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Stewarding Development with Measured Experience
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry recently announced the appointment of Matt O’Sickey, Ph.D., as its new Director of Education & Technical Affairs. An accomplished market development, technology and product management executive, O’Sickey has more than 20 years of experience with Tredegar Film Products in the absorbent hygiene, food, and medical sectors. Most recently, …
Textile and Apparel Trade
The Fiber Year in its 22nd edition compiled textile and clothing trade data for more than 60 countries with double-digit expansions in both export and import value. Asian industries lifted exports jointly by 13% apart from Myanmar with its economy severely impacted by the military coup in February 2021. Greater European area, including extra-EU data …
TenCate Grass Launches First-of-Its Kind Synthetic Turf Recycling Program in the U.S.
TenCate Grass, the world’s leading manufacturer, distributor and installer of synthetic turf for sports and landscape applications, announced a first-of-its-kind program in the U.S. to recycle end-of-life artificial grass – a groundbreaking initiative that leverages Cyclyx’s feedstock processing expertise and ExxonMobil’s ExxtendTM technology for advanced recycling. The goal of this effort is to help solve …
Planning To Sell Your Business? How Do You Choose the Right Investment Bank?
Five Essential Questions yo Ask Today, the textile fiber industry is fast-moving and rapidly consolidating. We are seeing more and more business owners choosing to make strategic decisions, and considering options such as selling, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or taking some cash off the table as the right next step for themselves and their company. If …
Textiles – progress in the making
It was very apparent at this year’s combined Techtextil, Texprocess and one-time-only Heimtextil Summer Special shows which were held in Frankfurt, Germany, from June 21-24, that European legislation is currently driving textile innovation as never before. Among other things, from January 1, 2025, the separate collection of textile waste, which is already in place in …