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AATCC announces 2025 Student Chapter Award winners
June 9th, 2025
Image: AATCC The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced the 2025 Student Chapter Award winners. The Student Chapter Awards honor undergraduate seniors for academic achievement and contribution to their chapter, school or society. Winners received a certificate, a copy of Color Vision and Technology by Rolf G. Kuehni and a free […]
Recover and Intradeco announce strategic joint venture
June 6th, 2025
Image: Recover™ Recover™, a producer of recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, and Intradeco, a global vertical manufacturing group, have announced the formation of a strategic joint venture to construct a new processing plant for Recover fibers in El Salvador. The new processing plant in Central America is strategically located close to textile waste […]
Reju’s Regeneration Hub One to be located in the Netherlands
June 5th, 2025
Image: Reju™ Reju™ announced that it has selected Chemelot Industrial Park in Sittard, Netherlands, for its first industrial-scale regeneration center, Regeneration Hub One. The company opened Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt, Germany, in October 2024. The project will be subject to final investment decision by the board of Technip Energies, the parent company of Reju. The Hub has […]
President Trump doubles tariffs on steel, aluminum imports
June 4th, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has increased tariffs on most steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50%, effective June 4. The U.S. and the U.K. previously reached a trade deal on May 8, agreeing to negotiate an alternative arrangement for the 25% Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. According to President Trump’s June 3 […]
Standard Textile releases 2024 Sustainability Impact Report, announces SBTi pledge
June 4th, 2025
Image: Standard Textile Standard Textile Co. Inc., a health care and hospitality textiles provider, has announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Impact Report. The company also announced its commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global organization enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reduction targets based on current climate research. Standard Textile registered with SBTi in […]
Glen Raven adds shift at Sunbrella specialty yarn plant
June 3rd, 2025
Image: Sunbrella® Glen Raven has announced that a new shift has been added to Sunbrella®'s specialty yarn plant in Burlington, N.C. The plant will now operate 24 hours a day, five days a week, with three daily production shifts to meet increased demand for Sunbrella's products. “We are committed to fulfilling orders quickly and reliably […]
U.S. Court of International Law tariff ruling put on hold
June 2nd, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District granted the Donald Trump administration's request to put a temporary hold on the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade's May 28 judgment. The judgement ruled in favor of six American-based companies, ruling that President Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency […]
A&E opens new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh
June 2nd, 2025
Image: A&E® American & Efird® (A&E), Mount Holly, N.C., has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh. The facility will create more than 350 job positions for local workers. The new facility will complement A&E’s existing operation in Gazipur, further solidifying the company’s commitment to the region. With this expansion, A&E […]
A&E opens new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh
June 2nd, 2025
Image: A&E® American & Efird® (A&E), Mount Holly, N.C., has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh. The facility will create more than 350 job positions for local workers. The new facility will complement A&E’s existing operation in Gazipur, further solidifying the company’s commitment to the region. With this expansion, A&E […]
Consumer confidence partially rebounds in May
May 29th, 2025
Image: Dreamstime.com/ © Apartura The Conference Board released the May 2025 Consumer Confidence Index®, reporting that consumer confidence increased by 12.3 points in May to 98.0, up from 85.7 in April. The cut-off date for preliminary results was May 19, 2025, and about half of the responses were collected after the May 12 announcement of […]