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NEWS
Kornit Digital acquires Custom Gateway
Kornit Digital, a leader in digital textile
printing technology, has acquired Custom
Gateway, a technology provider of cloudbased software workflow solutions for
on-demand production business models.
Custom Gateway's cloud platform handles all
steps of efficient on-demand production and
enables content sourcing, creation, content
management and display at the front end.
Supplementing Kornit's Konnect platform
for visibility and control of print operations,
Custom Gateway's platform offers Kornit
customers valuable business insights for agility
in the face of market dynamics and disruption.

Dickson Coatings becomes
Saint Clair Textiles
Dickson Coatings has formally changed its
name to Saint Clair Textiles. The name change
is a result of the sale of Dickson Coatings
from Glen Raven Inc. to Sioen Industries
NV Group in December 2019. Saint Clair
Textiles will continue to manufacture and
sell its popular awning fabrics, LAC650 and
Arcade, along with the Evergreen eco-friendly
graphics collection, which includes Jet Tex
Wallcoverings and Jet Up retail graphics.
The fabrics are available for sale in the U.S.

Ascend acquires Poliblend and Esseti Plast
Ascend Performance Materials has completed
its acquisition of Italian firms Poliblend
and Esseti Plast. With the purchase, Ascend
expands its portfolio into other engineered
plastics, recycled resins and masterbatches.
As part of the purchase, Ascend establishes
its second production facility in Europe.
The acquisition also includes Poliblend
Deutschland, a distribution facility located
in Germany. Announced in February 2020,
the acquisition was put on hold as COVID19 cases spiked in Italy and then in the U.S.

PEOPLE
Damen appointed Teijin Aramid CFO

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Teijin Aramid has appointed Isabelle Damen as the company's
new CFO. Damen has worked in finance for more than 20 years
and brings a wealth of international experience to Teijin Aramid.
She previously held the position of finance director global
powertrain at Sensata Technologies. Damen will work closely
with the management team to meet Teijin Aramid's long-term
growth and sustainability goals.

Textile experts join Spinnova
Spinnova has appointed two niche textile experts to help
commercialize its sustainable wood-based fiber. Shahriare
Mahmood has started as Spinnova's sustainability director.
Mahmood has both an academic and a technical textile industry
background and has worked in textile mills in Asia and Europe.
Spinnova's other textile expert appointment is Eun (Enja)
Young Kim, who started as senior fiber application specialist in
Spinnova's R&D team. Kim previously worked for fiber technology
company Lenzing in Austria, in technical customer service of
technical applications. She will focus on developing the Spinnova
fiber's quality and finishings.

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