High Point, N.C.-based Culp Inc. plans to expand its mattress fabrics business in Stokesdale, N.C.,
investing at least $450,000 to add cut-and-sew operations and adding 129 jobs. The company has
begun preparing a manufacturing facility across the street from its existing weaving facility in
Stokesdale and anticipates starting up the new operation this fall. The ultimate total investment
could exceed $900,000.

Culp comprises two divisions: Culp Home Fashions including knitted and woven mattress
fabrics, with manufacturing facilities located in High Point and Stokesdale as well as in Canada;
and Culp Upholstery Fabrics, with manufacturing located in High Point, China and Poland. The
company’s current workforce at its North Carolina facilities numbers more than 410 people.

The mattress fabrics business has grown over the last several years, from representing a
20-percent share of the company’s total business in 2000 to 57 percent in 2011. The company claims
to have the leading U.S. market share in both businesses and realized net sales of $254.4 million
in fiscal year 2012 — up 17.4 percent from 2011 and including $145.5 million in mattress fabric
sales, an 18.9-percent increase for the year in that business.

The new facility will produce mattress covers that will be marketed to Culp’s customers under
a joint marketing agreement with Chicago-based mattress cover supplier A. Lava & Son Co. The
facility will be wholly owned by Culp.

“This new venture, known as Culp-Lava Applied Sewn Solutions, represents a natural
progression of Culp’s mattress fabrics business as we continue to capitalize on growth
opportunities in more innovative product offerings,” said Iv Culp, president, Culp Home Fashions.
“We believe this new venture highlights our commitment to enhance Culp’s leadership position in the
bedding industry with an expanded and flexible manufacturing platform, supported by exceptional
design, superior customer service, reliable delivery performance and consistent quality and value.”

“We are very excited about this expansion and vertical integration for that area of our
business because it will allow us to be more responsive to customers and have a broader product
offering,” said Teresa Huffman, vice president, human resources, with responsibility for corporate
communications, Culp Inc. “We are looking forward to starting up the new operation this fall.”

The company has received a $82,560 grant from the One North Carolina Fund to assist in the
expansion.

August 14, 2012

Gainesville, Fla.-based Quick-Med Technologies Inc. has received an amended U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) registration for its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-based Stay Fresh®
Antimicrobial — a nontoxic, cost-effective, durable technology that retains its efficacy on
textiles and other materials when subjected to a range of laundering conditions, according to the
company.

The amendment expands approval for use of the technology to 30 new sites, enabling its use
in products such as adhesives, aprons, backpacks, incontinence pads, lumber, luggage, shoe liners
and inserts, shower curtains, superabsorbent polymers, and wound dressings. It also addresses
treatment application levels based on an article’s intended use and provides for “ultimate”
durability, “standard” application and warehouse “inventory protection” rates.

In addition to textile applications including military uniforms, apparel and other consumer
textiles, Stay Fresh has potential applications for products such as medical devices. Quick-Med has
filed a 510(k) Premarket Notification with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Stay
Fresh Skin Fold Management Textile, a Stay Fresh-treated medical absorbent textile product designed
to provide moisture management as well as antimicrobial protection in order to prevent damage to
skin from abrasion within skin folds.

August 14, 2012

National Safety Apparel (NSA) — a Cleveland-based manufacturer of protective apparel for industrial
safety applications — has introduced a line of flame-retardant (FR) 100-percent cotton knit shirts
that offer a single-layer FR solution, eliminating the need to layer garments to combat arc
flash-related injuries.

FR Classic Cotton™ Knit shirts are soft, supple and breathable while also featuring an
increased arc flash protection of 12 small calories of heat energy per square centimeter — a
benchmark that comparable garments previously have been unable to reach, NSA reports.

The shirts are suitable for both indoor and outdoor wear, and are available in a range of
colors and styles.

August 14, 2012

Germany-based dyeing and finishing machinery manufacturer A. Monforts Textilmaschinen GmbH &
Co. KG has introduced a new generation of vertically guided tenter chains that are especially
suitable for knitted fabrics and are designed for heavyweight knitted, nonwovens and technical
textile applications.

The Hercules-V tenter chain features a sturdy gray cast-iron construction with reinforced
chain track, and operates with transverse forces up to 1,500 newtons per meter, at running speeds
up to 100 meters per minute, and at temperatures up to 260°C. It also features a maintenance-free
design and long device life of the slide blocks. Optional depinning protection flaps are available.

August 14, 2012

Australia-based automated robotic tufting machine developer Wilcom AutoTuft Pty. Ltd. has added new
agents in India and China.

India-based IIGM Pvt. Ltd., a supplier of Wilcom’s embroidery offerings for more than 15
years, is adding Wilcom’s AutoTuft product range to its portfolio. IIGM also offers product support
and training to customers throughout the Indian subcontinent.

In China, Shun Long Machinery Co. Ltd. will carry Wilcom’s AutoTuft machinery. According to
Wilcom, the company is well-known in China and represents other prominent carpet machinery and
software suppliers.

