Textile News

• Milliken & Company Introduces Shri Parikh As Healthcare Business President
  SPARTANBURG, S.C. — October 20, 2021 — Following a thorough interview process, global manufacturer Milliken & Company is pleased to welcome Shri Parikh as president of Milliken’s Healthcare Business and executive vice president of Milliken & Company. Parikh joins Milliken after more than 27 years in the healthcare industry, bringing robust experience to this role. […]
• Ganesha Ecosphere And Applied DNA To Deploy CertainT® Platform To Secure Recycled Polyester Supply Chain
  STONY BROOK, N.Y. & KANPUR, India — October 20, 2021 — Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (Applied DNA or the “Company”), a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing and nucleic acid-based technologies, today announced signing a mutual collaboration agreement (the “Agreement”) with Ganesha Ecosphere Ltd. (Ganesha), the largest recycled polyester (rPET) fiber producer in India […]
• Bucha Bio Oversubscribes $550K Raise To Scale Production Of MIRAI™ Biotextile
  NEW YORK — October 20, 2021 — BUCHA BIO INC. oversubscribed to raise $550K as part of the New York-based company’s latest fundraising. Investors include New Climate Ventures, Beni VC, Lifely VC, QKZ Design, MicroVentures, and angels Cary Pinkowski, Nicholas Valeriano, and Fiona and George Sobek. Founded in 2019 and a graduate of SOSV’s IndieBio program, Bucha […]
• Arson Destroyed Their Building, But Portland Garment Factory Is Reopening With More Ambition Than Ever
  PORTLAND, Ore. — October 20, 2021 — Portland Garment Factory, the award-winning full service soft goods manufacturing company, who has worked with many established brands including Nike, Wieden+Kennedy, Intel and LAIKA, is opening its new location after an arson burned down the company’s 10+ year headquarters in April, 2021. PGF, having lost their factory amidst […]
• Scott Bader Italia Established

  WELLINGBOROUGH, UK— October 20, 2021 — Scott Bader is pleased to announce the formation of Scott Bader Italia. Scott Bader Italia has been established to ensure they serve their growing base of Italian customers operating in various markets including, marine, land transportation and building & construction. The Scott Bader Italia office will continue to work […]
• Kornit Digital Introduces Presto MAX, Reinventing Design And Applications Capabilities For Custom Textiles On Demand
  ROSH HA’AYN, Israel — October 20, 2021 — Kornit Digital Ltd., a worldwide market leader in sustainable, on-demand, digital textile production technologies, announced today the release of its Kornit Presto MAX system for sustainable on-demand production of apparel and other textile goods. The new system will make its live debut at Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles […]
• NCTO Launches Video Campaign Highlighting Heroic Healthcare Workers & U.S. PPE Supply Chain; Calls For Strategic Government Plan To Onshore Critical Medical Supplies
  WASHINGTON — October 20, 2021 — The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), representing the full spectrum of U.S. textiles, from fiber through finished sewn products, released an illuminating video and social media campaign today detailing the heroic efforts of U.S. textile manufacturers to supply desperately needed medical personal protective equipment (PPE) at the height […]
• INDEX™ 20 Exhibitor Preview: Beaulieu Fibres
  WEILSBEKE, Belgium — October 14, 2021 — Beaulieu Fibres International, a Europe-based polyolefin and BICO fiber supplier, is attending INDEX™20 in Geneva and is excited to accelerate its work helping customers to exceed in product performance and sustainability. “We are thrilled to be ‘back on the ground’ after the challenges of the pandemic, to reconnect […]
• Nufabrx Completes Oversubscribed $10 Million Series A Round
  CONOVER, N.C. — Oct. 14, 2021 — Nufabrx, a drug delivery platform dedicated to simplifying patients’ ability to receive the benefits of medication through everyday clothing, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $10 million Series A funding round. The equity portion was led by former Ennis-Flint Inc. CEO Matt Soule and his partners Angela Simmons, […]
• Livinguard Technology Proven To Kill >99% Of COVID Delta Variant
  SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 19, 2021 — Livinguard, the Swiss-based international leader in sustainable self-disinfecting hygiene technology, announced today that its technology has been proven to kill the Delta variant of COVID 19. Tests carried out by the renowned IRSHA institute showed that the inner and outer layers of masks supercharged with Livinguard technology […]