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Aurora Specialty Textiles Group celebrates 140 years of U.S. manufacturing
August 31st, 2023
Meridian Industries leadership. While thousands of U.S. manufacturing companies have closed over the past 40 years, or moved operations overseas, Aurora Specialty Textiles Group (ASTG) has remained in the USA and this year is celebrating 140 years of continuous operation outside Chicago. Through two world wars, two global pandemics, a major depression, countless recessions and […]
Aurora Specialty Textiles wins VIA awards
May 6th, 2021
For the second year in a row, Aurora Specialty Textiles Group has won awards for outstanding business and manufacturing practices from the Valley Industrial Association (VIA), which represents the manufacturing industry in the Fox Valley region of Illinois, a large industrial hub outside Chicago and a major Midwest manufacturing region. The company won the Operational […]
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group wins award for operational excellence
March 25th, 2020
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group has won an award for outstanding business practices. The Operational Excellence award is from the Valley Industrial Association (VIA), which represents the manufacturing industry in the Fox Valley region of Illinois, a large industrial area near Chicago and one of the larger manufacturing regions in the U.S. Midwest. The VIA’s Excellence […]
Expressions expands into North American banner and retail soft signage market
February 26th, 2020
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group has announced the addition of Expressions Poly Banner & Expressions Poly Banner Plus to its popular Expressions family of printable textiles. Aurora has a long history of serving the North American banner and retail soft signage markets and the new additions to its Expressions line represent Aurora’s commitment to delivering best-in-class […]
Aurora earns Green Business Designation status from the Yorkville Chamber of Commerce
January 27th, 2020
Kevin Shroba, plant engineer at Aurora, is leading the company in sustainability efforts to serve the environment and the community. Photo: Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc. At Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, sustainability is more than a good idea. In addition to winning recognition in 2019 from the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) for multiple sustainability […]
Aurora wins sustainability award
June 12th, 2019
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group won SGIA’s (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association) 2019 Sustainable Business Recognition award, which spotlights leaders in the global printing industry that have implemented programs to reduce a company’s environmental impact and protect and improve employee safety. In 2018, Aurora implemented the first full year of a manufacturing overhaul that involved investing more […]
Aurora opens new fulfillment center
November 22nd, 2018
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc. has opened a regional fulfillment center and warehouse in the Los Angeles area. The new facility will meet growing demand for the company’s extensive family of printable textiles and will offer same-day and next-day delivery to west coast customers. The center is stocked with a broad range of printable fabrics […]
Aurora Specialty Textiles Group invests in American manufacturing
September 1st, 2018
When it became obvious to Aurora Specialty Textiles Group (ASTG) that its 132-year-old facility in Aurora, Ill., was no longer adequate, it wouldn’t have been surprising if the company had given serious consideration to moving operations overseas. But that was not the case. “There might have been a split-second mention of Mexico, but only because […]
Mohawk expands wide format inkjet portfolio
April 24th, 2017
Mohawk Fine Papers, in collaboration with Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, is launching a line of textiles for digital printing. Called Mohawk Printable Textiles, and Canvas, Engineered By Aurora, the product line includes a wide variety of high-quality textile products engineered to work optimally on the latest digital print technologies. The collaboration reflects the rapidly growing […]
Congressman tours new Aurora facility
March 16th, 2017
U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (Illinois 14th Congressional District) recently toured the new textile manufacturing operations at Aurora Specialty Textiles Group in Yorkville, Ill. The visit included a question-and-answer session and a tour of the plant’s new 124,000 square foot manufacturing operations. Aurora Specialty Textiles Group provides a wide range of coating, finishing and dying capabilities […]