The Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) hosted its 2024 Executive Conference in early October in Montréal, Que., Canada. The event was hosted at Le Mount Stephen Hotel and brought together leaders in sewn products, textiles and technology for productive and insightful discussions on the industry's future. Attendees and speakers came from [...]

Decathlon Pulse, the investment arm and start-up studio of Decathlon Group, a Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France-based retail company, and unspun, a fashion technology company in Oakland, Calif., announced a partnership to deploy unspun’s 3D weaving technology, Vega™, across Europe. The partnership, which centers around the investment and a multiyear offtake agreement through 2030, aims to scale unspun’s [...]

Standard Textile Co. Inc., a global leader in health care and hospitality textiles based in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced the company won four awards at the 2024 Nightingale Awards at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo in Indianapolis, Ind., on Oct. 7, 2024. The company earned four awards, including the highest recognition for sustainability and innovation: AMY™ Privacy Curtain was awarded Best [...]

The Woolmark Company announced the launch of Woolmark Teach, the first email newsletter created for American educators. Published and distributed three times per year, the newsletter will provide educators with the latest wool news, including industry updates, events, educational opportunities and more. Interested parties can subscribe here. “Our work at Woolmark goes well beyond simply [...]

From left to right: WK Kim, chairman of Global Sae-A, Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves, and Keun Seok Jeon, South Korean ambassador to Costa Rica at the opening ceremony of Sae-A Spinning’s third spinning mill. Image: Global Sae-A Global Sae-A Group, the holding company of Sae-A Trading, a Seoul, South Korea-based apparel manufacturer, held an opening ceremony [...]

Honeywell has announced a plan to spin off its Advanced Materials business into an independent, U.S. publicly traded company, which is targeted to be completed by the end of 2025 or early 2026. Honeywell expects to execute this plan in a tax-free manner to its shareowners. "Given the sustained market demand for advanced specialty chemicals and [...]

Heberlein Technology, a provider of air interlacing and air texturing jets for synthetic continuous filament yarns based in Wattwil, Switzerland, announced the company has joined the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) as a corporate member. “ITMF is delighted to welcome Heberlein Technology as a corporate member of ITMF. The value of ITMF is that the [...]

Marcio Manique, Milliken and Company's new senior vice president of protective fabrics for its textile business. Image: Milliken and Company Milliken & Company, a global manufacturer based in Spartanburg, S.C., announced the appointment of Marcio Manique as senior vice president of protective fabrics for its textile business. In this role, Manique will oversee the fire [...]

The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) released the 2025 schedule of short courses. The training courses cover the full spectrum of the nonwoven value chain, from raw materials to processes to products. The nonwovens training program combines classroom learning with hands-on activities in NWI’s state-of-the-art nonwoven production and [...]

Vidalia Mills, a sustainable cotton manufacturer based in Vidalia, La., announced a rebrand and the launch of a strategic capital raise. The aim is to secure the company's long-term financial health and support future growth. Vidalia undertook a strategic rebranding effort to modernize its image while maintaining its core values. The first step was brand [...]