SPESA hosts 2024 Executive Conference in Canada
Nov 5, 2024 · The SPESA Executive Conference is hosted annually. The 2024 Executive Conference event featured a wide array of topics, including a conversation on how to leverage nuclear energy as a new sustainable power source for manufacturing, a case study on crowdsourcing consumers to combat overproduction and insightful exchanges with Canada-based business leaders and entrepreneurs from around the world.
Advanced Textiles Expo 2024 brings more than 4,200 attendees
Oct 17, 2024 · Advanced Textiles Expo® 2024, the largest event of Advanced Textiles Association® (ATA), concluded with resounding success on Sept. 24–26 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Once again held in conjunction with Sun Shading Expo North America—organized by Messe Stuttgart, founders of R + T and the world’s largest trade fair for roller shutters, doors/gates and sun shading ...
Decathlon Pulse, unspun announce partnership - Specialty Fabrics …
Nov 1, 2024 · Decathlon Pulse, the investment arm and start-up studio of Decathlon Group, a Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France-based retail company, and unspun, a fashion technology company in Oakland, Calif., announced a partnership to deploy unspun’s 3D …
Shalag US Inc. to open new nonwovens facility in Virginia
Sep 23, 2024 · Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that Shalag US Inc., a nonwoven fabrics manufacturer based in Oxford, N.C., will invest $16.6 million to open a new nonwoven manufacturing and production facility in Richmond, Va.
Jones Family of Companies, ECO Fiber enter joint venture
Dec 2, 2024 · Jones Family of Companies Inc., headquartered in Humboldt, Tenn., and ECO Fiber Inc., based in Charlotte, N.C., announced the formation of a joint venture to establish a new company, ECO Fiber Packaging. ECO Fiber Packaging will provide sustainable cold chain packaging solutions and operate as a new entity under …
ATA introduces workforce development website - Specialty Fabrics …
Nov 9, 2024 · The Workforce Development Council, a member group of the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA), has launched its new website as a resource for building the textile industry workforce.
Paradise Textiles unveils first garment made with bio-synthetic …
Nov 8, 2024 · Paradise Textiles, the material science hub of Alpine Group based in Taiwan, announced it has partnered with Kintra Fibers, a bio-based fiber producer based in New York, N.Y., to create the first garment using Kintra’s proprietary bio-synthetic material. The lightweight jacket serves as a proof-of-concept, representing a step in …
Textiles combat noise pollution - Specialty Fabrics Review
Nov 1, 2024 · Environmental Noise Control was asked to provide noise mitigation for a press junket and movie premiere held on a loading dock. The company deployed its proprietary STC-25 acoustical barrier blankets, fabricating six 20-foot-wide, 30-foot-long and 20-foot-high suites where media could privately interview and record cast members.
Milliken & Company announces investment in Tidal Vision
Dec 4, 2024 · Milliken & Company, a global flooring, textiles, chemicals and health care products manufacturer based in Spartanburg, S.C., announced its investment and partnership with Tidal Vision.Tidal Vision is a global biomolecular technologies company. The partnership will introduce biodegradable chemistries to the markets that Milliken serves and is the latest in a series of investments made as part ...
ADVANCED TEXTILES EXPO 2024: Highlights from Anaheim
Dec 1, 2024 · Emerging technologies Could hemp fill the “cellulose gap”? According to Lelia Lawson, a researcher at the University of Alberta, Canada, who is associated with Davey Textile Solutions Inc., the demand for cellulosic fibers will grow so substantially by 2030 that there will be a “cellulose gap” not met by other natural or synthetic fibers.