Clothing Labels Are Something All Fashion Brands Have In Common, Reports Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling

LOS ANGELES — January 27, 2020 — A December 27 article on the New York Post reviews some of the past decade’s biggest fashion trends, from see-through gowns worn by stars like Rihanna and a 90s revival, to trends driven by real-life princesses Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle. Los Angeles based firm Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling says that, inside all of these trends are brands fighting to gain prominence in the industry with relevant celebrity endorsements, and more recently, tying their brands to political and social causes. However, the firm notes that one of the most effective and longstanding methods of showing off a company’s brand is simply by having an excellent clothing label.

Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling notes that customers often make snap judgments about an item in the first few seconds they lay their eyes on the product. That initial impression, the company continues, is absolutely essential in a potential customer’s decision to buy the product or pass it by – and an important piece of that impression is the clothing label. Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling Inc. notes that if a customer sees a cheap-looking, flimsy label they are likely to assume the product is of poor quality too — regardless of how well made the rest of the product might actually be.

The label manufacturer also notes that a clothing label can be vital in the dispersal of information from producer to consumer. The company says that important information about the company’s message, how to clean the item, and more can all be included on a snazzy label. Moreover, by informing the consumer how to care for a product, items will look new longer; giving consumers the impression that these items are of very high quality and durable, the company adds. Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling notes that all of this can be done with a relatively small, yet powerfully designed label.

Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling says that the options for the look and style of clothing labels are practically limitless, with the ability to print virtually any logo, use any text, and choose from a wide variety of fabrics, colors, and designs. In short, the company explains that its customers can create a label that beautifully accents their products and helps establish their brand. The label firm adds that it is happy to work with its clients every step of the way, offering an easy-to-use ordering system and the ability to view samples first before a full production line is ordered. Ultimately, any new or existing entity in the fashion industry needs a clothing label to match their products.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source: Hi-Tech Printing & Labeling

 

Burlington Launches Kids Essentials Collection Designed For Versatility, Play Featuring Burlington Smarterwear™ Performance

GREENSBORO, N.C. — January 28, 2020 — Burlington, a global provider of advanced fabrics and textile solutions and part of Elevate Textiles, is proud to announce the launch of its new Kids Essentials Collection. This Collection adapts the advanced performance of Burlington technologies and fabrics originally designed for athletes and outdoor enthusiasts to the world of kid’s play. Powered by Burlington’s Smarterwear™ performance, these environmentally responsible fabrics offer comfort stretch, soft natural touch and abrasion resistance in easy to care for fashionable designs geared for the active kid on the go.

“We are excited to introduce a collection of fabrics designed specifically for kids and their active play,” says Nelson Bebo, vice president, Burlington Performance Fabrics. “In this first of its kind collection, Burlington has created the Kids Essentials fabric line that stands up to the extreme and often unexpected demands of kids. With advanced stretch and natural softness, kids will love the comfort while parents appreciate the durability, protection and easy care of these fabrics. The result is advanced comfort and function in kid-friendly colors and patterns, rarely available for youth apparel.”

The Kid’s Essentials Collection is made with sustainability and performance in mind featuring eco-minded materials that can be matrixed with unique fabric finish technologies like odor management, sun-protection, and moisture wicking for a durable, performance-packed fabric. Burlington Smarterwear™ fabrics are designed for versatility featuring easy-care, quick-dry, high-style, and wrinkle resistance performance made with Burlington’s Synatural™ yarn technology for cotton-like softness and stretch without compromising the performance benefits of a synthetic fiber. The Collection also features Burlington’s Plaidology™ piece dyed plaid technology that allows for endless design capability, shorter lead times and lower dye lot minimums compared to yarn-dyed plaids.

To learn more about the Kids Essentials Collection and other Burlington performance fabrics, visit the Burlington booth (30078-UL) at the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show January 29-31 or visit burlingtonfabrics.com.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source: Burlington

ANDRITZ Reports Successful Start-Up Of High-Speed Spunlace Line Supplied To Poland-based Novita

High-speed neXline eXcelle spunlace line

GRAZ, Austria — January 28, 2020 — International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a new neXline eXcelle spunlace line at Novita, based in Zielona Gora, Poland. The line is dedicated to the production of a wide range of spunlace fabrics from 30 to 100 grams per square meter (gsm) and even down to 25 gsm for ultralight products, allowing Novita to enter the hygiene and medical markets with a total installed capacity of nearly 3,000 kilograms per hour.

