Auto interior manufacturers to attend conference

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News, Markets

Despite a global recession, manufacturers of auto interiors keep driving forward. In February 2010, many auto interior innovators will be driving to the ims Automotive Interior Conference at the Royal Automobile Club in London, England. Topics being explored at the conference, sponsored by ims Autom…
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South Carolina welcomes textile research firm

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News, Markets

Materials Innovation Technologies, Fletcher, N.C., plans to open a new facility in Florence County, S.C., to expand its development of advanced carbon-fiber textiles for the automotive, aeronautics and defense industries. Governor Mark Sanford welcomed the high-tech company, which plans to begin hir…
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New boat sales sinking

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News, Marine

Spader Business Management, Sioux Falls, S.D., a training and consulting firm, reports that new boat sales dropped 34.2 percent and average total dealership sales declined by 23 percent during the first nine months of 2009. Revenue for pre-owned boats also dropped, but only by 5.2 percent. With boat…
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Employees donate mosquito nets for the holidays

January 1, 2010  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

This year, employees of Insect Shield®, makers of insect-repellent clothing, gave a holiday gift that will keep on giving—donations to provide treated bed nets to Venezuelan indigenous people at risk for malaria and other insect-borne diseases. Insect Shield of Seattle, Wash., uses its EPA…
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Nontoxic alternative to flexible PVC

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News

R&D Magazine honors research and development breakthroughs with the annual R&D 100 Awards, and has recognized FlexOlé™ thermoplastic olefin polymer, an environmentally sustainable alternative to flexible polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Dynamic Modifiers LLC, Atlanta, Ga., makes the no…
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Taiwan meets North Carolina in machinery acquisition

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News

Pai Lung Machinery Mill Company Ltd., Ruei Fang Town, Taiwan, manufactures circular knitting machines, and recently acquired Vanguard Supreme Machine Company, Monroe, N.C., another textile machine manufacturing business. The new joint partnership, Vanguard Pai Lung LLC, will offer a wider product ra…
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PGI extends European presence in global hygiene market

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News

In a further move to increase its presence in the large-volume European market for nonwovens used in hygiene products, Polymer Group Inc. (PGI), Charlotte, N.C., acquired the only manufacturer of spunbond polypropylene nonwovens in Spain from Grupo Corinpa S.L., an investment firm. Tesalca-Texnovo, …
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Terror attacks, fears slow Pakistani exports

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News

Pakistan’s textile industry accounts for two-thirds of the country’s exports, and increasing terror attacks, power outages and limited market access is reportedly scaring away new business. Textile exports fell 11 percent to $2.44 billion in the first three months of 2009. Pakistan is se…
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Cotton and jute markets in India

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News

India’s Union Minister for Textiles, Dayanidhi Maran, has announced that he will seek a temporary ban on cotton export to ensure raw materials for domestic spinning mills. In a speech at the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) in November, Maran acknowledged that the current 1.5 million to…
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Richardson becomes sales director at Aurora

January 1, 2010  |  Industry News

Aurora Specialty Textile Group Inc. has promoted Mike Richardson to the position of director of sales and marketing for the company’s print media collection of fabrics, with direct revenue responsibility for the Northern Lights Printable Textiles™ line. Richardson joined Aurora in Novemb…
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