KIIAN Digital Will Present The Latest Update Of Bellagio Reactive Inks

NOVEDRATE/COMO, Italy — December 17, 2019 — JK Group will attend Heimtextil, the global event for interior textiles trends, through the Kiian Digital brand, revealing the last update of Digistar Bellagio reactive ink series alongside the complete product portfolio designed for textile printing.

Bellagio series will benefit from a custom-made waveform for MS’s printing machines. “Our R&D Teams have done a long fine-tuning on the formula, working side by side with MS Team to setup a bespoke waveform, reaching top printing performance,” explained Marco Girola, JK & MS marketing and communication manager. “This is the outcome of the synergic job among the teams, making the difference.”

The custom-made waveform is a keynote of Bellagio series which offers an unmatched result in terms of reliability, lower wear of printheads and quality of prints outcome.  At the booth visitors will attend live-demos of Bellagio printing by a MS JP4 EVO 3200 printing machine.

Next to Digistar Bellagio series there will be Digistar Bravo.

Disperse ink for polyester direct printing which has recorded great success since its debut. Even Bravo series shows a customized waveform developed for MS’s printing machines. Bravo is Kiian Digital’s flagship for printing home textile fabrics thanks to the absolute level of its general fastness: washing, light and rubbing; as well as the wide color range. JK Group’s experts will explain to visitors the uniqueness and benefits of the customized waveform on quality and production efficiency.

Lastly, a space dedicated to Digistar K-Choice, textile direct pigment series, cannot miss.

For the Textile Industry, making every production’s step more sustainable has become a must and it has always been a priority commitment for JK Group. Our experts will not fail to deepen topics about textile standards and compliance with the worldwide most restrictive regulations, helping to make the choice of a textile sustainable production chain concrete and aware.

Posted December 17, 2019

Source: JK GROUP

VDMA, German Textile Machinery: Turn Of The Year 2019 / 2020 — Industry, Topics And Perspectives

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany — December 17, 2019 — The general conditions for the textile machinery industry and for mechanical engineering as a whole are characterized by great uncertainty. Internationally, protectionism continues to increase and a final settlement of the U.S.-Chinese trade conflict is not expected in the near future.

The economic decline has continued up to the third quarter. A drastic market revival is not yet foreseeable. At the same time, digitalization continues to progress. It is a challenge for existing processes and traditional structures, but at the same time opens up opportunities for new services and business models.

Implementing digitalization

The VDMA accompanies digitalization efforts of its members with numerous strategic and practical initiatives, studies and guidelines. Recent examples include a whitepaper that provides assistance in getting started with Big Data projects and highlights the challenges and opportunities of the necessary corporate change. And, the VDMA Startup-Machine, which is now very well used, helps members in a practical way to transfer a new and often different innovation culture into their companies: Startup Radar screens global startup trends and identifies suitable cooperation partners from the international startup scene.

Representation of interests

The representation of interests in the VDMA must pierce thick boards because of exaggerated bureaucracy. Well-meant is often unfortunately not well done. This starts with the Posted Workers Directive and does not stop even for medium-sized companies with the possible accompanying symptoms of the National Action Plan on Human Rights.

Climate policy, 5G network

The VDMA takes up definite position on climate policy. The current conglomeration of levies, taxes and levies on energy sources does not meet the challenges of climate policy. VDMA President Carl Martin Welcker advocates carbon dioxide pricing for all energy sources within a market economy system. In the medium to long term, the market must be controlled by the carbon dioxide price. And not only in Germany, but worldwide, the VDMA President’s message to politicians is “in a nutshell.”

In close cooperation with particularly five other associations the VDMA has enabled the 3.7 to 3.8 GHz band in the 5G spectrum from 3.4 to 3.8 GHz for private companies. Now the allocation of the local frequencies for the industry begins. A newly formed 5G User Group within the VDMA will develop a guideline “5G in Mechanical Engineering” in cooperation with Fraunhofer IIS.