Wilcom’s AutoTuft machinery uses pneumatic or mechanical tufting heads to produce custom
rugs and wall hangings with a “hand-tufted” look at a lower price than hand tufting. Additionally,
textures — such as 3-D and automatic cut-loop effects — not attainable on handmade products are
possible using AutoTuft.

August 14, 2012

Thailand-based polyester producer Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL) recently added 100,800 metric tons of
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) capacity with the acquisition of Indonesia-based PT Polypet
Karyapersada’s PET assets. The new PET capacity is located in West Java adjacent to PT Indorama
Petrochemicals’ PTA assets, which IVL acquired last year.

“The acquisition of PT Polypet Karyapersada creates synergies due to it being co-sited with
our PTA plant PT Indorama Petrochemicals in Indonesia, making it a strategic investment in the most
populous country in ASEAN,” said Aloke Lohia, Group CEO, Indorama Ventures.

“We are very pleased to be participating in the strong growth of Indonesia. The country is a
very attractive market for long-term investment and the Polypet deal will allow us to keep pace
with and serve the growth of our major customers in the country.”

Indorama has made numerous global acquisitions over the past year including two in North
America: Clear Lake, Texas-based Old World Industries
(see ”
Indorama
Acquires Old World,”
TextileWorld.com, February 7, 2012); and Duluth, Ga.-based FiberVisions
Holdings LLC
(see ”
Indorama
Acquires FiberVisions Holdings,”
TextileWorld.com, January 10, 2012).



August 14, 2012

ROUBAIX, France — August 2012 — The CETI is the world’s most recent research and prototyping centre
dedicated to new textile applications. At the heart of a first-class scientific network, the CETI
uses creativity techniques that accelerate the innovation process leading from uses to solutions.
Bringing together state-of-the-art equipment in one place allows industrialists to quickly advance
from research to prototypes and small series as soon as possible. The CETI’s inauguration is
scheduled for 10th and 11th October 2012.

The CETI’s mission

The CETI’s mission is to promote innovation through applied research by bringing
universities, laboratories and industry closer and creating links with the markets in order to
offer textile materials excellent prospects for the future.This involves understanding innovation
by rethinking its applications, combining skills, pooling resources and optimising solutions.

The CETI’s objectives

The CETI’s priority is to place innovation at the forefront of winning strategies by
facilitating technological development and industrial transfer. By creating a unique technological
platform in Europe with all technologies for developing innovative textiles, the CETI has set
itself several objectives:

• Developing new applications for intelligent textiles,

• Boosting the textile sector by diversifying technological research in various sectors,

• Developing cross-sector collaborative projects,

• Favouring interdisciplinarity and exchanges between application research and industrial
production,

• Accelerating the innovation transfer processes with concrete and rapid
applications(prototyping, small series, etc.)

The CETI’s players

Initiated by the UP-tex cluster, the CETI brings together various regional, national,
European and international players.The CETI is co-funded by Europe, the State, the local
authorities, the Ville Renouvelée semi-public limited company, the Union, the Caisse des Dépôts and
Batixia. It is supported by its historical partners: ENSAIT, HEI, Ecole des Mines de Douai,the IFTH
(French textile-apparel institute), Lille 1 University, the Nord Textile Industries Union and
CLUBTEX.

The CETI participates with them in an active network established with researchers from
business schools, universities,UP-tex competitive clusters, Techtera and Natural Fibre Clusters.



The CETI’s means

The CETI, a scientific research and development pool situated at the crossroads of Northern
Europe in the new Roubaix/Tourcoing/Wattrelos eco-district of “L’Union”, the CETI is housed in a
daring and high-performance multi-purpose architectural complex comprising:

• A unique 8000 m² research platform equipped with high-tech laboratories, state-of-the-art
equipment intended for prototyping and small series and independent workshops equipped with the
latest machines.

• A 6000 m² building housing the UP-tex competitive cluster, the CLUBTEX business cluster,
the Pole of Textile Excellence,the INNoTEX incubator, the IFTH (French textile-apparel institute) ;
the site is equipped with a conference room, meeting rooms, offices and various exhibition areas
for welcoming companies and private laboratories.




The CETI’s equipment

The spinning tool (Phase 1) is used to develop tomorrow’s new high-performance fibres
essential for markets such as ultra-filtration,medical devices, intelligent textiles. There are
only 4 tools of this kind in the world

The Non-woven fabrics tool (Phase 1) is used to develop new industrial solutions with new
technological combinations. This market is expected to grow by 21% by 2017.

Phase 2 planned for 2013 and 2014 focuses on the manufacturing processes (knitting, weaving,
braiding), especially for the composite or technical fabric markets.

The CETI works with the PIVERT and IFMAS IEEDs (Institutes for Research Excellence in
Decarbonated Energy) to develop textile applications from the biopolymers that will be developed
there. This responds to a strong demand from companies in search of new raw materials
(biocompatible PET, biocompatible PP, biocompatible PLA, etc.).

