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Related Keywords: Angora goat industry, Australian growers, Company manager Cesare Savio, Italian yarn plant, mohair yarn, premium yarn, produce finer mohair, Safil, South Africa, wool and wool blend yarns

Safil, Italy’s biggest worsted yarn plant for wool and wool blend yarns that produces 300 tonnes of mohair yarn each year, but 80 percent of the fibre comes from South Africa's Angora goat industry has shown its interest in buying more Australian mohair.

Company manager Cesare Savio said that if Australian growers can produce finer mohair, they will consider switching suppliers for its premium yarns.
At present, they buy about 5,000 tonnes of wool from Australia for their products, they will also buy mohair from Australia.

Related Keywords: home leisure suit, knitting machine, Moda Futuribile, Pitti Filati trend area, premium yarn, Santoni, seamless knitting machine

Santoni, a Brescia based leader in circular electronic seamless wear knitting machines, one of the key contributors who brings to the table the requisite technological knowledge, and experience that is vital when it comes to producing a mini avant-garde garment capsule collection. Santoni on show in Pitti Filati trend area will be displaying an eye-catching home-leisure suit, described by the company as an “elegant, refined, experimental suit composed of jogging pants and a track-jacket, both knitted with premium yarns in 15G.