All Trade & Sourcing articles – Page 18

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    Manteco launches next-generation of recycled wool

    9 April 2020

    Manteco, the Italy-based wool manufacturer, has launched MWool, a next-gen recycled wool that the company describes as “upgraded” recycled wool. MWool is 100 percent made in Italy. Manteco relies on a network of partner companies located within 10 miles of its headquarters, all of which operating towards sustainable growth and ...

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    Milliken scales up U.S. production of BioSmart fabric

    2 April 2020

    Milliken & Company, the new owner of Polartec, has increased U.S. production of its BioSmart® fabric, a patented bleach-activated technology that uses the power of readily available chlorine bleach to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses. With the increased need for medical protective clothing during the ongoing corona crisis, ...

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    Ortovox adds Loden wool from Styria to list of materials

    5 March 2020

    Ortovox, the outdoor brand from southern Germany, is now sourcing “Loden” wool from a family-owned Austrian supplier, Steiner1888, that was founded five generations ago and has been producing fabric sustainably ever since. Steiner1888 produces all of its fabrics in the Austria state of Styria, drawing the wool from sheep, alpacas ...

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    The U.S. and China have signed the “phase one” trade deal

    22 January 2020

    The U.S. and China have signed the “phase one” trade deal that was confirmed in December (see SGI Europe – Vol. 30 n°43, 44 Dec. 24, 2019) after a year and a half of back-and-forth tariff impositions. The deal covers intellectual-property rights, which China has been known to circumvent in ...

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    Australian cotton production is being heavily affected by fires and drought

    22 January 2020

    Analysts at Rabobank suggest that production for the 2019/20 period, estimated at 735,000 bales, will be the lowest in more than a decade, with a 16 percent drop from 2017/18 production. Queensland and central New South Wales are the hardest hit, although all major production regions are affected. The fires ...

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    Italian producers exported 9.5 percent more sport shoes in 2019

    22 January 2020

    In the first nine months of 2019, Italian producers exported 11.8 million pairs of sports shoes, 9.5 percent more than in the corresponding period of 2018, and outdoor footwear was probably the biggest category, judging from the strength of the outdoor industry cluster around Montebelluna. Exports of the items reached ...

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    ​A Korean textile and apparel company, Youngone Corp., is investing in new factories in India

    22 January 2020

    A Korean textile and apparel company, Youngone Corp., is investing 9 billion Indian rupees (€114m-$127m) to set up eight new factories at the Kakatiya Mega Textile Park (KMTP) in Warangal, in India’s state of Telangana. The factories should create up to 12,000 jobs directly or indirectly and will be producing ...

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    BlackYak opens technology center in Germany

    20 December 2019

    Since entering the European market officially in 2016, BlackYak has quickly established itself in the global outdoor industry thanks to numerous innovations and very distinctive design. Also contributing to this success were 24 Ispo Awards, which the South Korean outdoor specialist has so far received for its products targeting serious ...

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    Redefining a faster supply chain

    31 October 2019

    The supply chain has been getting faster and faster. The process that goes from the design and development to the distribution of a product for a particular season has been shortened in the last few years, taking only about 11 months instead of 18 months.Many fashion companies have reacted to ...

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    YKK is to begin production of its environmentally-friendly Natulon zipper...

    24 September 2019

    YKK is to begin production of its environmentally-friendly Natulon zipper in the U.S. Natulon, which is part of YKK U.S.' collection of sustainable trims, will be manufactured in Macon, Georgia, to cut the environmental impact from sourcing overseas and reduce lead times. The Natulon zipper is made from recycled PET ...

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    The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the...

    24 September 2019

    The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the U.K. outdoor industry, has announced a members' forum on counterfeiting, which will take place in London on Oct. 24. The OIA has teamed up with SnapDragon Monitoring, one of its members, and UDL, an intellectual property law firm, to deliver ...

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    The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the...

    24 September 2019

    The Outdoor Industries Association (OIA), the trade body of the U.K. outdoor industry, has announced a special event to help companies in the outdoor sector prepare for Brexit. The full-day event will be held at the Royal Geographic Society in London on Oct. 22, and will be free to attend ...

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    The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Miscellaneous Tariff...

    22 January 2018

    The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a Miscellaneous Tariff bill that will end or reduce import duties on ten footwear products for the next three years, including waterproof breathable boots. The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) of the U.S. had lobbied strongly for this measure, which still has to go ...

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    New U.S. Tariffs On Some Outdoor Shoes

    18 August 2010

    President Barack Obama approved legislation last week that restores lower or zero duties on a variety of sporting goods products imported into the U.S., including several types of waterproof/breathable footwear for which the Outdoor Industry Association had obtained duty suspension in 2006. The OIA played a key role in ...