ITMA Barcelona and CEMATEX

The ITMA in Barcelona was undoubtedly the industry highlight in 2019. The exhibition grounds were not only fully booked, but also overbooked. Never before have so many exhibitors from all over the world — 1,717 exhibitors and over 105,000 trade visitors from 137 countries — demonstrated the reputation of ITMA as the leading trade fair.

By decision of the board of the Walter Reiners Foundation student excursions to the ITMA were organized and supported by the VDMA with about 100,000 euros. More than 300 students from eight universities took the opportunity to experience high-tech live and hands-on in Barcelona under the guidance of their lecturers.

The delegation of the VDMA in the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers Cematex hosted a General Assembly of the committee in Hamburg in September. Cematex President Fritz P. Mayer reported on the negotiations with the Chinese partners on the continuation of the ITMA ASIA from 2022. With a view to the medium- and long-term positioning of the leading trade fair ITMA, a strategy group was formed comprising company representatives from Belgium, Italy and Switzerland as well as Ms. Regina Brückner, chairperson of the VDMA Textile Machinery Association.

Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation)

Promotion and Creativity Awards of the Walter Reiners-Stiftung (Foundation) for German textile machinery industry 2019 were presented by the chairman of the foundation, Peter D. Dornier, in Dresden to six young talents at the International Textile Conference of the institutes from Aachen, Dresden and Denkendorf. Next year the conference will take place in Stuttgart. The VDMA supports the aims of further increasing the proportion of participants from the industry. It has therefore officially applied for sponsored (buyer) trips for the partner countries Spain and Portugal. The VDMA initiative will offer participants from the Iberian Peninsula a B2B programme with member companies and a visit to the conference.

Perspectives

The German textile industry is looking to the future with its “Perspectives 2035” study. Experts from the textile and clothing industry and research as well as member companies of the association and the office discussed possible future paths for the industry development in five workshops of the Textile Research Board. The results will be published as a future study “Perspectives 2035” in March 2020. The Association offers an exclusive presentation and deepening of the perspectives 2035 on 6 May 2020.

To a common, successful year 2020!

— Thomas Waldman, Managing Director, VDMA Textile Machinery

Posted December 17, 2019

Source: VDMA Textile Machinery

Fashion Brands Bypassing Retailers To Forge New Supply Chain 

LOS ANGELES — December 16, 2019 — Fashion brands have had a rough run the past years with record levels of retailer closings that have dwindled their customer base. Continuing downward industry trends and ever-increasing cost pressures from the explosion of fast fashion have left clothing brands to deal with razor-thin margins and cut-throat practices from retailers. It’s clear that the traditional supply chain in fashion is broken and many clothing manufacturers are turning to a new direct-to-consumer model.

Oonana.com is an online retail marketplace started by manufacturers to provide clothing brands a low cost and low risk platform to sell direct to consumer. With Oonana, fashion brands can simply upload their existing product images on the site and defer the costly marketing and time-consuming customer service to the platform. As a marketplace, Oonana is also able to attract and keep more customers by offering a wider selection of vendors and styles. But unlike other marketplaces, Oonana can offer one central shipment of multi-vendor orders which eliminates multiple packages and higher shipping costs for consumers.

Oonana can do this by being in the heart of L.A.’s Fashion District and treating the district as one large Amazonesque warehouse where proximity allows the consolidation and quick turn of shipments. It also helps that this conglomeration of thousands of fashion businesses in a small area of Los Angeles counts for the majority of the clothing supplied to U.S. retailers nationwide, giving Oonana direct access to a hotbed of hot styles. Best of all, the direct access gives shoppers first availability on the newest styles and the lowest retail prices by bypassing retailers.

