A&E Expands Services In Vietnam With 28th State-Of-The-Art Manufacturing Operation

DONG NAI PROVINCE, Vietnam — October 3, 2019 — In pursuit of its goal to be the preferred global supplier of industrial sewing thread, embroidery thread, and technical textiles, thread maker and portfolio company of Elevate Textiles, American & Efird (A&E), celebrates the completion of its 28th global manufacturing facility with the grand opening ceremony of its new Vietnam site.

Strategically positioned to provide expanded services and regional support for apparel, footwear, handbags, and other sewn products in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, A&E’s newest manufacturing site supports its commitment to produce premium quality thread products in the most sustainable manner. This new site aligns the company with the tremendous growth of the sewn products industry in this region and provides the ability for future expansion.

“Vietnam is an important country for the textile and apparel sewn industry,” said A&E President Chris Alt. “It is the second largest exporter of apparel to the United States and one of the largest global producers of apparel and non-apparel products. Setting up in Vietnam with manufacturing is very strategic to our future growth.”

The new state-of-the-art facility is conveniently located in Nhon Trach Industrial Park 6, Dong Nai Province, South Vietnam, A&E’s newest state-of-the-art expansion is 37 km from Cat Lai port, 50 km away from Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City and less than 20 km away from Long Thanh Airport.

Construction of A&E’s Vietnam facility began in June of 2018 and was completed and operational on June 1, 2019, adding more than 150 new jobs to the region.

Well known for its leadership role in innovation, product quality, and sustainability, A&E supports many of the world’s top industrial and consumer brands with thread products that require strict quality and integrity.

At the end of September, A&E introduced its 100-percent recycled sewing thread line, ECO100 to the textile market.

Posted October 3, 2019

Source: American & Efird (A&E), a portfolio company of Elevate Textiles

Texbase Releases Advanced Find Search Tool For The Textile And Consumer Products Industries

BOZEMAN, Montana — October 2, 2019 — Texbase Inc., a cloud-based data management and collaboration platform for the textile and consumer products industries, announced today the release of its new Advanced Find search tool.

Advanced Find provides robust options for search queries. Users employ Advanced Find to create views of data that meet requested criteria and then save those searches for themselves and others.

Users choose data columns and view results in a grid. This ability for brands to define their required fields includes custom fields.

Data is readily available to view from various perspectives as Advanced Find easily prepares searches for export to Excel, giving users the ability to further analyze, summarize and aggregate the data.

“We continue to innovate and provide tools like Advanced Find to allow our customers to focus on innovation and building and shipping great products,” stated CEO Joe Walkuski. He added, “Innovation flows as quickly as data flows, so anything you can do to increase the rate of data management, data communication and automate business processes will require less effort over a smaller amount of time which increases speed to market.”

Since Texbase stores all your material innovation, testing and compliance data in one place, Advanced Find empowers employees and stakeholders to easily view and analyze the data related to their KPIs versus spending all their time searching for it.

Posted October 2, 2019

Source: Texbase Inc.

Archroma Confirms ZDHC Commitment With First Upload Of 1,020+ Products

REINACH, Switzerland — October 2, 2019 — Archroma, a global supplier of color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, is pleased to confirm it has joined the ZDHC Foundation as a contributor.

Archroma first announced its intention to join the ZDHC Foundation as a value chain affiliate on June 19, 2019. The company is proud to be joining nearly 30 leading brands working together to drive industry-wide change in responsible chemical management, and commits to working on this task in a collaborative and open manner.

The decision is in line with Archroma’s commitment to continuously challenging the status quo in the deep belief that it is possible to make the textile industry sustainable. Archroma develops innovations and system solutions developed in compliance with this commitment and aimed to help textile manufacturers with optimized productivity and/or value creation in their markets.

Archroma is supporting the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (ZDHC MRSL) and the related “pyramid” conformity system designed to eliminate duplicative approaches. This is the fundamental base to the success of ZDHC and all stakeholders of the textile value chain.

Archroma has already uploaded and published a first batch of more than 1,020 products on the Chemical Module of the ZDHC Gateway, the online search tool that enables stakeholders in the textile value chain to evaluate the ZDHC MRSL conformance level of chemical formulations used in their production processes. These products are all bluesign® approved and are therefore associated with the highest level of confidence in ZDHC MRSL conformance.

