Malpass honored by AATCC

Howard C. Malpass is this year’s recipient of the AATCC Olney Medal Award. Malpass was recognized for his work on the implementation of pre-reduced indigo and its beneficial impacts in the dyeing, manufacturing and retail industries. Malpass retired in 2014 and is currently consulting part-time for Denim Dyeing Technical Service LLC. He collaborated with Ralph Tharpe of American Cotton Growers Denim Mill and Dean Ethridge of Texas Tech University to win a prestigious Walmart USA Manufacturing Grant to develop a yarn indigo foam dyeing process.