Among the many advantages direct-to-retail provides for the vendor as well, none is as important as Oonana’s full retail proceeds going directly back to the fashion brands (Oonana only takes a small commission). The rise of fast fashion over the years has already created an environment of miniscule wholesale margins but now, looming tariffs from Trump’s trade war has brands even more worried about profitability. The prevailing thought is that large retailers have accumulated enough buying leverage that they will simply pass on the costs of the tariffs to the vendors instead of the consumer. And it is this heavy leverage held by retailers that has led to other abusive practices over the years through “warehousing fees”, delayed payments, and the infamous margin make-up- a practice where retailers ask brands for cash back on all products that didn’t sell to target margins. Skewed practices and increased price pressures look only to get worse as the competition in retail shrinks.

Direct to retail marketplaces like Oonana give manufacturers easy access to a large pool of consumer demand and dollars for their creations. It also allows them to provide lower retail prices to the consumer yet earn higher margins than wholesale. More importantly, the direct-to-retail model give the brands control of their products and businesses back in their hands. Now this is a business model with a foundation on which the fashion industry can start to rebuild.

Oonana is an online fashion retail marketplace where apparel manufacturers can directly upload products and sell to end consumers. The site currently sells women’s clothing where customers can find the newest styles at the lowest available retail prices.

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: Oonana Inc.

Oihana Elizalde Joins NFW As General Manager Of Mirum Business Unit

PEORIA, Ill. — December 16, 2019 — NFW, a materials company that is innovating revolutionary new sustainable textiles, today announced the hire of Oihana Elizalde as general manager of the Mirum Business Unit. Previously, Elizalde served as director of technology at BASF, the world’s largest chemical company strongly focused on sustainability.

Elizalde’s career started in materials science research and development, helping companies in multiple industries transform their products at a molecular level to be safer and more sustainable. With an eye towards innovation and efficiency, Elizalde began collating insights from different customers and use-cases to match unique solutions to unmet needs. Those customer conversations sparked a change in course to get closer to the customer, and take on a commercial role in the personal care industry.

As general manager of the Mirum Business Unit, Elizalde will lead the commercialization of NFW’s breakthrough alternative leather, Mirum. Mirum is a high-performance plant-based material that uses 100-percent natural inputs and is completely free of petroleum-based plastics. The material first debuted earlier this year at London Fashion Week in the collection of FELDER FELDER. In her role at NFW, Elizalde will continue to scale the success of Mirum across the luxury fashion and high-end retail industries.

“While I’ve been exposed to the sustainable movement across a variety of industries, I’ve never come across something that has the potential of NFW to disrupt so many industries at once,” Elizalde said. “Mirum, in particular, achieves something that many have tried to do but have never succeeded. With the simplest ingredient — plants — and a versatile process, we are able to create a material that will help entire industries overcome their reliance on petroleum-based products. That’s an exciting future, and one I’m ready to help create.”

Elizalde’s joins the team following the recent hire of Greg Stillman, previously of Fashion for Good, as Director of Business Development. Stillman’s career has been driven by a dedication to environmental stewardship, both in energy and now in textiles, which is one of the most polluting industries, producing 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) per year.

“We are grateful to have a team that believes in our mission with such vigor and for the incredible growth of our talent base and capabilities since founding. Now, with Greg and Oihana onboard, we have the firepower to scale the impact of our technology to dramatically reimagine how we think about the production of textiles — something we wear, walk on, or touch, every day,” said Luke Haverhals, CEO of Mirum. “We’re honored to welcome Oihana aboard and excited to see how this allows Mirum to grow into a household brand through our strategic partnerships.”

In addition to Mirum, NFW has developed a natural materials platform. The company’s Welded Fiber Technology consists of closed loop processes and clean chemistries that produce beautiful, luxurious and durable items that have a positive impact on the environment.

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: NFW

Freudenberg Sells South American Hygiene Business To Brazilian Nonwoven Specialist Fitesa

JACAREÍ, Brazil — December 9, 2019 — Freudenberg, the global technology group, has sold its South American Hygiene nonwoven business to Fitesa, a Brazil-based nonwoven specialist. Freudenberg sees the sale of the hygiene business as the best opportunity to successfully develop this business. Fitesa is one of the main suppliers of nonwovens to the global hygiene market. Both parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. The transaction is subject to approval by competent antitrust authorities.

