Image: Beaulieu International Group Beaulieu International Group has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire all shares of IFG Asota GmbH, an Austria-based fiber producer. IFG Asota has expertise in polypropylene, polyamide, polyethylene and biopolymer fibers such as PLA, serving markets including flooring, automotive and filtration. "Our ambition is clear," says Jean-Baptiste De Ruyck, CEO [...]
Twenty-four states filed a case against U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and others on March 5, 2026, in the U.S. Court of International Trade. The lawsuit challenges President Trump’s imposition of global tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. The states argue [...]
On March 4, Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton ruled that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must refund money collected in reciprocal tariffs imposed last year by U.S. President Donald Trump. The judge ruled that U.S. CBP must immediately liquidate all unliquidated entries without International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) tariffs and must [...]
Image: FEDEX The North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) will host the Federal and Defense Textile and Tactical Equipment Summit (FEDTEX) on May 19–20, 2026, in Raleigh, N.C. Hosted by the Offices of U.S. Senator Thom Tillis and U.S. Senator Ted Budd, in partnership with the NCMBC, FEDTEX connects the U.S. Department of Defense and [...]
Image: DyStar Group DyStar Group announced the appointment of Ruan Cunfan to its board of directors. Ruan graduated from Claremont McKenna College with dual bachelor’s degrees in economics and accounting and chemistry. He serves as a director and assistant to the chairman of Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co. Ltd., and as assistant to the chairman of [...]
Image: INDA The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) has opened registration for FiltXPO™ 2026, a conference and exhibition dedicated to filtration technologies. The event will take place Oct. 28–29, 2026, at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FiltXPO will bring together innovators from across the filtration supply chain to showcase next-generation solutions, [...]
Image: World Emblem World Emblem, an emblem and patch manufacturer, announced the opening of a new 72,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. The company relocated its regional operations from approximately 35,000 square feet in northwest Houston into the larger space, which will initially produce up to 500,000 emblems and patches per week. More than 150 [...]
Image: Americas Apparel Producers Network Americas Apparel Producers Network (AAPN) will host the 2026 Carolina Mill Tour March 23–26, 2026, in Charlotte, N.C. The multi-day event will include textile mill tours, education sessions and hands-on learning opportunities. The event is open to anyone in the textile industry involved in supply chain operations, sourcing and product [...]
Image: Circulose Circulose has announced that operations will resume at its Ortviken commercial-scale production plant in Sundsvall, Sweden, in the fourth quarter of 2026. The company plans to resume production of CIRCULOSE®, a recycled pulp made from discarded cotton textiles. "The preparations are in full swing, and new pulp is expected to roll out of [...]
Image: Reju Reju, a textile-to-textile regeneration company based in Paris, France, has announced the site selection for a new Regeneration Hub in Lacq, France. "This French Regeneration Hub builds on our strategy to industrialize a circular post-consumer textile-to-textile model," says Patrik Frisk, CEO of Reju. "By leveraging France’s ambitious circular-economy agenda and advancing our technology [...]
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