Updates to include environmentally-friendly solvents. The Association of Textile, Apparel & Materials Professionals (AATCC) is seeking participation in the revision of AATCC test methods related to dry cleaning. The current perchloretheleyne solvent used in several AATCC test methods has been identified as potentially dangerous and is being phased out of use in some regions. AATCC [...]

Rising costs in China cause Western buyers to find alternative production locations. Western apparel brands and retailers are cutting back on sourcing from China, due to rising costs there, according to issue 169 of Textile Outlook International from global business information company Textiles Intelligence. Buyers have limited options, however, as no other single country is [...]

Each winner to receive a free trip to imagiNATION™ 2014. Roland DGA will begin accepting entries Aug. 11 for its Creative Awards Contest, a competition designed to showcase the creative work of Roland end-users. One winner will be selected each week over a three-week period, Aug. 11-29. Winners will receive a free trip, including round-trip [...]

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 have a clear path to our products for our customers and potential [...]

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 part of Jacob Holm,” says Doyle. Sontara is a global nonwovens business with products [...]

The leading 2-D, 3-D Computer Assisted Design (CAD) and virtual prototyping software provider, Optitex, and the company that develops integrated fitting solutions for apparel producers, Alvanon, are working together on the perfect fit. Optitex will bring Alvanon’s highly accurate AlvaForm avatars into its cutting-edge 3-D Suite, giving apparel and fashion companies a digital tool to [...]

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, with 40 percent of the company’s business consisting of international trade. [...]

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 pads on adhesive bandages in the 1980s, and added antimicrobial finishes in the [...]

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 fabric. He previously worked as a market research intern for Uniforms Express, an exclusive partner of [...]

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 from the University of Maine, and has recently held positions with Great [...]