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Break Time at Tamiment
TAMIMENT, Pa. -- The Textile Distributors Association capped its three-day convention at the Tamiment Resort…
Wellman’s Web: Textures Will Mix it Up for Fall 1995
NEW YORK -- Mixed textures will be a key fabric story for fall-winter 1995, according to Alison Webb, manager…
Trends
NEW YORK -- Fabric manufacturers are shifting to light, lively and transparent themes for warm-weather…
Swatches: Spending More in ’04 … More BASF Phaseouts … ATMI’s Global Thinking
SPENDING MORE IN '94: A new Commerce Department report said textile manufacturers surveyed in April and May…
TDA Worries: Health Care, GATT
TAMIMENT, Pa. -- In what promises to be a year of challenge, the two key issues that concern the textile…
U.S. Task Force Slates Hearing on Transshipping
WASHINGTON -- An interagency task force formed to develop a strategy to deal with allegedly massive apparel…
Fast-Track Extension Bid Hits Growing Opposition
WASHINGTON -- Opposition is already mounting against a Clinton administration proposal to include in the…
English Wool Group Merges with Australian Organization
NEW YORK -- The International Wool Secretariat, Ilkley, England, and the Australian Wool Research and…
Bill Would Deny China Low Duty Under MFN
WASHINGTON -- A bill was introduced Thursday that would deny the low tariffs granted under China's…
India May be the Next Asia Major in Garment Production
BANGALORE, India (FNS) -- As developed Asian countries such as Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea move away…
India’s Garment Business is Leather Perfect
MADRAS, India -- India's leather garment in-dustry is coming of age, its products turning up in Europe and…
Wellman Hiking Polyester Staple Capacity
NEW YORK -- Anticipating increases in the global polyester staple market, Wellman Inc. plans to boost…
Nuance: Poised to Take New Steps
NEW YORK -- Nuance Textiles Inc., a three-year-old converter building its business in the crowded prints…
Swatches: Hot Stuff … a Regal Deal
HOT STUFF: BASF Corp. said it is building an $18 million manufacturing facility at its Enka, N.C., site to…
GATT Gets Nudge from Gingrich
WASHINGTON -- Chances of congressional passage of the GATT Uruguay Round treaty got a boost Friday from House…