TIN BLOG

NCTO Amplifying the Policy Issues Impacting the Industry

On the communications and press front, NCTO President and CEO Kim Glas penned two important and insightful op-eds, outlining how Section 301 tariffs and the U.S.-Dominic Republic (CAFTA-DR) agreement are helping the U.S. textile industry, a key American manufacturing sector, compete. In the first piece, Kim wrote a joint op-ed with CECATEC-RD Executive Director Patricia […]

Wilson College of Textiles Receives $2M in USAID Funding

North Carolina State University’s Wilson College of Textile has received $2 million in funding to establish a technical textile training program in Honduras, which comes at a pivotal time of onshoring and nearshoring for the textile and apparel industry. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded the $2 million, two-year grant to Wilson […]

Textile Execs Discuss Nearshoring Trends, Policies to Bolster the U.S. Textile Industry’s Competitiveness

NCTO President and CEO Kim Glas joined David Smith, Executive Vice President of Milliken & Company’s Textile Division and Bob Antoshak, partner at Gherzi Textile Organization, in a timely panel discussion on the trends driving nearshoring and onshoring of textile and apparel production last month. The panel discussion, titled the “ABC’s of Nearshoring,” was held at […]