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Carpet and rug manufacturer The Dixie Group Inc has acquired almost all the assets of Burtco Enterprises Inc, a provider of Tapistron CYP soft floorcovering and other related carpet products for the hospitality market.
Technical12 Sept 2014Schlafhorst has released details of a comparative study, in which its Schlafhorst Technology Center set out to discover the comparative productivity potential of the company’s Autoconer winding technology when used in conjunction with its PreciFX and Speedster FX package-design systems.
An Italian textile-machinery training centre will open in Maharashtra, India, later this month, in line with an agreement signed around two years ago by the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) and the DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute in Ichalkaranji in the district of Kolhapur. ACIMIT president Raffaella Carabelli and director Federico Pellegata will be in attendance.
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced the availability of L2 light-fastness control fabric. The AATCC Blue Wool Lightfastness Standard is one of a group of dyed wool fabrics distributed by AATCC for use in determining the amount of light exposure of specimens during light-fastness testing.
News10 Sept 2014World Textile Information Network (WTiN) is to run a second edition of the European Digital Textile Conference – Digital Printing for Homes and Interiors – during Heimtextil, in Frankfurt, Germany, in January 2015. It builds on the success of the inaugural 2014 edition and the expansion of the digital printing feature at the world’s most influential trade fair for home and contract textiles.
The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition by Huntsman Corporation of a number of chemical businesses held by US-based Rockwood Specialties Group Inc, but made approval conditional on Huntsman divesting its TR52 titanium dioxide business – the main grade used for white printing ink applications.
Inkjet Forum India is launching the Digital Textile Print Awards, to be presented alongside its 5th international inkjet conference, Inkjet India 2015, in New Delhi, in February. It says their objective is to raise industry standards and acknowledge achievements in the excellence of digital-textile printing.
News14 Aug 2014Garment decoration is one of the applications foreseen for Graphics One’s new GO X-24P (P model) 24-inch eco-solvent printer. The printer is claimed to be the first eco-solvent printer that can be upgraded to an integrated print-and-cut system and other applications include graphic displays and decals.
News7 Aug 2014Invista has worked with Italian textile-chemicals innovator Garmon and Candiani Denim to introduce a concept collection of jeans with unique aesthetics, using low-impact finishing treatments specifically designed for elastomeric fabrics.
Advanced-textiles and composites company Albany International Corp has reported sales of $193.5 million in Q2 2014, a slight fall on the same period last year. But earnings of $37.7 million before tax and other deductions were up by more than $1 million and the company turned last year’s $7.4 million loss into a profit of $11.2 million. Last year’s earnings in the period were reduced by factors that included a $24.3 million restructuring charge.
News18 Jul 2014Texprocil, India’s cotton-textiles export promotion council, has set out its blueprint for major changes in the country’s textile-trade policy. The recommendations were announced today at a specially convened press conference in Mumbai.
Textile-printing technology companies Reggiani, Konica Minolta, MS Italy and Kornit Digital are among those committed to exhibiting at the second FESPA Eurasia show, which will be held at the CNR Expo in Istanbul, Turkey, from December 4-7.
