Textiles News
Seamless news about the design, production and distribution of yarn, cloth and clothing. Discover news about specialty and industrial fabrics, medical textiles and non-woven materials, including surgical and protective apparel, geosynthetics and home and office furnishings. Find the latest news on textile mills, supply chain management, innovations, emerging brands, company news and products and services for the textile industry.
Rising Labor Shortage Hits the Interlining Industry in China
The current labor market in China brought about a difficult period for the service and manufacturing industries. There is no exception to the interlining industry. The labor shortage has impact these industries since this spring, due to the increasing living costs and stagnant salaries, according to Sam Lee, the Managing Director in Interlining Source Limited. - December 17, 2010 - Interlining Source Limited
Brentano’s 2011 Annual Color Forecast
2011 will see both fresh shades and modern classics - December 10, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
ShanghaiTex 2011 - a Shining Platform for the Rejuvenated Textile Industry
The International Exhibition on Textile Industry (ShanghaiTex) is the most historical and professional exhibition of the kind in China and possesses its unique national brand. - December 10, 2010 - Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd
A Successful Business Model of the Future in the Interlining Industry
One-brand Non Wovens Group, a leading interlining manufacturer in China, has announced that they founded a service provider that would deliver interlining sourcing solution to their customers. The service provider is Interlining Source Limited and can be found at... - December 07, 2010 - Interlining Source Limited
Jonano MaIsse™ Blended Sorona® Bamboo Textile Praised by Material Researchers
Material ConneXion Awards Jonano as MaIsse™ fabrics have become part of the world's largest innovative materials library, accessed by Fortune 100 companies, architects, designers, and more - Collections Available Wholesale and Retail Online at Jonano.com. - December 03, 2010 - Jonano
38 Industrial Textile Manufacturers Added to the Online Industrial Directory
The international b-to-b directory IndustrialCOOP.com announces the latest textile manufacturers added to its industrial textiles trade sites. - November 17, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Brentano Adds New Eco Elements to Established Green Collection
Gala Collection expands green label with more benefits - November 13, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Gladding Braided Products is Expanding Manufacturing Operations with New Plant Addition
Gladding Braided Products is expanding and adding approximately 10,000 square of manufacturing space to their existing 85,000 sq. foot factory. The ground breaking took place in July 2010 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of October 2010. - November 01, 2010 - Gladding Braided Products, LLC
Jonäno "Stood Out from the Rest" at Green Initiative LA Fashion Weekend 2011 Organized by Showtime Series Star Mikey Koffman of the Real L Word
Eco fashion house Jonäno's Spring Summer 2011 Majorca Collection made its debut at The Green Initiative Humanitarian Fashion Show during Los Angeles Fashion Weekend Sunset Gower Studio runway event, where it was presented to Los Angeles's fashion elite and the spear-headers of the green and sustainable movement. - October 26, 2010 - Jonano
Gladding Braided Products Will be Featured on the Award Winning History Channel Series Modern Marvels
Gladding Braided Products will be featured on the History Channel’s award-winning television series, Modern Marvels. The episode, slated to air in November 2010, will explore the history and manufacturing of chains, wire and rope. A three-person film crew from Half Yard Productions, a documentary film company from the New York City area, spent a day filming Gladding’s manufacturing facilities. - October 22, 2010 - Gladding Braided Products, LLC
Brentano Celebrates 20 Years of Business and 20 Years of Partnership
Brentano Design Director lectures on growing into green - October 21, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Exhibitor Registration is Open for EcoFriendly Expo January 31 to February 2, 2011
Register and participate in the EcoFriendly Expo, a high-end business-to-business marketplace featuring eco innovation and sustainable design. - October 05, 2010 - Eco Friendly Expo LLC
Brentano Redefines High-Performance and Bleach Cleanable Upholstery
New Healthcare products amp up performance with an eye for beauty. - October 02, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
INVISTA’s CORDURA® Fabric Featured in New CamelBak® Linchpin(TM) Tactical Hydration Pack
Series Incorporates Exceptionally Durable 500D CORDURA® Classic Fabric for Light Weight Versatility. - October 02, 2010 - CORDURA (R) Fabrics
ACT Global and AvTurf Launch Aviation Turf Partnership
Patented technology provides airport ground safety enhancements and erosion control. - September 27, 2010 - Act Global
Brentano Celebrates Iris Wang’s Commitment to Being a Color Leader
Fall 2010 Gala collection combines classic patterns with modern colors. - September 03, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Online Garment Design Specialists Shirtlab Announces Winners of We Love Festivals T-Shirt Design Competition
Steve Beynon, MD of Shirtlab, announces the winners of the recent t-shirt design competition held in collaboration with welovefestivals.com. - September 02, 2010 - Shirtlab
Industrial Leaders Debuts Its Textile Mills Directory for Buyers of Textiles & Fabrics
