News Items

• Senators Pressing for Passage of Currency Bill
• Textile Association Challenges Ruling on Sleeping Bags
• President Obama Calls for Renegotiation of US/Korea FTA
• The Rupp Report
• How some textile mills avoided Armageddon
• ¿Qué Talla es México?
• Monsanto fined for misbranding violations
• TEVTA to commence DAE for new courses
• Dow, Mitsui form JV to Produce Chlor-Alkali
• The Rupp Report: Domestic Markets Lead The Way
• Treasury says China is not a currency manipulator
• Santana Textiles set to begin construction on Edinburg plant
• ACIMIT Reports Successes At Recent ITMA Asia + CITME
• Eschler, Grabher Group Team To Offer Plasma-Treated Sports And Outdoor Apparel
• Toho Tenax Aims To Expand Carbon Fibers Business, Increases Participation In Aerospace Market
• Testing Machines Inc Relocates Headquarters, Adds Jobs
• EU Clothing Imports Fall For The First Time In Over 10 Years
• Hohenstein Researchers Improve Functional Sportswear
• Trade Deficit Rises Again as Imports and Exports Both Increase
• AD Notices: Polyester Staple Fiber, Folding Tables and Chairs, PET Film
• Textile Fasteners & Needles Market in the US to Reach US$1.22 Billion
• Levi's Brand is Performing Well
• Ways and Means Committee to Hold July 27 Hearing on U.S.-EU Trade Relationship
• U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum Held in Denver
• CPSC Issues Third-Party Accreditation Requirements for Vinyl Plastic Film, Carpets and Rugs
• Trade Commission Cites Problems With Exports
• The Rupp Report: Marketing And R&D Vital For Survival
• Régitex USA Opens Plant In Brodnax, Va
• Intradeco Apparel Develops Water Treatment Recycling Process
• Executive Forum
• QC Innovations
• Atlanta Textile Shows Exceed Expectations
• IDEA10 in Miami Beach
• Wool- A Fiber for the Future
• Building Better Apparel Brands
• Specialty Markets -- Bicomponent Fibers
• Global Workwear Market to Reach US$29 Billion by 2015
• TSCA Reform Legislation Introduced in the House
• House Approves Textile Duty Suspensions
• Apparel Association Submits its Blueprint for Export Expansion
• The Rupp Report: Fong's Reshapes its Organization
• Orian Rugs to Expand Anderson, SC, Plant
• EDANA, CNITA, ANFA Support IFAI Expo Asia 2011
• Huntsman Introduces Novasol Vat Dyes
• Yeh Group Adopts DyeCoo Technology, Gains Exclusive Rights
• Everest Textile Uses Nilit Yarn in Ultra-Lightweight Fabric
• NewMerino Branding Concept Certifies Ethically-Produced Merino Wool
• Certain Point Blank Solutions' Ballistic Systems Feature Outlast Adaptive Comfort
• In Memoriam
• Universal Fibers Celebrates Four Decades of Progress
• Increase Productivity with Appleton's Affordable Automatic Core Cutter
• P2i Acquires Surface Innovations
• Ahlers and Assyst Close Out Innovation Partnership Deal
• Schlafhorst Autoconer X5 Offers Updated Automated, Flexible Winding Operation
• Comez Offers Upgraded CLX/EL, MCJ 700 Needle Loom
• Economical Rope Finishing
• Correction: House-Passed Deficit Bill Excludes Restrictions on FTA Legislation
• House Approves Bill to Remove Labeling Exemption for Garments with Small Amounts of Fur
• Earned Income Allowance Program Benefits US, Dominican Textile and Apparel Industries
• President Extends Burma Sanctions for Another Year
• BIS Clarifies Country Scope of Direct Product Rule
• DOT Reports Small Gain in Monthly Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico
• A Wide Array of Machine Embroidery Supplies
• Organic Exchange to Host Sustainable Textile Conference New York
• Zicron Sells Barotex Technology to Futurevest
• GlobalTex will offer the largest selection of international resources
• Drirelease Introduces e.c.o. Fabric with Repreve Certified Recycled
• Textile Manufacturers Support Export Initiative
• The Rupp Report: Cotton Supply Challenges
• Anvil Completes Fourth LCA in Two Years
• Sawgrass Technologies, Glaser Mills Introduce MxF Digital Printing Solution
