Big names of global and Indian textile machinery manufacturers have confirmed their participation in ITMACH 2014. The event to be held in the textile city of Bhiwandi on the outskirts of Mumbai from January 22-24, 2014, is getting warm ...
Tags: Large Textile Machinery, Textile
The Government of India commissioned the Technology Mission on Cotton (TMC) on February 21, 2000 to address the issues of raising productivity, improving quality and reducing the cost of production and thus provide competitive advantage to ...
Solvay announces that it has signed a worldwide social and environmental responsibility agreement with IndustriALL Global Union. The official signing ceremony took place in the presence of Jyrki Raina, General Secretary of IndustriALL, ...
The average yield of cotton in Greece has reached record levels this year and has touched around 322 kg per hectare, Athanasios Tsaftaris, Minister of Rural Development and Food (MADF), said in the House during the debate on state budget ...
Tags: Greek Cotton, Textile
China’s Keer Group has unveiled plans to set up the company’s first textile plant in the US, creating more than 500 jobs over the next five years. The 230,000sq ft manufacturing facility in Lancaster County, South Carolina, ...
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Specialty chemicals company Archroma has opened its first sustainable effluent treatment (SET) facility at its textile chemical site in Jamshoro, Pakistan. With an investment of PKR371m (US$3.5m), the facility is Archroma's biggest-ever ...
Tags: sustainable water, environment
Kayser-Roth Corp., Greensboro, N.C., is investing up to $28 million to expand its Burlington, N.C., and Asheboro, N.C., plants, which manufacture legwear under its signature No nonsense® brand. The expansions are part of the company's ...
Toray Industries Inc., Tokyo, plans to acquire large-tow carbon fiber producer Zoltek Companies Inc., St. Louis, for approximately $584 million. Toray provides regular tow carbon fiber product for high-performance aerospace applications. ...
Louis Hornick and Co. Inc., New York City, is investing $2.5 million to relocate its operations to Allendale, S.C. The company will renovate a former textile plant that will house its manufacturing operations and create 125 jobs in South ...
Sliver knitter Monterey Mills, Janesville, Wis., has acquired sliver knitter Glenoit Fabrics (TT) Corp. Inc., Tarboro, N.C., from the management group that has owned the company since 2009. Monterey plans to invest in Glenoit's ...
Tags: textile
Parkdale Mills Inc., Gastonia, N.C., is investing $85 million to expand its spinning facilty in Rabun Gap, Ga., and add 210 jobs. Parkdale acquired the Rabun Gap site from HanesBrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., in 2009. The ...
Tags: textile
Composites promotional organization JEC Group, Paris, will colocate its spring 2014 JEC Americas Composites Show & Conferences with Atlanta-based trade show organizer Messe Frankfurt Inc. North America's biennial Techtextil North America ...
Tags: textile, techtextil
Gildan Activewear Inc., Montreal, plans to invest more than $250 million to build two yarn-spinning facilities, and expand and renovate a third plant in North Carolina to support projected sales growth and bolster the company's global ...
Sports apparel brand Nike Inc., Beaverton, Ore., has opened a water-free dyeing facility at its Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Far Eastern New Century Corp. (FENC). The new facility utilizes the Netherlands-based DyeCoo Textile Systems ...
China-based yarn spinner Keer Group is investing $218 million to establish its U.S. operations, which will be named Keer America Corp., in Indian Land, S.C. The investment includes construction of a 230,000-square-foot manufacturing ...