ANDRITZ has supplied its high-performance web forming system with two TT cards, its well-known hydroentanglement unit JetlaceEssentiel including the neXecodry energy saving system, water filtration and retreatment systems, and one neXdry double-drum through-air dryer. The complete spunlace line was commissioned very quickly, and the line reached 250 meters per minute(m/min) after only a few weeks. Training sessions with ANDRITZ experts then enabled the Novita technicians to operate the line at a stable pace of 300 m/min.

For Novita, this is the first spunlace line with in-line configuration, allowing the company to access new markets. Radosław Muzioł, CEO of Novita, said: “With the new ANDRITZ spunlace line, Novita is able to offer first-class spunlace roll goods with high-quality fabric characteristics and a customized product perfectly suited to hygiene end-uses.”

ANDRITZ offers high-performance spunlace lines combining high production capacity at the highest speed available on the market with top web quality in terms of appearance and MD:CD ratio. With ANDRITZ solutions, there are no compromises between speed and quality of nonwoven fabric characteristics.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source: Andritz

OKI, Mimaki Engineering Conclude Exclusive International Sales Agreement For OKI Data’s Wide Format Inkjet Printers

TOKYO — January 28, 2020 — On January 6, 2020, Mimaki Engineering Co. Ltd. and OKI Data Corp., the OKI Group’s printer company, concluded an exclusive international sales agreement for the distribution of OKI Data’s wide format inkjet printers. Under the terms of this agreement, the two companies will expand their sales alliance in Japan, announced in March 2019, to encompass overseas sales.

Under this agreement, from April 1, 2020, Mimaki Engineering will sell OKI Data’s wide format inkjet printers, ink and other supplies, and maintenance parts in overseas markets through Mimaki Engineering’s robust international sales network.

The products covered by this international alliance include OKI Data’s two wide format inkjet printers capable of high-speed, high-density printing — the ColorPainter H3-104s and the ColorPainter M-64s — as well as ink and other supplies for these models and for other OKI Data’s wide format inkjet printers previously sold by OKI Data. Mimaki Engineering will initiate sales and maintenance of these products on April 1.

Mimaki Engineering develops, manufactures, sells, and maintains commercial inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and the ink and software used with such products. Backed by an international dealer network in some 150 countries, Mimaki Engineering delivers not just products, but a comprehensive environment for delivering peace of mind to customers who use the products, advocating community-based sales activities as a keyword. OKI Data concluded this agreement based on its high regard for Mimaki Engineering’s technological capabilities and sales and maintenance performance in the wide format inkjet printer business and OKI Data’s judgment that the alliance will make it possible both to continue serving existing customers reliably and to propose solutions to even more customers.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source: Mimaki Engineering

Ampacet Introduces ReVive™ Compatibilizer; Enables Recycling Of Co-Mingled Scrap 

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. —January 8, 2020 — Ampacet introduces ReVive™ Compatibilizer masterbatch, a blend of functional additives that can reduce the amount of material sent to landfills by allowing post-industrial and post-consumer barrier films to be reprocessed back into the polyolefin recycling stream. ReVive is part of Ampacet’s R3 Sustainable Solutions, a portfolio of innovative masterbatches supporting the global circular economy.

“ReVive helps to minimize the environmental impact of barrier film packaging, and can help CPG brands use more recycled materials in their packaging to achieve sustainability goals,” says Doreen Becker, Ampacet Sustainability Director. Ampacet ReVive gives film producers the opportunity to meet Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR) test protocols which enable CPG brands to apply for Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s (SPC) How2Recycle designations. Film producers also can reduce costs by reducing their use of virgin resin.