In Brazil, Freudenberg has been successful with nonwovens for the South American hygiene market since 1985. However, in recent years, the hygiene market has shifted from a regional to a global one. “Fitesa is geared to the global hygiene market. Under this umbrella, our current regional business can develop better and grow long-term in the new structures,” said Dr. Frank Heislitz, CEO Freudenberg Performance Materials. “We are very happy that with Fitesa we found a reputable global player in the hygiene business, with similar values to Freudenberg. This will be a good new home for our staff.”

“The acquisition of Freudenberg’s South American hygiene business provides us with a state-of-the-art production facility as well as with a professional and well-trained workforce, which will help us to better serve the needs of our customers,” stated Silverio Baranzano, CEO of Fitesa.

The sale is limited to the hygiene business, which is run by Freudenberg Hygiene Brazil Ltda. The company has 100 employees. The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities.

The Brazilian and other South American Freudenberg Performance Materials businesses in the apparel, shoe and leather markets are not affected by the sale.

As an innovative solution partner, the company will focus in the future on customers in nine global market segments: apparel, automotive, building interiors, construction, energy, filter media, healthcare, shoe and leather goods, as well as special applications.

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: Freudenberg Performance Materials

DOMOTEX USA “Design Personified” Panel And Lunch Announced For 2020

CHICAGO — December 16, 2019 — Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA), the organizer of DOMOTEX USA, announced today that for the second year in a row Emily Morrow Finkell, CEO and founder of Emily Morrow Home, will sponsor and moderate a designer panel and lunch during the trade show from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6. The Design Personified panel discussion will emphasize how to help clients incorporate the latest looks into their homes without undergoing a major renovation. Attendees will hear from some of the industry’s leading designers who will share their latest design trends, discuss the difference between “trends” and “trendy,” and teach valuable “tricks of the trade” to help clients realistically incorporate fresh, lasting looks they love.

The Design Personified panel is a special ticketed event with limited seating capacity. Registration includes the panel discussion, lunch and refreshments. DOMOTEX USA is offering an early registration fee of $55 through December 17; a $65 fee for the panel and lunch from December 18 through February 4; and a $75 onsite fee February 5-6 as space allows. To register for the Design Personified panel and lunch, visit https://domotexusa.com/education/.

Panel moderator Emily Morrow Finkell is founder of Dalton, Ga.-based Emily Morrow Home, a “to-the-trade” brand which includes upscale hardwood flooring and other luxury home décor. Finkell is a member of DOMOTEX USA’s advisory board. “I am honored to again partner with DOMOTEX USA and our panel of creative designers, trendsetters and influencers to showcase the design spirit fueling today’s floor covering design trends,” said Finkell. “I look forward to leading a lively discussion about how attendees can turn current interior design trends into reality for their clients.”

Panelists include the following top interior designers and home décor influencers:

  • Jane Dagmi is editor-in-chief of Designers Today, a B2B magazine for the interior design community that empowers interior designers with the resources, information, and emotional support needed to sustain and grow an inspiring business. She is also the host of SAID, the Designers Today podcast.
  • Jenny Warner is an Atlanta-based interior designer and owner of  J. Thomas Designs, a client-driven, custom design services firm that includes both residential and light commercial design services. Her designs are seen throughout metro Atlanta and the southeastern U.S., including the north Georgia mountains; Cashiers/Highlands, N.C.; Birmingham, Ala.; Nashville, Tenn.; Kentucky; Florida and Massachusetts.
  • Pacita Wilson is the owner of Atlanta-based Pineapple Park, a full-service design center. Pineapple Park is more than just an interior design firm as Wilson and her team create rooms that turn houses into homes. In 2017, Wilson opened The Park Warehouse, allowing designers a place to find inspiration and timeless pieces.
  • Mark Woodman CMG is the owner of Washington, D.C.-based mark woodman design+color llc. Woodman’s design work has ranged from individual product lines to private residences and commercial interiors, to the building industry, where he consults on design and color for space-planning, elevations and aesthetics for commercial and residential communities. Woodman is a passionate designer, trend spotter, writer and accredited speaker.
  • Michel Smith Boyd is an American interior designer and star of Bravo’s Buying it Blind. His Atlanta based firm, Michel Smith Boyd Interiors, is known for Michel’s signature, sumptuous style. Renowned for its distinctive, cultivated, and soulful vibe Michel’s work has received countless accolades including being recognized as one of the Top 20 African American Designers in the country.

