Towels and Textiles

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Towel Specialties, based in Baltimore, and Linda Misiorowski and Associates recently added multi-line representative Rob Ball to cover Illinois and Indiana. Ball will also be representing other Misiorowski and Associates lines in Wisconsin as well.

The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) put its Made in the USA seal of approval on the Wear American Act of 2012. This legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) would require all government agencies to source 100 percent Made in the USA when procuring textiles, textile components and apparel items. 

Pittsburgh-based Pro Towels Etc. was recognized as the 2012 Business of the Year by the Abbeville County Rotary Club. Accepting the award on behalf of Pro Towels Etc. was Tonya Cochran, art director; Greg Morrow, warehouse manager; and Jeremy Scott, vice president of operations.

Kanata Blanket Company announced the purchase of the company by a group of investors based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. No changes in management or operating direction are planned as part of the sale, apart from Fraser Mackay, one of the new owners, who will assume the role of president.

The “Farm Bill”, which is under consideration of the United States Senate, has been severely condemned by a group of African cotton producing nations.

African nations, which have opposed the US cotton subsidies for years together, criticized the bill saying it is subsidy under a new guise.

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The continuation of cotton exports from India may not pose any serious problem to cotton supply situation for the textile industry in the country during the remaining months of the current crop season.

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It’s hard for the cotton market to ignore nearly 74 million bales of supply. That’s one reason why cotton analysts say cotton futures dropped precipitously in early May, despite China continuing to buy cotton to add to its reserves.