The Weinbrenner Shoe Company in Merrill hasn't stopped since its founding in 1892. Not even a global pandemic could keep them down for long. "A lot of our competitors stopped production, they laid people off. We didn't do either," said Jeff Burns, company president....
Textile testing partner Hohenstein will now help 3D designers and fabric suppliers create libraries of accurately digitized materials with a physical swatch book add on. The material parameters, based on Hohenstein’s universal translator approach, include data needed...
Paulie “Litt” Litowsky was chatting with a friend in New York City about high-end clothing and the quality of yarn required to make such garments. The friend told Litowsky, a former childhood actor and long-time producer, that no American-owned yarn company could...
The U.S. has moved from ‘America First’ under the Trump administration, to ‘Buy American’ under President Biden. While it is too soon to tell for sure how big a shift this will be in domestic and international trade, there are some strong indicators that the textiles...
Block Bindings & Interlinings announced last week the merger of its company with MSB Prestige, Inc. The consolidation became effective February 8. The two companies will continue under the name Block Bindings & Interlinings Ltd, MSB Prestige has a vast...
Livinguard announced last week that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the hygiene-technology company's patented self-disinfecting textile (EPA Reg N. 95700-2). Livinguard's new textile is effective against Gram negative and Gram positive...
Artificial intelligence (AI) will bring cutting-edge revolution and disruption that’s never been seen before in the apparel industry. From outfit designing to spotting futuristic fashion trends to being a personal stylist to satisfying consumer experience, artificial...
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and U.S. Representative Kathy Manning (D-NC) wrote to President Biden calling on the Administration to prioritize purchasing fully made in America Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The lawmakers outline four steps the...
One year after the coronavirus pandemic first disrupted global supply chains by closing Chinese factories, fresh shipping headaches are delaying U.S. farm exports, crimping domestic manufacturing and threatening higher prices for American consumers. The cost of...
Invista‘s high-performance Cordura fibre model has launched a digital cloth library to assist clients choose from an assortment of greater than 500 Cordura licensed materials. The Cordura Fabric Finder contains pictures of all cloth angles, and close-up particulars in...
Textile testing and research partner Hohenstein has reason to celebrate: this year marks the company’s 75th anniversary. Now in its third generation of family ownership, the company will spend this landmark year expanding its foundation for the future. Owner Prof. Dr....
Despite being universally adopted throughout traditional manufacturing, industrial robots have failed to find a place in garment sewing applications due to the robots’ difficulties in handling limp textiles. This makes the global apparel industry strongly dependent on...
