History

AWTA's history is synomonous with the transformation of wool production, marketing, valuing and processing from a reliance on subjective appraisal to objective systems of assessment. AWTA Ltd, and its objective Raw Wool measurement services, has played...

Donations to diabetes charity

The sale of fleeces donated by participants of the Australian Fleece Competition have raised more than $11,000 for Diabetes Australia. In its 16th year, the fleeces donated by participants of the Australian Fleece Competition have raised more than...

Wool for Future Markets

The 87th annual Congress of the IWTO concluded 16 May in Hong Kong, with 250+ wool textile industry professionals from around the world in attendance. Communicating wool's environmental credentials emerged as one of the key themes of the event. As wool...

Key Test Data - Season 2013-14 (RTF)

Resources

AWTA regularly produces publications and resource material to assist and provide information to the Wool Industry in its day to day business with the Company, and to provide material to inform the industry about the Company and the services it...

Dark & Medullated Fibre

The Dark Fibre Testing service offered by AWTA is targeted at white-wool growers who are attempting to manage contamination from exotic sheep breeds, or who wish to monitor the contamination in lots carrying a high risk of contamination. Two...

TOPMARK Benchmarking

batches against the overall pool of data and identify areas where improvements can be made. Participation is very simple, with mills providing AWTA with greasy wool test information on their batches as well as their own processing test data. We collate...

Premium Yield Test

Occasionally clients with an urgent requirement for test results can be frustrated by small delays in the issuing of test results due to the need to perform the testing of additional sub-samples or “check-testing”. This happens more frequently with...

Wool ComfortMeter Video Available

A video demonstrating the features and benefits of using the Wool ComfortMeter is now available. The Wool ComfortMeter is an instrument capable of objectively measuring the comfort of garments when worn next to skin, in particular garments containing...

FAWO Launches Australian Wool Industry Medal

FAWO Announces New Industry Initiative The Federation of Australian Wool Organisations Inc. (FAWO) has announced the launch of the Australian Wool Industry Medal to recognise men and women who have made an exceptional and sustained contribution to the...

Seasonal conditions hold back wool production

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2017/18 will reach 338 mkg greasy. This is a 0.6% decline from the levels in 2016/17 and is largely the result of more difficult seasonal conditions...

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Australian wool production forecast to fall in 2018/19 due to tough season

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has updated its forecast for the 2018/19 season to 322 mkg greasy. This is a 5.7% decline on the Committee’s shorn wool production estimate of 341 mkg greasy for the 2017/18 season. The fall reflects...

Australian Fleece Competition 2013

Entries are currently being sought for the 13th Australian Fleece Competition, a feature event at this year's Australian Sheep and Wool Show to be held in Bendigo, Victoria from 16 - 21 July 2013. Typically over 400 fleeces are entered in this national...

AWTA Ltd

group, comprises of 3 operating divisions in Australia (AWTA Raw Wool, AWTA Product Testing and Agrifood Technology), its wholly owned subsidiary NZWTA Ltd and its joint venture, JinAo Testing Company. AWTA Ltd has expanded its agricultural service...

Services

and certifying the yield, fibre diameter, vegetable matter content, staple length and staple strength of greasy wool before it is sold. Our key services can be categorised as: Wool Sampling Wool Testing Research & Development Certification & Reporting...

Yield & Fibre Diameter

Wool's key service is the independent sampling, testing and certifying of the Yield and Fibre Diameter of greasy wool before it is sold. Prior to the measurment of Yield and Fibre Diameter, a representative sample must be obtained. A core sample is...

Dark & Medullated Fibre Risk Scheme

Australian Merino wool has enjoyed a high reputation and price premium for more than one hundred years because it produced wool tops with low levels of dark and medullated fibre contamination. Recently, early and later stage processors of Australian...

IWTO Combined Certificates & OMLs

the requirments specified in a contract. These documents are also used to authorise payments by banks issuing letters of credit. Consignments often consist of numerous sale lots purchased according to the contract specifications. As it is not cost...

AWTA Melbourne Laboratory – Shift Closing

three shifts to staff the laboratory. From Monday, 6th April 2014 the AWTA Melbourne laboratory will permanently close its night shift operation, redeploying affected staff to other shifts. This will mean that the Melbourne laboratory will close at...

Washing Wool Made Easy

In nature, wool survives the toughest tests. And then, The Woolmark Company tests it again. And so, the latest campaign to be launched by The Woolmark Company is washable wool, with the tagline Tested by Nature; Tested by us. The main purpose of the...

AWTA Introduces new Mulesing Reports

Status Report has been introduced which expands upon the Mulesing information displayed on AWTA Combined Certificates. It has been introduced to assist companies along the wool supply chain by summarising the mulesing status of components of a...