Effective Monday, April 1, 2013, the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) have formally merged into one broad organization ...
Tags: Textile Organizations, Textile
RWC Testing & Lab Supplies — an El Paso, Texas-based supplier of laboratory and measuring instruments for the textile, scientific, industrial, military, commercial and other sectors — now offers Zivy Hand-held Tension Meters for ...
Rock Hill, S.C.-based Springs Creative Products Group LLC's Specialty Products division — a supplier of fabrics and chemicals, including Firegard® flame-barrier fabrics, to the mattress industry — and Devan Chemicals NV, a ...
A supplier of collaborative material management and development software — has completed three upgrades to its data management system. Highlights of the new capabilities include an improved specification function in its TEXbase ...
Tags: TEXbase Materials, TEXbase, Textile
Wichita, Kan.-based polymer and fiber producer Invista has acquired Greenville-based Ashburn Hill Corp. including its TECGEN® brands of flame-resistant (FR) apparel and its Angleton, Texas-based manufacturing operation. "Invista has ...
Tags: apparel, garment segment, garment
The Boards of the National Council of Textiles Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) announced that their respective organizations will formally merge into ...
Tags: Textiles, textile industry
Even after identification of probable sites for setting up handloom villages by the Nepalese Government, the plan is yet to see the daylight, the Himalayan Times reported quoting the Federation of Handicraft Association of Nepal (FHAN) ...
The proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and India, negotiations for which are currently taking place, would boost textiles and garment trade between the two. Speaking to fibre2fashion, head of International ...
Textile workers of Nigeria want the Federal Government to inject more money for revival of the ailing textile units across the nation. Seeking higher funds, the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria ...
Tags: Textile, Garment, textile industry
With the theme “Dream, Believe, Achieve”, the third edition of InFashion kicked off on 20th March 2013 where the three day event brought together the entire textile, apparel and fashion community to exhibit, buy, and source and ...
Tags: fashion extravaganza, apparel, textile
CQuotient announced that Destination XL Group, Inc., the largest multi-channel specialty retailer of big and tall men’s apparel, will leverage CQuotient’s advanced machine learning and predictive algorithms to create email ...
Tags: men apparel, apparel, Textile, retailers
Wasatch Computer Technology, an industry-leading developer of RIP & Print Management software, will bundle their powerful and innovative RIP software, Wasatch SoftRIP, with Epson’s new SureColor SC-F6000 and SC-F7000 roll-fed dye ...
Tags: sportswear, soft signage
Pig farmers turned sausage manufacturers Debbie and Andrew Keeble are set to launch their premium sausage brand Heck in Tesco on April 8, in direct competition with their former family brand Debbie & Andrew's sausages. What the Heck: ...
The government is failing to promote UK manufacturing, according to a new industry and public poll conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Thumbs up for the financial sector? David Cameron’s government is ...
Tags: food businesses, drink businesses, food
Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/1/2013 5:10:00 PM Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor, Packaging DigestA busy month of traveling and conversations at various industry events got me thinking about some ...
Tags: Packaging, Package, packaging designers