Value Chain Stage: Production

Companies in South Carolina (8)

• Du Pont
• Hamrick Mills
• MoretexChemical Products, Inc.
• OMNOVA Solutions Inc
• Sawgrass Technologies
• Usner Development System Inc
• Usner Products
• Wellman Plastics Recycling, LLC

Supporting Environments in South Carolina

There are no supporting environment companies related to Production at this time. Please email us the company name and web address of any that you think should be added here.

National Supporting Environments (1)

• TC²

International Supporting Environments

There are no supporting environment companies related to Production at this time. Please email us the company name and web address of any that you think should be added here.

News Items

• Senators Pressing for Passage of Currency Bill
• Textile Association Challenges Ruling on Sleeping Bags
• President Obama Calls for Renegotiation of US/Korea FTA
• The Rupp Report
• How some textile mills avoided Armageddon
• ¿Qué Talla es México?
• Monsanto fined for misbranding violations
• TEVTA to commence DAE for new courses
• Dow, Mitsui form JV to Produce Chlor-Alkali
• The Rupp Report: Domestic Markets Lead The Way
• Treasury says China is not a currency manipulator
• Santana Textiles set to begin construction on Edinburg plant
• ACIMIT Reports Successes At Recent ITMA Asia + CITME
• Eschler, Grabher Group Team To Offer Plasma-Treated Sports And Outdoor Apparel
• Toho Tenax Aims To Expand Carbon Fibers Business, Increases Participation In Aerospace Market
• Testing Machines Inc Relocates Headquarters, Adds Jobs
• EU Clothing Imports Fall For The First Time In Over 10 Years
• Hohenstein Researchers Improve Functional Sportswear
• Trade Deficit Rises Again as Imports and Exports Both Increase
• AD Notices: Polyester Staple Fiber, Folding Tables and Chairs, PET Film
• Textile Fasteners & Needles Market in the US to Reach US$1.22 Billion
• Levi's Brand is Performing Well
• Ways and Means Committee to Hold July 27 Hearing on U.S.-EU Trade Relationship
• U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum Held in Denver
• CPSC Issues Third-Party Accreditation Requirements for Vinyl Plastic Film, Carpets and Rugs
• Trade Commission Cites Problems With Exports
• The Rupp Report: Marketing And R&D Vital For Survival
• Régitex USA Opens Plant In Brodnax, Va
• Intradeco Apparel Develops Water Treatment Recycling Process
• Executive Forum
• QC Innovations
• Atlanta Textile Shows Exceed Expectations
• IDEA10 in Miami Beach
• Wool- A Fiber for the Future
• Building Better Apparel Brands
• Specialty Markets -- Bicomponent Fibers
• Global Workwear Market to Reach US$29 Billion by 2015
• TSCA Reform Legislation Introduced in the House
• House Approves Textile Duty Suspensions
• Apparel Association Submits its Blueprint for Export Expansion
• The Rupp Report: Fong's Reshapes its Organization
• Orian Rugs to Expand Anderson, SC, Plant
• EDANA, CNITA, ANFA Support IFAI Expo Asia 2011
• Huntsman Introduces Novasol Vat Dyes
• Yeh Group Adopts DyeCoo Technology, Gains Exclusive Rights
• Everest Textile Uses Nilit Yarn in Ultra-Lightweight Fabric
• NewMerino Branding Concept Certifies Ethically-Produced Merino Wool
• Certain Point Blank Solutions' Ballistic Systems Feature Outlast Adaptive Comfort
• In Memoriam
• Universal Fibers Celebrates Four Decades of Progress
• Increase Productivity with Appleton's Affordable Automatic Core Cutter
• P2i Acquires Surface Innovations
• Ahlers and Assyst Close Out Innovation Partnership Deal
• Schlafhorst Autoconer X5 Offers Updated Automated, Flexible Winding Operation
• Comez Offers Upgraded CLX/EL, MCJ 700 Needle Loom
• Economical Rope Finishing
• Correction: House-Passed Deficit Bill Excludes Restrictions on FTA Legislation
• House Approves Bill to Remove Labeling Exemption for Garments with Small Amounts of Fur
• Earned Income Allowance Program Benefits US, Dominican Textile and Apparel Industries
• President Extends Burma Sanctions for Another Year
• BIS Clarifies Country Scope of Direct Product Rule
• DOT Reports Small Gain in Monthly Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico
