Providing accurate chemical information to customers

June 1, 2010  |  Industry News

By law, chemical suppliers must provide customers in the U.S. textile industry Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to inform them of chemical composition and safety requirements for handling and use. However, textile companies often need to request information not included in the MSDS, which arrives …
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Nonwovens production grows in China

June 1, 2010  |  Industry News

Chinese domestic production of nonwoven fabrics for disposable and durable uses reached 667,600 tons in 2008, and a new report from the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) projects that amount to reach 1.1 million tons by 2013. INDA’s 66-page report, “China Nonwoven Indus…
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U.N. funds jute projects in India, Bangladesh

June 1, 2010  |  Geosynthetics, Industry News

The United Nations established the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) as a financial entity supporting projects in developing countries, and the CFC awarded two million dollars to a five-year project to develop jute geotextiles in India and Bangladesh. The raw materials are plentiful and renewable, a…
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Flip-flop sandals design contest

May 27, 2010  |  Industry News

Condé Systems has announced a SubliSandals™ Design Contest, a result of the SubliSandals’ success as a new product in the dye-sublimation transfer industry. The sandals have become very popular with digital decorators wanting to create fun, unique and stylish photo-quality flip-fl…
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Free samples program for 303 Products

May 26, 2010  |  Industry News

Free consumer samples at the point of sale are excellent sales drivers, according to Fred Scuncio, vice president of sales for 303 Products Inc. The company has announced their FREE SAMPLES program for retail locations in the U.S. and Canada selling 303 Patio Furniture Protectant™, with the fi…
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Learn how to make shade sails

May 25, 2010  |  Industry News

The Shade Sail Workshop Series, sponsored by Polyfab USA LLC, will assist attendees to learn the techniques of design, fabrication and installation of shade sails, with U.S. industry experts and guests from Australia. The workshops will be held at fabricator shops, to allow participants to experienc…
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American Textile History Museum celebrates 50th anniversary

May 20, 2010  |  Industry News

On Sunday, May 23, 2010, the American Textile History Museum (ATHM), Lowell, Mass., will have a free open house to celebrate its 50th anniversary: from spinning wheels to space gloves, from hand looms to nanotechnology. The museum’s mission: to tell America’s story through the art, histo…
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Cleaning up Gulf oil with cotton?

May 19, 2010  |  Industry News

The same Texas-Tech-created nonwoven cotton technology that keeps soldiers safe from chemical and biological warfare agents may also serve as an effective sponge for sopping up oil that has polluted the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar, supervisor of the Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laborato…
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Secant Medical expands manufacturing capacity

May 18, 2010  |  Industry News

Secant Medical™, an industry leader in design, development, and custom manufacturing services for biomedical textiles, has announced that it has expanded its manufacturing capacity by adding a 40,000–square–foot facility in Quakertown, Pa., to support current and future business gr…
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Knoepfler named recipient of AATCC’s Millson Award for Invention

May 14, 2010  |  Industry News

Knoepfler named recipient of AATCC’s Millson Award for Invention Knoepfler named recipient of AATCC’s Millson Award for Invention AATCC has named Nestor Beyer Knoepfler as the posthumous recipient of the Henry E. Millson Award for Invention for his work on developing flame–retardan…
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