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Companies form strategic alliance for textile recycling
September 1st, 2009
Martex Fiber Southern Corp., Spartanburg, S.C., collects and recycles textile waste scraps. So does Bollag International Corp., Charlotte, N.C. The two pioneers in fabric recycling have formed a strategic alliance to expand their customer base and benefit from cost-cutting and environmental trends in fabric businesses. Both Martex and Bollag will offer recycling for cut-and-sew operations, […]
BAT S.p.A. opens BAT USA
September 1st, 2009
BAT S.p.A., an Italian awning manufacturer, is opening BAT USA in Middlebury, Vt., for the production and distribution of awning components. The company also recently purchased Durasol Awnings, also located in Middlebury, Vt., but that part of the business will distribute a different range of finished products and fabrics to the industry. The parent company, […]
Firefighters exempt from wearing high-visibility vests
September 1st, 2009
When the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) promulgated the Worker Visibility Rule (23CFR 634) for first responders operating on roadways, it hadn’t considered that it would be an unnecessary complication for firefighters in turnout gear specially designed to be fire-proof. The Emergency Responder Safety Institute and other firefighter groups asked to be exempted when directly exposed […]
Presco expands into lamination
September 1st, 2009
Presco has completed expansion of its PVC film product line and now offers adhesive-free laminated materials. As a long-time manufacturer of thin-gauge, flexible vinyl films, the company is now able to laminate any material, such as nonwovens, scrims, fabrics and other substrates to high-quality vinyl films. The process introduces the material to be laminated while […]
Tri Vantage acquires Canvas Link™ software programs
September 1st, 2009
Canvas Link™ software helps design awning and sign projects, shows how the design will look and provides accurate estimates to customers. The software fits perfectly into the Tri Vantage plan to market more of its specialty fabrics and hardware for awnings, signs, tents, umbrellas, marine products and other outdoor textile applications. Tri Vantage, Glen Raven, […]
New distributor named for Polyfab shadecloth
September 1st, 2009
Innovative Industrial Solutions Inc. (IIS), Boynton Beach, Fla., will stock and distribute two brands of heavy duty fire-rated knitted HPDE shadecloth for manufacturer Polyfab USA LLC, Manhattan Beach, Calif. With warehouses in Florida and Texas, as well as representation in South Carolina, IIS provides better purchase and delivery options for Polyfab customers. IIS will distribute […]
Duty-free textile imports from Pakistan, Afghanistan
September 1st, 2009
Economy meets diplomacy in the U.S. Congress, with an amendment to a foreign aid bill allowing duty-free import of textiles and apparel products from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZ) in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The amendment authorizes President Barack Obama to designate ROZ if the countries work toward market-based economies, rule of law, fair labor standards […]
Textile growth continues in China
September 1st, 2009
May figures for Chinese industries with annual incomes of more than five million Yuan (approximately $730,000) showed textiles as a continuing lynchpin of economic growth. The textile industry grew 8.3 percent in China, according to fibre2fashion, an online industry Web resource. However, the export of Chinese goods overall decreased by 15 percent, compared to 2008 […]
Geotextile growth projected in India
September 1st, 2009
Economic stability in India has boosted demand for more roads, railways, highways, bridges, canals and dams, and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) projects a 20 percent increase in the geotextile sector based on the boom. Geotextiles enhance design, durability, cost-effectiveness and aesthetics of infrastructure projects, and demand is expected to […]
Vietnamese textile exports recovering
September 1st, 2009
The U.S. and European Union received 70 percent of Vietnam’s garment and textile exports in 2008, but orders dropped sharply in the first four months of 2009. However, Diep Thanh Kiet of the HCM City Association of Garment-Textile Embroidery-Knitting industries says many association members had orders through the summer. Japan is importing more Vietnamese products, […]