Image: AATCC The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has announced the speakers who will present at the 2026 AATCC Coloration Conference, Feb. 24–25 at the StateView Hotel in Raleigh, N.C. This event will bring together professionals from across the textile and color industries to explore the latest trends and technologies in coloration. [...]

Registration is now open for USINFI Advocacy Days 2026, March 17–18, in Washington, D.C. The event is exclusive to members of USINFI, a member group of Advanced Textile Association (ATA). To learn more about membership, visit textiles.org/membership. Members will discuss issues impacting the U.S. textile industry with Congress and other executive branch policymakers, such as [...]

Fifteen U.S. state attorneys general have submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), expressing their opposition to a proposed revision to PFAS reporting policy under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The comments were submitted Dec. 22 by attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois, California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, [...]

Several U.S. state laws related to the use of PFAS in products, such as bans and warning label mandates, went into effect Jan. 1. These states include Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota and Vermont. Visit Advanced Textile Association’s PFAS Resource Center for information and updates about other state PFAS laws and regulations. Connecticut Most products (including [...]

Image: Oerlikon Oerlikon announced that the company has received all regulatory clearances for the divestment of its Barmag business to Rieter, with closing scheduled for early February 2026. The transaction, announced in May 2025, values Barmag at an enterprise value of CHF 850 million (around $1 billion), excluding a potential earn-out of up to CHF [...]

Image: Milliken & Company ExxonMobil, Milliken and Ravago have developed high-performance polypropylene (PP) compounds that incorporate recycled content and meet various automotive requirements. These requirements include stiffness, impact resistance, and fast injection molding cycle times, which comply with emerging end-of-life vehicle requirements in the European Union. Automotive original equipment manufacturers have traditionally limited the use [...]