National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) President and CEO Kim Glas Issues Textile Industry Statement on Coronavirus

WASHINGTON — February 25, 2020 — National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) President and CEO Kim Glas issued the following statement today on the industry’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

“The coronavirus has impacted Asian textile and apparel manufacturing productivity and output, and our concerns lie with the affected companies and workers during this terrible crisis.

The U.S. textile industry continues to be ready, able, and willing to help in any way possible. Our industries have been in touch with U.S. government officials to help identify key U.S. textile suppliers to provide surgical masks and other items to help contain the spread of the coronavirus. In addition, several companies have donated much-needed medical textile supplies and other sanitary items to help address this outbreak.

Given the uncertainty in the market as a result of the coronavirus, many textile and apparel sourcing executives are seeking alternatives outside of Asia. We stand ready to assist brands and retailers looking to shift sourcing during this uncertain time. The Western Hemisphere production platform established under our free trade agreements and trade preference programs provides a sound alternative as companies look to diversify their sourcing. The region has immediate capacity to meet worldwide demands with duty-free access through well-established supply chains.

Whether this terrible crisis lasts days, months, or longer — our member companies are ready and willing to help.”

NCTO is a Washington-based trade association that represents domestic textile manufacturers, including artificial and synthetic filament and fiber producers.

  • U.S. employment in the textile supply chain was 594,147 in 2018.
  • The value of shipments for U.S. textiles and apparel was $76.8 billion in 2018.
  • U.S. exports of fiber, textiles and apparel were $30.1 billion in 2018.
  • Capital expenditures for textile and apparel production totaled $2.0 billion in 2017, the last year for which data is available.

Posted February 25, 2020

Source: National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)

Quantum Accelerates $3.5 Million Capital Investment To Expand U.S. Production of Technical Textiles

GREENSBORO, N.C. – February 25, 2020 – Quantum Materials (Quantum), a manufacturer of custom, advanced textiles, is accelerating its investments in new manufacturing equipment to meet increased demand for domestic production capabilities. The Greensboro, N.C.-based company will spend $3.5 million to further diversify its business with customized state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment to support research, development and manufacturing for non-traditional and high-performance woven textile solutions.

While the company had budgeted for capital investments in the latter half of 2020, global supply chain disruptions and market voids have generated a surge of interest in specialized domestic production capabilities. Quantum has a vertically integrated structure to manufacture a wide range of high-performance yarns and fabrics offering advanced textile solutions to its diverse customer base.

“Over the last 18 months, our R&D team has been working on proprietary, custom equipment designed to give us the flexibility to work in any textile-related industry needing specialized yarns and/or fabrics,” said Jeff Bruner, Quantum founder and vice chairman. “We made the decision to fast track this project so that we can be a domestic resource due to many of the current global dynamics affecting our industry.”

Quantum is known for creating suspension fabrics for office seating, including one of the best-selling and most iconic office chairs in the world. In developing high performance mono-filament elastomeric yarns, now known as the original 5280™ yarn technology, Quantum has built a reputation for innovation and quality among leading contract furniture manufacturers and other manufacturing industries.

This new expansion will support growth in all areas of business, with an emphasis on growing the non-traditional textile segment. Today, the company supplies a range of specialized, custom fabrics to companies with needs in an array of industries, including filtration fabrics, woven tire cord, tubular belting, transparent window screens and other confidential government associated projects.

In addition to increased capital spending, Quantum is expected to expand its workforce by 10-15 percent and will invest in additional training for its employees.

Posted February 25, 2020

Source: Quantum

Milliken & Company Earns Recognition as One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® for 14th Year

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A capstone recognition for the diversified global manufacturer, Milliken & Company celebrates its 14th year among the World’s Most Ethical Companies. Selected by the Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, the esteemed designation honors companies with purpose-driven strategies that strive to create positive change throughout their global communities.

Milliken & Company, a materials science expert with a portfolio of industry-leading specialty chemical, performance textiles and floor covering innovations, is one of eight industrial manufacturers to receive this designation in 2020. Notably, the company is one of only seven companies to receive this honor for 14 consecutive years — every year since the award was first introduced.

“At Milliken, we constantly raise the bar on the ethical business practices that guide our day-to-day operations and our long-term vision,” said Halsey Cook, president and CEO of Milliken & Company. “Doing the right thing is as important to us as reaching our goals.”