The panel will address how having an understanding of today’s trends is extremely important when helping customers with their décor choices. It will also speak to the challenges of working with clients who live in a dated home and for whom these trends can seem unrealistic. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and network with panel designers following the event.

“We appreciate Emily’s ongoing support of our trade show and her thoughtful curation of such a topical designer panel,” said Donna Busse, show director of DOMOTEX USA at HFUSA.  “This educational event combined with the DOMOTEX USA trade show’s display of global products and services will highlight the design creativity driving the floor covering industry forward.”

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: Hannover Fairs USA (HFUSA)

Herrmann Ultrasonics Expands To Support Continued Growth And Sales

BARTLETT, Ill. — December 16, 2019 — Herrmann Ultrasonics is pleased to announce that it is currently in the process of adding 10,000 square feet to its U.S. headquarters in Bartlett, Ill. After almost 30 years in the U.S. market, the ultrasonic manufacturer will increase its footprint to 30,000 square feet. The expansion will support Herrmann’s planned growth over the next 6 years, allowing for additional manufacturing space, as well as increased employee growth.

“We look forward to the additional space, not only to strengthen our ability to deliver high-quality ultrasonic parts on time, but in addition the increased space will allow us to expand our workforce to include even more skilled, experienced team members,” said Uwe Peregi, executive vice president and general manager.

The expansion will include a new training/buy-off center for customer seminars and hands-on technology training, an all-new PACKAGING and METALS lab for material trials and testing, as well as newly designed office space.

Construction, under general contractor Reiche Construction Inc. is expected to be complete by mid-June and upon completion of the expansion Herrmann Ultrasonics will be hosting a technology day for customers and friends. Throughout the day, inspiring ultrasonic workshops covering every aspect of ultrasonic welding will be held. Theoretical knowledge and engaging live demonstrations will also be available. Whether you have worked with ultrasonic joining technology in the past or not — they will offer a workshop increasing your ultrasonic knowledge.

Herrmann Ultrasonics develops advanced ultrasonic welding products, and provides ULTRASONICS ENGINEERING expertise and total solution offerings. It is focused on providing ultrasonic welding technology for various markets such as the medical, automotive, consumer, electronics, battery, food and hygiene industries.

Continuous growth of their PLASTICS, PACKAGING, NONWOVENS and newly developed METALS divisions, has allowed the company to establish technology centers throughout North America and Mexico. The expansion of the U.S. headquarters will allow the company to support growing markets and demands.

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: Herrmann Ultrasonics

Eqodry USA To Launch Eqodry® Reticulated Foam In United States

ELON, N.C./BURLINGTON, N.C. — December 12, 2019 — Eqodry USA will launch a new line of thermally reticulated smart foam products to the U.S. market at the upcoming Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) Marine Fabricators Conference to be held in Daytona Beach, Fla., January 9-11, 2020.

The open cell structure of Eqodry® — pronounced E-Co-Dri — allows water to pass through for zero water retention and fast drying times, which makes it perfect for outdoor furniture and marine applications where moisture can shorten the foam’s lifespan. Eqodry is fire retardant and protected from mold, fungi and bacteria by Ultra-Fresh®* antimicrobial, which is incorporated during the manufacturing process. Ultra-Fresh keeps the foam fresh, clean and odor free.

