Sidney Blitz, a longtime executive in the California furniture manufacturing industry, has died at age 89. Blitz, known for his knack for fabrics and his taste, started upholstery manufacturer Sunline Furniture in the 1960s and later ran ...
Sixty years ago, Yorkshire textile mill Hainsworth provided the iconic cloth for the military to wear at The Queen’s Coronation. In July, the company has been invited to attend the Coronation Festival to celebrate the 60th ...
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As the domestic textile market goes from strength to strength, suppliers continue to seek new market opportunities in China. This year, nearly 600 exhibitors will use the Intertextile Pavilion at the Shenzhen International Trade Fair for ...
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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio — May 7, 2013 — Americhem Inc, a global provider of custom color and additive solutions for synthetic fibers and technical textiles, will highlight its pilot line capabilities in Hall A1, Stand A32 at the ...
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The Journal of Industrial Textiles has published the results of a study conducted by Texas Tech University and Enercon Industries that determined when spunbond polypropylene nonwoven fabrics are pre-treated with atmospheric plasma it ...
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International exhibition organizer Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, and Proposte S.r.l., Italy — organizer of the annual Proposte exhibition for European manufacturers of furnishing fabrics and curtains — have partnered ...
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Precision Fabrics Group (PFG), maker of value-added, woven and non-woven technical textiles for performance applications, has selected OEKO-TEX? Standard 100, a comprehensive textile product safety certification program that ensures ...
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With around a month still to go before Techtextil opens its doors, the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens is fully booked up. Well over 1,250 exhibitors, including all of the world's leading manufacturers, ...
FAIRFAX, Va. — May 7, 2013 — Registration for the 2013 SGIA Expo (Orlando, October 23-25) is now open! The industry's most innovative marketplace returns to Orlando to offer the specialty imaging community the best spot for ...
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As the annual Supima Design Competition approaches, Supima has announced school participation from Kent State, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Savannah College of Art and Design. The students ...
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China’s chemical project in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan province, is still being discussed and evaluated for setting up a project for production of paraxylene or PX, company officials of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) said ...
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Everybody knows USTER STATISTICS – the globally-established benchmarks for the textile industry. But how are they used in practice, and how do they influence the fabrics and garments we all wear every day? To put it another way, what ...
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Marks & Spencer announces plans to refocus its clothing strategy on the values that made the brand famous as it reasserts its leading position on quality and style with the launch of its forthcoming Autumn/Winter collections. The vision ...
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What Are Cheongsams Cheongsam, a female dress with distinctive Chinese features, known to the whole world as a language that expresses the beauty of oriental women, now enjoys a growing popularity in the international world ...
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Norman S. Bernie Co. prides itself on having the finest decorative fabric inventory in Northern California, serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area since 1957. And accents, either drapery fabrics or upholstery fabrics, are an essential ...
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