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Radicispandex Corp. Accepts U.S. Department of Commerce Award
May 18, 2009
RadiciSpandex Corp. represented the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) at an award ceremony on May 11 recognizing the NCTO’s North Carolina for its ongoing efforts to support international trade, particularly exporting, within the U.S....
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Unifi Introduces Recycled Polyester FR Fiber
May 18, 2009
Unifi has announced that Momentum Textiles, a leading supplier of contract textiles, has selected REPREVE FR for a line of healthcare privacy curtains. REPREVE FR is the first recycled polyester fiber with inherent flame retardant properties, accordi...
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Entropy Solutions launches PureTemp biodegradable material for thermal management
May 06, 2009
PureTemp, launched by Minneapolis-based Entropy Solutions, is a specially engineered vegetable oil derivative that controls temperatures to extremes – as cold as dry ice, as hot as coffee – for extended periods of time. PureTemp is the world’s first ...
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RadiciSpandex Top Picks for Student Design
May 06, 2009
Scholarship Design Competition held with the junior class design students of The Fashion School of Kent State University. Staged at Kent’s Manhattan design studio on April 24, the judging session also feted designers Lisa Mayock and Sophie Buhai, fo...
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Everest Receives bluesign Certification for Coating and Lamination
May 06, 2009
Everest Textile will be shortly the first company in Asia to receive bluesign international textile environmental protection certification for coating and lamination products. According to the company, this illustrates “Everest’s unshakeable belief i...
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Green-Centric Firm Focuses On Specific Needs of Retail Industry
May 06, 2009
Ecoxera, an innovative green business strategy firm for the retail industry unites business strategy and proven sustainable expertise. The Austin, Texas-based Ecoxera enables a retailer and their supply chain to identify operational efficiencies and ...
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OR Reveals Participating Design Programs for Upcoming"Project OR"
March 27, 2009
Five design programs will participate in "Project OR," a 48-hour concept-to-prototype, student design outdoor recreation clothing competition produced and recorded live at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market, July 21-24, 2009, at the Salt Palace Conve...
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Hohenstein Institute Develops Effect-Based Allergen Test for Textiles
March 27, 2009
Scientists at Hohenstein Institute have developed a textile testing procedure that determines the allergenic potential of textile products. The test is a selective effect-based in vitro cell culture procedure that reliably predicts a textile product’...
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Cordura Debuts Tactical Response Combat Shirt
March 27, 2009
Atlanco’s new Tru-Spec brand Tactical Response Combat Shirt features Cordura baselayer fabric and is the latest addition to the Tru-Spec brand’s Tactical Response Uniform (TRU) line for tactical operators. This new combat shirt is designed for ...
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Nanohorizons Completes Second Phase of Spring 2008 Round of Financing
March 12, 2009
NanoHorizons Inc., makers of SmartSilver antimicrobial additives for textile, health care, and industrial applications, has completed its planned $3.5 million second phase funding from the company’s spring 2008 Series B preferred equity offering. “Wi...
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