eTC Weekly Newsletter • February 26, 2021 • Vol. 7, Issue 47
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Greetings!

Glance at this week’s headlines, and you can’t help but feel a sense of pride as a member of such a cutting-edge, footprint-reducing, high-tech (insert your superlative here) textile/apparel industry. From Milliken (for the 15th consecutive year!) and HanesBrands being included on Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies list among 135 companies spanning 22 countries and representing 47 industries; to Elevate Textiles’ five brands joining the Sustainable Apparel Coalition; to updates on Unifi's ever-evolving, always-exciting REPREVE® brand; to expansions, investments and new ventures galore; to game-changing breakthroughs … how could you not want to sing our praises from the highest mountaintop? Say it loud, say it proud: TEXTILES ROCK, Y'ALL!
 
Sure, a lot of uncertainty exists right now with the pandemic still hanging around, and with all-important trade policies and pacts yet to fall in place. But the future seems bright for those of you who ply your trade in the world’s first industry (Google those last four words and see what comes up first). It sure gives me good reason to get up every day. How about you?

Classifieds
ORCO seeks Business Development Representative
Organic Dyes & Pigments LLC (ORCO) is seeking a Business Development Representative to be based at its Lincoln, R.I., headquarters. ORCO is a provider of colorant and specialty chemical solutions to a global audience. Please click on the job description here.
O.R. webinar
Unifi, Inc. executives extol virtues of REPREVE® brand
Jay Hertwig, senior vice president of Commercialization at Unifi Manufacturing, Inc., presented “The REPREVE® Difference” during an Outdoor Retailer webinar last week.
 
Unifi’s REPREVE brand is a performance fiber made from 100 percent recycled materials, including post-consumer plastic bottles and pre-consumer waste. They are also certified and traceable.
 
Since the brand’s launch, the Greensboro, N.C., company has transformed more than 20 billion bottles into REPREVE fibers, Hertwig said. Starting with two brands – Patagonia and Polartec – in 2007, Unifi now has more than 700 brand and retail partners using the product globally, he added.

Hertwig was joined on the webinar by Unifi’s Chad Bolick, vice president of Brand Sales, who moderated the discussion and offered further insights.
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PHOTO AT ABOVE RIGHT:
Parkdale of Gastonia, N.C., created branded masks for its “I Wear, I Care™” program, wherein they designed and donated the face masks emblazoned with those words to citizens of communities where its operations are located. This year, Parkdale gave out more than 20,000 face masks. Parkdale, America Knits (cut and sew) in Swainsboro, Ga., and U.S. Bag (packaging, part of Parkdale’s U.S. Cotton Division) in Cleveland, Ohio, were all part of the product’s creation. Each mask is packaged with a photo of a Parkdale employee and caption telling their story and commitment to helping the U.S. textile industry address the critical shortages of PPE.
 
Follow Parkdale consumer mask unit, Parkdale PPE, on Instagram.