AAPN  AAPN eJournal
December 2010
         

In This Issue
AAPN Partners
2011 Annual Meeting
Virtual Design Center
Board of Directors
AAN Member News
Discounted Testing Program
AAPN Travel
AAPN Seminar at OR
AAPN Community
2010 AAPN Partners 
American Cotton Growers
Avery Dennison 
Buhler Quality Yarns
 
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Coats

Rocedes Apparel S.A. 
Textile World 
TradeCard
WWA
YKK (USA) 
 
Are you interested in becoming an AAPN Partner for 2011?  Contact AAPN now.
AAPN Annual Meeting
 
May 1 -3, 2011 
Loews Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Florida
 
AAPN & Virtual Design Center (Archived) 

Click here to visit exhibitor booths in the Virtual Design Center including AAPN . American Cotton Growers . Buhler Quality Yarns . Carolina Cotton Works . Denimatrix .
 RadiciGroup

 

Seminars are also archived including

* Sustainability through Supply Chain featuring AAPN's Mike Todaro 

* Trends in Natual Fibers featuring Buhler's David Sasso

 

2010/2011 AAPN Board of Directors 

 

We are pleased to announce that Rick Horwitch, Bureau Veritas has been elected to Secretary/Treasurer of AAPN for the coming year. Randy Harward, Patagonia and Eric Joo, CS America have also been elected to serve three year terms on our Board of Directors.

 

Our thanks go to Jill Coleman, Avery Dennison, Charles Gilbert, Charles Gilbert Associations/Professor of University of Georgia and Peter Hegarty who have all given their time and service to the AAPN for the past six years.

 

See the entire AAPN Board here.

AAPN Member News  

Member press releases will be posted on the AAPN website, the member's online profile page, AAPN Facebook page and AAPN Twitter streamPlease forward your press releases to sue@aapnetwork.net

BV/AAPN Testing Program
 
Bureau Veritas and AAPN are proud to announce a discounted testing program for AAPN members, only, that will help members manage their testing costs for products that do not have specific retailer or brand requirements. More info...
AAPN TravelSri Lanka Design Festival


Sri Lanka, Nov 11 - 16: AAPN, Grupo M & TexOps attended Sri Lanka Design Festival

 

Munich Germany, Dec 1 & 2: AAPN, Advanced Mfg Group, Buhler Quality Yarns, CECATEC, Denimatrix, FesslerUSA, Los Volcanes Group,RadiciSpandex, Setlog, TradeCard, Walter Wilhelm Associates met with Dialog Textil-Bekleidung in Munich

Apparel Costs Rising: And It's Not Just Cotton
Outdoor Retailer, Friday, Noon - 1 p.m.
SLC Marriott Downtown, Salon E
2011 will be a perfect storm of extreme uncertainty in pricing. Supplier costs are rising. Consumers expect lower prices. Will higher costs lower quality? Listen to executives from links in the apparel supply chain discuss raw materials, labor and more in an interactive B2B session conducted by Mike Todaro, American Apparel Producers' Network. More info
The AAPN Community - Bonus Info!

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Have you joined the AAPN online community?  The AAPN Facebook page is a good page to bookmark and send to prospective members. Member press releases are posted there (and automatically tweeted) and many of Mike's blog posts are linked to Facebook.  Mike's Facebook page is a mix of personal and professional posts and Sue's Facebook is primarily about interesting