Pulcra Chemicals acquires Devan

July 1, 2021  |  Company News, News

Pulcra Chemicals, a specialty chemicals company headquartered in Geretsried, Germany, has acquired Devan. Known for its antimicrobial range BI-OME, Devan recently introduced a wide range of bio-based textile finishes and has a long standing in thermoregulation and flame retardants. Devan has offices…
Beaver Paper Group installs largest robotic arm in U.S.

June 30, 2021  |  Company News, News

Beaver Paper Group, a manufacturer of sublimation media and cut and sew papers, has added one of the largest, state-of-the-art robotic arm and precision perforator to its newly remodeled production division.
Standard Textile and Küçükçalık announce joint venture

June 29, 2021  |  Company News, News

Standard Textile Co. Inc. and Küçükçalık have entered into a joint venture agreement. The agreement brings together the specialized expertise and knowledge of two leading textile manufacturing companies to expand their product portfolio and accelerate growth in the healthcare, hospitality and c…
Saunders joins Champion Thread Company

June 28, 2021  |  Company News, News

Champion Thread Company (CTC), a producer and marketer of industrial sewing threads, engineered yarns and other textile and sewn products accessories, has hired John Saunders as its manufacturing manager. Leveraging decades of industry experience and knowledge, Saunders, a third-generation thread an…
Polartec produces innovation timeline

June 25, 2021  |  Company News, News

Polartec®, a creator of innovative and sustainable textile solutions, has announced the launch of its innovation timeline as part of Polartec’s Peaking Since ‘91 campaign. The timeline begins with the 1981 invention of PolarFleece, highlights the 1991 founding of the Polartec brand and continue…
PFEIFER Structures launches new website

June 24, 2021  |  Company News, News

Starting this month, fabritecstructures.com officially becomes pfeifer-structures.com, the new website for the global PFEIFER Structures brand. The change of website is an important milestone of FabriTec’s incorporation into PFEIFER Structures, the global partner for innovative lightweight structu…
Bostik strengthens its global specialty hot melt solutions platform

June 24, 2021  |  Company News, News

Bostik, a global adhesive leader in the construction, consumer and industrial markets, is aiming to increase its share of the global thermobonding and durable goods market following the expansion of its specialty hot meltsproduct offering.
Marcaccio joins Fil-Tec

June 23, 2021  |  Company News, News

John Marcaccio has joined Fil-Tec Inc. as Director of Business Development for the company’s Berry Compliant Program.
CNH Industrial to acquire Raven Industries

June 22, 2021  |  Company News, News

U.K.-based CNH Industrial N.V. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital stock of Raven Industries Inc., a U.S.-based leader in precision agriculture technology for $58 per share, representing a 33.6% premium to the Raven Industries 4-week volume-weighted average…
Camira launches new brand Camira Knit

June 21, 2021  |  Company News, News

Global textile manufacturer Camira has launched a new brand name for its technical knitting capability: Camira Knit.