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Nonwovenn announces target to achieve net zero by 2035
December 16th, 2024
Prabhat Mishra, director of sustainability at Nonwovenn, receiving the Green Apple Environment Awards certificate of achievement. Image: Nonwovenn Nonwovenn, a fabric products manufacturer based in the U.K., announced its goal of achieving net zero by 2035. The announcement follows Nonwovenn's implementation of various eco-friendly policies across its operations over the last two years. Nonwovenn reports […]
Health care furniture fabric
December 16th, 2024
Trelleborg's Dartex® END464-E fabric in Pumpkin. Photo: Trelleborg Engineered. Trelleborg Engineered Coated Fabrics has launched a new fabric collection from its Dartex® Endurance range for health care seating. The new Dartex® END464-E fabric collection is crafted for the health care furniture sector, providing excellent durability and resilience against harsh chemical cleaning agents. This innovative fabric […]
Clothing 2.0, The Marena Group partner to assist patients in post-surgical recovery
December 13th, 2024
Clothing 2.0, a biotechnology company based in Conover, N.C., and The Marena Group LLC, a provider of medical-grade post-surgical compression garments based in Lawrenceville, Ga., announced they have partnered to produce garments to assist patients undergoing invasive and minimally invasive aesthetic and plastic surgery procedures. This partnership between Clothing 2.0 and The Marena Group creates […]
Soft N Dry Diapers appoints Julia Turley to head of channel sales for the U.S. and Mexico
December 12th, 2024
Soft N Dry Diapers Corp.™ and Soft N Dry de México, a global tree-free disposable baby diapers manufacturer, announced the appointment of Julia Turley as head of mass channel/channel sales for the U.S. and Mexico. Turley will lead the company's Retail Consumer Connection Program, which is designed to help mass retailers integrate sustainable TreeFree Diaper™ products into their private label lines. Turley joins Soft N […]
MMI Textiles Inc. acquires Jason Mills LLC
December 11th, 2024
MMI Textiles Inc., a global supplier of industrial and custom fabrics and textile components with military, tactical, medical, commercial, and apparel expertise, has acquired Jason Mills LLC, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of knit textiles. Effective Jan. 2, 2025, the acquisition will immediately expand the MMI Textiles product line. "We have had the privilege of working […]
Milliken & Company receives 2024 EcoVadis gold rating
December 11th, 2024
Milliken & Company, a global flooring, textiles, chemicals and health care products manufacturer based in Spartanburg, S.C., announced that it earned a gold rating on its 2024 EcoVadis assessment. EcoVadis provides sustainability ratings for more than 130,000 organizations representing more than 220 industries. Milliken's 2024 EcoVadis score, assessed across its chemical, textile, flooring and health […]
New Zealand backyard shade sail solution
December 10th, 2024
The clients for this project asked for a shade sail to cover their north-west facing courtyard. The solution from SunCraft NZ, Ltd., won an Award of Excellence in the Commercial Awnings & Canopies category of the 2024 Advanced Textiles Association International Achievement Awards. It was important for the clients to have a solution that provided […]
H&M Foundation funds CGR report about circularity, decarbonization in the textile industry
December 10th, 2024
A new report, the Circularity Gap Report (CGR) Textiles, authored by Circle Economy and funded by the H&M Foundation, provides an in-depth view of the current circularity in clothing and textiles. The CGR Textiles urges immediate action to reduce the textile industry's environmental impact by embracing circular economy principles such as reuse, recycling and slow fashion. The […]
EAGS 2024 held in Tai’an, Shandong
December 10th, 2024
By Flora Xu, ATA China Representative In order to discuss the future sustainable development of geosynthetics and grasp the development trends of global geosynthetics, the 3rd EurAsian Geosynthetics Symposium (EAGS·2024) was held in Tai'an, Shandong Province on November 22, 2024. The conference was organized by the China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA), and the […]
Pneumatic saw and clamp
December 9th, 2024
This saw is ideally suited for the onsite fabrication of ships and other large structures. Photo: ESCO Tool. The ESCO APS-438 Air-Powered Saw and Quick-Clamp is a pneumatic saw and clamp setup that produces a stress-free cut on thick steel plate without the HAZ (heat affect zone) typically caused by torch cutting. The saw sets […]