The Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC) at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, N.C., announced that it will provide M1 programming training for Stoll Flatbed Knitting machines May 20–24 to individuals interested in learning about flatbed knitting or improving their knitting skills.   Class size is limited and is structured to the individual needs of attendees.  Core [...]

MycoWorks, a biotechnology company based in Emeryville, Calif., has announced the appointment of Ginevra Boralevi as director of communications. A Paris-based expert with 20 years of experience in luxury communications, Boralevi is joining MycoWorks from Eric Bompard, having led marketing and communications prior for major luxury groups in different sectors including Dom Pérignon and Panerai (Richemont Group). Boralevi holds a degree [...]

Every year, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) student chapters name a graduating senior to be recognized for academic achievement and contribution to the chapter, school and society. This year AATCC presented the 11 awardees with a certificate, copy of the book Color Vision and Technology and an official AATCC graduation cord. [...]

Meijer announced a $250,000 donation to the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC), a Detroit-based national nonprofit organization. ISAIC focuses on training the next generation of textile and apparel manufacturing industry talent through a curriculum that combines technical skills, soft skills and digital literacy. ISAIC launched in 2020 to tackle two major challenges in the sewn goods industry: [...]

Archroma, a global specialty chemicals company based in Prattein, Switzerland, and Cotton Incorporated, a non-profit cotton research and marketing company in Cary, N.C., announced the renewal of an eight-year collaboration to accelerate the shift to a more circular cotton economy. The two organizations began working together in 2016 when Cotton Incorporated approached Archroma intending to [...]

The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) announced three recipients of the INDA Lifetime Service Award and Lifetime Technical Achievement Awards. David Powling, Paul Latten and Arnold Wilkie are being recognized for their key contributions to the advancement of the nonwovens industry and INDA. “It is our pleasure to recognize David, Paul, and Arnold [...]