Live with wool and reduce your carbon footprint

Sydney - Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has launched the Wool Carbon Alliance, a group of Australian and international wool industry representatives working together to market the natural benefits of wool as the ideal fibre to help reduce global warming.

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New CB coverall for combat vehicle crewmen

Spartanburg , SC and Newark, EDEL - Milliken & Company and W.L. Gore & Associates, have announced the launch of the new JSLIST Chemical/Biological (CB) Coverall for Combat Vehicle Crewman (JC3). The coverall uses a two layer fabric system consisting of Milliken’s Abrams flame resistant (FR) fabric and the moisture vapour breathable GORE CHEMPAK Selectively Permeable protective barrier liner.

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PGI acquires spunbond producer Tesalca-Texnovo

Charlotte, NC - Polymer Group, Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Barcelona, based Tesalca-Texnovo nonwovens businesses from Grupo Corinpa, S.L. in a two-phase process. The purchase is expected to close by the end of November, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Milliken introduces lightweight FR workwear fabric

Spartanburg, SC - Milliken & Company, one of the world’s largest privately-held textile and chemical manufacturers, has announced the launch of a new lightweight flame resistant (FR) fabric, as part of its Amplitude line of workwear fabrics. Amplitude is the company’s line of patent-pending premium, high-performance FR fabrics for industrial workwear.

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Eco-friendly cotton for sustainable workwear

Wangen – German high quality workwear fabrics manufacturer Melchior Textil is to present its new ‘Organic Cotton’ line of environmentally friendly fabrics for workwear at next week’s A+A Safety & Health at Work exhibition in Düsseldorf.

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Polyolefin gold rush could benefit technical textile producers

Dublin – According to a new report from Research and Markets, the global structure of polypropylene and polyethylene production is poised to change dramatically as capacity rises in China and soars in the Middle East. As a result, the shares of Western Europe and the USA are set to fall substantially, the report says.

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Mayer & Cie: “Insolvency will not impact on our customers”

Albstadt – Insolvent circular knitting machine builder Mayer & Cie., has issued a statement which is intended to reassure the company’s customers that its sales and service will not be affected adversely by the company’s insolvency.

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