• Invista to Add Jobs at Waynesboro Plant
• Optimer Introduces drilease environmentally correct origins with Repreve
• Texmac India 2011 to Take Place March 16-19 in Mumbai
• CRAiLAR Organic Fibers Nets GOTS Chemical Input Certification
• Mind Our Step: Bekaert Introduces SiroLock
• Court overturns CV duties on Chinese tires
• Textile interests want changes in Korea FTA
• USTR launches annual review of Andean Trade benefits
• AD notices: ribbons, carboxymethylcellulose, steel, shrimp, polyester fiber, fish
• New Jersey company obtains fair trade certification
• PlushBeds sells over 1,000 mattresses online in 1st half of 2010
• Silk fibers could lead to edible optics in future
• FOA Released: Manufacturers of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics
• Administration moving on South Korea Free Trade Pact
• Customs reform legislation introduced in the Senate
• The Rupp Report: Meet the needs of your customer
• Cotton USA delegation visits Latin America
• Columbia to acquire OutDry Technologies
• DuPont builds facility to produce Energain Separators
• Spartanics introduces Finecut-Plus-Rotary combination die cutting system
• Camira: a new textile resource for the North American interiors marketplace
• Ruff Wear unveils new winter dog gear
• Women spin to win at the fair, weavers show off their skills
• Little near-term import relief
• Demand strong, capacity available
• Spunlaced flax: new possibilities for eco-friendly composites
• President Obama approves tariff concessions on components
• The Rupp Report: More investment for the future
• Haiti apparel center opens to train workers for country's garment industry
• Palmetto Synthetics to expand to Kingstree plant
• Naturally advanced technologies subleases Kingstree facility for flax fiber scale-up
• TB Kawashima USA to expand Lugoff, SC, plant
• Rieter returns to profitability in first half of 2010
• New ASTM textiles standard provides comprehensive guide to fibers
• TMC goes the extra mile
• Explore digital garment decoration firsthand at SGIA Expo
• Mexico to revise list of U.S. goods subject to tariffs in trucking dispute
• CPSC publishes accreditation requirements for flammability testing of children's apparel, mattresses
• AD notices: electric blankets, urea, polyester staple fiber
• USTR invites comments on DR-CAFTA labor complaint against Guatemala
• Textile and apparel webinar
• Update on anti-counterfeiting trade agreement negotiations
• AD/CV notices: ribbons, rubber, carbon bricks, hand trucks
• DOC finds Chinese electric blankets were dumped on US market
• The Rupp Report: successful German textile machinery manufacturers
• Saati Americas to establish facility in Fountain Inn, SC
• Oerlikon Barmag reports increases in orders, unveils WINGS for FDY production
• Swisstulle invests in Bruckner and Erbatech technology
• Shaw installs 1 billion square feet of EcoWorx
• Spartanics adds bar code readers to Finecut Laser Die Cutting machines
• Anver introducers TT Series Vacuum Transfer Tubes
• Lenzing Group: best half year result in company history
• EDANA announces outlook keynote speaker
• Nine of the USA's 10 largest clothing suppliers drop their prices
• Proposals to toughen AD/CV enforcement could raise prices of imports from China
• Draft Rule lays out interpretation of "children's product" under Product Safety Law
• Limited Brands Reports Second Quarter 2010 Earnings
• Group seeks ITC report on section 421 tariffs before any similar measures imposed
• TenCate doubles first half profits
• Stretchable Nonwovens Report available from INDA
• Waterless dyeing process for DyeDye fabrics
• President to announce reforms to export control lists, licensing, enforcement
• ASEAN manufacturing exports growing but face future challenges, ITC report finds
• DOT: Surface trade rises again: technical amendments to Hazmat regulations
• Chamber of Commerce, textile groups spar over trade preferences to Pakistan