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DuPont wins Green Chemistry Award

Eastman Chemical acquires yarn producer

Milliken partners with Love Quilt Project

DuPont received Taiwan's inaugural National
Green Chemistry Award at a ceremony in
Taipei on April 16. The award honors
companies in the region that are making
strides in sustainable chemistry initiatives. It
recognizes DuPont's outstanding product life
cycle management and efforts on promoting
green chemistry, while highlighting DuPont™
Sorona®, a versatile polymer comprised of 37
percent renewable plant-based ingredients,
produced using 30 percent less energy and
releasing 63 percent fewer greenhouse gas
emissions as compared to nylon 6.

Eastman Chemical Company has entered
into a definitive agreement to acquire
Industrias del Acetato de Celulosa S.A.
(INACSA), a Spanish producer of cellulosic
yarn. The INACSA yarn business and assets
are expected to support continued growth
of Naia™ cellulosic yarn and will become
part of the global fibers segment supply
base. Eastman will acquire the entire yarn
business and assets from INACSA, including
the plant and assets in La Batllòria, Spain,
formulations and intellectual property and
customer contracts.

Milliken Specialty Interiors is supporting the
Love Quilt Project, a nonprofit organization
that connects children in the U.S. and South
Africa who have been impacted by the
HIV/AIDS pandemic. The organization
also offers financial assistance to fund the
cost of sending the children to school.
Milliken is providing white cotton fabric
that children decorate with messages of love.
The decorated squares are sewn into quilts
that are given to other children whose lives
have been impacted by HIV/AIDS.

CleanAire to make $10 million investment

Universal Fibers expands capabilities

CleanAire LLC, an air filtration manufacturing
company that will be doing business as
Pamlico Air, will create 305 jobs and invest $10
million as it expands its operations in Wilson
County, N.C. Pamlico Air is a high-quality
air filtration manufacturer that services
retail, wholesale, commercial and industrial
markets nationally. The company is launching
a Wilson manufacturing facility that will
produce air filters targeted specifically to the
commercial, industrial and retail markets.

Universal Fibers Inc. has acquired twisting and
heat-setting assets for its production facilities
in Gorzow, Poland, and Taicang, China. Both
plants are fully integrated from extrusion
to finished yarns in multiple chemistries,
including type 6 and 66 nylon, and serve carpet
manufacturers in commercial, residential and
automotive segments. By expanding capacity
in these areas, the company assures the highest
standards of quality and service.

Candiani SpA clinches sustainability award
Candiani SpA has won the ITMA Sustainable
Innovation Award for Candiani Re-Gen, a
circular denim fabric created from regenerated
and recycled raw materials. Fifty percent
of the Re-Gen fabric comprises Tencel™ x
Refibra™ Lyocell made of pulp from cotton
scraps and wood pulp using Lenzing's efficient
closed-loop process. The other 50 percent
consists of post-industrial recycled Candiani
fibers. Candiani's fabrics are also dyed using
green technologies, resulting in substantial
reduction in the use of water and chemicals.

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Huntsman joins ZDHC
Huntsman Textile Effects has joined the
ZDHC Foundation as a contributor. The
company is uploading key products on
the ZDHC Gateway Chemical Module
and supporting the ZDHC Manufacturing
Restricted Substance List and the related
pyramid conformity system designed to
eliminate duplicative approaches. Huntsman
will actively engage in various task forces
focused on supporting the continuous
improvement programs of ZDHC.
The company has had a long-standing
commitment to sustainability through
continuous innovation and collaboration
across the industry.

R&M receives presidential award
In May, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur
Ross presented R&M International with
the President's "E" Award for Exports at
a ceremony in Washington, D.C. A select
group of companies received the award,
the highest recognition for any U.S. entity
that makes a significant contribution
to the expansion of U.S. exports. R&M
International Sales Corporation's business
is based on helping primary producers of raw
materials in the textiles and plastics arena
dispose of over production, substandard or
waste materials.

E2 joint venture: focus on innovation
Engineered Polymer Technologies (EPT)
and Erez Technical Textiles have launched
E2, a joint venture that will allow the two
companies to focus on innovation in order
to better serve existing partners and expand
operations and capabilities. Operating under
the new name, the companies will be able
to cover a wider spectrum of possibilities
in coated textiles and technical fabrics in
industries such as marine safety, boats,
defense, geotechnical, secondary containment
and flexible storage tanks.
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