OMNOVA receives winning risk assessment

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

The Mogadore, Ohio, OMNOVA Solutions Inc. Performance Chemical facility staff knows a lot about risks and rewards. The plant’s innovative tool to assess the risks associated with manufacturing a product or handling a raw material won OMNOVA a 2007 Award of Excellence in Environmental, Health, Safe…
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Treaty to stimulate U.S.-Belgian trade

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

A new treaty signed in December 2007 reduces the tax bite on the estimated 1,200 U.S. companies doing business in Belgium. It reduces double taxation of income, eliminates barriers to trade and investment, and facilitates movement of capital across the two countries’ borders. Bilateral trade betwe…
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Textile industry grows in India

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

According to FICCI-Technopak, an Indian technical textile industry group, lack of investment and absence of research and development are the only factors hampering potential growth of technical fabrics to a $37 billion industry by 2020. Technical textiles have registered growth of greater than 11 pe…
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Atkins & Pearce introduces new Web site

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

A new Web site introduced recently by Atkins & Pearce, Covington, Ky.,www.atkinsandpearce.com, describes how the company works with customers, aggressively pursues research and development, and applies its expertise to medical, military, agricultural, mining, drilling, power generation, automoti…
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Eastman showcases virtual city on award-winning Web site

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Visit an imaginary city that showcases unique and innovative solutions to building and construction problems at a portal on the Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, Tenn., award-winning Innovation Lab Web site (www.eastmaninnovationlab.com). The portal features dynamic photos, video clips and intera…
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Performance Fibers acquires four INVISTA plants

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Since becoming an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc. in 2004, Performance Fibers, Richmond, Va., has purchased several North American, Asian and European businesses as part of an ongoing growth strategy. The company recently announced its acquisition of INVISTA’s North American tire cord and p…
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3G Mermet expands U.S. operations

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Increasing sales of solar protection fabric and operations scattered among temporary buildings were two of the reasons that 3G Mermet tripled its floor space in its expanded Cowpens, South Carolina, facility. The new 130,000-square-foot building gives the company room to grow and consolidate corpora…
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OptiTex forms global business linkages

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News

OptiTex, Petach Tikva, Israel, recently announced expansions, partnerships and distribution agreements that put the company all over the map. In addition to opening new offices in Belgium and Bangalore, India, OptiTex has developed a partnership with Luidi Design, Los Angeles, Calif., a manufacturer…
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Hill-Rom to offer antimicrobial silver

June 1, 2008  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

Hill-Rom, Batesville, Ind., a manufacturer of medical technologies and surface products, will offer customers the option of antimicrobial silver enhancement for all preventive and therapeutic surfaces by 2009. The company has developed an agreement with NanoHorizons Inc., State College, Penn., to us…
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India’s nonwovens and technical textiles industry expands

June 1, 2008  |  Industry News, Markets

The economy, in particular the losses of manufacturing jobs, currently occupies the center stage in the presidential election campaigns in the U.S.—a dramatic shift from other issues that were considered priorities six months back. Some economic pundits are predicting (or acknowledging) recession.…
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