More wool in British carpets
NZPA London The use of wool for woven carpets dropped slightly in Britain last year but consumption by floor coverings rose sharply, according to the International Wool Secretariat. It was delighted with the year’s 30 per cent jump in consumption for tufted carpets. “It bears out what we have been saying for many years — high quality carpets can be produced on the tufting system,” said Mr John Wilcox. the secretariat’s director for North-West Europe. According to official British figures, the amount | of wool used by woven- i carpet manufacturers in : 1976 was 33.4 M kilograms, against 34M kilograms the previous year. Total fibre consumption was slightly up, from 107.4 M kilograms in 1975 to 108 M kilograms. Although nylon remained by far the most popular fibre for tufted carpets —31.8 M kilograms of a total of 57.9 M kilograms — wool took second place over acrylic for the first time. The amount of wool consumed rose from 5.8 M kilograms to 7.6 M kilograms, lifting its market share from 10.3 per cent of total fibre usage in 1975 to 13.1 per cent last year. Acrylic’s share dropped slightly to 11 per cent. .
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Press, 25 May 1977, Page 28
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