Wichita, Kan.-based Invista's Performance Surfaces & Materials business is investing $20 million to optimize bulked continuous filament (BCF) nylon 6,6 production capacity across its North American manufacturing facilities. Most of the ...
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OC Oerlikon Management AG, Switzerland, has agreed to sell the Natural Fibers and Textile Components business units of its Textile Segment to Jinsheng Group, China. The deal, based on an enterprise value of 650 million Swiss francs, is ...
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United Kingdom-based calender roll manufacturer Richard Hough Ltd. (RHL) announces its new RoberteX squeezing roll is now commercially available worldwide. According to RHL, the RoberteX is the first fiber-based squeezing system to offer ...
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Sarla Performance Fibers Ltd. — an India-based manufacturer of polyester and nylon textured, twisted and dyed, covered, and high-tenacity yarns as well as sewing threads — is investing $13.8 million to establish a yarn and ...
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The first meeting of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Commission (FTC) took place in Washington on Nov. 19, 2012. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Miriam Sapiro hosted the meeting, and Vice Minister of Trade Gabriel Duque Mildenberg led ...
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Just before Christmas, the global home textiles industry is preparing for Heimtextil. Since 1971, the world summit of the home textiles business has been taking place in Frankfurt am Main — this time from 9 to 12 January 2013. As ...
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Verdezyne Inc. — a Carlsbad, Calif.-based producer of renewable chemicals — has formed a strategic partnership with Bristol, Va.-based Universal Fiber Systems LLC (UFS) and its operating companies Universal Fibers Inc. and ...
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The Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) has unveiled an expo of ground-breaking Re-PET textiles and technologies. According to a TTF press release, ten suppliers are showcasing latest textiles and apparels prepared from recycled PET bottles. ...
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Textiles and garment manufacturing units would be among the worst impacted industries, if the Indonesian Government executes its plan to hike electricity charges, Antara News reported an official of the Indonesian Association of Businessmen ...
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Toluene market showed mixed trend in Asia whereas it surged up in Europe and went down in US in the week ending December 22. Toluene prices were stable in Korea due to sluggish downstream demand in the region. In the initial days of the ...
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Germany-based Oerlikon Schlafhorst, a business unit of Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, reports that Linz Textil Holding GmbH — an Austria-based manufacturer of yarns and fabrics for apparel and technical textiles applications — ...
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Lexington, N.C.-based textile finishing machinery manufacturer Navis TubeTex reports that Pinto, an apparel producer based in Ecuador, has installed a full open-width knit finishing range for its production needs. The range comprises a ...
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — December 17, 2012 — The 2013 AATCC Technical Manual, which will be available in January 2013, features multiple revisions of already published methods plus several new methods. This includes: New ...
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Indorama Ventures PCL, Thailand, plans to expand its annual U.S. polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production capacity by 540,000 metric tons at an undisclosed brownfield location. The expansion is expected to be completed in the fourth ...
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — December 13, 2012 — Garmatex Technologies, Inc. ("Garmatex" or the "Company"), an innovative leader in the research and development of scientifically engineered, performance-inspired fabric ...
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