ShriVallabh Pittie Group, India, is investing $70 million to build a yarn spinning plant near Sylvania, Ga., and hire 250 employees. The plant will manufacture carded cotton yarn and offer flexible production to meet market demand. "We ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Stony Brook, N.Y.-based Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (APDN) — a provider of DNA encrypted and embedded anti-counterfeiting technology and authentication solutions — has unveiled a security platform designed specifically for ...
Tags: textile, technology
Warp-knitted spacer fabrics produced on the RD 6/1-12 and RD 7/2-12 (EL) are absolutely indispensable nowadays for use as upholstery fabrics and shoe textiles. These breathable 3D textiles with their high compressive elasticity have ...
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Indian polyester yarn makers witnessed a sharp drop in their bottom-line during second quarter ended September 2013, hit by rise in prices of raw materials such as Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) and Monoethylene Glycol (MEG), which the ...
Tags: polyester yarn, High Raw Material
Weekend Max Mara presents a special project that underlines the constant commitment of the Group in the search of new and best performing raw materials, the first step towards the manufacture of a product of impeccable quality. Max Mara ...
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Indian textile and apparel manufacturers need to adopt new and advanced software for improving efficiency, productivity as well as transparency in supply chain, according to industry representatives. In a conversation with fibre2fashion, ...
Tags: Higher Output, Textile Sector
Riopele textile factory, located in Marracuene town in the Mozambique's southern province of Maputo, may reopen in March 2014 after a 10-year closure, Armando Inroga, Minister of Industry and Trade has said, reports macauhub. The ...
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Switzerland-based Uster Technologies AG — a manufacturer of instruments for quality measurement and certification of textile materials — has acquired Jossi Systems AG — a division of the Switzerland-based Jossi Group and a ...
Tags: Textile, Instruments, Meters
The textile industry has a full array of software technologies available to it. From front of store POS solutions to factory floor pack and scan solutions to delivery visibility offerings. But in order to be competitive in the future, it is ...
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The textile industry has a full array of software technologies available to it. From front of store POS solutions to factory floor pack and scan solutions to delivery visibility offerings. But in order to be competitive in the future, it is ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Right Technology
Continuing to draw inspiration from his global travels and lifelong interests in art and fashion, Joe Ruggiero has interpreted new designs in a colorful array of Sunbrella fabrics for the Dec. 8-11 Showtime fabric show in High Point. ...
Tags: Furnishing, Sunbrella Fabrics
Textile mills turn to buy cheaper Indian cotton yarn to cut costs Affected by adverse weather, a reduced planting area and lower Indian cotton prices, China's cotton output is expected to drop sharply this year compared with 2012, which ...