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Precision Textiles to open manufacturing facility in North Carolina
August 19th, 2021
Precision Textiles has signed a lease for a new 160,000-square-foot, 25-acre campus in Troy, North Carolina. The new plant is expected to be operational by Sept. 1, 2021, and will employ 100 people from the local area. The facility, once a textiles production plant that serviced the automobile industry, is Precision Textiles’ first domestic manufacturing […]
Alert Rental hosts annual user group conference
August 18th, 2021
Alert Rental recently held its 36th annual user group conference in Colorado Springs, Colo. The event, held Aug. 8-10, 2021, brought Alert Rental users from around the world together to share their experiences, learn from one another and to hear from Alert staff members about updates that will continue to improve its software. “Alert is […]
Piedmont Plastics to open new location
August 18th, 2021
Piedmont Plastics, a wholesale distributor of plastic sheet, rod, tube and film, has announced that it will be open a new branch location in Chattanooga, Tenn., this fall. The new location will mark Piedmont’s 51st branch in North America and its fourth location in the state of Tennessee. The Chattanooga branch will operate as a […]
Nowak joins Orion Engineered Carbons
August 16th, 2021
Paul M. Nowak has joined Orion Engineered Carbons (OEC) S.A. as sales manager. He is responsible for leading OEC Specialty Carbon Black sales in the northeast, developing and implementing new regional sales strategies and leading selected global key accounts. Nowak brings to Orion more than 30 years of experience in urethanes, epoxies, phenolics, organic and […]
Hohenstein develops new method to detect genetic modifications in organic cotton
August 16th, 2021
Hohenstein has developed a new quantification method specifically for genetically modified cotton. One of the first labs with this ability, Hohenstein uses DNA analysis to identify known genetic modifications and calculate their percentage in organic cotton. Stakeholders will use the data to distinguish between minor contaminations and mixtures, control quality and verify claims. For qualitative […]
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics announces new solvent process capabilities
August 13th, 2021
Graniteville Specialty Fabrics, a producer of specialty coatings and coated fabrics, has announced the upgrade of one of its solvent processing lines to meet growing customer demand for advanced engineered products. The new equipment will also provide additional capacity and flexibility to the plant process flow. Graniteville Specialty Fabrics will add a new Marshall & […]
OSHA revises handbook for small businesses
August 12th, 2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently collaborated with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to revise a handbook on workplace safety and health information for small business employers. The Small Business Safety and Health Handbook highlights the benefits of implementing an effective safety and health program, provides self-inspection checklists for employers to identify workplace hazards and […]
Lüthi appointed CEO at SANITIZED AG
August 12th, 2021
Michael Lüthi has assumed the role of CEO of the SANITIZED company group. He takes over the position from Urs Stalder who has joined the administrative board after working for the company for over 30 years. Lüthi has been working for SANITIZED since 2018 and was already a member of SANITZED’s management team. Prior to […]
Knitted fabrics market outlook
August 11th, 2021
According to an ESOMAR-certified market research and consulting firm’s market intelligence report, knitted fabric sales will rise at a CARG of nearly 5 percent from 2021 to 2031, reaching nearly $40 billion in revenue. The rising importance of knitted fabrics in the construction, vehicle, medical and manufacturing sectors are major growth stimulants. Advanced knitted fabrics […]
Focus Sales & Marketing Group expands into converting
August 10th, 2021
Christian Carmona, plant manager, and Chelsea Bennett, sales director, in the new Focus Sales & Marketing Group facility. Focus Sales & Marketing Group LLC (FSMG), a Wellford, S.C.-based fabric supply company, has expanded into the converting industry. FSMG’s expanded capabilities include slitting and rerolling of materials, and warehousing and stocking programs. With an inventory of […]