Over the past year, Milliken challenged itself to think bigger about what a relevant sustainable enterprise is in today’s world and embarked on aggressive sustainability goals — covering people, planet and products — to achieve by 2025. The company recently joined the U.N. Global Compact, signed a CEO pledge of inclusivity and has heavily invested in energy projects to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Milliken views its robust ethics and compliance program as key to fostering trust among key stakeholders and advancing Milliken’s purpose to positively impact the world.

“For 14 years, Milliken consistently demonstrates the power of values-based business ideals in action,” said Ethisphere Institute CEO Timothy Erblich. “Whether it is by developing leading innovations that positively impact the world or by thoughtfully engaging with its communities to spark real change, Milliken embodies a holistic ethical mindset throughout its organization.”

Ethics & Performance

Ethisphere’s annual practice of tracking how the stock prices of publicly traded honorees compare to the Large Cap Index found that listed 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies outperformed the large cap sector over five years by 13.5 percent, confirming that ethics is a competitive differentiator.

Methodology & Scoring

Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity and initiatives to support a strong value chain. The process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices of organizations across industries and around the globe. Best practices and insights from the 2020 honorees will be released in a report and webcast in March and April of this year.

All companies that participate in the assessment process receive an Analytical Scorecard providing them a holistic assessment of where their programs stand against the demanding standards of leading companies.

Honorees

The full list of the 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies, which includes 132 honorees, representing 21 countries and 51 industries, can be found at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

Posted February 25, 2020

Source: Milliken & Company

TRSA European Tour Offers Automation, Innovation And Digitization Experience From Frankfurt To Berlin, June 22-27

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — February 24, 2020 — The TRSA European (Germany) Laundry Tour provides a logical next step for those attending the 2020 World Textile Services Congress and Texcare International trade fair in Frankfurt this June.

The limited-capacity tour — open to the first 35 to register — will visit state-of-the-art laundries and processing plants over a five-day period.

Pricing is inclusive, covering tours, most meals, lodging and motor coach transportation from Frankfurt to Berlin.

The tour itinerary begins in Frankfurt, offering an experience of the future of European laundry automation, manufacturing innovation and digitization with visits at these laundries and manufacturing plants:

Date Location Tour(s) Overnight
Mon., June 22 Frankfurt Jöckel Laundry Hostel Ostertor, Vlotho
Tues., June 23 Vlotho and Harsum Kannegiesser Factory

Jensen Factory

 Hotel Van Der Valk, Harsum
Wed., June 24 Wolfsburg Volkswagen Group Worldwide Headquarters and Manufacturing Plant Hotel Van Der Valk, Harsum
Thurs., June 25 Wolfsburg Ruess Laundry 1

Ruess Laundry 2

 Berlin Marriott Hotel, Berlin
Fri., June 26 Berlin and Bötzow City Clean Laundry

Greif Laundry

Farewell Reception

 Berlin Marriott Hotel, Berlin
Sat., June 27 (optional) Berlin Walking Tour

 

The European Laundry Tour registration is now open to TRSA operator and associate members, nonmember operators and their partners/guests. To view registration, agenda and other information, visit www.trsa.org/europeantour.

The World Textile Services Congress (WTSC) on June 18-19, 2020, in Frankfurt, Germany, is hosted prior to Texcare International at the same location, June 20-24, 2020. The WTSC will build on the success and momentum of WTSC 2016 held in Bruges, Belgium, which attracted nearly 200 linen, uniform and facility services professionals from around the globe. For more information, visit https://www.itsa-alliance.org/wtsc20/. Texcare International (TXCA) hosts the world’s leading manufacturers and service providers who will showcase their innovations in an up-close environment. This event is hosted every four years. For registration, agenda and other information about TXCA, visit https://texcare.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en.html.

Posted February 24, 2020

Source: TRSA

FESPA 2020: Durst Presents The Successful P5 350 Hybrid Printing System, Extensive Software Solution And Textile Applications With Pigment Inks

BRIXEN, Italy — February 24, 2020 — Durst, manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, continues the success story of the P5 digital production platform, Stand A20 Hall 7, at FESPA 2020 in Madrid, Spain, from 24-27 March. The focus of its show presence will be the P5 350 printing system with extended features, options and inks to perfect the hybrid variety of applications for roll media and boards.

In line with Durst’s own pixel-to-output strategy, the printing system is supplied with workflow software for print preparation and analytics software for processing real production parameters. This enables the customer to start production immediately. Accordingly, Durst accompanies the machine installation with extensive software training and services. Since the official launch of the new P5 production platform with the P5 350 and P5 210 printing systems at Fespa 2019 in Munich, more than 50 installations have been implemented worldwide, which documents the attractiveness of the overall package.

