A1 Tablecloth Company, South Hackensack, N.J., has partnered with the well-known 3D visualization platform Merri to launch its very own Virtual Showroom. The platform made for event planning allows users to visualize an event space using 3D models of event props and A1's linens. The Virtual Showroom includes a tablescape design feature, letting users tailor [...]
Keel Labs™, formerly known as AlgiKnit, announces a full rebrand, created in collaboration with award-winning design firm, Pentagram, with a new name designed to reflect the company’s mission and capacity to support a sustainable future at scale. The announcement includes an official name for the company’s flagship product, Kelsun™, a seaweed-based yarn with a significantly [...]
Printful, a print-on-demand ecommerce company, announced the appointment of Alex Saltonstall, former General Manager of CastleGate and Partner Operations at Wayfair, as the new Chief Executive Officer. The interim CEO, Zane Levsa, will remain as Printful’s COO and a Board Member. “On behalf of the entire Board, I want to express our excitement that Alex will [...]
Diversified global manufacturer Milliken & Company announces its science-based net-zero targets have been approved by the U.N.-backed Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). SBTi is a collective of international organizations dedicated to helping companies set emission reduction targets consistent with climate science and the Paris Agreement. “At Milliken, sustainability is a core value,” shares Halsey Cook, [...]
Saint-Gobain Films & Fabrics, a global manufacturer of high-performance, technology-driven materials, is rebranding as Saint-Gobain Composite Solutions to better position the business for changes in the marketplace and to more closely align with its core values. Saint-Gobain Composite Solutions will encompass the company’s familiar, yet refreshed brands SHEERGARD®, SHEERFILL®, ONESUIT® and VERSIV™—a new brand that [...]
Sustainable Chemistry for the Textile Industry (SCTI™) has appointed Dr. Isabella Tonaco as Executive Director, effective November 1, 2022. With a mandate to inspire and trigger action at a global level, she will lead SCTI to drive transformational change in the textile and leather industries. Launched two years ago by seven of the world's leading [...]
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) have awarded John Crocker and Rick Stanford the Millson Award for Invention during the Textile Discovery Summit on October 6, 2022. The award was presented for the pair’s work at SDL Atlas in developing the Vortex M6. The Vortex M6 was the first commercial grade top loading washing [...]
United Rentals, Stamford, Conn., has outlined the steps the company is taking to reduce the environmental impact of its operations and help its customers reduce their carbon footprint. The initiatives United Rentals is undertaking to achieve these goals are detailed in the new white paper “Sustainability at United Rentals.” The white paper details three focus [...]
Beverly Knits Inc has purchased the assets of Gentry Mills. The new business, Creative Dyeing & Finishing, LLC will continue to provide dyeing & finishing services to the textile industry. The operation will complement the Beverly Knits group of companies - Creative Fabrics, Creative Ticking, Altus Finishing and Hemingway Sewing Solutions. “A combination of factors [...]
Within the scope of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) initiative “The Sustainability Pledge”, to improve transparency and traceability for sustainable garment and footwear supply chains, the Swiss company Haelixa traces Egyptian cotton DNA from the source up to premium shirts. The UNECE and United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business [...]
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