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Elevate Textiles Expands Involvement with Textile Exchange Organization Through New Membership

CHARLOTTE, NC (July 13, 2022) – Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high-quality products and mission critical textile solutions, is excited to establish a membership with the Textile Exchange organization, a global non-profit driving positive impact on climate change across the textile and fashion industries. Elevate and its distinguished brands including American & Efird, …

Elevate Textiles Releases 2022 Sustainability Report

Increases industry leadership and reports significant progress against key sustainability goals CHARLOTTE, NC (April 27, 2022) – Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high quality products and mission critical textile solutions, is excited to release its 2022 Sustainability Report. Elevate Textiles and its distinguished brands including American & Efird, Burlington, Cone Denim, Gütermann and …

Elevate Textiles Leads Industry Sustainability Initiatives; Receives Validation of Science Based Targets

  A&E, Burlington & Cone Denim achieve industry firsts CHARLOTTE, NC (October 14, 2021) – Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high-quality products and mission critical textile solutions, continues its leadership in sustainable manufacturing as the first global textile manufacturer to receive validation of its Science Based Target (SBTi) goals related to reducing greenhouse …

US Trade Representative Katherine Tai visits Milliken & Company and American & Efird in Visit Highlighting US Textile Industry

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 23, 2021) – Milliken & Company and American & Efird (A&E) hosted United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Katherine Tai in two separate visits to the companies’ state-of-the-art textile manufacturing facilities today, marking an unprecedented visit to the heart of the U.S. textile industry in the Carolinas by the nation’s top trade …

Elevate Textiles Furthers Sustainability Initiatives with Commitment to Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign

CHARLOTTE, NC (June 30, 2021) – Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high quality products and mission critical textile solutions, is excited to announce its commitment to the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign, building upon Elevate’s commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Elevate and its distinguished brands including, American & Efird (A&E), …

Applied DNA Sciences and A&E Introduce Anti-Counterfeiting Technology for Sustainable Sewing Threads

Sustainability with Traceability Helps Secure Brands and Their Global Supply Chains STONY BROOK, NY and CHARLOTTE, NC (June 08, 2021) – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN), a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing, and American & Efird, (A&E), the world’s foremost thread manufacturer, today announced A&E’s INTEGRITY™ advanced identification thread technology is available …

Elevate Textiles Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

Increases industry leadership and reports significant progress against key sustainability goals CHARLOTTE, NC (April 22, 2021) – Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high quality products and mission critical textile solutions, is excited to release its 2021 Sustainability Report. Elevate Textiles and its distinguished brands including American & Efird (A&E), Burlington, Cone Denim, Gütermann …

Elevate Joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Elevate brands A&E, Burlington, Cone Denim, Gütermann and Safety Component participate CHARLOTTE, NC (February 22, 2021) – Elevate Textiles announces it has joined the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) to include its brands American & Efird (A&E), Burlington, Cone Denim, Gütermann and Safety Components.  Elevate joins more than 250 global brands, retailers, and manufacturers, as well …

Elevate Textiles Releases 2020 Sustainability Report

Reports progress on UN Global Compact and CEO Water Mandate Initiatives CHARLOTTE, NC (October 27, 2020) – Elevate Textiles, a global provider of advanced, high quality products and mission critical textile solutions, is excited to release its 2020 Sustainability Report. Elevate Textiles offers distinguished global textile brands including American & Efird (A&E), Burlington, Cone Denim, …

Cone Denim Introduces Ionic+™ Sustainable Antimicrobial Protection for Denim

  Greensboro, NC (October 22, 2020) – Cone Denim®, a global leader in denim authenticity and sustainable innovation, is excited to launch the newest in denim innovation – the Self-Clean Jean. In partnership with Noble Biomaterials, the global leader in antimicrobial and conductivity solutions for soft-surface applications, Cone Denim has developed its newest denim fabric …