SGS Updates SVHC Screen Lite Program

Geneva-based SGS Consumer Testing Services has updated its SVHC Screen Lite Program to help textile
and footwear companies identify and detect substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in their
products in order to minimize associated risks and reach compliance with the requirements of the
European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
regulations.

Six chemicals recently were added to the REACH SVHC Candidate List, including: cadmium;
cadmium oxide; ammonium pentadecafluorooctanoate (APFO); pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA);
dipentyl phthalate (DPP); and 4-nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated.

SGS’s newest program includes 144 high-risk SVHCs found frequently in textiles, coatings,
leather, plastic and prints. In order to comply with the REACH Article 33 substance declarations
requirement, companies must supply safety information for any product that contains more than 0.1
percent of any SVHC.

November/December 2013

Invista Acquires Advansa’s ThermoCool™ Assets

Invista, Wichita, Kan., has acquired the Netherlands-based Advansa BV’s assets related to specialty
polyester products for apparel end-uses. The acquisition includes Advansa’s ThermoCool™ brand plus
related Duoregulation™ technologies and key staff, as well as the reversion to Invista of Advansa’s
license to produce Coolmax® and Thermolite® branded products for the European, Middle Eastern and
African markets. Going forward, Invista will market and promote these brands and technologies
globally.

Advansa retains its branded home textiles fiberfill business, specialty fibers businesses for
nonwovens and paper markets, and its manufacturing facility in Germany.

November/December 2013

BGF, Innegra Team To Produce Aerialite® X Composite

BGF Industries, Greensboro, N.C., and Innegra Technologies LLC, Greenville, have teamed to produce
BGF’s newest Aerialite® fabric for surfboards and other composite water and extreme sports
applications.

Aerialite X’s fiber makeup ranges from 100-percent Innegra high-performance olefin-based
fiber to various Innegra H hybrid compositions comprising a mix of olefin yarns with glass, carbon
and other high-performance fibers. Hybridization is carried out by B&W Fiber Glass, Shelby,
N.C., which supplies the hybrid product to BGF.

November/December 2013

Rennovia Develops Rennlon™ Biobased Nylon 6,6 Polymer

Rennovia Inc., Menlo Park, Calif., has produced what it believes is the first 100-percent biobased
nylon 6,6 polymer and has sent samples to a prospective production partner.

Rennlon™ polymer is made using Rennovia’s biobased Rennlon adipic acid (AA) and
hexamethylenediamine (HMD) monomers that are produced via the company’s proprietary chemical
catalytic process technology using widely available renewable glucose feedstocks. Rennovia projects
production costs for its monomers will be 20- to 25-percent lower than petroleum-based AA and HMD
production costs. The company also anticipates Rennlon AA and HMD production will generate
85-percent and 50-percent less greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, respectively, compared to
petroleum-based AA and HMD production.

November/December 2013

Monterey Acquires Glenoit Fabrics

Sliver knitter Monterey Mills, Janesville, Wis., has acquired sliver knitter Glenoit Fabrics (TT)
Corp. Inc., Tarboro, N.C., from the management group that has owned the company since 2009.
Monterey plans to invest in Glenoit’s infrastructure, add employees and expand market share in the
sliver-knitting segment.

Glenoit Fabrics was founded in Beloit, Wis., in the 1950s and as late as 1997 employed 1,100
workers in Tarboro. China-based Haixin Group Co. Ltd. acquired Glenoit in 2002 and operated the
Tarboro facility until late 2005, when former Glenoit Fabrics Plant Manager Jerry Howard and his
staff, doing business as Tarboro Textiles LLC, took over production at the plant under contract to
Glenoit. In 2009, Tarboro Textiles acquired the business. Glenoit produces faux fur, fleece and a
range of other pile fabrics. Plant equipment includes computerized jacquard knitting machines that
enable a range of patterned fabrics.

Monterey Mills, founded in 1965 as a knitter of faux fur and pile, was acquired in 2005 by
Roller Fabrics, which took the name as its own. Today, Monterey produces paint roller fabric and
pile fabrics for various applications, claims an estimated 60-percent share of the market it
serves, and ships its fabrics around the world.

November/December 2013

Kiian Opens Tennessee Site

Specialty water-based inks producer Kiian Group, Italy, has opened a regional headquarters and
production facility in Soddy Daisy, Tenn. Kiian USA, led by Kiian Group General Manager Alessandro
Ratti, will focus on expanding the company’s digital business in North America as well as
supporting growth in the Central and South American markets.

“The establishment of a Kiian headquarters in Tennessee provides our business with a
professional base in a strategically important market and one that will grow our business and
improve the service that we provide to our customers,” said Kiian Group CEO Fabio Festorazzi.

November/December 2013

Chomarat To Build Plant In South Carolina

Chomarat North America, Anderson, S.C., is building an additional 58,500-square-foot plant in South
Carolina for manufacturing advanced composites. The facility is expected to come on-line in
mid-2014, and will be fully equipped with new machinery — including a LIBA Max5 100-inch
variable-width machine that will be used to produce C-PLY™ spread-tow carbon multiaxial
reinforcements.

November/December 2013

Parkdale To Expand Rabun Gap Facility

Parkdale Mills Inc., Gastonia, N.C., is investing $85 million to expand its spinning facilty in
Rabun Gap, Ga., and add 210 jobs.

Parkdale acquired the Rabun Gap site from HanesBrands Inc., Winston-Salem, N.C., in 2009.
The 750,000-square-foot facility houses two plants that spin 100-percent cotton yarn for use in
T-shirts and high-end activewear. The company will convert production in one plant to
polyester/cotton blended yarn for use in performancewear.

The expansion will take place in two phases, with approximately half of the total jobs added
in the first phase and half in the second phase. Parkdale will begin installing equipment in early
2014, and expects the expansion to be completed by the end of 2014.

Parkdale operates 25 plants in the United States, Colombia and Mexico.

November/December 2013

Lang Ligon Supplies COMSAT Warpers To Norfab, Twitchell

Lang Ligon & Co. Inc., Greenville, has added weaving preparation, sectional warping and related
equipment from Spain-based COMSAT to the product lines it offers its customers in the United States
and Canada.

The company recently sold COMSAT UNI EVO sectional warpers to synthetic heat-resistant
textiles maker Norfab Corp., Norristown, Pa.; and Twitchell Corp., Dothan, Ala., a manufacturer of
outdoor furniture, awning and shade, industrial and other fabrics, vinyl extrusions and coatings.
The computer-controlled UNI warpers feature an automatic advance determination system and can
process materials including cut or continuous fibers with or without twist, in addition to glass,
plastic and other materials.

November/December 2013

Linqing Huaxing Selects Machinery From Schlafhorst

Schlafhorst, a business unit of Saurer Germany GmbH & Co. KG, has received an order from
China-based Linqing Huaxing Textile Co. Ltd. for 99 ZinserImpact 71 compact spinning machines with
a total of 118,800 spindles and CoWeMat 396 F automatic doffer systems; 16 ZinserSpeed 5M roving
frames; and 28 Autoconer X5, Type D automatic winding machines.

ZinserImpact 71, marketed to the Asian textile industry, features self-cleaning Impact FX
compact technology and offers high productivity, reliability and quality, according to Schlafhorst.

Linqing Huaxing spins up to 34,000 metric tons of combed cotton compact yarn per year for
knitted and woven home-textile and apparel fabrics.

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