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CORONAVIRUS: LATEST UPDATES
NCTO: Textile industry unites to play critical role in PPE production

(Posted April 9, 2020)
 

IFAI, NCTO, INDA launch PPE production capacity database

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Gerber Technology brings together suppliers to increase PPE production

(Posted April 8, 2020)

 

Elevate Textiles brands Burlington, A&E part of Gerber PPE Task Force

(Posted April 8, 2020)

 

Coats joins Gerber PPE Task Force as partner

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Cotswold, Milliken help Fairfield Chair pivot to surgical gown production

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Unifi recognizes customers supplying the frontlines COVID-19 fight

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Gildan Activewear to start producing personal protective equipment

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Accel Lifestyle supplying thousands of antibacterial face masks to hospital

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

AAPN coronavirus Sourcing Center views pass 10,000

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Itema donates 25,000 face masks to area hospitals, institutions

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

AATCC issues zero-cost licenses to academia during COVID-19

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Tukatech contributes over $2M in CAD to help fashion industry

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Research shows cotton in masks can contain spread of viruses

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

ITMF urges support of textile industry the world in light of COVID-19 crisis

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Reifenhäuser supplies meltblown line to Berry for PPE filter material

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Culp announces strategy, business update in response to COVID-19

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

Techtextil N.A. / Texprocess Americas postponement rescheduled for Oct. 1-3

(Posted March 30, 2020)

 

BLOG: Be wary of foreign textile companies touting anti-COVID-19 claims in U.S.

(Posted March 31, 2020)

 

NCTO responds to plan to defer MFN tariffs as industry addresses COVID-19 needs

(Posted April 1, 2020)

 

Sen. Brown to Administration: Drop duty deferral plan, support U.S. PPE producers

(Posted April 2, 2020)

 

NCTO to join U.S. DOC, SBA in webinar covering COVID-19

(Posted March 31, 2020)

 

IFAI webinar Friday: ‘How to Survive and Thrive in a COVID-19 World’

(Posted April 2, 2020)

 

Burlington Medical Barrier Fabrics boosts production amid outbreak

(Posted March 31, 2020)

 

Milliken pivots textile manufacturing to produce advanced medical PPE

(Posted April 2, 2020)

 

Standard Textile increases production of PPE products for medical workers

(Posted March 31, 2020)

 

Carhartt shifts U.S. production to support healthcare PPE effort

(Posted April 1, 2020)

 

Chargeurs, Noble Biomaterials partner on antimicrobial PPE

(Posted April 1, 2020)

 

Gerber Technology, Hardwire partner to rapidly expand production of PPE

(Posted April 2, 2020)

 

Eastman Machine Matchmaker tool connecting PPE makers, customers

(Posted April 2, 2020)

 

YKK partnering with customers to address COVID-19 challenge

(Posted April 1, 2020)

 

Detroit Sewn producing 300,000 masks for healthcare workers

(Posted April 1, 2020)

 

Celanese supporting customers, medical equipment producers

(Posted April 2, 2020)

 

HONORS

FabricLink Network unveils Top 10 Textile Innovations for 2019-2020

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

OBITUARY

INDA remembers Klaus Maitre, nonwovens industry veteran

(Posted April 9, 2020)

 

PEOPLE

USTER names Baldischwieler head of Textile Technology

(Posted April 9, 2020)

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STEPPING UP

America Knits, Spoonflower, Greenwood Mills among textile companies answering call for PPE production

The textile and apparel sector is answering the call to produce masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) to assist the medical community’s battle against the coronavirus.

 

Dozens of companies are now involved in one way or another. Some are part of a consortium led by Parkdale Mills. Others are undertaking efforts on their own, or partnering with other firms on a smaller scale.

 

Here is a look at the efforts of three companies that began production within the last few weeks.

The wild wild west of PPE production

If you’ve been paying any attention while self-isolating, you know it has become something of a wild wild West out there, at least in the world of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Every day (hourly, it seems) another company has jumped into the production or supply of materials to this space at a critical, unprecedented time for all.

 

While many of us have gotten out of Dodge and retreated to our home offices and Zoom Rooms during the COVID-19 crisis, a whole segment of our amazing industry has dropped everything at the spur of the moment to respond to the need for protective supplies for healthcare professionals, first responders and others.

 

Which makes me about as proud as I’ve ever been of you textile and apparel angels. As far as the eye can see, I’m witnessing good news of your good deeds and goodwill.

For weeks now, the U.S. textile industry has rallied around the call for personal protective equipment (PPE) during this unprecedented crisis brought on by COVID-19.

 

As you well know, the industry plays a vital role in the health, safety and wellbeing of our citizens, and many in the general populace are beginning to realize this as U.S. textiles once again rises to a major challenge – much as it did during WWII.

 

Here, in our continuing series on this effort, we are spotlighting companies that virtually “dropped everything” to focus on providing PPE for frontline healthcare employees and the public. This week, Parkdale, LACorp, Carolina Cotton Works and Hamrick Mills are featured.

PPE shortage

Parkdale, LACorp, Carolina Cotton Works, Hamrick Mills among those answering call

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