This past weekend, Americas Apparel Producers' Network (AAPN) opened an online SOURCING CENTER connecting our supplier and producer members to make masks, gowns and other urgently required medical garments and sewn products. AAPN started this center with a captive audience of 1,609 executives. The center was announced at 8:30 AM this past Sunday, 3/22 and [...]

Based on its successful initiative in China, Gerber Technology has announced the creation of the Gerber PPE Task Force and Resource Team to support global customers and partners as they work to increase production or transition to manufacturing personal protective equipment (PPE). In a global context where COVID-19 inexorably continues to spread, the shortage of [...]

Dear Industry Coalition Members: As you are aware, ATA, NCTO and INDA conducted a member survey to develop a listing of suppliers of medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the government in light of the current COVID-19 crisis. The response to our joint survey has been overwhelming, including the fact that information has flooded in from [...]

MRA, a larger employer association, is offering an online toolkit to help employers with best practices to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and other common illnesses. Resources include sample policies, guidance on communicating and layoff/closing information. More information is available here: https://www.mranet.org/resource/contagious-diseases-and-pandemic-toolkit

Throughout the process of administering its Section 301 action to combat China’s acts, policies and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property and innovation, the United States has prioritized health considerations and is taking additional action.  In imposing tariffs on goods from China as part of the Section 301 action, the United States determined not [...]

In collaboration with federal, state and local authorities, Fasnap Corp. has been declared a critical manufacturing supply chain partner. Fasnap locations in California, Indiana and Florida remain open with only essential personnel to meet critical needs.  Fasnap supplies materials and products which are used for critical healthcare, temporary shelters, first responder equipment, military personnel equipment, [...]

Shawn McCollum, director of sales and business development at MMI Textiles, has announced that the company is currently providing immediate needs for medical textiles and components to customers who are looking to manufacture bedding, surgical gowns/drapes, masks, shoe covers, protective coveralls, curtains, temporary structures, etc.  MMI also access to completed surgical masks and PPE/protective coveralls, [...]

ATA division members are invited to attend a Member Forum Webinar. We encourage you to take part in an open conversation with other members about the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic and discuss how your company is doing/navigating through this situation.  Discussion questions include: What practices are you implementing to keep staff working further apart and at a [...]

The following is brought to you through ATA's ongoing government relations program. Normally this information would be an exclusive benefit of ATA's Narrow Fabrics Institute (NFI) and U.S. Industrial Fabrics Institute (USIFI). We are sharing this actionable information with the industry at large so we may all work together to collectively address this worldwide crisis. [...]

Established in 1949, Seaman Corporation is a world leader in the production of innovative, high-performance coated fabrics. Headquartered in Wooster, Ohio, with additional manufacturing in Bristol, Tenn., Seaman was recently named one of the top companies to work for in Ohio by Comparably. Comparably is a platform that provides culture and compensation data for public [...]