Issue: August 2014

Archroma, a specialty chemical company based in Reinach, Switzerland, acquired 49 percent of the shares of M. Dohmen SA, San Vittore, Switzerland, an international producer of textile dyes and chemicals for the automotive, carpet and apparel sectors. Archroma specializes in applications in textiles,…

Highland Industries Inc., a high-performance textile manufacturer in Kernersville, N.C., has invested $8.25 million to establish a 62,000-square-foot composites operation in Statesville, N.C. The new facility will manufacture composite preforms using braiding, standard textile processes and resin tr…

Jacob Holm & Sønner Holding A/S, a Swiss company that manufactures spunlaced nonwoven fabrics, will acquire DuPont’s Sontara business, says Marc Doyle, president of DuPont Protection Technologies. “We are pleased to see the business well-positioned for success in the future as…

BondCote Corp., Pulaski, Va., has announced the launch of the company’s new website, featuring more news updates, access to the company newsletter and product information. According to Paul Riggins, web designer and government sales representative at BondCote, “We want to make sure we ha…

Global Garage LLC, a Louisville, Ky., online marketplace for buying and selling used wide and grand format printing equipment and accessories, recently celebrated the company’s five-year anniversary. Founded in 2009, Global Garage now has more than 1,200 customers in 37 states and 25 countries…

Freudenberg Nonwovens, with headquarters and several other locations in Germany, celebrates 40 years of innovation using nonwovens for health and healing. The company began with production of carbon filters used in stoma pouches for hygiene. Freudenberg introduced nonwoven pads to replace knitted pa…

Safety Components Fabric Technologies Inc., Greenville, S.C., welcomes Kevin Maine to its WeatherMAX sales and development team. Maine will work with marine, awning and outdoor products fabricators to promote the technical and performance attributes of the company’s patent-pending WeatherMAX f…

Mary K. Wagner has joined Maine-based Auburn Manufacturing (AMI) as technical and product development manager, to oversee and direct all technical aspects of the company’s products, with a heavy concentration on innovation in new product development. Wagner has a BS in mechanical engineering f…