Carver Non-Woven starts new manufacturing facility

July 13, 2016  |  Industry News

Carver Non-Woven Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fremont, Ind.-based custom compression moulder and compounder R3 Composites, will begin a rolling start-up at its new manufacturing facility on July 1, 2016. According to a report by the online service Innovation in Textiles, the plant …
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Automotive textiles market worth $31.75 billion by 2024

July 11, 2016  |  Industry News

The global automotive textiles market is expected to reach $31.75 billion by 2024, according to a new report by San Francisco-based Grand View Research Inc. Increasing automobile production, particularly in the Asia Pacific region, and a favorable regulatory scenario is expected to drive the market …
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Improved quality testing of textiles offered by F.O.S. Group

July 8, 2016  |  Industry News

The F.O.S. Group has launched the www.textiluhr.de website to market its advanced air permeability tester for textiles. The filtration technology specialist based in Ahlen, Germany, now sells an improved tester model under the trade name TX15. The new device is not only of interest to textile and pa…
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N.C. shines in hearty nonwovens market

July 5, 2016  |  Industry News

North Carolina shines amid a particularly robust North American nonwovens industry, with nine of 14 new manufacturing lines being sited there during the past year, it was revealed at the IDEA 2016 trade show in Boston. Columnist Adrian Wilson, writing on the Innovation in Textiles website, says that…
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Warner Capital acquires BGF Industries

July 4, 2016  |  Industry News

BGF Industries, Greensboro, N.C.-based maker of woven and nonwoven materials from high-performance fibers, has announced that a controlling interest in the company has been acquired by London-based private equity fund Warwick Capital Partners LLP. In 1988, BGF became a subsidiary of the Porcher Grou…
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Unifi expands into Sri Lanka

July 1, 2016  |  Industry News

Unifi Inc. will expand the global availability of REPREVE® recycled fiber and other premier value-added yarns through a new division in Sri Lanka, Unifi Textiles Colombo Private Ltd. Based in Colombo, the Sri Lanka operation is expected to begin by the end of the third quarter in 2016. The expansio…
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Bolt Threads partners with Patagonia

June 24, 2016  |  Industry News

Bolt Threads, Emeryville, Calif.-based developer of artificial silk thread, has announced it has received $50 million in Series C funding, and also has entered a partnership with outdoor-clothing brand Patagonia. According to a report by Fortune, the new investment group is led by Formation 8, along…
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Corsair Innovations wins head-health grant

June 10, 2016  |  Industry News

Corsair Innovations, a Plymouth, Mass.,-based company working with both the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the American Flock Association, recently announced it was a recipient of $250,000 in phase three of the Head Health Challenge. The challenge is a five-year program developed in 2014 …
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Honduras eyes lead as textile exporter in the Americas

June 3, 2016  |  Industry News

According to a report from the Honduran president’s office in Tegucigalpa, the country is poised to become the leading player in the textiles industry in the Americas. The Central American country says it currently follows only Mexico as the region’s largest exporter of textiles in the Americas.…
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Smithers Rapra expands Akron testing lab

June 1, 2016  |  Industry News

Smithers Rapra has expanded its weathering exposure testing capabilities with the addition of a new xenon arc test chamber at its Akron, Ohio, laboratory. Headquartered in Akron, Smithers Rapra specializes in testing rubber, plastics and composites. Xenon arc weathering characteristics and test prot…
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