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February 2025 X Files
Winter Whispers of Optimism February 2025 X-Files By Xochil Herrera Scheer The Chicago Pattern Maker www.xochil.com Twenty Twenty-Five, and what a ride so far! It seems from my recent reading and conversations that we all are working on a number of initiatives for the...
February 2025 Member Spotlight – CustomFab USA
SEAMS Member Spotlight: CustomFab USA In our latest edition of SEAMS Member Spotlight, CustomFab USA, is highlighted. Brian Alhanati, vice president of the company, answers our questions. Company headquarters: Garden Grove, CA Year founded: 1990 Primary...
SEAMS members eye growth in 2025 amid policy shifts, domestic investments
SEAMS members eye growth in 2025 amid policy shifts, domestic investments By Devin Steele The U.S. textile/cut-and-sew industry is entering 2025 with cautious optimism, as manufacturers, suppliers and brands navigate a shifting economic and policy landscape, according...
Non-Profit has 7oz White Twill FOR SALE
SEAMS member, SourceAmerica, an Ability One Program Central Non-Profit Agency, has an affiliated Non-Profit located in the Southern USA that has six (6) Buttonhole machines FOR SALE. All six (6) of the Juki LBH-1790AN electronic lockstitch buttonhole machines have...
In the News
As President Trump’s trade war escalates, can the US undo the impacts of ‘China shock?’
President Donald Trump has pushed tariffs on Chinese imports to a staggering 145%, escalating the U.S.-China trade war. With China supplying nearly 30% of all imported goods to the U.S. – including electronics, textiles, and footwear – experts warn of rising costs and...
Why China laughs at the idea of Americans taking their manufacturing jobs
A “Make America Strong Again” banner hangs on the wall as rows upon rows of overweight workers assemble Nike sneakers; one lifts a burger up to his mouth as he eats while working, another rests his head on the sewing machine in front of him, barely able to keep his...
American manufacturers look for opportunity amid tariff whiplash
Over the past week and a half, the design industry has been consumed by tariff whiplash. First, there was shock at the numbers unveiled in the Rose Garden. Then came the wild gyrations of the stock market and a flood of announcements on possible price hikes. Last...
How China has amped up its factories and is threatening to crush U.S. industry with a new ‘tsunami’ of cheap products
A $1.9 trillion “tsunami” is headed for American industry – and it’s coming from China. The Communist country of 1.3 billion people has shifted that much cash into amping up its factories in just four years in an effort to overwhelm manufacturers around the world with...
In South Carolina, a once thriving textile hub is baffled by Trump’s tariffs
In the 1970s, when the Upstate region of South Carolina was known as the textile capital of the world, Adolphus Jones would clock in for grueling summer shifts at one of the many mills in Union, his hometown. Trains roared around him, transporting materials around the...
UNIFI* launches REPREVE with CiCLO® technology, globally available biodegradable recycled polyester and nylon
UNIFI Inc., the maker of REPREVE® and an innovator in recycled and synthetic yarns, today launched REPREVE with CiCLO® technology, recycled polyester and nylon embedded with a biodegradable technology that enables synthetics to break down naturally. REPREVE with CiCLO...
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