Vomela acquires Moss

December 22, 2025  |  Industry News

On Dec. 16, The Vomela Companies announced the acquisition of Moss Inc. As part of the acquisition, Vomela will merge its Fusion events business unit into Moss, which will operate under the unified name Moss, A Vomela Company, to be led by its president and CEO Jason Popp. With 1,600 employees at 20…
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Playful, sophisticated patterns

December 22, 2025  |  Products

The Best in Show collection features a textile trio of patterns—Perrito, Haberdash and Brushed Canvas—that combine sophistication with playfulness.
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Geosynthetics Conference 2027 call for proposals opens

December 22, 2025  |  News

Mark your calendars and start making your plans to be part of the technical program at Geosynthetic Conference 2027, Feb. 21-24, 2027 in Reno, Nev. 
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President Trump signs National Defense Authorization Act

December 19, 2025  |  Industry News, News

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Dec. 18. The U.S. Senate and House passed the act earlier this month, following the reconciliation of the House and Senate versions of the bill in a conference committee. The final NDAA retains the Simp…
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Registration opens for 2026 Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference

December 18, 2025  |  Industry News, News

Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) has announced that early bird registration is open for its 2026 Advancements in Manufacturing Technologies Conference. The conference will take place on Tues., April 14, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. The event will be hosted at the Columbus …
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RTI International, LOOM Carbon announce research collaboration

December 18, 2025  |  Industry News, News

RTI International, an independent scientific research institute, and LOOM Carbon have announced a strategic research collaboration. The partnership will enable the scaling of LOOM’s proprietary thermal chemical recycling platform, which turns non-recycled and hard-to-recycle textile waste into su…
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SuperCircle raises $24 million series A to scale retail waste management operating system

December 17, 2025  |  Industry News, News

SuperCircle, a textile waste management platform for retail brands, announced that the company has received $24 million in Series A funding led by Foundry. Other investors included BBG Ventures, Renewal Fund and Elemental Impact. The funding will allow SuperCircle to expand its artificial intelligen…
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AFFOA product accelerator program accepting project proposals

December 16, 2025  |  Industry News, News

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) announced the third round of its Product Accelerator for Functional Fabrics (PAFF 3.0). The program provides U.S textile manufacturers and startups access to AFFOA’s technical expertise and resources, with AFFOA covering labor costs enabled by gov…
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