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NCTO announces 2024 officer elections
May 9th, 2024
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), has announced the results of its officer elections for fiscal year 2024. NCTO has elected Charles Heilig, president of Parkdale Mills, as chairman; and Chuck Hall, president and CEO of Barnet, as vice chairman. In addition to the appointment of a new chairman and vice chairman, NCTO elected […]
Manufacturing Solutions Center announces M1 programming training for Stoll knitting machines
May 8th, 2024
The Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC) at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, N.C., announced that it will provide M1 programming training for Stoll Flatbed Knitting machines May 20–24 to individuals interested in learning about flatbed knitting or improving their knitting skills. Class size is limited and is structured to the individual needs of attendees. Core […]
MycoWorks welcomes Ginevra Boralevi to the leadership team as director of communications
May 7th, 2024
MycoWorks, a biotechnology company based in Emeryville, Calif., has announced the appointment of Ginevra Boralevi as director of communications. A Paris-based expert with 20 years of experience in luxury communications, Boralevi is joining MycoWorks from Eric Bompard, having led marketing and communications prior for major luxury groups in different sectors including Dom Pérignon and Panerai (Richemont Group). Boralevi holds a degree […]
Standard Textile recognized as a U.S. Best Managed Company Gold Standard winner
May 6th, 2024
Standard Textile, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced that it was selected as a 2024 U.S. Best Managed Company Gold Standard winner. Now in its fifth year, the award, sponsored by Deloitte* Private and The Wall Street Journal, recognizes the achievements of U.S. private companies and the successes of their management teams. "We're honored to be named […]
Lightest synthetic fiber expands features
May 6th, 2024
Quantum’s Innegra, the lightest synthetic fiber commercially available, is now offered in an expanded denier range from 430 to 3800 and in new custom solution-dyed colors, yarns and fabrics. Quantum’s Innegra, the lightest synthetic fiber commercially available, is now offered in an expanded denier range from 430 to 3800 and in new custom solution-dyed colors, […]
AATCC announces 2024 student chapter award winners
May 3rd, 2024
Every year, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) student chapters name a graduating senior to be recognized for academic achievement and contribution to the chapter, school and society. This year AATCC presented the 11 awardees with a certificate, copy of the book Color Vision and Technology and an official AATCC graduation cord. […]
Meijer donates $250,000 to Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center
May 2nd, 2024
Meijer announced a $250,000 donation to the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC), a Detroit-based national nonprofit organization. ISAIC focuses on training the next generation of textile and apparel manufacturing industry talent through a curriculum that combines technical skills, soft skills and digital literacy. ISAIC launched in 2020 to tackle two major challenges in the sewn goods industry: […]
Archroma and Cotton Incorporated renew 8-year collaboration
May 1st, 2024
Archroma, a global specialty chemicals company based in Prattein, Switzerland, and Cotton Incorporated, a non-profit cotton research and marketing company in Cary, N.C., announced the renewal of an eight-year collaboration to accelerate the shift to a more circular cotton economy. The two organizations began working together in 2016 when Cotton Incorporated approached Archroma intending to […]
Danish art studio makes, exhibits bio-based materials
May 1st, 2024
Bonnie Hvillum, founder of Natural Material Studio. Image: Natural Material Studio/Johannes Berger Natural Material Studio (NMS), founded in 2019, is a multidisciplinary art studio in Copenhagen, Denmark, that operates at the cross-section of art, design, research and architecture with its installations, consultancy and commissions centered on the principles of circular design using bio-based materials, including […]
Movie screens upcycled into lamps, furniture
May 1st, 2024
Designer Haneul Kim created lighting and furniture from a movie screen that was being discarded. The small table lamp has a circumference of 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) and is 21 centimeters (8.3 inches) high. He also created a lamp style (below) in homage to Mario Botta’s Shogun Tavolo lamp. Images: Haneul Kim/Donghyi Kim If you build […]