• A Wide Array of Machine Embroidery Supplies
• Organic Exchange to Host Sustainable Textile Conference New York
• Zicron Sells Barotex Technology to Futurevest
• GlobalTex will offer the largest selection of international resources
• Drirelease Introduces e.c.o. Fabric with Repreve Certified Recycled
• Textile Manufacturers Support Export Initiative
• The Rupp Report: Cotton Supply Challenges
• Anvil Completes Fourth LCA in Two Years
• Sawgrass Technologies, Glaser Mills Introduce MxF Digital Printing Solution
• Invista to Add Jobs at Waynesboro Plant
• Optimer Introduces drilease environmentally correct origins with Repreve
• Texmac India 2011 to Take Place March 16-19 in Mumbai
• CRAiLAR Organic Fibers Nets GOTS Chemical Input Certification
• Mind Our Step: Bekaert Introduces SiroLock
• Court overturns CV duties on Chinese tires
• Textile interests want changes in Korea FTA
• USTR launches annual review of Andean Trade benefits
• AD notices: ribbons, carboxymethylcellulose, steel, shrimp, polyester fiber, fish
• New Jersey company obtains fair trade certification
• PlushBeds sells over 1,000 mattresses online in 1st half of 2010
• Silk fibers could lead to edible optics in future
• FOA Released: Manufacturers of Certain Worsted Wool Fabrics
• Administration moving on South Korea Free Trade Pact
• Customs reform legislation introduced in the Senate
• The Rupp Report: Meet the needs of your customer
• Cotton USA delegation visits Latin America
• Columbia to acquire OutDry Technologies
• DuPont builds facility to produce Energain Separators
• Spartanics introduces Finecut-Plus-Rotary combination die cutting system
• Camira: a new textile resource for the North American interiors marketplace
• Ruff Wear unveils new winter dog gear
• Women spin to win at the fair, weavers show off their skills
• Little near-term import relief
• Demand strong, capacity available
• Spunlaced flax: new possibilities for eco-friendly composites
• President Obama approves tariff concessions on components
• The Rupp Report: More investment for the future
• Haiti apparel center opens to train workers for country's garment industry
• Palmetto Synthetics to expand to Kingstree plant
• Naturally advanced technologies subleases Kingstree facility for flax fiber scale-up
• TB Kawashima USA to expand Lugoff, SC, plant
• Rieter returns to profitability in first half of 2010
• New ASTM textiles standard provides comprehensive guide to fibers
• TMC goes the extra mile
• Explore digital garment decoration firsthand at SGIA Expo
• Mexico to revise list of U.S. goods subject to tariffs in trucking dispute
• CPSC publishes accreditation requirements for flammability testing of children's apparel, mattresses
• AD notices: electric blankets, urea, polyester staple fiber
• USTR invites comments on DR-CAFTA labor complaint against Guatemala
• Textile and apparel webinar
• Update on anti-counterfeiting trade agreement negotiations
• AD/CV notices: ribbons, rubber, carbon bricks, hand trucks
• DOC finds Chinese electric blankets were dumped on US market
• The Rupp Report: successful German textile machinery manufacturers
• Saati Americas to establish facility in Fountain Inn, SC
• Oerlikon Barmag reports increases in orders, unveils WINGS for FDY production
• Swisstulle invests in Bruckner and Erbatech technology
• Shaw installs 1 billion square feet of EcoWorx
• Spartanics adds bar code readers to Finecut Laser Die Cutting machines
• Anver introducers TT Series Vacuum Transfer Tubes
• Lenzing Group: best half year result in company history
• EDANA announces outlook keynote speaker
• Nine of the USA's 10 largest clothing suppliers drop their prices
• Proposals to toughen AD/CV enforcement could raise prices of imports from China
• Draft Rule lays out interpretation of "children's product" under Product Safety Law
• Limited Brands Reports Second Quarter 2010 Earnings
• Group seeks ITC report on section 421 tariffs before any similar measures imposed
• TenCate doubles first half profits
• Stretchable Nonwovens Report available from INDA
• Waterless dyeing process for DyeDye fabrics

