H&M Foundation funds CGR report about circularity, decarbonization in the textile industry

December 10, 2024  |  Company News, News

 A new report, the Circularity Gap Report (CGR) Textiles, authored by Circle Economy and funded by the H&M Foundation, provides an in-depth view of the current circularity in clothing and textiles. The CGR Textiles urges immediate action to reduce the textile industry’s envi…
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Apex Mills appoints Chris Rojas as assistant plant manager for Apex Aridyne facility

December 5, 2024  |  Company News, News

Apex Mills Corporation Inc., a technical textiles manufacturer based in Inwood, N.Y., has named Chris Rojas as assistant plant manager for the Apex Mills Aridyne facility in Graham, N.C. Rojas brings over a decade of production, process and quality improvement experience in warp and circular knitti…
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Milliken & Company announces investment in Tidal Vision

December 4, 2024  |  Company News, News

Milliken & Company, a global flooring, textiles, chemicals and health care products manufacturer based in Spartanburg, S.C., announced its investment and partnership with Tidal Vision. Tidal Vision is a global biomolecular technologies company. The partnership will introduce biodegradable chem…
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Circulose appoints new chairman of the board and CEO

December 3, 2024  |  Company News, News

Circulose, a Swedish sustainable technology company, has appointed Helena Helmersson as the new chairman of the board, along with Jonatan Janmark as the new CEO. They will be assuming their roles on Dec. 1, 2024. “A challenger like Circulose, with the power to make the textile industry circular, w…
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Jones Family of Companies, ECO Fiber enter joint venture

December 2, 2024  |  Company News, News

Jones Family of Companies Inc., headquartered in Humboldt, Tenn., and ECO Fiber Inc., based in Charlotte, N.C., announced the formation of a joint venture to establish a new company, ECO Fiber Packaging. ECO Fiber Packaging will provide sustainable cold chain packaging solutions and operate as a new…
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Herculite safety initiatives result in two years with no lost time incidents

November 26, 2024  |  Company News, News

Herculite® Products Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance and custom fabrics based in Emigsville, Penn., announced the company has reached two consecutive years with zero loss-time incidents (LTI) as a result of various safety initiatives. “Our associate-driven culture is empowered to work saf…
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SKS acquires Mehler EP plant assets, expands global capacity

November 25, 2024  |  Company News, News

AB Svenskt Konstsilke (SKS), a single-end cords producer for tires and MRG reinforcement in Gothenburg, Sweden, announced the acquisition of the assets from Mehler EP’s 153,500-square-foot Martinsville plant. The equipment will enhance SKS’s production capacity at its facilities in Estonia, Chin…
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Argyle Capital Partners announces investment in ICP

November 22, 2024  |  Company News, News

Argyle Capital Partners, a wealth management firm in Los Angeles, Calif., announced it has invested in International Custom Products Inc. (ICP). The transaction closed in September 2024. Based in Scarborough, Ont., Canada, International Custom Products Inc. has been a market leader in the engineer…
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Yang Zhang awarded $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Science

November 21, 2024  |  Company News, News

Yang Zhang, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University’s (NC State) Wilson College of Textiles, has received a five-year, $1.8 million research award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a sector of the National Institutes of Health. Light, or lack thereof, i…
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SDL Atlas announces acquisition of Mullen Testers

November 20, 2024  |  Company News, News

SDL Atlas, a textile testing instruments and services provider with operations in the U.S. and China, announced the acquisition of Mullen® Testers, the manufacturer of the Mullen Burst Tester, a benchmark for measuring the burst strength of paper, paperboard, nonwovens and textiles. Since its devel…
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