After its purchase of Norwegian Seals earlier this week, industrial belting firm Fenner is to buy specialist hose manufacturer Mandals and Florida-based American Industrial Plastics.
The former luxury clothing factory of Aquascutum in Corby, Northamptonshire, has been sold to a company pledging to recruit up to 30 staff.
Mulberry plans to add 15 overseas stores to its existing 55 in a push to take advantage of growing spending power in emerging markets despite a decrease in growth this year.
Clothing brand Barbour and partners open a new training centre, the Barbour Academy, to revive careers in the North East textile industry.
Toilet roll manufacturer Accrol Papers has opened a new £6m warehouse in Blackburn, aided by a £1.4m grant from the Regional Growth Fund.
The owner of glass manufacturer Pilkington, Nippon Sheet Glass, announced plans to lay off 150 UK employees by the end of April 2012 today.
Nippon Sheet Glass (NSG), which is in the process of cutting 3,500 jobs worldwide, will close one of its production lines in the UK in a move to cut costs by 20bn y…
Despite a sharp slowdown in US sales growth, British luxury brand Burberry Group has reported strong sales growth through Christmas, driven by the brand’s continued popularity in Asia.
The 156-year old company said that increased sales of leather goods and outerwear, including its famou…
Thirty jobs have been saved at the clothing manufacturer after Dains LLP, administrators of the firm since April, announced the sale of the company to Hong Kong-based Aikon International.
The deal has been completed for an undisclosed sum and sees Aikon International, a supplier of thermal and ho…
In November 2011 Crown Paints announced that its two UK manufacturing facilities had achieved targets to become zero waste to landfill. By the time this article is published, its 130 shops and decorating centres will also have attained this status. Jane Gray talks to Mark Lloyd, sustainability ma…
Allied Textiles has embarked upon a major investment programme to upgrade its technical capability in the manufacture of technical textiles.
The company has received a loan from Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets in order to fund the new investment, although the figure is undisclosed.
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