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SEAMS Announces 2026 Board of Directors
WAKE FOREST, NC – January 30, 2026– SEAMS, the National Association and Voice for the U.S. Sewn Products Industry for over 50 years, announced the new membership selection for the Board of Directors 2026 calendar year today. Fast-paced market shifts and increased...
December 2025 Member Spotlight – AEC Narrow Fabrics
SEAMS Member Spotlight: AEC Narrow Fabrics In this edition of SEAMS Member Spotlight, AEC Narrow Fabrics is featured. President and CEO Jeff Crisco answers our questions. Company headquarters: Asheboro, N.C. Year founded: 1986 Primary specialties: “We are producers...
Dec 2025 – SEAMS crisscrosses country for strong trade show, conference presence in 2025
By Devin Steele From New York to Las Vegas, Atlanta to Savannah, Chicago to Indianapolis, the SEAMS Association and its members maintained a steady, high-visibility presence across the textile, apparel and sewn products industry in 2025 – reinforcing the association’s...
Dec 2025 X Files
Season of Lights December 2025 X-Files By: Xochil Herrera Scheer The Chicago Pattern Maker www.xochil.com This year ushered in a host of changes, forcing swift reaction and problem solving across the supply chain. No one has come away untouched, regardless of whether...
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Functional Fabric Fair launches winter edition in Orlando alongside PGA Show
Functional Fabric Fair, powered by PERFORMANCE DAYS®, successfully concluded its first Winter Edition on Jan. 21–22 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, held concurrently with the PGA Show. The two-day debut marked a significant expansion of Functional...
Comfort without compromise: Interview with Standard Fiber CEO Chad Altbaier
For more than 25 years, Standard Fiber has played an important role in the home textiles industry, supplying the core comfort products found in millions of households – from pillows and sheets to comforters, blankets, mattress pads and decorative bedding. Over the...
Textile industry support organizations: AFFOA and Textile Innovation Engine efforts in the works
The Emerging Technologies Conference at Advanced Textiles Expo last November in Indianapolis, Ind., addressed the importance of business connections, academic partnerships and industry support for innovative ideas, with various sessions focused on these topics. ...
ATA Talking Textiles podcast: Seasons of the Marine Canvas Business
Julie Tinsman [Strataglass LLC] sits down with featured guests: Charlene Clark, IFM [Signature CanvasMakers LLC], Jeff Newkirk, MFC [Precision Custom Canvas], and Andrew Oatley [Oatley's Top Shop] at the Advanced Textiles Expo to talk about seasonal business. They...
Peoria Production Solutions* CEO & President Dan LaTurno featured on the WSI Manufacturing Marketing podcast
Peoria Production Solutions* CEO & President Dan LaTurno was recently featured on the WSI Manufacturing Marketing podcast discussing Driving Business Growth Through Inclusion and Purpose. He dives into strategic insights on how meaningful inclusion and a...
The Sewing Conundrum: U.S. apparel manufacturing faces talent and automation challenges – interview with SPESA’s Michael McDonald
As the apparel manufacturing industry left the United States in the 70s and 80s in search of cheaper labor, it left the sewing talent we had in search of new careers, or moving on to retirement. Now we are trying to reclaim that talent pool in order to bring at least...
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