Eqodry is manufactured in four qualities — soft, medium, firm and super-firm — to meet comfort requirements for a variety of applications. The foam is available in precut buns/blocks and slices, as semi-finished cushions and pillows, and also by weight in a mixed crushed foam option. Eqodry comes with a limited five-year warranty.

“We’re looking forward to bringing Eqodry to the U.S. market,” said Eqodry USA’s Sales Director James Briggs. “We think it offers durability and performance advantages for marine and outdoor furniture manufacturers.”

At Eqodry, “What’s Inside Matters.”

To learn more about Eqodry, visit www.EqodryUSA.com.

Also, visit Eqodry USA in booth 35 at the Marine Fabricators Conference in Daytona Beach, January 9-11, 2020. Eqodry foam will be featured as part of the live demonstration Budsin Electric Boat Project during the conference.

*Ultra-Fresh ® is a registered trademark of Thomson Research Associates Inc.

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: Eqodry USA

Protection Against Gunslingers

Aramid tapes during spreading

New, lightweight aramid textiles offer more protection than weight

TW Special Report

Aramid fiber yarns are now widely used in technical applications. They are used in composites, for example, in hard ballistic systems, lightweight transport containers and laminated, high-performance sails, but they are also used in protective textiles — usually in woven textiles — for clothing. Compared to glass and carbon fibers that are also used, the specific characteristics of aramid yarns give them advantages that can be used in a wide variety of applications, but these advantages come at a price. In particular, they have an exceptional impact resistance and energy absorption capacity. Unlike the versions made from carbon or glass, the aramid fibers are virtually undamaged by filament abrasion during processing. They can currently be processed on Germany-based Karl Mayer’s COP MAX 5 multiaxial warp knitting machine to produce non-crimp fabrics with a degree of uniformity that has never been achieved before. Fine, lightweight, channel-free reinforcing structures are produced for use in applications requiring a high level of force absorption, especially in new and lighter, soft ballistic systems.

Karl Mayer reported on the unique aramid structures produced on the COP MAX 5 in “Kettenwirk-Praxis,” issue 02/2018.1 This article deals with the subsequent development work.

Online Spreading And Fabric Production

KARL MAYER Technische Textilien GmbH set up a far-reaching development project, entitled “COP MAX 5 Aramid,” for processing high-performance fibers on multiaxial warp knitting machines. The aim of the project was to produce flat reinforcing textiles for composites having a low weight and a uniform fiber distribution. The surfaces of the finished textiles should have a dense structure, without any so-called laying channels. The fiber materials can be used to the maximum, thanks to their exceptional uniformity, which justifies the cost of the aramid yarns. The TC 66 online spreading unit and the COP MAX 5 Aramid multiaxial warp knitting machine were used to produce the new, lightweight textiles. The spreading unit ensures that the aramid yarns are spread to produce thin tapes, which are fed to the COP MAX 5 Aramid at a constant tension. The multiaxial warp knitting machine bonds the delivered material stitch by stitch to produce high quality, non-crimp textiles with a huge potential in the lightweight construction sector. The process runs discontinuously between the machines. The aramid material has to be cut following spreading and before laying.

Biaxial aramid textile weighing 180 g/m2 on the COP MAX 5 Aramid before bonding at the knitting point

Continuing Work On The Project

In the first stage of the project, a new tape cutting unit was developed as part of a thesis, which was specifically designed for cutting aramid tapes. This new system could be used to produce single layer, non-crimp fabrics with a laying angle of –45° and a virtually channel-free fiber arrangement, weighing just 120 grams per square meter (g/m²). The work on this stage ended in March 2018. The thesis was awarded a classification of “very good” at the Technische Universität Dresden (Dresden University of Technology). The second stage of the project involved extending the single fiber layer produced by another layer running in the opposite direction. To do this, the aramid cutting unit that had been developed was further optimized and complemented by a second unit. A new cutting unit was also added at the machine exit point to remove the textile structures produced reliably from the transport chain.

