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Long-time LYCRA® brand customer Liebaert, a Belgium-based producer of premium elastic fabrics and narrows, launched its new collection of EBC (Electronic Beam Control) Jacquard fabrics at Interfilière Paris in January. Liebaert’s EBC Jacquards are fine gauge performance fabrics powered by LYCRA® fiber that are ideal for intimates, sportswear and swimwear. The versatile fabrics have been either LYCRA® BEAUTY brand or LYCRA® SPORT brand certified depending on its intended end use.

LYCRA® brand is always on the move! Whether we’re exhibiting, or supporting customers who are exhibiting, we travel the world to share the message: “It’s what’s inside that matters most.”

WILMINGTON, Del. – Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding, one of the leading textile and apparel companies in China, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of INVISTA’s Apparel & Advanced Textiles business. The transaction includes all associated assets and contracts.

This year LYCRA® brand celebrated 60 years of delivering lasting comfort, fit and performance to apparel. At a spectacular event in Shanghai that marked the anniversary, as well as the launch of a new phase of the LYCRA® MOVES YOU™ campaign, the BANDALOOP vertical dance troop dazzled spectators who also viewed collections that highlighted the range of innovative LYCRA® fiber products available today.

SHANGHAI, China — INVISTA Apparel and Advanced Textiles (A&AT), the owner of LYCRA®, COOLMAX® and THERMOLITE® brands, today held a recruitment event named “LYCRA® MOVES™ Campus” for students at Donghua University. The company is in the process of seeking talent to fill technical positions at its Innovation Center opening in Nanhai, Foshan next year.

The LYCRA® XTRA LIFE™ fiber and MarediModa were made for one another. The innovative ingredient that revolutionized swim and beachwear and enabled dozens of brands and retailers to launch successful high value collections is the perfect partner for this important three-day trade event beginning November 6th.

The LYCRA® Brand Rendezvous presented fiber and fabric innovation on a scale never seen before at the Intertextile Shanghai autumn trade event.

LYCRA® Brand Rendezvous is a well-established show-within-a-show at this leading Asian textile trade fair. Now in its twelfth year, its scope and ambition far exceeded the expectations of most visitors. In two dedicated pavilions, INVISTA and its industry partners presented technology, materials and concept garments that told them all they needed to know about what comes next in virtually every garment category.

GUANGZHOU, China - INVISTA Apparel and Advanced Textiles (A&AT), the owner of LYCRA®, COOLMAX®, and THERMOLITE® brands, has awarded scholarships to 22 students from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at South China University of Technology (SCUT).

From the minute the INDX Intimate Apparel SS19 show opened its doors at the Cranmore Park Exhibition Centre in Solihull on 5 August, it was clear that the show was going to be a resounding success. Store owners and buyers for independent retailers, as well as large department stores, from all over the UK arrived in droves throughout the 3-day event.

Calzedonia is a leading Italian legwear and beachwear retailer renowned for its stylish fashions featuring the latest and greatest LYCRA® fiber innovations. In order to increase consumer purchase intent and drive retail sales of its Indonesia swim collection for summer 2018, Calzedonia partnered with LYCRA® brand to launch a 360o consumer activation promoting its use of LYCRA® XTRA LIFE™ fiber.