SONORA, MEXICO –
Alstyle Apparel & Activewear, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ennis Inc., has unveiled
plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Mexico.
Groz-Beckert has filed a new patent for a new latch needle system which is designed to withstand the stresses of high speed knitting on circular weft knitting machines by reducing the impact of the moving latch on the needle shaft.
BRUSSELS -Lingerie manufacturer Van de
Velde SA is to buy Andres Sarda for ?11 million, and Eurocorset SA, the holding
company which owns the brand, for ?3.6 million.
OBERTSHAUSEN – Warp knitting specialist Karl
Mayer has boosted its education and training resources with the opening of a new
academy in China.
TIRUPUR – Knitwear manufacturers in India’s
Tirupur region have outlined plans to raise their prices on exported goods by as
much as 15%.
MILAN – Quality is absolutely everything at Ballantyne Cashmere, a philosophy underlined by the recent appointment of Dawidh di Firmo as the luxury label’s first creative director.
KINROSS – Scottish cashmere group Dawson
International remains upbeat despite a reporting a loss for the year ending
December 2007. Sales for the year were £92.6 million, down from £102.1 million
a year earlier.
BERLIN – Fritz P. Mayer, managing director of warp knitting specialists, Karl
Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik, has been elected Chairman of the VDMA, Germany’s Textile
Machinery Association.
Castiglione delle Stiviere,
Italy – Circular knitting
machinery manufacturer Havertex has signed a deal with Mifra for the
distribution of Rimach electronic flat knitting machines in South
America.
GREENSBORO – Unifi will launch a new range of recycled nylon 6,6 yarns at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City as part of new expansion plans for its ‘Repreve’ recycled yarns portfolio, Knitting Trade Journal has learned.
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