Arkema’s manufacturing site in Navi Mumbai also produces alkyd and acrylic solutions and oil-free polyester resins, as well as reactive polyamide resins. In addition to the new facility in Navi Mumbai, Arkema produces Reafree polyester resins and runs powder coating R&D laboratories at its facilities in Sant Celoni, Spain and North Kansas City, Missouri.
The BW Disrupt Women Entrepreneur Summit and Awards saw a jury of business professionals from a number of fields, including Aditya Prakash Gupta, Partner at GEMs, recognise India’s female entrepreneurs on Feb. 1. The online beauty platform Nykaa’s founder Falguni Nayar was named as the “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year” at the event.
The National Retail Federation found the average American celebrating the day plans to spend $161.96, up 13 percent from last year’s $143.56 and shattering the record high average of $146.84 set back in 2016. Total spending will hit $20.7 billion, up six percent from last year’s $19.6 billion and breaking the record of $19.7 billion set in 2016.Still, fewer Americans are celebrating Valentine’s Day with only 51 percent planning to do so, down from 55 percent last year and the record of 63 percent back in 2007.
The blend of Sorona fibres and Thindown is designed to eliminate several drawbacks associated with the use of traditional down filling. According to DuPont, the combination can reduce cold spots with a single sheet of fabric versus quilted sections, delivering greater warmth and breathability, while simultaneously adding drape and stretch for greater movement. Additionally, with the use of bio-based Sorona fibres, the collaboration yields a more sustainable insulated material option versus traditional down, which comes from animal plumage, or nylon, which requires 40% more energy to produce.
Tarkett believes in placing people in the center of every space.
Turkey’s textile industry foresees weaker demand in the domestic market as rising costs will push prices higher, but hopes to boost exports this year. Turkey is the seventh largest textile and textile raw materials supplier in the world. According to Ahmet Öksüz, the head of the Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters Association (İTHİB), the textile industry will also target the South American and Far Eastern markets.
Knoll Luxe’s creative risks, as well as its forays into new materials and manufacturing techniques, can bear out innovations that wind up in other Knoll products, too: Last January, the company released Arrondissement, the first textile in its standard line to feature embroidery. Following Luxe’s lead, KnollTextiles is also incorporating wools, silks, and other natural fibers with greater frequency.
Students who participated in Fashion Week got to attend shows and networking events from companies such as Victoria’s Secret, among many others. Last week, an LSU junior majoring in apparel design, Katie Brunet, experienced fashion like a celebrity in New York City. Brunet was one of 17 students from around the country selected by LSU Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising faculty to attend 2019 New York Fashion Week.
Fantastic Negrito, the Oakland, California-born blues artist, represented in a red suit with large, colorful swatches for pockets. His silver necklace of two fish used to be a belt buckle, said the upcycling enthusiast. Members of Weezer, on the other hand, kept it relaxed in scoop T-shirts under jackets that included mauve and baby blue.
The firm, which exports more than half of its production to 45 countries, mainly in Europe, completed the fiber plant, the first of two projects prepared with the Project-Based Incentive System, previously approved by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and published in the Official Gazette.
