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DyStar restarts production in Leverkusen and Brunsbüttel

	18 March 2010, Leverkusen - DyStar has reached agreement with Lanxess owner of the DyStar production plants in Leverkusen and Brunsbüttel to restart production at both sites in March. This week, DyStar employees were able to enter the plants in order to prepare for start-up of the f ...
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ITMA 2011 sharpens focus on garment making

	17 March 2010 – With the textile and garment making industry undergoing tremendous change in the light of globalisation and current economic challenges, CEMATEX is making a concerted effort to support manufacturers with a solutions platform that will help the industry stay focused a ...
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TenCate partners Roctest in geotextile monitoring solution

	16 March 2010, Almelo – One of the world's largest manufacturers of fibre optic sensors for civil engineering applications and a world leader in geosynthetics are collaborating in the development of a unique geotextiles monitoring solution, TenCate GeoDetect, which will provide unpr ...
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Advansa debuts with high-tech solutions at Interzum Guangzhou

	15 March 2010, Guangzhou, PRC – European polyester producer Advansa is introducing its multifunctional, ecological and high-tech fibre innovations Thermo°Cool, Climarelle and Suprelle to the Chinese market at the forthcoming home textiles fair Guangzhou. The event runs from 2 ...
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Industry Talk

Hohenstein Institute renames business units

	28 February 2010, Boennigheim - In view of the increasingly international orientation of the Hohenstein Institute, some of the business units of the International Textile Research and Services Centre have been renamed as of 1 January 2010. The main focus of the renaming was to strengthen ...
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DyStar operations set to restart as Kiri Dyes secures financing

	4 February 2010, Frankfurt – Administrators have announced that operations at DyStar Textilfarben GmbH and DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. KG at the four German DyStar sites in Brunsbüttel, Leverkusen, Frankfurt am Main and Ludwigshafen are now set to restart under the new m ...
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Manish Kiri appointed President and CEO of DyStar

	4 February 2010, Singapore - DyStar’s owner, Kiri Holding Singapore Private Limited, has appointed Manish Kiri as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Effective February 4, 2010 Manish Kiri will replace J Mark Allan J. Mark Allan, will remain with the ...
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Textile machinery offers interesting careers for French textile students

	10 December 2009, Mulhouse - The French Textile Machinery Manufacturers' Association, UCMTF, recently brought together students from the four French universities which train engineers for the textile industry. The goal was to further enhance relations with the students and to review the ...
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coldblack wins Textile Design Award 2009

	10 November 2009, Langenthal / Sevelen – Schoeller Technologies AG has been awarded the Textile Design Award 2009 by the Swiss Textiles & Zumsteg Foundation for its sun reflector and UV protector textile finishing technology ‘coldblack’. The tenth biannual Design Pr ...
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Events

Innovation in Textiles: Events 2010-2011

	The following is a guide to major events relevant to the technical textiles and nonwovens industries for 2010-2011. It is updated regularly with the latest events news. Innovation in Textiles publishes details of industry events as a service to our site users. Please check dates and all eve ...
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Mr Paul Morris - Director, Morris Textile Consultancy, UK

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