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Globe, Miles Race for No. 2 in U.S. Spandex
NEW YORK -- The battle for second place in the domestic spandex market is intensifying, and the fallout could…
Analyst Tells KTA U.S. Knits Growing
NEW YORK -- "Happy days are here again -- for some, if not most, knitters."
That's how Jay Meltzer, a vice…
TDA Worries: Health Care, GATT
TAMIMENT, Pa. -- In what promises to be a year of challenge, the two key issues that concern the textile…
Break Time at Tamiment
TAMIMENT, Pa. -- The Textile Distributors Association capped its three-day convention at the Tamiment Resort…
Wal-Mart, Penney to TDA: If Price is Right, They’ll Purchase More from U.S.
TAMIMENT, Pa. -- The domestic textile industry, starving for any amount of good news about its future, got at…
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…
DuPont in Joint Venture for Nylon Plant in India
NEW YORK -- DuPont said Thursday it has established a joint venture that will break ground this year for a…
Cotton Prices Open the Door to Fiber Makers
NEW YORK -- With the dramatic increases in prices of raw cotton over the last year, man-made fiber producers…
ETAC Meeting Fraught With Exporting Gripes
NEW YORK -- Textile and apparel executives who gathered last week at a meeting of the reestablished…
Mill Execs See Strong Second Half
The denim market may be slowing -- and cotton pricess may be rising -- but mill executives are still…
FSA’s Big Need: Members
NEW YORK -- The president of the Fabric Salesmen's Association, Fred Goshin, says his organization is facing…
Shareholders Worry Over Lida’s Results
NEW YORK -- Isaac Kier, chairman and chief executive officer of Lida Inc., found himself fielding a bunch of…
Danube Does it in Hungary
NEW YORK -- While many textile and apparel firms are looking to Mexico as the next great manufacturing and…
Ecology Goes Mainstream
NEW YORK -- The green movement is continuing to build momentum in the textile and apparel industries, fueled…