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Expansions Set for Fall Editions
NEW YORK -- Plans are in the works to expand the joint fabric presentations of Texitalia and Jardins…
DuPont Preparing to Enter Polyester Recycling Market
NEW YORK -- DuPont is stepping into the recycled polyester business.
Joining Wellman Inc. and Hoechst Celanese…
Interstoff: Europeans Grip, U.S. Firms Glow
FRANKFURT -- Grumblings and kudos marked last week's edition of the Interstoff fabric fair here.
European…
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L.A. Show: Buyers Want Texture
LOS ANGELES -- Opening day of the third Los Angeles International Textile Show at the California Mart was a…
Cashmere Prices Seen Rising, Cooling Coat Business
NEW YORK -- After two consecutive years when pure cashmere and cashmere and wool blends were the leading…
Execs & Events: Lenzing Completes Phase 1 … New European Textile Show … Hoechst Hikes Polyester Prices
LENZING COMPLETES PHASE 1: Lenzing Fibers Corp. said it has completed the initial phase of a $90 million…
Borderlines: Sara Lee: Perseverance Gets the Pesos
MEXICO CITY -- When Jim Ostrowski, president and chief executive officer of Sara Lee Knit Products' Latin…
Kellwood Finds Mexico a Slow Sell
MEXICO CITY -- Kellwood Co. -- even with its 15 divisions racking up more than $1 billion in sales and…
Farm Coalition is New Threat to GATT
WASHINGTON -- Opposition to the GATT agreement has widened with a coalition of 18 agricultural groups now…
Firms Keep Eye on Strike by Teamsters
WASHINGTON -- While textile, apparel and retail shipments Wednesday appeared largely unimpeded by the first…
No Gains in Asian Market Access Seen for GATT Treaty
WASHINGTON -- With the world's major trading nations set to sign off on the GATT's Uruguay Round April 15, it…
TDA Brings Together Students, 14 Companies for ‘Career Day’
PHILADELPHIA -- Some future careers in the fabrics business got a head start last month, when 14 member firms…
ACTWU Goes to Makers in N.J. Dyeing Dispute
NEW YORK -- The Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union is trying yet another tack in its dispute with…
Execs & Events: Threshie to Retire from Texfi … IWS Taps Beckwith, Watson … TDA Moves Parley Site
THRESHIE TO RETIRE FROM TEXFI: John L. Threshie, executive vice president of Marion Fabrics, a gray goods…
The Outlook: a Very Busy Three Days
NEW YORK -- A beefed-up exhibitor roster, an large expected turnout of buyers and the North American Free…