Events

• Enhanced AATCC Proficiency Program - Water Resistance/Repellency Program
  Aug 13-28, 2010
• Enhanced AATCC Proficiency Program - Colorfastness
  Sep 03-04, 2010
• How to Succeed in Classifying Your Goods Without Really Trying
  Sep 07-07, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Training (Week 2)
  Sep 07-10, 2010
• Advances in Multi-Functional Materials Symposium & NTC Forum
  Sep 12-14, 2010
• Advances in Multi-Functional Materials
  Sep 12-14, 2010
• Textiles 101 Classes
  Sep 14-14, 2010
• EXPORT COMPLIANCE & CLASSIFICATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE PROFESSIONALS
  Sep 14-14, 2010
• New England Section: Roland Derby Color Series
  Sep 17-17, 2010
• 2010 Southern Textile Research Conference
  Sep 19-21, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with Minitab™ Software (Week 1)
  Sep 20-24, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with Minitab™ (Week 1)
  Sep 20-24, 2010
• RISE: Research, Innovation, & Science for Engineered Fabrics
  Sep 20-23, 2010
• AATCC International Training Program
  Sep 26-27, 2010
• Knit and Woven Fabric Design and Development
  Sep 27-01, 2010
• GlobalTex
  Sep 28-30, 2010
• International Textile, Clothing & Design Conference
  Oct 03-06, 2010
• Nonwoven Converting, Composites and Lamination
  Oct 04-07, 2010
• Master Black Belt - Leadership Essentials: Change Management and Deployment
  Oct 05-08, 2010
• Leadership Essentials: Change Management and Deployment
  Oct 05-08, 2010
• ASTM & AATCC International Training Program
  Oct 05-06, 2010
• AATCC International Training Program
  Oct 05-07, 2010
• AATCC International Training Program
  Oct 09-22, 2010
• ASTM & AATCC International Training Program
  Oct 10-11, 2010
• AATCC International Training Program
  Oct 12-14, 2010
• Fundamentals of Fiber and Fabric Identification
  Oct 12-15, 2010
• Military/Government Textiles Conference
  Oct 13-13, 2010
• SGIA Expo
  Oct 13-15, 2010
• Textiles 101 Classes
  Oct 15-15, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with Minitab™ Software (Week 2)
  Oct 18-22, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with Minitab™ (Week 2)
  Oct 18-22, 2010
• ASTM & AATCC International Training Program
  Oct 19-20, 2010
• AATCC Color Management Workshop
  Oct 20-21, 2010
• AATCC Color Management Workshop
  Oct 20-21, 2010
• Enhanced AATCC Proficiency Program - Antibacterial - Round 2
  Oct 22-22, 2010
• Advanced Textiles Conference
  Oct 26-27, 2010
• 7th International Conference Safety and Protective Fabrics – Textiles for Extreme Applications
  Oct 26-26, 2010
• Advancements in Multi-Functional Nonwovens
  Oct 26-26, 2010
• Sustainability and Innovation
  Oct 26-26, 2010
• Composite Material Applications
  Oct 27-27, 2010
• Advanced Applications in Battle and Military Medical Fields
  Oct 27-27, 2010
• The Future of Nanotechnology on Advanced Textiles
  Oct 27-27, 2010
• VTG Garment & Textile
  Oct 27-30, 2010
• 2010 Organic Sustainable Textiles Conference
  Oct 27-28, 2010
• Textiles 101 Classes
  Nov 04-04, 2010
• CAITME: Central Asian International Textile Machinery Exhibition
  Nov 09-11, 2010
• AATCC Fall Committee Meetings
  Nov 09-11, 2010
• Master Black Belt - Mistake Proofing for Robust Processes
  Nov 09-12, 2010
• Mistake Proofing for Robust Processes
  Nov 09-12, 2010
• ASTM & AATCC International Training Program
  Nov 10-12, 2010
• NET INC - Nonwovens Engineers & Technologists Innovative Nonwovens Conference
  Nov 10-12, 2010
• International Conference on Technical Textile and Nonwovens (ICTN 2010)
  Nov 11-13, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with Minitab™ Software (Week 3)
  Nov 15-19, 2010
• +2 Upgrade to a Black Belt with Minitab™ (Week 1)
  Nov 15-19, 2010
• AATCC New England Section Technical Meeting and Holiday Gathering
  Nov 19-19, 2010
• Textiles 101 Classes
  Dec 03-03, 2010
• AATCC Training Program
  Dec 04-06, 2010
• Nonwoven Manufacturing Process Fundamentals
  Dec 06-10, 2010
• Textiles Overview
  Dec 07-09, 2010
• AATCC International Training Program
  Dec 07-09, 2010
• Introduction to Textile Testing Workshop
  Dec 08-09, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with Minitab™ Software (Week 4)
  Dec 13-17, 2010
• +2 Upgrade to a Black Belt with Minitab™ (Week 2)
  Dec 13-17, 2010
• ASTM & AATCC International Training Program
  Dec 15-16, 2010
• Vision: Consumer Products Conference
  Jan 10-12, 2011
• 7th Dye+Chem Sri Lanka 2011 International Expo
  Mar 03-05, 2011
• IFAI Expo Asia 2011
  Mar 22-25, 2011
• Techtextil Frankfurt
  May 24-26, 2011
• The Clean Show
  Jun 06-09, 2011
• World of Wipes Conference
  Jun 14-16, 2011
• ITMA 2011
  Sep 22-29, 2011
• Texwork 2011
  Nov 30-02, 2011

Publications

• Fabric Graphics
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• Fabric Trends
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• Journal of Engineered Fabrics and Fibers
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• Nonwovens Markets
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• Weekly Cotton Market Review
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• Fabric Architecture
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• Upholstery Journal
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• Textile World
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• Cotton International Magazine
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• Cotton Incorporated Technical Bulletin
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• American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Textile Engineering Division. Newsletter
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Consumer Market Information

• Global Apparel Manufacturing Labor Cost Analysis 2008
  [PDF Document]
• Current Industrial Report, Socks: MQ315B (quarterly)
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• Current Industrial Report, Apparel: MQ315A (quarterly)
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Trade Data

• U.S. Imports: Man-Made Filament Yarn/Fiber: 1989-2007
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• U.S. Imports: Silk Fiber: 1989-2008
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