Just in time for the holidays, Berkshire Blanket, a leading brand of premium quality blankets, throws, and soft home goods, introduces its new Forever Safe collection of baby blankets, apparel and accessories featuring X-STATIC. ...
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Germany-based Sympatex Technologies GmbH — a membrane, laminate and functional textile developer, producer and distributor — reports two partner companies have introduced products featuring Sympatex technology. Baltes ...
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Fitesa Simponsville Inc. — a Simpsonville, S.C.-based designer and manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics for hygiene, medical, and industrial specialty applications — is investing $50 million to expand its Simpsonville facility and ...
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Surprising, individualistic and forward-looking: The forthcoming Heimtextil exhibition (8 to 11 January 2014) is set to feature refreshingly inspiring and innovative textile developments, presented by young companies. This international ...
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The tenth annual Safety Products Student Design Challenge winners were announced today by the Safety and Technical Products Division of Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI). The annual contest is developed and supported by ...
Workwear is generally dominated by polyester and cotton fibers. Workwear options have been extended with the TENCEL fiber. TENCEL guarantees innovation and greater sustainability in this segment. As a result of the fiber's properties, such ...
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Turkey-based nonwovens producer Mogul Co. Ltd. has begun production on a new core/sheath bicomponent polyester (PET)/copolyester spunbond line. The new 365-centimeter-wide line brings Mogul's total PET capacity to 15,000 metric tons per ...
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The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) hosted the largest specialty fabrics show in the Americas, IFAI Specialty Fabrics Expo 2013 and Advanced Textiles Conference Trade Show with more than 5,300 attendees, from 65 ...
Charlotte-based nonwovens producer Polymer Group Inc. (PGI) has acquired Fiberweb Plc, a London-based nonwovens and geosynthetics producer. PGI made an initial offer to purchase the company in August (see "PGI Makes Offer To Purchase ...
Greenville-based textile machinery distributor Lang Ligon & Co. Inc. has added weaving preparation, sectional warping and related equipment from Spain-based COMSAT to the product lines it offers its customers in the United States and ...
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Miller Weldmaster has designed the T600 Extreme Shelter to increase production and decrease labor for any tent manufacturer. With easy operation and larger throat capacity, the T600 Extreme Shelter is built to handle the toughest production ...
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Durham, N.C.-based antimicrobial textile technology provider PurThread Technologies Inc. and Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak Co. have signed a globally exclusive agreement with under which PurThread will embed Kodak's antimicrobial ...
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TenCate Protective Fabrics has been chosen by the Colombian Army Aviation Air Assault Division to deliver TenCate Defender M as the fabric of choice that will be used to manufacture new, two-piece flight suits for its personnel. This ...
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The first Rieter Com4 yarn seminar in India was held on September 20, 2013, at the TWIC-IKFA Convention Centre in Tirupur, India. The event took place in parallel with SS Textile Media Pvt. Ltd’s Yarnex and TexIndia 2013 exhibitions ...
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PYE is proud to present its latest green products at the China International Green Innovative Products & Technologies Show (CIGIPTS) in Guangzhou. CIGIPTS is a premier fair for showcasing advanced green technologies, trends of green ...
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