{"id":1322,"date":"2014-05-12T06:45:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T06:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awta.swim.net.au\/news\/launch-for-prickle-factor-meters\/"},"modified":"2014-05-12T06:45:52","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T06:45:52","slug":"launch-for-prickle-factor-meters","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/awta.swim.net.au\/fr\/news\/launch-for-prickle-factor-meters\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch for &#8216;prickle factor&#8217; meters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International woollen mills and garment makers are expected to be among the first to place orders for new instruments that can measure the prickle factor in wool.<\/p>\n<p>The wool comfort and handle meters have been developed by the Sheep Co-operative Research Centre over several years and were commercially launched on Friday. They will be licensed and sold by the Australian Wool Testing Authority.<\/p>\n<p>David Tester, the wool program leader with the Sheep CRC, says there&#8217;s strong interest in the instruments in international markets. &#8220;We do have companies overseas that are waiting for this day to be able to put an order in to AWTA,&#8221; Mr Tester said. &#8220;I&#8217;d be hopeful that within the next week or so we will see orders coming in for machines. &#8220;The one that is definitely going to be the first to order &#8230; they do the knitting and the garment making and they also are an online retailer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"\/app\/images\/David%20Tester.jpg\" width=\"536\" height=\"356\" alt=\"David Tester, from the Sheep CRC, and Brenda McGahan, of Australian Country Spinners, inspect the Wool Comfort Meter.\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo: David Tester, from the Sheep CRC, and Brenda McGahan, of Australian Country Spinners, inspect the Wool Comfort Meter. (Cath McAloon)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2d2d2d;\"><strong>Web Link to full article:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-05-12\/nrn-wool-comfort\/5447038\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-05-12\/nrn-wool-comfort\/5447038<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Original Article: By Catherine McAloon, ABC Rural, 12\/05\/2014<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International woollen mills and garment makers are expected to be among the first to place orders for new instruments that can measure the prickle factor in wool. The\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-1322","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awta.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awta.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awta.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awta.swim.net.au\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}