Ampacet ReVive maintains good flow properties with letdown ratios of 3 to 5 percent of the total film structure in recycled materials containing Nylon and/or EVOH which leads to improved processing. Independent tests demonstrated that Ampacet ReVive improves optical properties: adding 5 percent to a polyester/nylon blend reduces haze from 55 percent to 18 percent and increases gloss from 18 to 43 Gloss Units, compared with a PE/PA recycle stream with and without ReVive. This improves flow and mechanical properties, resulting in improved gloss and lower haze.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source: Ampacet

The Felix Schoeller Group Is Celebrating Its 125th Anniversary

OSNABRÜCK, Germany — January 28, 2020 — The Felix Schoeller Group was founded 125 years ago this year. Founded in 1895 in Osnabrück, Germany, by Felix Hermann Maria Schoeller, the Felix Schoeller Group now has worldwide operations with around 3,600 employees at 12 sites producing specialty papers, including digital printing papers, decor papers and release liners. The company has a clear vision of its future and is resolute in its intent to turn that vision into reality.

“We look back with pride over Felix Schoeller’s 125 years. As a family-owned company, concern for our employees, sustainable growth and resource conservation has always been at the heart of what we do. We have successfully combined dynamic growth with sustainable actions,” said Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, the Felix Schoeller Group’s CEO and CSO.

Founded in Osnabrück in 1895 as a paper mill, the Felix Schoeller Group now supplies some 1,500 customers in 65 countries. The group has been family-owned since its inception. Five generations have steered the company’s transition: from its early days as a producer of photographic base paper to a specialty paper manufacturer with production facilities worldwide. Today, the group has production sites in Germany, North America, China, Russia and India. Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp, a fifth-generation member of the Schoeller family, has been at the helm since June 2018.

On its 125th anniversary, the company is not simply resting on its laurels. It has a clearly defined vision of the future and strategies designed to make that future happen. The Felix Schoeller Group sees itself in 2030 as an independent company that is in good financial health and has the agility to take advantage of its opportunities. The group plans to have a presence in all the growth markets and economic areas.

“We are a family business — and we will remain a family business for generations to come. I have set my own personal goal of handing the Felix Schoeller Group onto the next generation as a family-run business,” said Gallenkamp, talking about his own personal vision.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source: Felix Schoeller Group

French Connection Upgrades To YuniquePLM® To Facilitate Growth And Data Integration

TOLLAND, Conn. — January 21, 2020 — The trend around digital transformation in fashion has been at the forefront of the industry for a few years and companies who are transforming are seeing the payoff with data visibility. “Our team needed a cloud-based solution to simplify IT processes and YuniquePLM® will enable data integration with our current infrastructure,” said Stuart Hart, head of IT, French Connection.

French Connection offers design-led clothing that’s cut with sophistication and quality in mind. The brand ranges from investment-worthy French Connection clothing to basic jeans and t-shirts, with a focus on a premium aesthetic.

Adding YuniquePLM to French Connection’s product development process, that already employs the AccuMark® family of design room solutions, will further transform their processes and help reduce time to market for their clothing lines.

“Upgrading French Connection to YuniquePLM will allow them to scale their business quickly and effortlessly,” said Michael Lock, Vice President of Gerber’s Global Software Sales. “The solution will allow French Connection to reduce costs by simplifying integration across the company.”

Posted January 28, 2020

Source:  Gerber Technology

Benninger Has Acquired LAB-PRO GmbH, Expanding Its Product Portfolio In Growing Markets

FabricMaster features a low liquor ratio for hydrodynamic jets

UZWIL/REIDEN, Switzerland— January 28, 2020 — Benninger AG reports it has acquired 100 percent of LAB-PRO GmbH retroactive effect to January 1, 2020

Benninger is a manufacturer of technologically advanced textile finishing and tire cord machinery for the global textile, tire and conveyor belt manufacturing markets. Benninger offers complete solutions for all major textile finishing processes, with a special expertise in the field of continuous open width processing of woven, knitted and technical textiles with minimum resource consumption.

LAB-PRO GmbH was founded in 2003 by Thomas Widmer and Thomas Gerhard. With their excellent market and product knowledge, they have succeeded in building up a complete range of world-leading technological products for discontinuous wet finishing within 17 years. Especially the jet dyeing machines and jiggers from LAB-PRO are known for having the low water and energy consumption and low fabric elongation compared to competitors’ machines.

