CULVER CITY, Calif. — Powell's Rug Division added three new area rug collections to its Bombay Heritage assortment at the recent Las Vegas Market. Powell’s new Bombay Heritage Luxe Shag line offers seven microfiber shag ...
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Austria-based yarn spinner Schoeller GmbH & CoKG has developed a range of colors for Merino wool processed using Enciel technology to produce pure white fiber that enables brilliant colors to be realized in dyeing, according to the company. ...
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The yarn business is without doubt the cornerstone of all fabric-forming activities. The construction of any yarn determines to a large extent the appearance and surface of every fashionable fabric. Old Tradition Fashionable ...
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Gastonia, N.C.-based Sans Technical Fibers LLC (STF) — a manufacturer of nylon 6,6 filament and yarns, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of South Africa-based AECI Ltd. — will invest $10 million to increase nylon manufacturing ...
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The Multi-Matic produces sample warps and medium-length warps, and guarantees top quality as well as maximum efficiency – when used for the right application. With its technical configuration, this automatic short-, medium- and ...
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One of the leading denim manufacturers in India, Suryalakshmi Cotton Mills Ltd, reported its quarterly profit & revenue numbers with a 15.12% rise in revenue and a massive 7.57% jump in the net profit for the quarter ended December 31, ...
A busy year full of great new projects lies ahead for Lafuma, brand leader in the outdoor market, which “has made the mountain its favourite playground for over 80 years”. Mountains, outdoor and love for nature are the core ...
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OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — December 5, 2012 — Carbon fibre heavy tows (CFHT) are opening up more and more applications for textile reinforcing materials in the building sector. Carbon fibre heavy tows consist of 50,000 individual ...
Tags: Strong Grids, Forces of Creativity, Textile
Newlife returns to Première Vision for the PE 2014, with its Eco-Innovation Library – hall 5, booth D15 – packed with new items and new ideas, and fortified by an exciting end to 2012. In November 2012 the Newlife ...
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Austria-based cellulosic fiber manufacturer Lenzing AG, manufacturer of Tencel® lyocell fiber, reports that Cone Denim, Greensboro, N.C., has added Tencel® Denim fabrics to its Sustainblue™ collection of eco-friendly denim ...
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Filatura di Saluzzo, Italy, a manufacturer of polyester yarns for apparel fabrics, now offers its Newlife™ polyester yarns — derived from 100-percent post-consumer recycled plastic bottles — for corporate workwear ...
Trützschler Switzerland AG — a provider of spinning components and plants for processing bulked continuous filament (BCF) and industrial yarns; and a part of Germany-based Trützschler Group's Trützschler Man-made Fibers ...
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Renewable chemicals producer Verdezyne Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., has formed a strategic partnership with Universal Fiber Systems LLC (UFS), Bristol, Va., and its operating companies Universal Fibers Inc. and Premiere Fibers Inc. under which ...
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Gildan Activewear Inc., Montreal, has finalized the acquisition of CanAm Yarns LLC — its 50-percent-owned yarn-spinning joint venture with Frontier Spinning Mills Inc., Sanford, N.C. — and is investing approximately $85 million ...
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Twenty-eight Turkish companies renewed their COTTON USA licenses for 2013. Representing producers throughout the supply chain, including spinners, weavers and knitters, the licensed products account for the equivalent of over 1 million ...
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