Two innovative technologies recently developed by A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, have been recognized by the All China Printers and Dyers Association for the important contributions they can make to energy and water savings in textile mills. Monfort’s E-Control process for continuous dyeing, as well as the company’s latest heat recovery system [...]

Li Ying Lu: The China Textile News (CTN) is the only authorized national newspaper on the textile industry in China. Would you please give us some background on your newspaper? Mr. Chi: CTN started in 1986, and is 22 years old this year. The fundamental mission of this newspaper is to offer comprehensive information services [...]

Consumers answering the 2007 ImagePower Green Brands Survey plan to double spending on green products and services in 2008, an estimated $500 billion in sales. “This wave of research very clearly indicates an uptick in purchase intent...particularly those that are relatively simple to implement, such as installing environmentally friendly lighting and upgrading to energy-saving appliances,” [...]

Huntsman Textile Effects, Basel, Switzerland, offers a broad range of textile chemicals and colorfast dyes. Brückner-Group, Leonberg, Germany, specializes in woven and knitted fabric technology, technical textiles and coating technologies. An alliance between the two will give textile finishers comprehensive solutions for continuous dyeing of woven fabrics and cost-and-energy-saving production technologies. Among the technologies brought [...]

The Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA) recently introduced a “Platform on Sustainability” outlining seven “green” principles and voluntary performance, environmental, health and safety standards for qualified foams used in upholstered furniture, bedding and automotive seating. “The problem is there are currently no standards in the U.S. for foam cushioning in the area of environmental safety,” says [...]

Environmental issues with goods made in China may be one reason why Ho Yu Textile Co. Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan, signed up with bluesign technologies ag, St. Gallen, Switzerland, for its screening and consultation services. A bluesign screening includes detailed on-site evaluation of the environment, resource and workplace circumstances of textile manufacturing sites. The five bluesign [...]

In September 2007, First Choice Armor opened its new operation in Spindale, N.C., announcing that it would relocate from Brockton, Mass., and create 398 jobs during the next three years. After hearing about the business climate in Rutherford County, N.C., from one of their suppliers, First Choice Armor, manufacturer of protective body armor for military [...]

carbon nanotubes are one-atom-thick sheet of graphite rolled into cylinders and held together by strong chemical bonds. Photo: American Institute of Physics. Most bulletproof vests work by spreading the force of the missile, blunting its impact. Those wearing such protective gear can sustain severe bruising or blunt-force trauma to internal organs. Australian engineers [...]

One of very few industrial textile companies left in Philadelphia, Ehmke Manufacturing Co. Inc. continues to thrive in its niche as a supplier of fabric products for military markets. The Boeing Co., Chicago, Ill., conferred the 2007 Performance Excellence Award on Ehmke as an exceptional supplier among the approximately 10,000 companies that provide products for [...]

Hearst Brand Development has unveiled a licensing agreement with Jardin de Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to design and distribute a distinctive line of branded outdoor home furnishings, bringing a high level of luxury to the sophisticated home market. The first of several Jardin de Ville Town & Country collections debuted at North Carolina’s High Point [...]