The Benninger portfolio will be extended by technologically advanced discontinuous dyeing machines such as jet and jigger dyeing machines as well as beam dyeing and laboratory dyeing apparatus. Fully automatic chemical, salt, soda or dye dosing systems, which ensure the highest accuracy and reproducibility, complete the portfolio.

By combining the know-how and experience of both companies, Benninger becomes the leading system supplier in the field of continuous and now also discontinuous dyeing and finishing technology.

By using Benninger’s worldwide sales, service and production network, LAB-PRO will be able to increase its market presence. The integration of LAB-PRO’s experience in discontinuous dyeing technol- ogy leads to a further strengthening of Benninger as a total solution provider. With the leading products FabricMaster (jet), JigMaster (jigger) and BeamMaster (high-temperature beam dyeing) Benninger strengthens its strategy as a partner for all customers in the premium segment of the wet finishing industry. Widmer and Gerhard will continue to lead the company LAB-PRO as managing directors.

The Benninger AG is 100-percent owned by Jakob Müller Holding AG (JMH) and is a sister company of Jakob Müller AG in Frick (JMF).

Posted January 28, 2020

Source:  Benninger AG

World Premier During 2020 ISPO: Sympatex Technologies And Schoeller Textil Introduce The First Circular Functional Jacket Made From Used Textiles

MUNICH — January 28, 2020 — rEvolution Hybrid generated a lot of buzz on day three of the 2020 ISPO in Munich. The world’s first upcycled functional jacket made from 30 percent recycled used textiles and 70 percent recycled PET bottles is the latest development from wear2wear™. The three-layer, high-performance jacket was developed and produced in collaboration with the European industry partnership, which meanwhile has grown to nine core members and three technology partners with the aim of rapidly closing the textile loop. This outdoor jacket offers not only maximum wearing comfort, but also EN 343-certified rain protection. Inspection of the sustainable and skin-friendly rEvolution Hybrid jacket is carried out by OEKO-TEX® und bluesign® in line with the stringent STANDARD 110. Two of the wear2wear founding members — Sympatex Technologies and Schoeller Textil — will have the jacket on display at their respective exhibit booths, hall 1, booth 300 /hall A1, booth 218).

rEvolution Hybrid: born from used textiles

The manufacturing process for the rEvolution Hybrid jacket begins by mechanically reducing used, 100-percent polyester (PES) textiles into fibers and converting them into granulate using an additional polymer melting process. The granulate is subsequently melted again and spun into new PES filament yarn. The yarns are then processed into textile polyester fabrics by Schoeller Textil AG and laminated together with the 100 percent recyclable polyetherester-based Sympatex membrane to create an unmixed, highly-functional and 100 percent waterproof functional textile that can be recycled again. The rEvolution Hybrid manufacturing process currently relies on 30 percent recycled used textiles. The remaining 70 percent is derived from PES yarns produced from recycled PET bottles. By using chemical upcycling processes, other substances such as PU adhesives can also be dissolved into a spinnable concentration so that they gradually vanish from the recycled textiles. The goal is to increase the percentage of recycled used textiles to 100 percent within the coming months.

Design2Recycle – the underlying concept of rEvolution Hybrid is unmixed materials

The Design2Recycle concept that was developed for the rEvolution Hybrid is based on a selection of low-seam cuts of materials that are as pure-grade as possible, in combination with unmixed ingredients and environmentally-compatible equipment and dyes that do not affect the recycling process.

“The de facto proportion of polyester materials within the entire textile industry already exceeds 50 percent. If you limit this to synthetic materials — still two-thirds of our industry — it even increases to 80 percent. It should be obvious that we have to try make it a priority to manufacture apparel from pure polyester materials, so that once the clothing is used, it can be recycled using a process that is easy to implement and cost-effective,” explains Dr. Rüdiger Fox. “In other words, the hurdles involved in implementing a textile loop are much lower than generally assumed. The only thing holding back the creation of a waste-free synthetic clothing industry is the limits of our imagination — the collective will to make it happen as soon as possible,” says Fox.

