While price for wool is currently a poor indicator of value, Dad
is optimistic about Merino Wool. Last year he visited Schneiders'
new woollen mill near Shanghai in China and spent the day with Giovanni
Schneider. According to Giovanni there is an excellent market for
wool in that 17 to 19.5 micron in men's and women's suiting. Why?
Because it's light weight, it drapes well and it has a long life.
We know this is a fact because we followed two of our clips through
to the men's suiting stage and Toabo and Wool Tech sent us samples
of the cloth made from our wool.
Giovanni also pointed out that the growers increased the fine and
superfine wool clip threefold but have not adequately promoted it
to take up the increased output. We need to tell the rest of the world
that our fine wools are a premier product for an environmentally concerned
world. Wool is a renewable, natural energy source. And it beats wearing
converted compressed chicken feathers and waste rice straw - current
environmental research projects in USA. Surely we can innovatively
market our stunning wool fibre.
James Walker
Sept 06
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