The Durst Professional Services (DPS) with modular software modules for pre-press or the networking of several printing systems present what further business opportunities and optimization potential the pixel-to-output strategy offers. For the web-based product presentation and customer communication, DPS offers with Smart Shop a web shop solution that can be fully integrated from the online catalog or configurator to the printing system. LiftERP, an enterprise resource planning software especially for print service providers, will  also be presented. This has already been implemented with over 20 customers in the USA and will be localized for the European market this year. The Durst booth will be flanked by textile application presentations, with a focus on pigment inks, which is increasingly becoming a universal solution in industrial textile printing.

“We are looking forward to FESPA in Madrid and have the state-of-the-art P5 production platform with us,” said Christoph Gamper, CEO and co-owner of the Durst Group. “The high demand for our P5 printing systems is unbroken, the workflow and analytics software is continuously being developed, but we also see the increased need for information and training among customers, which we also address with expanded services. It is exciting for us to see the level of integration in which our solutions are used. While some are satisfied with the pure RIP function and the print quality, we implement complex web-to-print production infrastructures with others. For us, the focus is always on the Durst printing system, which can be integrated into the production processes with the respective Durst software and can be modularly scaled depending on the scope.”

Posted February 24, 2020

Source: Durst Group

JEC World 2020 Exhibitor Preview: Biteam

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — February 24, 2020 — Biteam, a Swedish 3D-weaving company, has developed a carbon-fiber-based small cross-section profiled tapered tube reinforcement for producing a stiff and lightweight composite material construct. It is single-walled and measures about half a meter in length with cross-sections of about 3×3 millimeters (mm) at front and 8×3 mm at rear end.

It can be customized to house a suitable camera or sensor, probe, light source etc. Such a tube can be attached to a drone or robot to inspect aircraft, wind mill blades and buildings. Its other emerging uses are grippers for robots, antennas for space probes, and cores for certain tapered sandwich structures.

Its relatively small dimensions also enable it to reach inaccessible or difficult-to-reach areas. The reinforcement can be customized in different ways according to specific application needs.

The tapered tube will be displayed at Biteam’s stand at the forthcoming JEC Composites Show 2020 in Paris.

Posted February 24, 2020

Source: Biteam AB

INDEX™ 2020 Exhibitor Preview: Avgol

TEL-AVIV, Israel — February 24, 2020 — Ahead of its attendance at INDEX™20, Avgol, a manufacturer of high-performance non-woven fabric solutions across turnkey markets, has redoubled the principles of its innovative FIT™ strategy.

Aimed squarely at disrupting the established retail and manufacturing status quo, the innovative FIT strategy turns the product development cycle on its head by creating value, flexibility and sustainability for brands and manufacturers from the outset.

Evolving over several years following in-depth cross-market insight, Avgol has designed the modular FIT suite of technologies to build heightened versatility and functionality directly into the core value proposition of the end product by putting the user first and foremost, to deliver true consumer-led innovation.

As part of the strategy’s ongoing development, the company has developed a new roadmap that highlights the various elements comprising the FIT strategy, underlining the core consumer benefits that the technology platform unlocks.

Shachar Rachim, CEO at Avgol, commented: “No effective development model stays still, and we’re delighted to highlight the next natural evolution of our FIT strategy. At Avgol, we make the complex simple by always keeping a keen focus on the customer and the deliverable benefits for brands and designers alike.

“The next organic step in our strategy’s development lies in the latest additions to the line-up, natureFIT™ (reduced environmental impact) and formFIT™ (structures and resins). Our strategy revolves around significantly boosting product value by putting the consumer and their needs at the front and center of our innovation. That focus has brought Avgol to the table since the beginning of the business, and it’s what drives us still. The FIT strategy is the next logical step.”

Avgol representatives will be attending INDEX20 at Palexpo, Geneva, between March 31 and April 3 on stand 2119, demonstrating the real-time commercial benefits of the FIT platforms to visitors from hygiene, health, medical and many other industries.

Posted February 24, 2020

Source: Avgol Nonwovens

Applied DNA Announces Receipt Of International Patents On Its Beacon® Secure Optical Molecular Marker Technologies

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — February 24, 2020 — Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (Applied DNA), today announced the issuance of a Chinese patent and the receipt of a Notice of Allowability for a Canadian patent application, both for the invention “Encrypted Optical Markers for Security Applications” relating to its Beacon encrypted optical molecular marker technologies. The company was previously granted United States Patent No. 10,047,282 on its Beacon technologies and has additional United States and international patent applications pending.

