Advanced Textiles Expo 2024 brings more than 4,200 attendees
Oct 17, 2024 · Advanced Textiles Expo® 2024, the largest event of Advanced Textiles Association® (ATA), concluded with resounding success on Sept. 24–26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Once again held in conjunction with Sun Shading Expo North America—organized by Messe Stuttgart, founders of R + T and the world’s largest trade fair for roller shutters, doors/gates and sun shading ...
Decathlon Pulse, unspun announce partnership - Specialty Fabrics …
Nov 1, 2024 · Decathlon Pulse, the investment arm and start-up studio of Decathlon Group, a Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France-based retail company, and unspun, a fashion technology company in Oakland, Calif., announced a partnership to deploy unspun’s 3D …
SPESA hosts 2024 Executive Conference in Canada
Nov 5, 2024 · The SPESA Executive Conference is hosted annually. The 2024 Executive Conference event featured a wide array of topics, including a conversation on how to leverage nuclear energy as a new sustainable power source for manufacturing, a case study on crowdsourcing consumers to combat overproduction and insightful exchanges with Canada-based business leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world.
Vidalia Mills announces rebrand, capital raise initiative
Oct 22, 2024 · Vidalia Mills, a sustainable cotton manufacturer based in Vidalia, La., announced a rebrand and the launch of a strategic capital raise. The aim is to secure the company’s long-term financial health and support future growth. Vidalia undertook a strategic rebranding effort to modernize its image while maintaining its core values. The first step was brand … Read More
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University of Minnesota Duluth associate professor Abbie Clarke-Sather, Ph.D., envisions a world where textile recycling is commonplace. Where thrift stores, recycling facilities and clothing brands can manage their own textile waste, turning it back into fibers that can be reused instead of going to landfills by the literal millions of tons.
Paradise Textiles unveils first garment made with bio-synthetic …
Nov 8, 2024 · Paradise Textiles, the material science hub of Alpine Group based in Taiwan, announced it has partnered with Kintra Fibers, a bio-based fiber producer based in New York, N.Y., to create the first garment using Kintra’s proprietary bio-synthetic material. The lightweight jacket serves as a proof-of-concept, representing a step in …
ATA introduces PFAS Resource Center - Specialty Fabrics Review
Sep 17, 2024 · Although federal reporting rules have been delayed until next year, there are still a number of state and federal regulations to manage.. To help companies in the industry navigate those challenges, Advanced Textiles Association has created a new PFAS Resource Center.A link can also be found on the ATA Textiles.org homepage.
Apex Mills appoints Martha Miller Hopkins to its business …
Nov 18, 2024 · Apex Mills, a custom and specialty textiles producer headquartered in Inwood, N.Y., announced that Martha Miller Hopkins has been appointed to its business development team. In her new role, Miller Hopkins will drive the growth of warp, circular knits, stretch, 3D spacer fabrics and enhanced finishes and treatments within the activewear, shapewear, industrial, military, and other textile markets.
PFAS’ complicated removal from firefighter turnout gear
Nov 1, 2024 · Prior use of PFAS chemicals in textiles was largely to achieve water repellency, stain resistance and oil repellency. Newer, non-PFAS finishes for the consumer market address the first two issues fairly easily, Ormond says, but “when you move into that safety and health aspect, that’s where the calculation and the questioning gets a little more complicated.
INDA And NWI announce 2025 training course schedule
Oct 23, 2024 · The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) released the 2025 schedule of short courses. The training courses cover the full spectrum of the nonwoven value chain, from raw materials to processes to products.