Biaxial Textiles With A Unique Potential For Producing Lightweight Structures

The same biaxial textile after bonding

The second stage of the project resulted in the development of biaxial, non-crimp fabrics with laying angles of +/–45°, which deliver a completely new level of performance for the lightweight construction sector. The reinforcing textiles have an exceptionally flat surface and a uniform distribution of the aramid fibers since there are no wavy or twisted yarns. Compared to conventional biaxial textiles produced on the COP MAX 4 or the COP BIAX based on a yarn laying process, the filaments have a much higher covering power. Intermediate film layers for compensating for channels and irregularities are no longer needed with the COP MAX 5 Aramid, so they are virtually a thing of the past. The fabric weight is also quite unique. The new textiles made from aramid tapes having individual layer weights of 90 g/m² and yarns having a count of 3,360 dtex with 2,000 filaments now weigh just 180 g/m². Up until now, aramid structures produced on the COP MAX 4 or the COP BIAX from expensive yarns with a count of 450 to 960 dtex could only be produced with up to 200 filaments, which means that they would then weigh 250 to 500 g/m². The COP MAX 5 Aramid technology also scores points in terms of costs: relatively coarse and economical aramid yarns can be processed into fine reinforcing structures, and there is less edge waste from the textiles. Compared to the simple yarn laying process, the potential savings could amount to thousands of euros a week!

Triaxial Textiles Are On The Horizon

The developers at KARL MAYER Technische Textilien GmbH have hit the nail on the head with this new technology. This was clear from the reaction to the latest results of the project at various trade fairs this year. The technology generated at great deal of interest — especially at Techtextil in Frankfurt and the JEC in Paris. Inquiries came from producers and organizations involved in protective clothing, and especially soft ballistic protection. But clothing companies in search of a second business opportunity were also keen to learn more about it. “Our business partners describe the new biaxial textiles as uniquely lightweight and uniform. They see a huge market potential for this new technology, and have encouraged us to take it further,” said Rainer Seuß, product management, Composites. Questions were asked in particular about the protective effects of triaxial textiles for use in ballistic systems. For this reason, the technologists specializing in applications technology would like to develop a non-crimp construction with laying angles of – 45°/90°/+45° for use in effective systems having a low weight, which would be acceptable to the wearers. When talking to people at the fair, Seuß discovered that, “Every kilogram saved in a ballistic jacket means that the soldier wearing it can carry an extra kilogram of equipment/supplies.” Lightweight, thin, soft ballistic vests can also be worn discreetly yet effectively under the polo shirts of security personnel. In this case, customers would expect the aramid fabric to weigh 270 g/m². Alongside the developments made by KARL MAYER Technische Textilien, the fiber specialist, Teijin, has also been expanding the potential of aramid for use in lightweight structures. Aramid yarns having a count of 2,000 dtex with 2,000 individual filaments have been launched recently.

1 Leichte Aramid-Gelege für schwere Aufgaben (Lightweight aramid multiaxial textiles for heavy work), Kettenwirk-Praxis 02/2018, pp. 22–23.

December 2019

Bart Krulic Joins Palmetto Synthetics

KINGSTREE, S.C. — December 3, 2019 — Palmetto Synthetics LLC — a manufacturer of thermoplastic fibers for a multitude of applications — is pleased to announce the addition Bart Krulic as executive sales director. An alumni of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Krulic has more than thirty years of experience in textiles, specializing in fiber, yarn, and fabric manufacturing and technology. He has developed products in each industry, including a unique production method for composite fabrics. In addition, Krulic has an established reputation of building strong relationships with the customer to develop and grow mutual successes.

Posted December 16, 2019

Source: Palmetto Synthetics

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