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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — September 1, 2026 — The Americas Apparel Producers’ Network (AAPN), in partnership with VESTEX, brought leading brands and sourcing professionals to Guatemala for the inaugural SOURCE: The Americas experience — an immersive look at the capabilities, verticality and relationships strengthenin
Raleigh, N.C.-based NC State University will lead FutureTEX, a 10-year Department of War initiative to modernize U.S. textile manufacturing for defense and domestic applications. The award includes $36 million in its first year and has a $480 million ceiling over a decade. FutureTEX will unite industry, government, uni
Raleigh, N.C.-based Supreme Nonwoven Inc., a manufacturer of advanced nonwoven materials and products, will invest $25.8 million to establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Lexington, North Carolina. The more than 200,000-square-foot facility will support technical collaboration and customized material develo
Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University established the College of Fashion and Textiles this summer as part of a restructuring of its Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce. The new college will offer undergraduate and graduate programs in fashion design, fashion merchandising and management, textile
Charlotte, N.C.-based Burlington Industries, a U.S. manufacturer of advanced textile solutions, celebrated the commissioning of a modernized dyehouse at its Raeford, N.C. operation. The investment supports domestic textile production and the company’s military-uniform supply programs. The Raeford facility produces spec
Newark, Del.-based Covation Biomaterials LLC, doing business as CovationBio, has introduced Sorona elasterell-p fiber, its first branded fiber and first U.S.-produced bicomponent stretch fiber. Made with partially plant-based Sorona polymer, the fiber provides durable stretch and shape retention without elastane. It is
NEW DELHI — September 3, 2026 — Apparel Group, a fashion and lifestyle retail conglomerate, announces the entry of Carrefour into India with the opening of the renowned retailer’s first flagship store at H&S Mall, Boulevard Walk, Greater Noida West, marking the beginning of an ambitious new chapter for both businesses
Weinheim, Germany-based Freudenberg Performance Materials has acquired Foshan United Medical Ltd., a China-based supplier of advanced wound-care products. Foshan United Medical, headquartered in Foshan, China, employs about 200 people. The purchase price was not disclosed. The sellers were UMT founder and CEO Dr. Xiaod
Eberbach, Germany-based DiloGroup has received an order for a complete needling line for production of hygiene materials in the United States. The line will cover all process stages, beginning with fiber opening. It includes a TEMAFA fiber-opening and filtration system designed to support stable operation, fiber prepar
Paris-based Reju, a textile-to-textile materials regeneration company, has opened a research and development center in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, its first dedicated North American research facility. Located within Technip Energies’ Advanced Materials and Catalysts Research Center, the facility will support developmen
NEW YORK — September 1, 2026 — Randa Apparel & Accessories (Randa), a global leader in apparel and lifestyle accessories, today announced that it has acquired the UNTUCKit brand and operations. UNTUCKit is a digitally native, New York-based menswear brand with more than 70 retail stores and a substantial e-commerce bus
MUSCATINE, IA. — August 23, 2026 — Allsteel is moving materiality from aesthetics to engineering with Levra™, its newest task chair designed for the way people work today. Developed in collaboration with ITO Design, Levra’s ergonomic engineering is cloaked in human-centric materials and anchored by a first-of-its-kind,
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