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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Teijin’s Innovation Center earns ISO/TS 16949 accreditation

May 27, 2016  |  Industry News

Tokyo-based composite-materials maker Teijin Ltd.’s Teijin Composites Innovation Center (TCIC) has obtained ISO/TS 16949 accreditation for the application of ISO 9001:2008 for automotive production and relevant service part organizations. TCIC is an R&D and mass-production plant of Sereebo™,…
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Kytola moves to Minnesota Knitting ownership track

May 26, 2016  |  Industry News

Wade Kytola, vice president and board member of Minnesota Knitting Mills (MKM), will become an “increasing stakeholder” of the company, according to company owner and CEO Harold Kuller. “Wade has been with us 30 years starting in plant management and now heading our sales operations,” Kuller…
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Lenzing and The Woolmark Company announce their cooperation

May 25, 2016  |  Industry News

The Lenzing Group, Lenzing, Austria, and The Woolmark Co., Sydney, Australia, signed a cooperation agreement and presented the partnership between the lyocell fiber TINCEL® and Merino wool. The fiber duo introduces a new dimension to high-end textiles and active wear. TENCEL is a fiber made from wo…
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Center for Functional Fabrics announced

May 20, 2016  |  Industry News

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa., announces the new Center for Functional Fabrics (CFF), an organization that will support advanced manufacturing of functional fabrics in the region and beyond. On April 1, the U.S. Dept. of Defense announced that Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), a…
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