End of life – rEvolution Hybrid returns to the wear2wear™ loop

Using an integrated RFID chip, all wear2wear products, including the rEvolution Hybrid, are traceable and transparent for the consumer and the process partner. TEXAID, the new wear2wear partner, can determine if a clothing article belongs to the concept by reading the RFID chip. And partners such as CWS ensure the collection of used clothing from the rental business and the protective work clothing segment. Once the clothing has been collected, sorted and separated, it then finds its way to wear2wear partner Carl Weiske, which re-initiates the upcycling process through a special combination of mechanical and chemical methods. Using a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol yarn in the Design2Recycle process, non-recyclable residues can be cost-effectively removed without impacting the material. The yarn, which withstands the daily wear and wash cycle typical for outdoor and protective work clothing, first begins to dissolve at 100°C. After the raw materials are reprocessed, new PES filament yarn is created, which is then processed into new upcycled polyester fabrics. The wear2wear loop is closed and a new high-quality, sustainable functional textile can be created.

“The wear2wear collaboration is not about waiting until there is an optimal solution. The partners are continually improving the state of the technology together and constantly enhancing their capabilities. As a result we are assuming responsibility for making the world of textiles more sustainable, day-by-day and step-by-step. Perhaps you could describe us as realistic idealists,” said Hendrikus van Es, head of BU Protection Textiles and member of the executive board at Schoeller Textil. “This is something that would nevertheless be impossible on our own. The only way to show how the entire textile loop works and ensure that clothing is responsibly manufactured and then recycled after it is used, is through partnerships and transparency,” added van Es.

Posted January 28, 2020

Source:  Sympatex Technologies GmbH

The National Council Of Textile Organizations (NCTO) Applauds Trump Administration’s Move To Crack Down On Imported Counterfeits Sold Online

WASHINGTON — January 24, 2020 — The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), representing the full spectrum of U.S. textiles from fiber through finished sewn products, issued a statement today on the Trump administration’s announced action plan to increase enforcement and penalties against counterfeit goods sold online and imported to the United States.

“This is a very important and long overdue move on the part of the administration to increase enforcement activity and penalties against counterfeit goods sold online and imported into the United States,” said NCTO President and CEO Kim Glas. “We commend the administration for making a commitment to bolster efforts to crack down on counterfeits, particularly in the textile and apparel sector, which has been hit hard by fake imported products for decades.”

Nearly two million shipments of goods are exported to the United States duty free each day — often from countries with poor labor, human rights and environmental track records — under a provision known as Section 321 de minimis. This provision allows goods valued below an $800 threshold to enter the U.S. duty free when imported directly to an individual on a single day.

“This massive increase in de minimis shipment trade poses significant security risks and threats to public health and safety, while incentivizing customs fraud and creating a loophole to our entire tariff structure,” Glas said. “Our concerns regarding the de minimis loophole are exacerbated by the belief that the domestic textile industry and other U.S. manufacturing interests are directly and negatively impacted, particularly since e-commerce sites like Amazon and others are using de minimis as a duty-free portal into the U.S. for products under $800.”

Furthermore, CBP’s own annual report on intellectual property seizures, including large volumes of counterfeits, revealed that U.S. authorities made seizures totaling $1.4 billion in fiscal 2018. Over 90 percent of all intellectual property (IPR) seizures occur in the international mail and express shipment environments, according to the report, which is a common method of shipping by e-commerce sites.

Chinese products accounted for 46% of all IPR seizures with a total Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) value of $761.1 million in FY 2018. Apparel and accessories were the top counterfeit products seized by U.S. authorities, accounting for 18% of all seizures in FY 2018 with an MRSP value of $115.2 million.

“We think this is an important step forward by the administration to deepen the analysis on de minimis products that are often not thoroughly examined and undercut our domestic manufacturing industries,” Glas said. “We don’t know what the products are, where they are coming from, whether they meet U.S. safety requirements, who is making them or the country of origin. We believe it is long past time for the administration to address the issue of de minimis shipments and counterfeiting head on.”

NCTO is a Washington, DC-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 January 24, 2020

Source:  The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)

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