Week of August 11, 2014

• With 'best socks in the world,' Cabot Hosiery Mills stakes claim to sock manufacturing capital title

• Culp Home Fashions announced plans to invest $9.5 million in the company’s mattress fabrics operations

• Springs Creative Products Group to partner with Kraton to drive NEXAR polymer

• Miller Weldmaster acquires product lines from Sinclair Equipment

• The American Fiber Manufacturers Association announces first recipient of O'Day Scholarship

• Attend INDA's Filtration 2014 International Conference & Exposition in November

• Loose Ends blog: Rethinking textiles

 

Week of August 4, 2014

• Conitex Sonoco offers label solutions, too

• Unifi's REPREVE teams up with Detroit Lions

• Trelleborg signs agreement to acquire U.S.-based coated fabrics producer Uretek

• WEARABLE TECHNOLOGIES: Textiles among featured products at trade show

• Brawer Bros., Inc. of New Jersey expanding North Carolina warping operations

• Burlington unveils product expansions, new products

• Cotton made into an absorbent nonwoven mat can collect up to 50 times its own weight in oil, Texas Tech researchers discover

• INDA announces trade show will take place in Boston in 2016

• Culp promotes Chumbley to EVP of Upholstery Fabrics Division

• Freudenberg Nonwovens acquires Hänsel interlinings business

• PA Group earns reseller honor by Accounting Today

• Italian machinery orders rise in second quarter

• Loose Ends blog: Picture this ...
   

Week of July 28, 2014

• American-made footprint: Nester Hosiery thriving with 100% U.S. recipe

• Eastman Chemicals to buy Knowlton Technologies

• World Textile Summit 2015 to explore benefits of sustainability strategy

• CEMATEX launches ITMA Sustainable Innovation Award at ITMA 2015

• SEAMS, the National Association for the Sewn Products Industry, has moved to a larger space in Aiken, S.C.

• AATCC wins another Tabbie Award for features article

• INDA to hold comprehensive, two-day wipes course in October

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: BTSR International

• Loose Ends blog: Godfrey's 'New World of Textiles' realized

 

Week of July 21, 2014

• Navis TubeTex focusing R&D efforts on 'green' machines

• Mohawk to invest $10 million in Spartanburg County, S.C. facility

• Picanol of America hires Tom Johnston as sales manager

• Darlington Fabrics adds industry veteran Turk to sales team

• Milliken wins R&D awards for third straight year

• Shaw's sustainability report highlights commitment to associates, communities and the circular economy

• Loose Ends blog: Sustainable is attainable

 

Week of July 14, 2014

• American-made mindset: Vanguard Pai Lung pushing the limits of creativity

• NCTO to close Gastonia, N.C., office

• ATMA offering hotel packages for ITMA 2015 in Milan

• ITEMA America hires Steve Brown in sales

• Beaulieu to establish U.S. headquarters, production facility in Cartersville, Ga., add 350 jobs

• STA Summer Marketing Forum set for August 14

• Polyester Fibers bought out by management in Conover, N.C.

• INDA announces dates of Filtration Conference & Exhibition

• INVISTA announces new brand strategy for Lycra

• Loose Ends blog: Back to the future

Week of July 7, 2014

• Stäubli Tech Days event draws more than 300

• Mitsubishi Rayon to expand in California

• Germany-based yarn producer to open warehouse in N.C.

• India company breaks ground on yarn-spinning plant in Georgia

• Burlington Industries introduces Just U.S. fine worsted wool fabrics

• Applied DNA Sciences, Wakefield Inspection to collaborate on DNA authentication services

• ITMA ASIA + CITME 2014 concludes on successful note

• Loose Ends blog: Industry in 'socially awkward' stage

 

Week of June 30, 2014

• STA Annual Meeting, Part 2 – Made in USA: A retailer's perspective

• HanesBrands intends to acquire its former sister company DBApparel of France

• Shaw to expand recycling program with new facility in Ringold, Ga.

• O'Donnell Industries expands into new facility in South Carolina

• Attend AATCC's Color Management Workshop August 26-27

• New INDA WIPES Academy set for October

• Loose Ends blog: Fly your (American-made) flag with pride 

 

Week of June 23, 2014

• STA Annual Meeting, Part 1 – No textile pedigree? No problem for Rada, STA

• 'Visionary' Chapman honored with STA’s highest award

• DuPont Protection Technologies plans to sell global nonwovens business, DuPont™ Sontara®, to Jacob Holm

• PerformanceScrubs.com announced it is moving its Cullman, Ala., facility to a new high-tech clothing plant here

• GILDAN ACQUISITION: Gildan Activewear to buy Canadian hosiery firm Doris for $101.4 million

• BATSON PARTNER: Louis P. Batson adds Italy-based Cormatex for nonwovens applications