IndustrialLEADERS.com, online publisher of 200+ industrial product directories, unveiled today its American textile mills directory and industrial fabrics-focused marketplace. - August 14, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Brentano's Gala Collection Celebrates 20 Years of Diversity
Fall 2010 Gala collection offers range of textiles. - August 12, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Trelleborg Launches Lightest Level A Ensemble Ever Certified to NFPA 1991-2005
Trelleborg Protective Products announces the launch of Trellchem NEO, the lightest Level A protective ensemble ever certified to NFPA 1991-2005. The garment utilizes a unique laminate material to create an ultra lightweight Level A suit with outstanding strength, integrity and chemical resistance. - July 21, 2010 - Trellchem
Marc Ecko & koi Team Up to Launch New Designer Scrubs Collections
Marc Ecko Enterprises and koi, a leading maker of designer scrubs, are partnering to launch two new lines of designer scrubs under the Ecko Unltd. and Ecko Red brands. The new scrub collections will be available for the Spring 2011 season. - July 20, 2010 - koi Design LLC
Ecotec® Yarns Receive Global Recycle Standard Label
Ecotec® yarns are the first in the US to qualify for Control Union's rigorous independent, third-party GRS certification. - July 15, 2010 - Ecotec
Brentano Fabrics Showcased in Versatile Environments at 2010 NeoCon
Textiles seen in innovative exhibition, green education center, and numerous showrooms. - July 14, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Rock Fall's Revolutionary Metatarsal Protective Footwear Set to Radically Improve Safety, Comfort and Image
Details the release of a world-first metatarsal total protection safety boot that exceeds European Safety Standards. - June 17, 2010 - Rock Fall (UK) Ltd
Brentano's NeoCon Partnerships Change the Game
Brentano Fosters Creative Marketing in Difficult Economy - June 10, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Brentano Honored for Innovative Hospitality Textile
Receives IIDA/HD product award for third consecutive year. - June 09, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Big Bear to Offer Discounted Embroidery Deal at Promotions East 2010 Show
Big Bear, a full service garment decoration shop located in Buffalo, NY, will be exhibiting at the Promotions East 2010 promotional products industry tradeshow being held in Atlantic City, NJ next week. While there, they will be offering a discounted embroidery deal to attendees of the show. - June 05, 2010 - Algonquin Services dba Big Bear
Big Bear Joins Forces with SanMar to Save Customers Money on In-Bound Shipping
Big Bear, a full-service garment decoration shop located in Buffalo, NY, will join SanMar’s Pack Separately. Ship Together. program in order to save their customers money on in-bound shipping from any of SanMar’s six warehouse locations. - June 01, 2010 - Algonquin Services dba Big Bear
IFAI Provides Specialty Fabrics for Urgently Needed GOM Oil Cleanup
Go-to list posted with supplier/manufacturers of oil containment products and the components to make them on www.ifai.com - May 28, 2010 - Industrial Fabrics Association International
BabyLuxe Announces the Launch of Its New Website, babyluxebrands.com
BabyLuxe, a leading brand in bedding essentials for the juvenile products industry, announces the launch of their new website. The site, www.babyluxebrands.com was designed to showcase the extensive selection of product offerings and provide informative content for consumers. Consumers can browse... - May 28, 2010 - BabyLuxe
Flexfit Headwear & Agenda Trade Show Team Up to Present Agenda: NYC
Flexfit Headwear is proud to announce its title sponsorship of AGENDA: NYC, showcasing the best in steetwear and action sports lifestyle brands from around the world. - May 18, 2010 - Flexfit
Brentano Says "I Do" to FashioNext at NeoCon 2010
An exhibition that combines traditional and imaginative textile applications. - May 13, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
U.S. Textile Industry Gets a Lift from Buy American's Industrial Fabrics Directory
Industrial Leaders Group (ILG) publisher of the Buy American website announced the launch of its new guide to connect U.S. textile mills with companies worldwide. - May 13, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Garment Center Online is Growing
Garment Center Online is the only member controlled online directory of the businesses in the Garment District of New York. The directory has recently included a blog where the company information is published and a forum where garmentos can communicate with each other. - May 08, 2010 - Garment Center Online
CORDURA® Baselayer Brand Now Features FreshFX® Fabric Technology
Silver-Based Fabric Technology Provides Long-Lasting Freshness. - April 24, 2010 - CORDURA (R) Fabrics
Teres McClen Takes Eco-Luxury to the Derby
The McClen Fashion Group—an innovative, luxury, fine-living brand heightening awareness through ethical practices, procedures, products and services with the lowest impact to the environment—will join noted celebrities, athletes and community leaders at Ferdinand’s Ball to help... - April 22, 2010 - McClen Group
Shirtworks to Support Earth Day's 40th Anniversary with a 10% Discount on Organic, Fairtrade and Recycled Promotional Products Bought on 22nd April
Shirtworks, a keen supporter of environmental and Fairtrade causes, will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by offering a 10% discount on any organic cotton garments, Fairtrade garments or recycled promotional products bought on Earth Day (22nd April). - April 21, 2010 - Shirtworks
25% Discount on PJ Salvage Sleepwear at Pajamas Store, SleepyHeads.com
25% discount on PJ Salvage sleepwear is presented by SleepyHeads.com, the pajamas and sleepwear store. The discount is valid through April 19th 2010 and can be redeemed by using "PJS25" on checkout. - April 17, 2010 - Sleepyheads.com Inc.