The CETI’s customers

The CETI is open to all those looking for innovative solutions through a technological
textile platform associating high-performance tools, skills and specialist expertise: SMEs and
companies from all sectors, the sector’s industrialists and specifiers; technical centres and
R&D departments in major companies; private and public laboratories, competitive clusters, etc.
• The CETI’s customers (Phase 1) are major companies using textiles, especially in the
hygiene, filtration and medical sectors.

Companies producing Non-woven fabrics as well as polymer and fibre producers are also
concerned.

• SMEs also find new opportunities for cooperating with major clients within the CETI and can
also develop specific small series with Phase 2 tools.

The CETI in the world

From Phase 1, the CETI positions itself as an exceptional world-class centre. It
can be compared in terms of equipment to the “Non-Woven Institute” (NCRC) which federates over 60
major companies around the development of new textile materials from Raleigh in the USA. This
centre generates an annual turnover of over $ 4m.

In Europe, the offer is split between the major German centres (STFI (Saxon Textile Research
Institute) in Chemnitz and ITV (Institute of Textile Technology and Process Engineering) in
Denckendörf) and the CENTI (Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials) in Portugal which also
has Hills tri-component spinning equipment.

It is in Phase 2 that the CETI comes into its own as it will then be the only platform in the
world to bring together in one place as much technological equipment associated to cutting-edge
research as is mainly found in the Advanced Textile Materials scientific interest group (GIS
MTA).The CETI’s challenges Beyond its commitment to the future of an entire sector, the CETI is
going to:

• Change the image of textile in order to make it an innovative material turned towards the
future in diverse leading markets (health, transport, protection, industry, environment, etc.)

• Create richness and jobs with new profiles and equip the region with an internationally
renowned high-performance tool

• Attract investors and generate collaborative projects for developing tomorrow’s textile.

Source: Re-Activ/Association CETI

ATLANTA — August 2012 — After three days filled with plenty business talks and busy show aisles,
Home Textiles Sourcing Expo closed its doors on July 26 with excellent results. The event drew 146
exhibitors from 13 countries, an 11 percent increase over July 2011. The third edition of Home
Textiles Sourcing Expo was again co-located with Texworld USA, the largest apparel fabrics show in
North America, and the International Apparel Sourcing Show. The triple event as a whole welcomed
5,285 attendees, a 5 percent increase over July 2011.

“Based on these results, Home Textiles Sourcing Expo has certainly reinforced its position as
a leading sourcing event in North America to solely focus on fabrics and finished soft goods for
all home applications,” says John. P. Gallagher, President & CEO of Messe Frankfurt USA.
“Thanks to our partners and the show’s co-location with the apparel events, we achieved yet another
attendee and exhibitor record.” Messe Frankfurt organizes the show in partnership with the
Sub-Council of Textile Industry, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT
TEX).

Mr. LinYunfeng from CCPIT says, “This edition of the show marks the rally of local market
demand. The exhibitors of China Pavilion are stratified with the quality of attendees. This show
will be playing a more important role in bridging Chinese manufacturers and the American business
community.”

Lenzing Innovation

Lenzing Fibers continued to partner with Messe Frankfurt for the third edition of
Home Textiles Sourcing Expo and supported the show with the popular Lenzing Innovation Pavilion.
“As a leading producer of fibers, this Home Textiles Sourcing Expo is a very important platform to
showcase our Tencel® and MicroModal® fibers use in every aspect of bedding and also the innovations
in new product categories including upholstery and carpeting for the home that our customers are
able to achieve to U.S buyers, designers, merchandisers and sourcing professionals,” says Nina
Nadash from Lenzing AG.

Lenzing also organized a well attended seminar program in partnership with Messe Frankfurt.
Among the many highly praised seminars, Mark Woodman from Global Color Research introduced
attendees to the latest Home Textiles Sourcing Expo Trends by using themes from the acclaimed
Heimtextil Montage. Other popular seminar topics included “Sourcing Hot Spots” and “Mega Trends for
Fall/Winter 2013”.

Trend Forum

New for 2012, was the trend forum collaboration with Global Color Research. Global
Color Research was the curator of the trends on display in January at Heimtextil in Frankfurt. Four
color stories, from the official Heimtextil trend book ‘Montage’, set the stage for the latest in
trend themes for the upcoming season.

Exhibitor Statements

Kirsten Lambert, Co-Founder, Beantown Bedding, LLC, USA

“Our experience as first time exhibitors at the Home Textiles Sourcing Expo has been both
rewarding and productive. As an entrepreneurial venture introducing a new product, the event
provided the right location for us to establish valuable contacts, generate product awareness and
open doors to supply chain opportunities.”

Neil Prescott, Business-Development Manager, Textile City, Inc., Canada

“Overall the event was a good show for us. We saw many different types of buyers from the
brand, retail and institutional markets. We are glad we participated.”

July 2013

The fourth edition of Home Textiles Sourcing Expo will take place July 16 – 18,
2013 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.



Posted on August 14, 2012

Source: Messe Frankfurt USA