The Sewn Products Equipment & Suppliers of the Americas (SPESA) will host its fourth “Advancements in Manufacturing Technology” educational conference on Sept. 17 at the Sheraton Charlotte Airport in Charlotte, N.C. The non-commercial, educational-only event is targeted at mid-level and upper-level managers, and will provide information to help improve quality and manufacturing efficiency while at [...]

Inkjet textile printing promises to be a high-growth industry, and Electronics For Imaging Inc. (EFI), Fremont, Calif., took a leading role in the transition from analog to digital textile printing with the acquisition of Reggiani Macchine, Bergamo, Italy. Reggiani provides industrial inkjet printers using water-based inks for fabric printing. The new EFI Reggiani will offer [...]

Ryze Renewables has announced that the newly formed company will bring its textile recycling business to Port Arthur, Texas, investing $200 million in two different business lines. The first will collect textile scrap to make medical and personal care products, luxury garments and packaging. The second will take waste from the first process and use [...]

The equipment rental industry revenue is forecasted to grow 7 percent through at least 2018, according to the latest projections released by the American Rental Association (ARA). The U.S. industry also remains on track to reach record revenue of $38.3 billion in 2015. Despite slower demand for rental equipment from the mining, oil and gas [...]

More customers are demanding to know what is in their textile products, and chemical regulations for products are becoming more stringent. ChemSec, the non-profit International Chemical Secretariat in Goteborg, Sweden, offers the ChemSec Textile Guide to show companies how they can identify problematic chemicals in their production and finished garments—and how to eliminate them. The [...]

At an event in the Australian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, representatives of the Cotton Australia delegation made their case about cotton quality, responsibility and sustainable production to companies that together consume approximately five times the volume of the average annual Australian cotton crop. The goal: increase Australia’s percentage of the world cotton market to 30 [...]

ATA’s Military Division will host a webinar tomorrow, Aug. 18, at 1 p.m. CT, to provide an overview of the MUST program and its capabilities for companies that are being given the chance to put product specifications in a knowledge base to inform the military of fabrics and accessories that could potentially be used in [...]