Brentano Celebrates 20 Years of Beauty + Performance
New collection features luxurious eco-fabrics and durable upholstery. - April 16, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
Survival to a T: Mother-Daughter Team Launch Lifesaving T-Shirt Company
After getting lost for 24 hours in a national park, Laura Smith and her daughter were inspired to create a T-shirt that could help others survive in dire situations in nature. SurvivalT.com provides T-Shirts that have printed on them the uppermost important survival information. Smith, an artist, knows that just a few bits of information are enough to save a life. - April 14, 2010 - Survival T Ltd
Edward Stripe Opens Its First Concept Store in Noosa Heads
Edward Stripe, a Queensland company that supplies Australian designed, handmade quality business shirts, neckties and cufflinks announces the opening of its first Concept Store in Noosa Heads. - April 10, 2010 - Stripe & Company Pty Ltd
World Markets for Textile Machinery, 2009/10: Dyeing and Finishing Reports Now Available on ReportsandReports
Global deliveries of machinery for mercerising—a process which increases a fabric’s affinity for dye—fell from 31 units in 2007 to 25 units in 2008. Despite the drop, shipments remained above the low of 23 units delivered to the world’s mills in 2006. All 25 units delivered in 2008 were for treating woven fabrics. - April 07, 2010 - marketsandmarkets
World Textile and Apparel Trade and Production Trends: The EU Reports Now Available on ReportsandReports
The falls reflected declining export demand for EU-made goods as well as falling domestic sales as a result of the global economic crisis and recession in many countries. Total exports to countries outside the EU were 17.9% lower, with sales of textiles down by 20.4% and clothing by 14.9%. - April 06, 2010 - marketsandmarkets
Invengo Announces New RFID Tags, with Impinj Monza 4 Chip, and Also the Release of a UHF Gen 2 Hand Held Reader
Invengo Technology Corp. a manufacturer of UHF and HF RFID inlays, tags, cards, and readers, announced the launch of a new range of Monza 4 based inlays/tags and a UHF hand held reader. - April 05, 2010 - Invengo Technology Corporation
Kicking Off with a New Kind of Football Boot
Innovative new footwear brand Isso Mali, is unveiling its first collection of sheepskin boots, Football Fanatics. For all the World Cup junkies out there, the only way to get a pair of these is online at the official Isso Mali website (www.issomali.com). The Isso Mali brand has been brought to life by Michael Bois, owner of men’s clothing store Swarvie Saint, in collaboration with creative director, George Sezenias. - April 03, 2010 - Isso Mali
Gigi’s Closet Now Offers DD+ Bra Sizes for Large-Chested Women
Gigi’s Closet carries larger bra sizes for full-chested women, including several on Oprah’s bra list from her TV Show and Magazine. - April 03, 2010 - Gigi's Closet
Innovative New Textile from Brentano
Linen and polyurethane combine to create first of its kind wall panel and upholstery fabric - April 01, 2010 - Brentano, Inc.
World Textile and Apparel Trade and Production Trends: The USA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, 2009 Edition Reports Now Available on ReportsandReports
US consumer expenditure on clothing and footwear fell by 1.1% in 2008 and continued to decline in the first half of 2009 as the recession took hold. Reflecting the downturn, there was a 10.6% fall in the volume of US textile and clothing imports in the first seven months of 2009. - April 01, 2010 - marketsandmarkets
Top Names in Soccer Sponsor AVID Contest
Nike, adidas, Reusch and Calle Republic have sponsored a writing contest for the AVID Soccer coach, player, fan and goalkeeper. Stories will be published on AVID Soccer. - March 29, 2010 - AVID Soccer Equipment Review
Virtual Inventories Announces Lingerie Diva's "Know Your Diva" Contest
Enter in Lingerie Diva’s "Know Your Diva" contest to win a $200 shopping spree. - March 27, 2010 - Virtual Inventories, Inc.