KARL MAYER names Axel Wintermeyer president of Warp Knitting Business Unit

August 7, 2025  |  Company News, News

KARL MAYER has announced that Axel Wintermeyer has been named the president of its Warp Knitting Business Unit. Wintermeyer has been with the company for 29 years, beginning in machinery sales before taking over as vice president of sales at KARL MAYER’s subsidiary, Chemnitz. From 2014–2020,…
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AATCC accepting proposals for textile research funding

August 5, 2025  |  Company News, News

The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced that the association is accepting textile research proposals to be considered for funding through the AATCC Foundation Student Research Support Grant Program. Research proposals may be submitted by undergraduate and gra…
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Goldwin Play Earth Fund invests in Ambercycle

August 4, 2025  |  Company News, News

The Goldwin Play Earth Fund (GW-PEF), co-managed by Goldwin Venture Partners Inc. and Ignition Point Venture Partners Inc., has announced a strategic investment in Ambercycle Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif.-based material innovation company. Ambercycle is decarbonizing the global apparel sector with it…
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Standard Textile appoints Frank Kerley vice president of Textile Division

July 30, 2025  |  Company News, News

Standard Textile Co. Inc. has announced the appointment of Frank Kerley as vice president of its Textile Division. In this role, Kerley will lead one of the company’s core businesses, with oversight of strategic direction, growth initiatives and operational performance across its health care and h…
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Spiber announces partnerships with Manifattura Sesia and Achille Pinto

July 28, 2025  |  Company News, News

Spiber, Yamagata, Japan, producer of Brewed Protein™ fiber, has announced partnerships with two Italian textile mills, Manifattura Sesia S.r.l. and Achille Pinto S.p.A. “We are very proud of the results achieved with the development of our new yarn: T-Gen, short for Technological Generation Yarn…
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Reju announces partnership with Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems

July 25, 2025  |  Company News, News

Reju™ and Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems have announced a partnership to scale textile recycling in the U.K. further. Circle-8 will provide Reju’s future European Regeneration Hubs with feedstock supply from post-consumer textile waste processed through its digitized Automated Textile Sorting a…
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Scott Blackadar joins Hyosung as personal health care global leader

July 23, 2025  |  Company News, News

Hyosung, manufacturer of the CREORA® Spandex and regen™ brands, has announced the appointment of Scott Blackadar as its new personal health care global leader. Blackadar will direct the company’s global sales team in the promotion of Hyosung’s specialty fibers in the personal health care mark…
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SBTi calls for companies to help revise the Corporate Net-Zero Standard

July 18, 2025  |  Company News, News

The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has announced that it is seeking any size corporation based in any location to help draft the Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2, a revised version of the original standard created in 2021. Since 2021, the SBTi’s Corporate Net-Zero Standard has supported mor…
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Fire-Dex appoints new chief information officer

July 17, 2025  |  Company News, News

Fire-Dex, a personal protective equipment manufacturer for first responders, has announced the appointment of Ben Pfahl as its new chief information officer (CIO). As CIO, Pfahl will lead Fire-Dex’s enterprise technology strategy and oversee the information technology (IT) team as it aims to acce…
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