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Elevate Textiles commits to sustainability
January 22nd, 2020
Elevate Textiles has made a commitment to achieve sustainability targets by the year 2025 across its portfolio brands including American & Efird, Burlington, Cone Denim, Gütermann and Safety Components. The company’s 2025 goals include using at least 80 percent sustainably sourced cotton and 50 percent recycled polyester content to produce its products. It will also […]
Jeff Nichols promoted to operations supervisor for Dunlap’s U.S. Thread division
January 21st, 2020
Dunlap Industries Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Jeff Nichols to operations supervisor for its US Thread division. Nichols has worked with US Thread the past 12 years, plus several years part-time during his high school years. He has been an integral part of the company and has performed a variety of responsibilities, […]
BAT opens powder coating plant
January 21st, 2020
BAT has inaugurated a new powder coating plant in its Noventa di Piave, Italy, factory. Equipped with the most modern methods of process control, the new plant ensures the enhancement of the products’ qualitative features and limits the risk of environmental pollution. The plant, in which aluminum or galvanized-iron products will be treated, is equipped […]
YKK wins U.S. Good Design® Award
January 21st, 2020
QuickFree®, a zipper developed by YKK, has been recognized in the “Personal” category of the 2019 Good Design® Awards. Founded in Chicago in 1950 and presented each year by The Chicago Athenaeum, the award is considered the oldest and most prestigious global awards program for design excellence and design innovation. The award honors both products […]
Ehmke Manufacturing Company announces promotions
January 20th, 2020
Ehmke Manufacturing Company Inc., Philadelphia, Penn., has announced the promotion of team members to help implement new business and sales strategies. Glenn Aust will assume the role of president of Ehmke. The role was previously vacant after the retirement of Louis Verna, Jr.in 2001. Aust is responsible for the daily performance of the organization directly […]
Jeff Newkirk Achieves MFC Certification
January 17th, 2020
New Marine Fabricators Association (MFA) Advisory Board member Jeff Newkirk, owner of Precision Custom Canvas Inc., in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, achieved Master Fabrics Craftsman (MFC) certification in Marine in December 2019. This certification recognizes that Newkirk has attained the highest level of expertise in all phases of hands-on product design, craftsmanship and installation for […]
Trade in the cotton market
January 16th, 2020
The United States-China trade deal (Phase 1) signed in January raises hopes for the cotton sector. by Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA On the day when the United States-China trade deal (Phase 1) was signed in Washington, D.C., cotton growers gathered for the Plains Cotton Growers’ Board meeting on Jan. 15 to talk […]
Metcalf STEM+Business Fellowship
January 16th, 2020
The Science and Industry Endowment Fund has engaged Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), to deliver new funding to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Metcalf STEM+ Business Fellowship Program will see 10 early career researchers (ECRs), employed by universities and public research organizations, work full time for two […]
In Memoriam: Brooke H. Duncan II
January 15th, 2020
Brooke Helm Duncan II, a former chairman of the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI), passed away Jan. 13, 2020, at the age of 95. Duncan served on IFAI’s board of directors from 1959-1973, served as chairman (then called president) from 1970-71, and was awarded Honored Life Member status in 1973. A New Orleans native whose […]
Henderson Sewing Machine Co. hosts Department of Commerce officials
January 15th, 2020
From left to right: Frank Henderson, CEO of Henderson Sewing Machine; Lloyd Wood, Deputy Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods and Materials at the U.S. Commerce Department; Bill Jackson, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Textiles in the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) office; Bruce Moore, Henderson’s director of sales and marketing; and Mario Gauna, international sales and […]