The Archive · 1934

Germany Produces New Fabrics

Berlin, Sept. 16.

New bros, destined io compete ]with natural products, such as cotton, wool, and silk, which cannot now be secured owing to the dearth of for-Jeign currencies, have been placed on market by German factories, according to the review "Wirtschaftsring:

"me new products of German coprama." They gated combinations. Thus, the mixture of pure wool with visitra.

The viscous fibre extracted from cellulose of German coniferous timber, gives as the result "wollstra." The mixture of "vista" with rayon ives "silakstra."

According to the author of the article in the review, "vista" is war-jiner and more fleecy than artificial sill, ""Vistra" and "wollstra" can be fused, continues the writer, for the {trimming of all the textiles. Hence-rth German industry will use

according to fashions. The new st sllakatra" for the trimming of stuts created 2 sensation, according to the author, at the Lelpelg Fair 'The' average price of "vista would be RIN. 228 a kilogram, as compared with the price of raw silk, which is RIN. 248.

The author of the article notes the reserved altitude displayed by German public in regard to the substitutes in the garment industry.

Up to now the new products have been mostly used for trimming de-curative and cheap stuffs for holi-

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