Association leads session to define ‘green’

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Manufacturers and retailers are eager for guidance about what constitutes “green,” according to the International Oeko-Tex Association, which led an interactive session on the issue at the Lenzing Innovation Authentic Green symposium at TexWorld USA in New York in January. “Textile ecology is …
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ARA Insurance Services gets high marks

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

The American Rental Association (ARA) received the strongest performance reviews to date in its most recent customer satisfaction survey for ARA Insurance Services (AIS), its wholly owned insurance subsidiary. About 200 AIS insured customers were polled Nov. 11-21, 2007. Those polled represented a m…
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Midwest merger forms new fabric association

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Two Midwest zones agreed to band together to form a new fabric association, and more than 160 people from 75 companies met in St. Louis at the annual Tri-Zone convention. Attendees from Mid-America 8, Upper Midwest and Zone 7 gathered Jan. 30-Feb. 1 to learn, share ideas and information, and shore u…
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Atkins & Pearce develops engineered textile innovations

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Atkins & Pearce’s “Science-in-Motion” exhibit, which will be at IFAI’s Expo 2008 in Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 21–23, represents textile-based technologies and capabilities developed by the company’s research and development department. These will include out-of-the-box concepts designed …
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Cotton matrix becomes ‘Roads’ warrior

May 1, 2008  |  Geosynthetics, Industry News

Better Roads magazine recognized HydraCX2® Cotton Fiber Reinforced Matrix, a hydraulically applied erosion-control product, as one of its Top Rollouts for 2007. The cotton hydromulch products were developed by North American Green, Evansville, Ill., from cotton-ginning byproducts. “Cotton by natu…
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India invests in cotton textiles

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

From 2000 B.C., India has made art and commerce out of cotton textiles, and it is this expertise that may lead India’s resurgence in exports of high-end cotton textiles, knitwear and hosiery, according to Hari Sud, former vice president of C-I-L Inc. and investment strategies analyst. China is the…
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Spanish textile group Inditex expands in Asia

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

The Spanish textile group Inditex, which markets the Zara clothing brand, will set up operations in Seoul, South Korea, to boost growth, the company announced in February. The group wants to see Asia account for 15 percent of its sales by 2009, up from 8.9 percent in 2006. Inditex opened an outlet i…
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NCTO advocates currency legislation

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) joined other trade and industry groups in calling for legislation to curb Chinese currency manipulation that is hurting U.S. markets. “Congress must quickly pass currency legislation and give our companies and their workers the ability to defend…
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South Africa declines clothing and textile agreement with EU

May 1, 2008  |  Industry News

Citing unreasonable demands by the European Union (EU), South Africa and Namibia pulled out of an economic partnership agreement that would have eased the movement of clothing and textile products into European markets. The existing African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA), under which African co…
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Textronics patents textile-based electrode system

May 1, 2008  |  Advanced Textiles, Industry News

Wearable sensor technology is in vogue among athletes in all disciplines, and Textronics Inc., Wilmington, Del., has been awarded a patent for its textile-based electrode system by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The stretchy electrodes are incorporated into garments to comfortably monitor the…
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