Ehmke Manufacturing receives award from Boeing

July 19, 2019  |  In the Industry

The Boeing Company has named Ehmke Manufacturing Co. Inc. the recipient of the Gold/Silver 2018 Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA). The Boeing Company issues the award annually to recognize suppliers who have achieved superior performance.  Ehmke maintained a Gold/Silver composite perfo…
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New president of Southern Textile Association named

July 10, 2019  |  In the Industry

Matt Shannon of Greenwood Mills, Greenwood, S.C., will become the next president of the Southern Textile Association (STA), after Andrew Barker of Matrix Yarns, Charlotte, N.C., finishes the remaining days of his yearlong presidency. The change in leadership will happen at the 111th annual STA meeti…
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Cyclists partner with compression products company

July 5, 2019  |  In the Industry

CANYON//SRAM, a professional women’s cycling team competing in Union Cycliste Internationale cycling events, has announced its partnership with NormaTec, naming the companyits official worldwide supplier of compression recovery products.  NormaTec’s PULSE 2.0 Series Recovery Systems are…
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Universal Fibers expands plants

July 1, 2019  |  In the Industry

Universal Fibers has acquired twisting and heat-setting assets for its production facilities in Gorzow, Poland, and Taicang, China. Both plants are integrated from extrusion to finished yarns in multiple chemistries, including type 6 and 66 nylon, and serve carpet manufactur…
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Bally Ribbon’s Thermal Protection System featured

June 24, 2019  |  In the Industry

Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) highlighted its Woven Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for space, missile and hypersonic system insulation at the National Space & Missile Materials Symposium. This is a U.S.-citizens-only conference, held recently in Henderson, Nevada.     &nbsp…
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Eastman to acquire INACSA

June 24, 2019  |  In the Industry

Eastman Chemical Company announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Industrias del Acetato de Celulosa S.A. (INACSA), a Spanish producer of cellulosic yarn.  The INACSA yarn business and assets are expected to support continued growth of Naia cellulosic yarn for t…
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Nanomaterials Institute at Drexel U. opens

June 10, 2019  |  In the Industry

The ribbons have been cut on the new A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, a recent release from Drexel University announced. The 7,400-square-foot laboratory is intended to advance interdisciplinary fundamental and applied research of the two-dimensional layered material called MXene, discovered at …
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China is working to increase technical fabric exports

June 6, 2019  |  In the Industry

by Eugene Gerden The technical textile and industrial fabrics industry in China may receive a massive impetus for further growth this year, thanks to the recently announced plans of leading local producers and the national government, who are working to create a significant increase of exports in th…
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Stoll 3D flat-knitted seamless glove wins award

June 5, 2019  |  In the Industry

Flat knitting machine manufacturer Stoll recently exhibited at Techtextil and Texprocess, a Knitting Industryarticle reported. On display was the company’s 3D flat-knitted seamless glove, made in collaboration with Robert Bosch. For this innovation, Stoll and Bosch won the Techtextil Innovati…
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Sunbrella announces new headquarters

June 4, 2019  |  In the Industry

With the renovation of Glen Raven’s original plant, Sunbrella has a new headquarters.Architects at New York City–based Tsao & McKownadded new interiors to the 1901 building, which now serves as Sunbrella’s home.  According to Textile World, the building was the first pr…
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