textiles (Non-Apparel)   European technical textile manufacturers and their suppliers have been reporting lower sales and profits for 2009. The downturn spans a wide range of sectors, and most players are relieved that the losses are not as bad as they might have been. One outcome of the weaker conditions has been a series of announcements of significant consolidations in the second half of 2009 as companies have looked to their longer-term futures. Examples of such consolidations include the purchases of: * Gamma’s Coating & Composites business unit by Jagenberg; * Tamfelt by Metso; * Perfojet by Andritz; and * Oerlikon Enka Tecnica by its management. This trend was first observed in the European automotive fabrics industry as a result of the decline in car sales which began in early 2008. More recent consolidations within this sector include the purchases of: * Eybl International by the Prevent Group; * Fezko by Michel Thierry Group; and * Stankiewicz by International Automotive Components (IAC). List Price  £ 150.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Fast track: innovations at Techtextil 2009  Category : Textiles & Apparel - Made-up Textile Products   There were record numbers of exhibitors and visitors at the 13th edition of Techtextil, a leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens organised by Messe Frankfurt and held every two years in Frankfurt, Germany. The popularity of the 13th edition, held on June 16-18, 2009, has been attributed to a need by companies to come up with innovative products in order to meet the challenges caused by the economic downturn. The 2009 event represented the first time that Avantex, an international forum for innovative textiles for apparel, was integrated within Techtextil as a product group. At previous events, Avantex had been held at the same time and in the same place as Techtextil but as a separate exhibition. The 2009 event was also the first in which Material Vision—a trade fair and conference aimed at product developers, industrial designers and architects—was held in parallel to Techtextil. At Material Vision—organised by Messe Frankfurt in cooperation with the German Design Council, a provider of information relating to the field of design—a range of modern materials and material technologies in the pre-production stage was presented. List Price  £ 150.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Fast track: what China can learn from the Lycra story  Category : Textiles & Apparel - Made-up Textile Products   Few brands have had as much impact on performance apparel as Lycra—which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009. Initially, Lycra made its mark by providing new levels of comfort and freedom of movement in hosiery, legwear, intimate apparel and swimwear. But more recently its qualities have been successfully exploited in casual wear and outerwear, and the fibre is now very prominent in the performance sportswear field. Lycra was invented by a DuPont scientist, Joseph C Shivers, as long ago as 1959. It took the inventor a decade of development work to come up with the formulation which goes under the generic name of spandex or elastane. In general, elastane, a polyurethane-polyurea copolymer, has better stretch than natural rubber. Indeed, it can be extended by up to 600% and recover to its original size—which means that only a small percentage of it (normally 5%-30%) is needed in a blend to provide good stretch properties. Also, elastane has better resistance to dry heat and oil, and, unlike rubber, it does not need to be covered or coated. List Price  £ 150.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

Talking strategy: new ideas on sustainability, managing waste and technological innovation  Category : Textiles & Apparel - Made-up Textile Products   Improving the sustainability of manufacturing operations has become a key strategy for many big players in the global apparel industry. To date, the term has commonly been associated with corporate responsibility, particularly towards the environment and human rights. However, there are additional benefits to making apparel manufacturing more sustainable, including opportunities to improve margins by managing levels of waste. And these opportunities are not just related to maximising the use of raw materials or minimising energy requirements, but are also associated with improving ways that human resources are utilised, especially in terms of time. Technological innovation has an important role to play as it helps companies to trim operating costs and, in turn, raise margins or cut prices to improve competitiveness—an imperative which has become even more important in view of the recent global economic slowdown. In Talking strategy this quarter, Mike Fralix, the president and chief executive officer of the internationally-reputed apparel technology research and consultancy firm [TC]2, explains some new thinking about how to approach the topic of sustainability. In particular, Dr Fralix gives specific advice on ways in which companies can make changes to improve efficiency without spending money, by carefully inspecting facilities, offices and staff behaviour. In addition, he provides a vision of the future which encompasses the evolution of digital clothing supply chains—from design to retail—that minimise returns and, in turn, reduce waste. These chains rely on three dimensional (3D) body scanners, personal avatars, online dressing facilities and the development of “controlled” virtual shopping communities. Advances in the popularity of e-commerce and online retailing—which are already key growth segments for most clothing retailers—are a given. List Price  £ 150.00 Downloads   0 Write message to Seller Total Ratings : 0

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