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Textile-to-textile recyclers form T2T Alliance
April 3rd, 2025
Image: T2T Alliance Textile-to-textile (T2T) recyclers Circ, Circulose, RE&UP and Syre have collaborated to form the T2T Alliance. The alliance will unite stakeholders and advocate for the textile sector within European Union (EU) policy and beyond. The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) is a 2025 textile policy that will introduce new market-entry ecodesign requirements […]
Acme Mills partners with Vietnam producers to expand nonwoven textiles offerings
April 2nd, 2025
Image: Acme Mills Acme Mills, a textile manufacturer based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., has announced a partnership with producers in Vietnam to expand its nonwoven textile offerings. This move addresses evolving global trade challenges, such as ongoing tariff concerns with China, allowing Acme Mills to continue delivering cost-effective, high-quality materials to its clients. As the […]
President Trump imposes 25% tariff on automobile imports beginning April 3
April 1st, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 27 imposing a 25% tariff on automobile imports to the U.S., beginning April 3. Currently, the tariff will only apply to automobiles, but a process for including automobile parts is being developed. Automobiles covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement qualify for "preferential tariff treatment," where they can […]
The Mitchell Group achieves novel hydrolysis rating for polyurethane fabrics
April 1st, 2025
Image: The Mitchell Group The Mitchell Group, Niles, Ill., has announced that its Sta-Kleen Polyurethane and Sta-Kleen Polycarbonate fabrics now hold the highest hydrolysis ratings for polyurethane fabrics. Recent hydrolysis tests for the fabrics have returned novel results, setting a new benchmark for durability and performance in the performance textiles market. The hydrolysis test measures the resistance […]
2025 Specialty Fabrics Showcase
April 1st, 2025
Awnings, marine upholstery, furniture, banners and signs, and more: Regardless of the end product, the specialty fabrics your business needs may have to perform in harsh conditions while still looking good and fitting into a client’s budget. For our annual showcase, more than 25 companies shared their newest specialty textiles. We’ve organized the materials into […]
Church members help raise a new fabric roof in Lomé, Togo
April 1st, 2025
A new fabric roof for a church in Lomé, Togo. Image: Dunn Lightweight Architecture Where there’s a will, there’s a way. A new 2-ton roof was hoisted and assembled for New Life Evangelical Church in Lomé, Togo, in West Africa, with the help of a crew of 14 community and church members. To streamline the […]
Innovation in adaptive apparel
April 1st, 2025
Joe & Bella’s CareZips® pants feature extra-long side zippers that run down to the knee and an inner-thigh zipper that allows for easy access to medical devices like a catheter or colostomy bag. Image: Joe & Bella Today’s adaptive apparel brands are more attractive, wearable and functional than ever before thanks to customer-responsive and thoughtful […]
Positive recruiting practices
April 1st, 2025
Image: Dreamstime.com/© Fizkes As the recruiting manager for Made in the Shade Tent Rentals, I embody the first hurdle on the road to employment. If 100 people apply for one job, close to a quarter will make it to the first interview with me over the phone. Of that quarter, fewer than half will make […]
Textile waste to wealth
April 1st, 2025
Recovered waste from blow room (pictured) and carding areas can be recovered and turned into usable fiber for additional profit, such as comber noil, which is regularly used as recycled fiber in open-end yarn spinning to make home textiles. Image: Dreamstime.com/© Grafoo Reducing waste lessens Earth’s environmental burden and landfill problem, but it also can […]
Storm Creek reduces plastic waste, gives back to community
April 1st, 2025
Storm Creek’s showroom in Eagan, Minn., which is open twice a year to the public. Image: Storm Creek Storm Creek, an apparel brand based in Eagan, Minn., is committed to reducing plastic waste through upcycling plastic bottles into clothing items. The company sources plastic bottles from postconsumer waste that are broken down into plastic flakes, […]