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Fisher Textiles receives three PRINTING United Alliance 2025 Pinnacle Awards
July 10th, 2025
Image: Fisher Textiles Fisher Textiles, a digital printing fabric supplier and PRINTING United Alliance corporate supplier member, announced that the company has received three 2025 Pinnacle Awards, recognizing the company’s accomplishments in the Media—Textile— Canvas, Media—Textile—Flag, and Media—Textile—Framing Systems (Backlit) categories. The GF4303 Eco Canvas, winner of Media—Textile—Canvas, is a U.S.-made 65% polyester/35% cotton blend […]
Recover and TextileGenesis launch pilot to verify supply chain integrity of recycled materials
July 9th, 2025
Image: Recover™/TextileGenesis™ Recover™, a global producer of recycled cotton and cotton-blend fibers, has announced a collaboration with TextileGenesis™, a Lectra company, to digitally track its recycled waste materials across the textile value chain. The pilot program will trace Recover’s recycled cotton and polycotton from fiber production to finished garments. Two representative styles were selected to […]
Rhode Island Governor signs PFAS ban act into law
July 8th, 2025
Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee has signed into law an act that bans the manufacture, sale and distribution in the state of firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) containing intentionally added PFAS beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Under the act, entitled An Act Relating to Health and Safety: Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, "'intentionally added PFAS' […]
Better Cotton names Nick Weatherill new CEO
July 8th, 2025
Image: Better Cotton Better Cotton, a global cotton sustainability initiative, has announced the appointment of Nick Weatherill as its new CEO. Weatherill was the former executive director of the International Cocoa Initiative, where he led efforts to drive scalable solutions across the cocoa supply chain. He replaces Alan McClay, who has been leading the not-for-profit […]
ATA accepting applications for advisory board and member group positions
July 7th, 2025
Advanced Textile Association (ATA) members and staff rely on engaged advisory boards and councils to help guide programming and initiatives. Below are the openings for ATA's Divisions and Groups, all for three-year terms. Applications are due Fri., Aug. 22, 2025. Open positions ATA Canada: 2 openings Fabric Structures Association (FSA): 4 openings Emerging Technologies Council (ETC): 3 […]
Minnesota to delay PFAS reporting deadline
July 7th, 2025
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has announced it will extend the upcoming reporting deadline under the state’s PFAS-in-Products law. As currently written, the law requires manufacturers of intentionally added PFAS-containing products in the state to report detailed information to the MPCA—including the type of PFAS used and its purpose in the product—by Jan. 1, […]
Automated, chemical-free filter cleaning
July 7th, 2025
The closed filtration and cleaning system was built to eliminate risks of injury or fire associated with conventional filters and cleaning methods. Photo: BB Engineering GmbH The COBRA filter was specially developed for demanding filtration tasks with high levels of contamination, particularly in PET recycling. The filter has two inserts with automated switchover capabilities for […]
Lenzing appoints Georg Kasperkovitz COO, member of managing board
July 7th, 2025
Image: Lenzing AG The supervisory board of Lenzing AG has appointed Georg Kasperkovitz as a member of the managing board and chief operating officer (COO) of Lenzing AG. Kasperkovitz brings more than 15 years of experience in various management functions in Europe, North America and Asia. During his career, Kasperkovitz has held positions including Business […]
Lawrence Fabric & Metal Structures promotes Marshall Tucker to vice president of operations
July 3rd, 2025
Marshall Tucker, Lawrence's new vice president of operations. Image: Lawrence Fabric & Metal Structures Lawrence Fabric & Metal Structures, St. Louis, Mo., has announced the promotion of Marshall Tucker to vice president of operations. Tucker joined Lawrence in 2017 as a project manager and later moved to the sales team in 2022. As vice president […]
Universal Fiber Systems appoints Jonathan Craig new CEO
July 3rd, 2025
Image: Universal Fiber Systems Universal Fiber Systems℠ LLC has announced the appointment of Jonathan Craig as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Craig brings more than 15 years of executive leadership experience in the polymers industry to the role. Craig succeeds Marc Ammen, who is retiring after over 15 years as CEO and 25 years […]