“China, Canada and the United States are key markets for our Beacon technology which provides formidable brand protection and assurance,” said Wayne Buchen, vice president, Strategic Sales. “The company and its partners utilizing the Beacon technology, such as global sewing thread producer A&E LLC and security label producer Schreiner MediPharm, are seeing strong customer interest in areas such as textiles, luxury goods and pharmaceutical packaging.”

The Beacon encrypted optical marker technology provides rapid, secure, real-time in-field authentication of a DNA-tagged substrate through the use of an encrypted fluorescing signal that can only be identified in the presence of a specially formulated decryptant. Without the paired decryptant, both Beacon and SigNature® DNA are invisible to normal and UV light. Based on its novel technology, we believe that Beacon is more secure than other non-encrypted chemical tracers that can be purchased on the open market and readily copied.

Posted February 24, 2020

Source: Applied DNA Sciences

Fashion District Philadelphia Announces Impactful Opening Results

PHILADELPHIA — February 24, 2020 — Fashion District Philadelphia, a joint venture partnership between PREIT and Macerich, today highlights strong momentum in its inaugural five months. Since September 2019, numerous fashion and experiential marquee tenants have opened their doors, with next in line to be flexible workplace provider, Industrious.

Industrious, a leader in the burgeoning coworking industry, will offer all-inclusive amenities such as complimentary breakfast, fast WiFi, conference rooms and more, bringing a new dimension and shopper to the project further capitalizing on its bullseye location.

Notable recent additions to the property include outlet tenants: Armani Exchange Outlet and Eddie Bauer Outlet; full-price retail: Sephora and Torrid; and experiential destinations: AMC Theaters, Round 1, Wonderspaces and REC Philly.

On the food and beverage front, joining favorites such as Chickie’s & Pete’s and City Winery, The District will soon welcome several new specialty food offerings, including Poke Sushi Express, Potato Corner, Wetzel’s Pretzels, and Big Gay Ice Cream.

And, momentum will continue as it welcomes more new-to-Philadelphia tenants, including: Kate Spade New York, DSW, Windsor, Yoyoso and Clair de Lune this spring. These exciting retail brands will be joined by International fast fashion retailers, Primark and Ardene.

“We opened the doors of Fashion District Philadelphia to an enthusiastic crowd and have welcomed over 4.6 million shoppers since then,” said Joseph F. Coradino, CEO of PREIT. “As we enter our first full year of operation, we are pleased to have cemented the tenant mix of the future, introducing experiential retailers such as Wonderspaces and Round 1, as well as popular apparel brands with mass appeal. We expect to capitalize on the momentum created thus far and solidify The District as Philadelphia’s go-to destination for style, dining, entertainement, and arts & culture.”

The scale of Fashion District Philadelphia’s milestones underscores the properties’ impact on the city:

  • 4.6 million customers;
  • 20 stores opened since September;
  • 11 charities and organizations supported; and
  • 40 free & family-friendly activations offered.

The first half of 2020 brings about new vigor to the property as The District further diversifies its offerings with fifteen new tenants spanning dining, apparel, makeup and accessories concepts, as well as a brand new co-working space.

Posted February 24, 2020

Source: Fashion District Philadelphia

Canceled: The 53rd Edition Of Filo, Scheduled For February 27-28, 2020, At The Mico – Milano Convention Centre

MILAN — February 23, 2020 — The 53rd edition of Filo, scheduled for Thursday, February 27, and Friday, February 28, 2020, at the MiCo – Milano Convention Centre, has been canceled.

The decision has been taken due to the severity of the emergency related to the virus Covid-19, confirmed by the recent measures of the public authorities, and in particular the Regione Lombardia decree released on Sunday, February 23, 2020, signed by the President of Regione Lombardia, Attilio Fontana, and by the Health Ministry Roberto Speranza. The decree provides for the “suspension of events or initiatives of any nature, of shows and of any form of meeting in public or private places”, thus objectively making it impossible to carry out the 53rd edition of Filo.

The rapid — and extremely critical — evolution of the health emergency in Northern Italy, and in particular in the Lombardy region, made this decision necessary, determined by reasons of force majeure, as well as protecting the safety of the exhibitors and visitors themselves, their collaborators and their families.

Filo is aware of the problems resulting from this decision for all the operators involved, national and international, but can only comply with the decisions of the public authorities, given the continuous dramatic evolution of the crisis caused by the new Coronavirus. To cancel the 53rd edition of Filo is therefore a decision taken with great regret, but also with a sense of responsibility.

Posted February 23, 2020

Source: AssoServizi Biella

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