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Glen Raven names Bret Kelley president of Trivantage
July 18th, 2023
Glen Raven Inc., a global leader in performance fabrics, has named Bret Kelley as the next president of its Trivantage LLC distribution business following the retirement of Steve Ellington, on Jan. 1, 2024. Kelley and Ellington, a former ATA (then IFAI) board chairman, will work closely during the transition to provide customers and industry with […]
Milliken welcomes Keese as floor covering business president
July 18th, 2023
Photo: Milliken & Co. Milliken & Company, a diversified global manufacturer with a portfolio of textile, specialty chemical, floor covering and healthcare innovations, named Patrick Keese as its executive vice president and president of Milliken’s Floor Covering Business. Effective July 25, Keese will lead Milliken’s international floor covering operation, spanning four continents and 290 product […]
STA elects Charles Poston president
July 17th, 2023
Charles Poston, market manager of textiles for Klüber Lubrication, Jamestown, N.C., has been elected president of the Southern Textile Association (STA). His election came during the STA Business Breakfast Session of the Joint Annual Meeting of the STA and Fiber Buyers Groups held at The Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort here on June 27. Poston succeeds […]
Better Cotton signs UNECE pledge for traceability, transparency
July 14th, 2023
Better Cotton, the world’s largest cotton sustainability initiative, has signed the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Sustainability Pledge ahead of the launch of its Traceability Solution at the end of 2023. The Sustainability Pledge is an open-source suite of policy recommendations, guidelines and standards that enable industry actors to authenticate their sustainability claims. […]
TMC Ltd. welcomes Timo Pape as director of business development Europe
July 13th, 2023
TMC Ltd, owner of Nuyarn® and Herculan® technologies and a proven innovator in the performance yarn and fabric space, announces today that Timo Pape has joined the company as director business development Europe. An experienced corporate entrepreneur with a track record as a product creator and brand strategist, Timo Pape brings over 20 years of […]
Conagen develops debondable adhesive for textiles and soft materials from natural bioingredients
July 12th, 2023
When more than 92 million tons of textile waste are landfilled annually, new solutions are needed to enable fabric reworking in manufacturing and recycling on a mass scale. Conagen, the biotechnology innovator, announced the development of a groundbreaking debondable textile adhesive made from high-performance materials sourced from sustainable and natural biomolecules. Conagen's debondable adhesive offers a […]
NRF: Imports building toward August peak
July 11th, 2023
Imports cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to climb toward an August peak this summer, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. But even though a tentative contract agreement has been reached at West Coast ports, retailers are closely following labor disputes […]
Highly stretchable fabric
July 10th, 2023
Teijin Frontier’s SOLOTEX® LIBERTE features a unique span-like texture and exceptional stretchability. Teijin Frontier’s SOLOTEX® LIBERTE, a new functional fabric for sportswear and casual wear, features a unique span-like texture and exceptional stretchability. It uses polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) fiber featuring a proprietary low-shrinkage technology and a distinctive yarn processing method that maximizes the properties of […]
MAS Holdings invests in HeiQ AeoniQ
July 10th, 2023
HeiQ AeoniQ™ has been commercialized by Hugo Boss. Photo: Hugo Boss MAS Holdings, a global apparel & textile manufacturing and tech conglomerate, headquartered in Sri Lanka with a global footprint across 16 countries, secures a stake in HeiQ AeoniQ™ as part of its Plan for Change initiative to support the development of next-generation cellulosic filament […]
Consumers unaware clothes cause microplastic pollution
July 7th, 2023
Photo: © David Pereiras Villagra, Dreamstime.com. New consumer research from Cotton Incorporated finds that half of adults surveyed are familiar with microplastic pollution, and fewer are taking action to minimize microplastic pollution when it comes to their clothing choices. The quantitative online survey of 527 U.S. adults found that 49% are familiar with the term […]