BRAZIL: Invista invests $100m in new spandex plant
Author: just-style.com | 25 May 2011
Fibre maker Invista is investing more than US$100m in a new Lycra production plant in Paulínia, São Paulo State, as it seeks to expand its business there and capitalise on expected growth in the region.
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