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ITMF releases Global Textile Industry Survey results
February 21st, 2025
Image: International Textile Manufacturers Federation The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) announced the survey results of the 30th Global Textile Industry Survey. The survey was conducted in January 2025 and reveals a cautiously optimistic outlook amid ongoing challenges in the textile value chain. Looking ahead, optimism is growing with 43% of survey participants expecting improved […]
Reju announces partnership with Cibutex
February 20th, 2025
Image: Reju Reju™ and Cibutex announced they have partnered to establish a circular textile ecosystem among Cibutex member companies. Cibutex is a cooperative of companies dedicated to developing a more sustainable textile supply chain and Reju is a textile-to-textile regeneration company. This partnership will deliver a feedstock supply of secondary raw materials derived from post-consumer […]
Tex-Tech Industries completes acquisition of FMI
February 19th, 2025
Image: Tex-Tech Industries Tex-Tech Industries Inc., a provider of high-temperature and high-performance specialty materials and coatings based in Kernersville, N.C., has completed the acquisition of Fiber Materials Inc. (FMI) based in Biddeford, Maine, and Woonsocket, R.I., from Spirit AeroSystems Inc. FMI is a supplier of high-temperature materials and reinforced composites with applications including thermal protection […]
Gerbing Heated Clothing partners with Lemans Corp to expand distribution network
February 18th, 2025
Image: Gerbing Heated Clothing Gerbing Heated Clothing, a manufacturer of advanced heated apparel, announced a distribution partnership with Lemans Corp., the parent company of Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties. The partnership enables Gerbing to expand its reach and availability to power sports dealers and enthusiasts across the United States. Through Parts Unlimited and Drag Specialties' network of 8,000+ U.S.-based […]
Fibroline USA Innovation Lab celebrates grand opening
February 17th, 2025
Image: Navis TubTex Fibroline, the France-based company that developed dry powder impregnation solutions, and Navis TubeTex, a U.S.-based machinery manufacturer, celebrated the grand opening of the companies' innovation lab. The Fibroline USA Innovation Lab is inside the Navis TubeTex office in Lexington, N.C. The lab will provide expertise and resources pertaining to dry impregnation solutions. […]
Cotton Incorporated appoints William Kimbrell CEO, president
February 14th, 2025
William Kimbrell, Cotton Incorporated's new CEO and president. Image: Cotton Incorporated Cotton Incorporated, a Cary, N.C.-based research and promotion company for U.S. cotton growers and importers, announced the appointment of William Kimbrell as its new CEO and president. Kimbrell assumed the role effective Nov. 2, 2024. Prior to his role as president and CEO, Kimbrell […]
Leigh Fibers hits post-consumer textile waste milestone
February 13th, 2025
Image: Leigh Fibers Leigh Fibers, a recycled fiber products producer based in Wellford, S.C., announced that the company's facility in Brownsville, Texas, has recycled more than half a billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste since the facility's opening in the late 1990s. “We are proud to have been one of the first to engage the […]
CAF and CGS’s BlueCherry announce partnership
February 12th, 2025
Image: CGS The Canadian Apparel Federation (CAF) and CGS’s BlueCherry® announced a partnership to help accelerate the digital transformation of the Canadian apparel sector. CAF is the national association of the Canadian apparel industry, providing members with advice on national and global competitive issues. BlueCherry is an end-to-end supply chain management solution for high-growth organizations […]
Shielding suit by Vollebak deflects radio waves
February 10th, 2025
The pure silver embedded into Vollebak’s Shielding Suit deflects infrared radiations; it also releases positively charged ions that kill bacteria. Photo: Vollebak. Vollebak has released the Shielding Suit, a wearable technology made with pure silver that blocks radio waves so no one can track, hack, or call the users. The silver-added suit, which shares the same electromagnetic shielding technology that NASA has used […]
LOOMIA and AFFOA collaborate on a new textile heater
February 10th, 2025
Brooklyn, N.Y.-based LOOMIA, provider of electronic textiles and flexible electronics, and the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), have introduced the Gentoo Heater, which has been engineered to perform in ultra-cold environments. According to AFFOA, a non-profit Manufacturing USA Institute driving fabric-based innovation in the U.S., the next-generation heater is a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-based resistive heater that […]