SNOW HILL — The Julia A. Purnell Museum here will be hosting the annual textile arts festival, FiberFest at the museum site. Area fiber artists, including knitters, crocheters, quilters, and spinners will find a wide array of specialty supplies. “It's an opportunity for artists and crafters to shop for supplies of exceptional quality, all in one place,” said Purnell Museum Director Claire Otterbein. Those who are not fiber artists, but appreciate beautiful, handcrafted items will also find

Bedding and upholstery fabric manufacturer Global Textile Alliance will invest $7.4 million in a plant expansion that will extend over three years, according to Gov. Bev Perdue's office. Global received a $150,000 grant for the expansion from the One North Carolina Fund, which provides financial assistance to attract business projects that will stimulate economic activity and create new jobs. More than 130 people now work at the Reidsville plant, which houses the company's corporate headquar

China's monoethylene glycol imports in August rose 11.76% from a month earlier to 659,089 mt, customs data released Saturday showed. The imports were down 1.69% from a year ago. Chinese buyers sought spot MEG cargoes for August in a bid to cover a supply shortfall from Kuwait due to an unplanned outage. Kuwait's Equate shut its 550,000 mt/year MEG plant on July 31 after a fire. Platts reported that the MEG plant would be restarted in the middle of November. China's MEG imports from Kuwait

Wool price has been falling after hitting a record high in the first half of 2011. Wool people were going through a really hard time. Our sales team has learned a lot after experiencing the continuous falls in wool prices. First, wool price falling from a high level complies with commodity price fluctuation theory. The price of T55 in US dollar terms has been doubled, and most people think it is inevitable for wool price to fall back. Many managers of domestic worsted fabric mills and worsted

ELLE Magazine partnered with the Fashion Institute of Technology for their third-annual Fashion Next Design Award program sponsored by Maybelline New York. Nineteen FIT fashion design students were chosen to design two to three garments drawing inspiration from New York City. Their designs were showcased in a live runway show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City on September 7 from Lincoln Center. Tae Kyung Kim was awarded the 2012 ELLE FASHION | NEXT Design Award of $25,000.

The traditional handloom sector of India, which is grappling against the challenges posed by the powerloom industry for survival, is now looking at the Government for help. Saying that all that the Government needs to do is enforce laws to safeguard the industry, Mr. Mohan Rao, a member of the National Handloom Federation, called on the Government to enforce the Handloom Reservation Act of 1996, which reserves right of producing 11 clothing items like particular saris, shawls, bed sheets, etc

The curtain falls on this great anniversary session of Texworld and the third session of apparelsourcing Paris, which has asserted its relevance! Fifteen years serving the fashion sector, a preeminent exhibition for the entire branch as regards the shrewd selection of products, its ability to keep abreast of the times and its good responsiveness to the expectations of professionals. An excellent business hub buzzing with creativity. This 31st session: a success, marked by the striking backdro

The first dedicated yarn dyeing plant to be installed in the UK for many years is now fully operational at Park Valley Dyers in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire; featuring a complete Thies dyeing installation. German dyeing machinery specialist, Thies GmbH & Co KG, installed the ten dyeing machines and a horizontal pressure dryer in record time, in addition to designing the lay-out and specifications for all ancillary equipment at the new plant. It stands as a shining example of a lean and

Polartec partner brand Norrona announces the release of the 100-percent recycled men's and women's /29 warm4 up-cycled Jackets, built of Polartec Wind Pro fleece made entirely of REPREVE 100 yarn. Polartec uses REPREVE 100 yarn from Unifi for over 50-percent of its domestic production. The REPREVE yarn was made from recycled bottles collected in Norrona's home country, Norway, in collaboration with Tomra and Norsk Resirk. About 40 plastic bottles were used to make each /29 warm4 up-cycled Jack