Textile News

“This recognition and the efforts of the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI) CEU program really serve to underscore this industry's commitment to training and education”

For the second consecutive year, Mohawk Industries has been selected to Training Magazine's "Top 125" training organizations. via Dalton Daily Citizen

“We feel the multimillion expenditures and ongoing abuse in the facility warrant immediate relief”

A judge has ruled that work on a new elephant building at the Los Angeles Zoo can continue and that the zoo's lone elephant can remain, thwarting efforts by Robert Culp to close the exhibit and stop another ... via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

“Material costs are rising even though the industry volumes are falling”

A worsening housing market sent net sales at floorcovering manufacturer Mohawk Industries plummeting 4 percent in 2007, down $319.82 million compared to 2006. via Daily Citizen

“Market forces and Toray Plastics (America) Inc.'s successful commitment to excellence have converged perfectly”

Toray Plastics , Inc., North America's only manufacturer of precision-performance polyester and polypropylene films, is taking a leading role in Toray Industries, Inc.'s decision to grow its packaging film ... via Package Printing

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Lear Corp. on Monday named executives to head two reconfigured businesses units centered on the automotive interior product maker's core businesses. via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

On eve of information destruction My favorite new organization name: The National Association for Information Destruction. I consider myself an honorary member.

Shred-it Charlotte, led by GM Brook Hobgood, is accredited by this shredding industry group. Shred-it sends nine trucks around town, stopping at regional banks, medical offices, residences and elsewhere.

Need free shreddin'? Take your documents to SouthPark's parking lot near Dick's Sporting Goods on Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Read more

The story showed how Dotson's waste management company, REDOT, secured a sixyear solid waste contract amounting to $645,000 per year but was almost forced out of business and eventually lost his contract after ... via Airport Business

“That's important for our people, their people and the community as a whole.”

About 100 employees at Lear Corp., which supplies GM with automotive interior and seating systems, learned this week that they will be laid off starting April 11. via The Janesville Gazette - Janesville, ...

The news is not good today from the Lear Corporation on Linden Avenue in Zanesville. via Whiznews.com

"Sustainable is Attainable" - a Conference with a Difference The SYFA and FSG are holding a Sustainability conference for the textile industry in Charlotte on February 12 and 13 at the Sheraton Airport Plaza on ... via Daily Citizen

“This was a good quarter for Wright Express and the business is performing well as 2008 begins”

Wright Express Corporation , a leading provider of payment processing and information management services to the U.S. commercial and government fleet industry, today reported financial results for the fourth ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

“We have very specific controls that require us to monitor and report on access within our ERP system”

The Phulaxis technology, which Agiliance has re-launched as the new Controls Automation module for Agiliance IT-GRC 3.0, extends Agiliance's automated controls for configuration, vulnerability and security ... via PR-inside.com

“He was not one to do much talking”

People knew Richard Love was born rich, a son of Spencer Love, who founded Burlington Industries in 1923 and built it into one of the world's largest textile companies. via News & Record Syndication Feed

“We are the first company to produce the batteries for the automotive industry and have recently announced a number of production and development contracts.”

The Johnson Controls Inc. - Saft joint venture has opened a factory in France dedicated to the production of lithium-ion automotive batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. via The Business Journal of Milwaukee

“This new contract is further proof of our joint venture's progress in becoming a leading supplier of batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles”

Johnson Controls Inc. has won another contract to make lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars that will be made in Europe, the company said Thursday. via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

“As a result of the elimination of the demand for the product produced in its Fall River factory, CHF Industries Inc. must cease all manufacturing operations at that location”

CHF Industries Inc. , a textile manufacturer of bedding and window treatments, will close its manufacturing division at its Fall River plant in early March, according to a release from company officials on ... via Bizjournals

Auto parts maker Lear Corp posted a quarterly profit on Thursday, reversing a year-earlier loss, supported by strength in its business outside North America and a broad restructuring. via New York Times

“Parkdale gives us a lot of money; that's no secret. They're a good corporate citizen ... We don't want to go with a knee-jerk reaction with, `Oh, a bigger truck is bad.'”

A shipping company that wanted to run larger tractor-trailers through downtown Monroe has turned its attention to Mineral Springs and Waxhaw.

Trailer Bridge Inc. has withdrawn from the N.C. Department of Transportation its access request involving downtown Monroe. It has submitted another request focusing on N.C. 75 through Mineral Springs and Waxhaw.

If DOT approves the request, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based trucking company could run trucks with 53-foot trailers from the Parkdale Mills textile plant on the eastern edge of Mineral Springs through downtown Waxhaw into South Carolina. Read more

A director at Johnson Controls Inc., which makes building and automotive systems, bought 60,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday. via Canadian Business Magazine