Image: Reju™ Reju™ announced that it has selected Chemelot Industrial Park in Sittard, Netherlands, for its first industrial-scale regeneration center, Regeneration Hub One. The company opened Regeneration Hub Zero in Frankfurt, Germany, in October 2024. The project will be subject to final investment decision by the board of Technip Energies, the parent company of Reju. The Hub has [...]
President Donald Trump has increased tariffs on most steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50%, effective June 4. The U.S. and the U.K. previously reached a trade deal May 8, agreeing to negotiate an alternative arrangement for the 25% Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum. According to President Trump’s June 3 executive order, [...]
Image: Standard Textile Standard Textile Co. Inc., a health care and hospitality textiles provider, has announced the release of its 2024 Sustainability Impact Report. The company also announced its commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global organization enabling businesses to set ambitious emissions reduction targets based on current climate research. Standard Textile registered with SBTi in [...]
Image: Sunbrella® Glen Raven has announced that a new shift has been added to Sunbrella®'s specialty yarn plant in Burlington, N.C. The plant will now operate 24 hours a day, five days a week, with three daily production shifts to meet increased demand for Sunbrella's products. “We are committed to fulfilling orders quickly and reliably [...]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District granted the Donald Trump administration's request to put a temporary hold on the New York-based U.S. Court of International Trade's judgment May 29. The Court of International Trade Law's May 28 judgement ruled in favor of six American-based companies, ruling that President Trump overstepped his authority [...]
Image: A&E® American & Efird® (A&E), Mount Holly, N.C., has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh. The facility will create more than 350 job positions for local workers. The new facility will complement A&E’s existing operation in Gazipur, further solidifying the company’s commitment to the region. With this expansion, A&E [...]
Image: Dreamstime.com/ © Apartura The Conference Board released the May 2025 Consumer Confidence Index®, reporting that consumer confidence increased by 12.3 points in May to 98.0, up from 85.7 in April. The cut-off date for preliminary results was May 19, 2025, and about half of the responses were collected after the May 12 announcement of [...]
Ann Brunett, The Mitchell Group's EVP and COO. Image: The Mitchell Group Ann Brunett, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of The Mitchell Group, and her thoughts on the U.S.'s tariff policy were included in a Letter to the Editor published in The Washington Post May 5. The piece, entitled "Makers of clothes, [...]
Image: Lectra Lectra, a technology solutions provider for the fashion, automotive and furniture industries, has announced the expansion of its Valia Fashion platform to new markets across the globe, including Mexico, Brazil and South America. Valia Fashion is Lectra’s intelligent cloud-based solution that connects the whole cutting room to automate and streamline each stage of [...]
Elissa Decker, Moss Inc.'s new vice president of global procurement and textile development. Image: Moss Inc. Moss Inc., a graphics and tension fabric structures provider headquartered in Franklin Park, Ill., announced the promotion of Elissa Decker to the position of vice president of global procurement and textile development. In her new role, Decker will provide [...]
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