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 up a solid path [...]
Atkins & Pearce’s “Science-in-Motion” exhibit, which will be at ATA’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 to meet a variety of challenging applications for a diverse range of industries. Through its product development capabilities, A&P [...]
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 nature is porous, absorbent and biodegradable—an excellent trio for controlling erosion and establishing seed,” says Tim [...]
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 world’s largest cotton producer, but Sud [...]
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 in China in [...]
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 themselves against China’s predatory trade practices,” says Cass Johnson, president of [...]
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 countries enjoy preferential access to U.S. markets, requires a product to [...]
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 wearer’s heart rate, ECG or other electrical activity. The heart’s electrical [...]
Clariant AG, Muttenz, Switzerland, the world’s second-largest specialty chemical manufacturer, recovered some lost ground by posting a smaller than anticipated fourth-quarter loss in mid-February. The company, which transforms crude oil derivatives into pigments, plastic additives, dyes and optical brighteners, closed nine factories and cut 800 jobs after failing to post an annual profit since 2005. [...]
Thrace-LINQ, a global supplier of woven and nonwoven polypropylene fabrics, has announced an alliance with Western Excelsior, a manufacturer of both temporary and permanent erosion control products for the North American market. “We are pleased to partner with Western Excelsior in a strategic alliance to continue our aggressive focus on the development of the geosynthetics [...]
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