Milliken & Company has hired Moira Murray as its residential sales and market director for the specialty interiors business within the Textile Division. Joining the company from UltraFabrics, Murray will work closely across departments to assist in accelerating the specialty interiors business’s position in the residential marketplace. With more than 15 years of sales experience [...]
DIC Corp. has closed on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE). The acquisition brings together the technologies, products, manufacturing assets, supply chain and customer service of the two companies to serve customers globally. The purchase will broaden Sun Chemical’s portfolio as a global manufacturer of pigments, including [...]
Ascend Performance Materials has received the General Motors (GM) 2020 Supplier Quality Excellence Award for its Pensacola, Fla., polyamide 66 plant. The award recognizes GM suppliers who meet or exceed the company’s rigorous quality performance criteria and support multiple functions across GM’s organization. Ascend, the largest fully integrated producer of polyamide 66 resin, produces materials [...]
Enduratex has hired Jim McKeon as Territory Sale Manager, a newly created position in the company. He will manage the Enduratex contract business in the Northeast, Eastern Canada and strategic accounts in the Midwest and along the East Coast. McKeon comes to Enduratex with more than 15 years of experience in the coated fabrics industry. Prior [...]
Tidal Vision has announced a new partnership with Leigh Fibers and the opening of a new production facility in Wellford, S.C. These steps will help to ensure the textile industry has access to sustainable bio-based textile treatments that displace millions of pounds of chemical treatments used in the textile industry. The opening of Tidal Vision’s [...]
Pulcra Chemicals, a specialty chemicals company headquartered in Geretsried, Germany, has acquired Devan. Known for its antimicrobial range BI-OME, Devan recently introduced a wide range of bio-based textile finishes and has a long standing in thermoregulation and flame retardants. Devan has offices in the U.K., Portugal, the U.S. and has a team based in Shanghai. [...]
Beaver Paper Group, a manufacturer of sublimation media and cut and sew papers, has added one of the largest, state-of-the-art robotic arm and precision perforator to its newly remodeled production division. The Dalmec Robotic Arm Manipulator will allow operators to pick up and move large-scale paper rolls with minimal effort and maximum safety. The Dalmec [...]
Standard Textile Co. Inc. and Küçükçalık have entered into a joint venture agreement. The agreement brings together the specialized expertise and knowledge of two leading textile manufacturing companies to expand their product portfolio and accelerate growth in the healthcare, hospitality and consumer markets. Küçükçalık is a global textile manufacturing company with key operations in Turkey [...]
Champion Thread Company (CTC), a producer and marketer of industrial sewing threads, engineered yarns and other textile and sewn products accessories, has hired John Saunders as its manufacturing manager. Leveraging decades of industry experience and knowledge, Saunders, a third-generation thread and yarn expert, will participate in and provide guidance to all CTC product and manufacturing [...]
Polartec®, a creator of innovative and sustainable textile solutions, has announced the launch of its innovation timeline as part of Polartec’s Peaking Since ‘91 campaign. The timeline begins with the 1981 invention of PolarFleece, highlights the 1991 founding of the Polartec brand and continues through to present day. Hosted on Polartec.com and available for publications [...]
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