• AQUAFIL AWARD: Aquafil USA earns ‘Best Fiber’ award at NeoCon

• COLORFUL DENIM: Cone Denim's new VaraBlue™ denims offer ‘unique color story

• NONWOVENS REPORT: INDA report analyzes events that impact nonwovens industry

• INDA MOVES CONFERENCE: The date and location of the RISE Conference has been changed

• PEOPLE: Milliken appoints Hutchison VP in Floor Covering Division

• INNOVATIONS: Rieter announces rotor machine with 500 spinning positions

• Loose ends blog: Tell the youth 

 

Week of June 16, 2014

• Hundreds gather for STA event with Fiber Buyers group

• 10 FOR KEN: STA President Ken Rada answers 10 questions

• BOEHMER TIME: Incoming STA president plans to maintain tradition of excellence

• CHAPMAN AWARD: STA presenting its highest honor to Rob Chapman of Inman Mills

• Leigh Fibers affiliate acquires Industrial Conservation Engineering Recycling

• Richelieu Legwear to invest $16 million, add 205 jobs in Hildebran, N.C.

• Gildan Activewear to buy Canadian hosiery firm Doris for $101.4 million

• Warwick Mills, Kraig Biocraft Labs announce spider silk textile breakthrough

• CS Carolina looking for incentives to move its operations from Swepsonville, N.C., to Burlington, N.C.

• Loose Ends blog: STA-ying power

 

Week of June 9, 2014

• U.S. made gives Brooks Brothers 'intuitive advantage'

• Atlanta exhibition showed 'hints of the old days'

• NCTO, Western Hemisphere partners rally on TPP

• Delta Apparel plans to transfer fabric production for basic, blank T-shirts from the U.S. to Honduras

• Plains Cotton Cooperative Association has sold its textile and apparel division to American Textile Holdings

• Polymer Group, Inc. acquires Brazil-based Providencia

• India-based Surya to add 200 jobs in $30 million investment in Georgia

• World of Wipes® emphasizes innovations in trends, technologies, brands

• Burlington Industries wins $2.2 million contract with U.S. Marines for polyester fabrics

• Fiber & Yarn Products, Next Fiber Technology form strategic alliance

• Apparel/Footwear group names experienced executive/lobbyist Duggan to top post

• Concept 2 Consumer® Design Competition winners announced by AATCC

• Milliken Infrastructure Solutions acquires Edge Structural Composites

• David Hinks appointed interim dean at NCSU’s College of Textiles

• Kim Glas, deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods and materials at the Commerce Department, steps down

• High Plains of Texas expected to plant 4.1 million acres of cotton

• Loose Ends blog: What it was, was textiles

 

Week of June 2, 2014

• 'Best show so far in Atlanta,' says Techtexil N.A. exhibitor

• National Spinning announces capital investment in its Whiteville, N.C., plant, appoints board member

• Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina tours a DAK Americas plant as part of NCTO's 'Hill to the Mill' program

• Unifi, Inc. announces the expansion of its REPREVE® Recycling Center

• INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry acquires INSIGHT Conference

• INDA CONFERENCE: Converting and bonding event provides compelling content

• TAPPI EVENT: Challenges for nonwoven materials highlighted by speaker

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: McCoy Machinery Corp.

• Loose Ends blog: The Coming Back Kids

 

Week of May 26, 2014

• POSITIVELY POSITIVE: Atlanta trade shows still getting good reviews from exhibitors

• TechTextil North America, Texprocess Americas set attendance record

• Pharr Yarns CEO Carstarphen dies after long illness

• NCTO presents at TTIP negotiating round in D.C.

• Gildan to spend $30 milliion in additional funds for larger plant in Mocksville, N.C.

• Mount Vernon FR, Carhartt launch Flame-Resistant Extremes® Arctic outerwear

• Crescent Woolen Mills acquires Owen Glove Lining

• Cone Denim announces product with UNIFI enhanced-stretch technology

• INDA PRESIDENT: Medical nonwovens market to grow 5 percent

• Loose Ends blog: Carstarphen's legacy shines bright 

 

Week of May 19, 2014

• HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY: General sentiment of textile trade shows – an overwhelming success

• Milliken acquires Westex to strengthen FR portfolio

• Highland to invest $3.8 million in Statesville, N.C., plant

• COTTON INCORPORATED REPORT: Majority of consumers bothered by man-made fibers in their denim

• ARMOR CONTRACT: TenCate to supply Nexter Systems for composite armor

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Navis Tubetex

• Loose Ends blog: Trade shows view: Déjà vu

 

Week of May 12, 2014

• Atlanta trade shows close to rave reviews

• Industry converges on Atlanta for trade shows

• Asheboro Elastics' founder Keith Crisco dies

• AATCC marks 50-year milestone at Research Triangle Park

• ITG CEO Joe Gorga announced plans to retire at the end of the month; Kunberger appointed

• Loose Ends blog: The buzz is back

 

Week of May 5, 2014

• STA inches closer to 500-member milestone

• North Carolina to get Indian yarn manufacturing plant

• Atlanta shows to see record number of exhibitors

• STA-FIBER BUYERS MEETING: Make plans to attend the Joint Annual Meeting in June

