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NCTO Statement on House Passage of FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act...

NCTO Statement on House Passage of FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735) NCTO applauds the action taken by the House of Representatives earlier today in passing the FY 2016 National...

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NCTO Statement on Today’s House Vote on the Trade Act of 2015

June 12, 2015 WASHINGTON—NCTO encourages Congress and the Administration to work toward a bipartisan solution that will allow Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) to proceed swiftly in the House of...

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Companies Keep up Tradition of Textiles

July 7, 2015 Lincoln Times-News Shelby Cook, Reporter Since more than a century ago, Lincoln County has been home to numerous textile industries. While a good number of these businesses have moved...

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Alexium Presents Environmentally-Friendly Flame Retardant Chemistry

TechTextil, July 11, 2015 Alexium specializes in developing environmentally-friendly flame retardant chemistries for many fabrics, including synthetic-rich fabrics in the textile industry. Jon Heard,...

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Textile Industry Calls on Obama Administration to Address Critical Issues...

For Immediate Release September 25, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) calls on the Obama Administration to utilize today’s visit with Chinese President  Xi...

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U.S. Textile Manufacturers Endorse Trans-Pacific Partnership

January 21, 2016 Contact: Eliza Levy 202-822-8028 elevy@ncto.org U.S. Textile Manufacturers Endorse Trans-Pacific Partnership WASHINGTON, D.C. – On January 20, 2016, the National Council of Textile...

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U.S. Dept. of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security Studying U.S. Textile...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is undertaking a comprehensive study on the health, competiveness, and the contribution of the U.S. textile, apparel, and footwear...

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NCTO Welcomes RFT-MII Announcement

2016 04 01 RFT MII Announcement   April 1, 2016 For Immediate Release CONTACT:  Lloyd Wood (202) 822-8028 lwood@ncto.org NCTO Welcomes RFT-MII Announcement WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Secretary of...

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NCTO Welcomes U.S.-China MOU to Terminate Chinese Export Subsidies

2016 04 14 NCTO press statement on US China MOU to terminate Chinese export subsidies   April 14, 2016 CONTACT:  Lloyd Wood (202) 822-8028 lwood@ncto.org   PRESS STATEMENT NCTO Welcomes U.S.-China MOU...

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News from 13th Annual NCTO Annual Meeting Held April 12-14, 2016 in...

State of the Textile Industry PowerPoint State of the Textile Industry Speech   April 14, 2016 CONTACT:  Lloyd Wood (202) 822-8028 lwood@ncto.org PRESS STATEMENT NCTO Elects New Chairman for 2016...

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Waste Diversion: Nonwoven Textiles from Scrap

Leigh Fibers President Donald Bockoven will likely smile if you tell him his company is doing a “shoddy job” with regards to the American automotive industry. That’s because Leigh Fibers, a textile...

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Can You Hear Me Now? Staying Connected on the Road

Using a hands-free cell phone via Bluetooth means parents can keep pace with their family’s busy schedule, and business people can make the most of travel time. Those conversations wouldn’t be possible...

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By the Numbers: Examining the Resurgence of the Textile Industry

American textile workers are busy making things customers around the world want to buy, rewriting the popular narrative of the industry’s demise. Mount Vernon Mills Vice President and Secretary Ned...

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Denim that Transcends Time

Denim is ingrained in our culture. It’s in the movies we watch, the songs we listen to and the closets we envy. It tags along on our first date to the school dance, and it’s waiting for us when we get...

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From Harry Potter’s Invisible Cloak to Activewear that Breathes on Its Own…

…the Textile Industry is Going Places We Never Imagined What comes to mind when you consider the word textile? If you stopped at thread, fabric or yarn, it may be time to expand your textile horizon....

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Delivering Innovation to the Moon and Beyond

Technology-Based Solutions Provider Makes Performance Textiles Better Today’s textile companies thrive on making ordinary fabrics do extraordinary things, and high-performance textiles is one of the...

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Making the Impossible Possible with Performance Textiles

Whether climbing Mount Everest or scaling a rock wall at the local gym, running a marathon or chasing a toddler on the playground, skiing in the Swiss Alps or building an imaginary fortress out of...

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Protecting the Brave At Home

Workers shouldn’t have to live in fear of workplace safety hazards. Safety concerns – for example, the potential of an arc flash or flash fire – can be both distracting and off-putting, leaving workers...

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Protecting the Brave Abroad

Resiliency, ingenuity and trust: these are words that describe the long-standing, symbiotic relationship between the American textile industry and the U.S. armed forces. In 2014, the U.S. military paid...

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Green Textiles: Protecting the Future

If you look around, it’s likely that you’ll see at least one place where hook and loop fasteners from the VELCRO® brand are making life simpler for you. In fact, there are probably several; the textile...

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