TS Designs brings it home in final ‘Harvest’ journey

In the last installment of TS Designs’ six-month journey through its Carolinas supply chain, the T-shirt printer and dyer finished at its home base in Burlington, N.C.

During the online jaunt through its entire supply chain – from “dirt to shirt,” as TS Designs founder and President Eric Henry calls it – the company went from its cotton farmer to most recently its dyeing facility, the final step in the seven-step process to produce a T-shirt.

pro:Americas Annual Conference

AAPN talks hemispheric strategies, technology coming out of pandemic

The Americas Apparel Producers’ Network (AAPN) had to forego its pro:Americas Annual Conference again this year, at least in person, but the group recently was able to attract a full house in a dynamic, virtual format that featured subject matter experts covering several pertinent topics.

Putting together the pieces of a hemispheric strategy – the primary goal of the AAPN being to connect the players of the Americas – was the order of the day. To that end, several speakers offered insights relevant to that mission before a group of nearly 200 attendees.

LAYERED SUSTAINABILITY

Vertical textile giant Santanderina tackles issue from many angles

Recently listed as one of the most prominent players in the post-consumer/recycled yarns manufacturers by IndustryGrowthInsights, Santanderina Group is an example within the textile sector that exhibits multi-dimensional sustainability. Sustainability and circularity are notions with ever-increasing importance in the textile sector.

Alas, like most things, the more we highlight and learn about them, the more layers we realize are left to uncover. One of Europe's leading textile Industry groups, Santanderina Group incorporates sustainability in multiple facets.

‘HEMPREPRENEUR’

Claire Crunk launches Trace Femcare, sees great promise in natural hygiene product

It took burnout, a lot of soul searching and numerous lightbulb moments for Claire Crunk to find her way into the realm of hemp fiber. But here she is … on her way, perhaps, to building a successful niche and potentially large business and a fulfilling career in the hemp world.

A world that’s far away from the one she had spent her 10-year career, as a nurse practitioner, until 2018.

Crunk launched Southeast Hemp Fiber four years ago, which led her down a path to found a company, Trace Femcare, created to produce a hemp tampon that is expected to be the only U.S.-grown hemp fiber brand, she said.