• PERFORMANCE FIBERS NEWS: Polyester industrial filament producer to close N.C. plant, invest $25 million

• TECHTEXTIL EXHIBITOR: Adaptive Control to unveil production communication tool

• INDA FINALISTS: World of WIpes Innovation Awards finalists announced

• HANESBRANDS HONOR: Apparel maker earns fifth consecutive U.S. EPA Energy Star Award

• OPTIMIZING POWER: Buhler Quality Yarns subject of energy case study

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Genkinger-HUBTEX

• Loose Ends blog: Catching the good news fever 

 

Week of April 28, 2014

• National Spinning chief has fought the battles and remains optimistic

• American & Efird agrees to purchase Gütermann of Germany

• Martex Fiber has completed installation of a fiber reclamation line in S.C.

• GREEN CERTIFIED: Glen Raven Custom Fabrics earns third-party certification

• Tex Tech Industries acquires Chapman Innovations/CarbonX

• Lectra highlights 'Made in America' possibilities

• Martex Fibers announces key executive appointments

• N.C. State's Pourdeyhimi to be honored for leadership, service by TAPPI

• Patagonia invests in CO2Nexus for sustainable textile processing

• RESEARCH: Bulletproof vests from stem cells? It may be possible, according to researchers

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Conitex Sonoco

• Loose Ends blog: A gem of a Jim

 

Week of April 21, 2014

• CONTINUING DIVERSIFICATION: Frankl & Thomas’ acquisition of Feil & Davidson going smoothly

• Exhibitors gearing up for Texprocess Americas trade show

• SEAMS to host Supply Chain USA Pavilion & Reception at Texprocess Americas

• Albaad Corp. invests in nonwovens production line with Trützschler Nonwovens, Voith

• Oerlikon Neumag makes low-volume production of manmade fibers for nonwovens economic

• Environmentally benign single-layer, breathable nanowebs developed at Texas Tech

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Textube Division of GS Industries

• Loose Ends blog: Renaissance Man

 

Week of April 14, 2014

• SYFA welcomes 180 to USA Textiles & Technology event

• Springs Creative announces a new technology for the mattress industry

• PEOPLE NEWS: Curtis joins The Crypton Companies as director of Outreach

• NONWOVENS INNOVATORS: EDANA announces winners of the INDEX™ 14 Awards

• NONWOVENS AT ITMA: Show leaders sign agreement to hold nonwovens conference in Milan next year

• Loose Ends blog: Living the high life

 

Week of April 7, 2014

• AATCC International Conference: Color this one a success

• AATCC International Conference: Dick Aspland receives AATCC's Olney Medal

• AATCC International Conference: Lattie recognized for service

• AATCC International Conference: Engineer wins Young Entrepreneur Award

• SUMINOE TO EXPAND: Gaffney, S.C., plant expansion expected to add 100 jobs

• MONTEREY INVESTS: Tarboro, N.C., sliver knitter to gain from $250,000 investment

• M&W RESULTS: Navis TubeTex announces a strong first quarter for its Marshall and Williams unit

• EPA AWARD: INDA campaign earns 2014 EPA environmental award nomination

• SUSTAINABILITY BULLETIN: Cematex has released its quarterly ITMA 2015 Sustainability Bulletin

• ITMA SPONSORSHIP: ITMA becomes headline sponsor of the Future Materials Awards in Germany

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Lang Ligon & Co.

• Loose Ends blog: A thrill in the mill

 

Week of March 31, 2014

• Industry rising to meet challenges of today, says new NCTO chair Self

• Members leave meeting feeling encouraged about future

• INVISTA IN CHINA: Polymer producer breaks ground for projects in Shanghai

• SCMA SAFETY: More than 100 sites in South Carolina recognized for safety

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Adaptive Control

• Loose Ends blog: Blastoff! What a week

 

Week of March 24, 2014

• A 'UNIFIYING' PRESENCE: Unifi's Jasper helps bring industry together as three-year chairman

• Southern Textile Association members hear diverse speakers at Winter Technical Seminar

• Mike Pereyo of Oobe, Inc. tells inspiring story of company's founding, growth

• Louis Hornick & Co. pleased with decision to open production facility in S.C.

• FTC issues final changes to textile labeling rules

• Crytpon, Inc. has acquired technology company Nanotex

• INDA NEWS: Milliken's Lovegrove elected chairman; Wahlquist, Justice earns honors

• Rieter shows improvement in fiscal year 2013

• AATCC WEBINARS: The textile chemists and colorists association will sponsor two webinars in April

• ITMA 2015: Research and Education grant to be offered at Milan trade show

• ITMA ASIA + CITME: Fourth combined show sold out ahead of June event

• PEOPLE NEWS: National Spinning Co. promotes Booterbaugh, hires Hensley

• SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT: Morrison Textile Machinery Co.

• Loose Ends blog: Welcome to eTC