Towels and Textiles
October 24, 2012
Pro Towels, headquartered in Pittsburgh, has announced the launch of its new business development team. This team will be an extension of the marketing and sales departments and has been created to take distributor relationships with Pro Towels to the next level.
October 17, 2012
Pro Towels, a Pittsburgh-based provider of screen printing and embroidery services for the promotional product industry, recently announced plans to expand its current operations in Abbeville, S.C. The $2.5 million investment is expected to generate 50 new jobs.
October 15, 2012
The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA), the promotional product industry’s only independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping companies provide safe products, has awarded QCA Accreditation to Baltimore, Maryland-based Towel Specialties.
October 8, 2012
Pro Towels Etc., a leading towel supplier located in Pittsburgh, announced today that it is changing its name to Pro Towels. The new logo and corporate identity will coincide with the streamlining of the name and will enhance the company's brand image.
October 3, 2012
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) reported that in September 2012, international cotton prices declined slightly, whereas Chinese cotton prices increased a little bit. This might indicate price directions over the next few months. In China, cotton prices in 2012/13 will be supported by the minimum support price policy, under which the government is organizing daily purchases of new crop cotton between September 2012 and March 2013. In the rest of the world, the pressure of accumulating stocks, combined with weak demand, could drive cotton prices down.
October 3, 2012
Researchers in the United Kingdom are developing a new breed of smart garments poised to change the way we interact with our bodies. The recently inaugurated P³i research group at Northumbria University aims to marry design with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (collectively known as STEM) to create “intelligent products, services and experiences” that serve the needs of our future society.
October 1, 2012
What can a distributor do to make "pajamas" mean "profits"? Read through our list of seven ways to sell robes and spa wear and you'll find out.
September 19, 2012
As the harvest gets underway in Uzbekistan’s massive cotton industry, experts say the heavy reliance on human labor reflects a dire shortage of farm machinery.
In early September, the authorities mobilized public-sector workers, students and lecturers and sent them out to gather cotton.
September 5, 2012
66 was yesterday’s magic number. That’s how much cotton prices have fallen since last year’s peak of $2.20 a pound, cutting raw-material costs for apparel makers like San Francisco’s Levi Strauss.
Record prices spurred farmers to expand output, and the 2012 harvest will exceed demand for a third straight year, swelling stockpiles by 10 percent to 74.7 million bales by August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
August 22, 2012
The International OEKO-TEX Association has announced that Nicole Bassett, director of sustainability at prAna, will speak at its "The Next 20" textile industry event on November 14.
