Report: DuPont To Remain Textile Player Despite In
Wilmslow, UK, Feb. 16--Manufacturing giant DuPont will remain a key player in technical textiles despite the sale of its Invista fibers business.
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Lawmakers Divert Funds for CARE Project, Among Oth
Washington, DC, Feb. 17--Researchers and companies working to prevent future power blackouts are seeing their federal funding slip away to lawmakers' home-district projects, including research on ceramic engines and burning recycled carpets as fuel.
Industrial Production Climbs
Washington, Feb. 17--Industrial production climbed faster than expected in January as auto makers once again revved up assembly lines.
Invista, TacFast & Beaulieu Canada Launch “New Sof
Atlanta, Feb, 17--A new soft surface flooring category was unveiled today by Invista, TacFast Systems International and Beaulieu Canada.
Pakistan Carpet Export Update
Lahore, Pakistan, Feb. 16--Pakistan exports hand-knotted carpets worth US$131.78 million during the first seven months of the current fiscal year against exports of US $122.898 million during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Overvalued Dollar Affecting Feltex
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 16--Feltex Carpets has become the latest victim of an overvalued kiwi dollar.
Hacker Industries Introduces True Screed Underlaym
Newport Beach, CA, Feb. 16--A cutting-edge new self-leveling Portland cement-based underlayment that offers high compressive strengths and superior bonding characteristics is now available from Hacker Industries.
Feltex Earnings Up
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 13-- The Feltex Group recorded a net surplus of $11.4 million for the six months ended 31 December 2003.
BASF to Raise Ultramid Polyamide & Caprolactum Pri
Mount Olive, NJ, Feb. 12--BASF today announced that it will increase prices for Ultramid polyamide (PA) 6 spinning polymer, compounding resins and caprolactum in North America by six cents per pound, effective March 1.
Consumer Confidence Drops
New York, NY, Feb. 13--The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment index for February dropped to 93.1 from a revised 103.8 in January.