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Lindauer DORNIER GmbH: Succession Plan In Place

After 35 years in the company, including 25 years as managing director, Peter D. Dornier will hand over the operational management of Lindauer DORNIER GmbH on July 1, 2024, to join the Supervisory Board of the family-owned company. His successor as chairman of the board of management will be Andreas Kueckelmann, previously technical managing director at DORNIER. He will be supported by ...

Toray Celebrates The Commissioning Of Expanded TORAYCA™ T1100 Production Capacity At Its Decatur, Ala., Carbon Fiber Plant

Toray Composite Materials America Inc., a manufacturer of advanced composites, celebrates the commissioning of the upgraded carbon fiber production line in its Decatur, Ala., facility. The $15 million upgrade doubles the production capacity of the TORAYCA™ T1100 carbon fiber and adds critical redundancy to support the rising demand for defense applications. Toray’s T1100 carbon fiber is vital to ...

Latco America Polymers Has Selected FiberQuest To Be Sole Distribution Partner

Latco America Polymers, a recycled polyester staple fiber manufacturer with operations in Queretaro, Mexico, announced today that it had selected FiberQuest as the sole sales distribution partner for North America. Latco America Polymer, Fiber Division, has been in operation since 2019 and produces ...

SEAMS Announces 2024 Board Of Directors

“While the demand for “Made in America” products continues to increase, so do the challenges we face. The SEAMS 2024 Board of Directors looks to continue its support of our members by being the biggest advocate and voice for the domestic sewn products industry”, stated Britt Moore, SEAMS president. “Our driven and talented board spans all ...

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Universal Fibers® Announces C2C Certified Material Health Certificate™ For Thrive® Matter

Universal Fibers® announced today that Thrive® matter nylon 6 fiber has achieved a C2C Certified Material Health Certificate™ at Silver and Gold levels, as verified by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. This is the first such certificate to be issued to any fiber under the Institute’s rigorous new Version 4 standard. Across all industries and ...

Keel Labs Unveils First-Ever T-Shirt Made From Seaweed-Based Kelsun™ Fiber

Keel Labs announced the debut of the Kelsun T-Shirt — a sample developed in collaboration with Aditi Mayer — made from Kelsun™ fiber, the company’s flagship product made from seaweed. Created to demonstrate Kelsun’s plug-and-play potential in replacing conventional fibers used in the textile industry, this T-Shirt marks the first Kelsun garment made using industry-standard ...

How Sustainable Construction Works: Bio-Based Aerogel Fibres Replace Synthetic Insulation Materials

SA-Dynamics is developing sustainable, bio-based and biodegradable insulation materials made from aerogel fibers, thereby setting new standards in resource-saving construction. Dr. Sascha Schriever, Maximilian Mohr, Dr. Jens Hofer and Dr. Christian Schwotzer, were awarded ...

Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies, The World Interlining, Leader Modernizes Its Historic Production Site La Lainière De Picardie

Chargeurs PCC Fashion Technologies is celebrating the 120th anniversary of its historic Lainière de Picardie production site in Péronne, France, with the launch of a modernisation plan that aims to enhance the performance of its production lines and the quality of its products and reduce its environmental impact through investments in cutting-edge technology. The modernization plan, launched in ...

TextileGenesis Launches Two Consortia With The Footwear And Leather Industries To Advance Traceability In These Sectors

Amit Gautam, founder and CEO of TextileGenesis, explained: “The number of unique components required to make a single pair of shoes could range from 10 to 50+ parts while leather has an extremely fragmented and opaque upstream supply chain, this exposes these industries to major social and environmental risks. At a time when ...

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Advance Denim Launches Matte Denim Collection Leveraging Matte TENCEL™ Lyocell Fibers

Lenzing Group, a global producer of wood-based specialty fibers, announced an exciting collaboration with China’s internationally recognized denim mill, Advance Denim, to use matte TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers for its latest Denim Collection. As a long term partner for more than 15 years, this collaboration marks a ...

Black Swan Graphene Expands Global Reach Through Distribution And Sales Agreement With Thomas Swan

Black Swan Graphene Inc. is pleased to announce the establishment of a Distribution and Sales Agreement with Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd., effective January 23, 2024. This agreement leverages the existing strategic partnership and positions...

JEC Composites Startup Booster 2024: The Twenty Finalists Revealed

More than 100 entrepreneurs, SMEs, startups, and university spin-offs submitted their applications, with 20 selected as finalists. March 5-7, these finalists will have the opportunity to present their projects before an expert jury on the JEC World stage.Initiated in 2017, JEC Startup Booster provides an exceptional networking opportunity, offering...

Society Of Dyers And Colourists Launch Global Bursary Scheme In Celebration Of Its 140th Anniversary

In celebration of its 140th anniversary, Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) has announced the launch of the Maurice Tordoff Bursary scheme to financially support organisations operating in the dyeing and finishing industry. Applications are now open to coloration professionals who wish to apply for ...

Rieter Announces Solid Sales In The Financial Year 2023 Despite Challenging Market Environment

The Rieter Group closed the financial year 2023 with slightly lower sales than in the previous year. According to the first, unaudited figures, total sales of CHF 1 418.6 million were achieved, which is around 6% down on the previous year (2022: CHF 1 510.9 million). In line with expectations, the order intake of ...

Revolutionizing Knitwear Design With CREATE DESIGN By KM.ON And STOLL

Fortunately, technology has come to the rescue, enabling designers to push the boundaries of their creativity. One such game-changing tool in the realm of knitwear is CREATE DESIGN by KM.ON and STOLL, a cutting-edge 2D software for knitwear development that provides data such as DXF shapes, textures and maps that can be used for simulation in any ...

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Michelle Gass Assumes Role Of Levi Strauss & Co. President & CEO

Levi Strauss & Co. announced that Michelle Gass has assumed the role of president and CEO, as previously disclosed in December. Gass follows Chip Bergh, who served as the company’s president and CEO for the previous 12.5 years. Gass brings extensive retail and ...

Tranzonic Names Joe Vitale Chief Corporate Development Officer

Vitale will provide strategic direction and leadership as the business expands through acquisitions, investments, and partnerships, and will collaborate with executive leadership on company strategy. M&A is central to the growth strategy of Tranzonic, which has increased sales five-fold in the past decade via acquisitions of diverse companies including Monarch Brands, Acute Care, Adenna, Chemcor, NILodor, Innocore, High-Tech Conversions, and others. Each ...

Mimaki Europe Announces Appointment Of New Managing Director

Mimaki Europe, a manufacturer of inkjet printers and cutting technologies, has announced the appointment of Takao Terashima as the new managing director. Starting his career in Mimaki in 1997 as part of the R&D Department, Terashima has ...

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• Texworld Evolution Paris — comprising Texworld,Texworld Denim, Apparel Sourcing, Avantex and Leatherworld

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• Première Vision Paris

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• Advanced Textiles Association (ATA) Women In Textiles Summit 2024

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• Sourcing At Magic

February 21

• Southern Textile Association (STA) Winter Seminar

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