More products will be added in the ZDHC Gateway in the weeks and months to come.

“By joining the ZDHC,” said Marcos Furrer, president brand & performance textile specialties at Archroma, “we are proud and committed to helping the textile industry towards a more responsible chemical management and open communication. Because it’s our nature!”

Posted October 2, 2019

Source: Archroma

Evolution St. Louis Announces Bruce Goldman Named New Director Of Operations At Its High-Tech Knit Factory

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — October 2, 2019 — Evolution St. Louis today announced it has hired Bruce Goldman as its first director of operations. Goldman brings decades of experience in the manufacturing industry and will lead operations at the company’s high-tech knit manufacturing facility at 3830 Washington Blvd.

“I am very excited to join the Evolution St. Louis team to help make St. Louis an industry leader in advanced knitting and manufacturing,” Goldman said. “As director of operations, I will be overseeing everything from the yarn shipped to the factory to the completed products going out to customers.”

Goldman began his career at his father’s knitting mill, teaching himself how to operate electronic knitting machines and later traveling to Germany to be trained to use STOLL’s high-tech flatbed knitting machines.

“Bruce is an essential member of the Evolution St. Louis team,” said John Elmuccio, cofounder of Evolution St. Louis. “Bruce has the knowledge and know-how to help make St. Louis a hub for advanced manufacturing and production, and his expertise will help Evolution St. Louis reinvent, recreate and revitalize the knit sector.”

Goldman will use his comprehensive knowledge of knitting, manufacturing, electronics and programming to oversee all facility operations including employees and production.

Posted October 2, 2019

Source: Evolution St. Louis

Bally Ribbon Mills Highlights Highly Specialized Engineered Woven Fabrics At SAFE Symposium

BALLY, Pa. — October 2, 2019 — Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) announced it will highlight its creative solutions for product design and development at SAFE Symposium 2019, which will be held October 14-16 at the Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nev., Booth #204. On display will be a selection of the company’s high-performance webbings, including safety webbings and tapes, ideal for military, aerospace, fire, law enforcement, industrial, and commercial fall protection personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as specialty items to showcase BRM’s capabilities.

Using its decades of weaving expertise, BRM designs, engineers, and manufactures materials that maximize the end products’ performance characteristics and properties — including strength, durability, resistance to abrasion, chemicals, heat and weather. BRM enjoys the challenge of assisting customers in problem resolution and innovation creation regarding material selection in their design and development phases. BRM’s services include development of customized innovations, complete engineering and solutions, sample preparation, and full-scale and specialty manufacturing.

Experts will be on hand at booth #204 to show how BRM can design, develop and manufacture specialized, engineered, woven safety webbings and tapes. Made from Nylon, Polyester, Nomex®, Kevlar®, Vectran®, PBI®, Nextel®, and other specialty fibers, BRM’s safety webbing and tapes are ideal for applications requiring high tenacity, abrasion resistance and flame and heat resistance. They are also a good choice for controlled elongation applications as well as those requiring chemical resistance in specific environments, and can be used for shoulder straps, harness webbing, and chin straps, as well as helmet suspension, binding tapes, loop tapes, lap belts, shock absorbing webbing, flotation device webbings, parachute assemblies, and other aerospace safety applications.

Posted October 2, 2019

Source: Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM)

AMETEK Surface Vision Strengthens Leadership Team With Several Key Appointments

HAYWARD, Calif. — October 2, 2019 — AMETEK Surface Vision, a global supplier of surface inspection technologies, has announced sweeping appointments across its senior global team to support the business’s worldwide growth plans.

Ben Wileman has been promoted to the new role of division vice president and business manager for Surface Vision. Moving from his last role as division vice president – global sales and marketing for Surface Vision and its sister business, AMETEK Land, Wileman will now focus on growing Surface Vision’s business through the application of AMETEK’s four core growth strategies of global and market expansion, new products, operational excellence and acquisitions.

“Combined, these four strategies deliver sustained business growth while continually bringing customers improved benefits at all levels,” Wileman said. “I look forward to bringing this philosophy into Surface Vision, so the business continues to flourish within the constructive, consistent and mutually successful approach customers want.”

With a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronic Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University, Ben holds more than 14 years of experience at AMETEK in a variety of technical, sales and customer-facing roles. Additionally, he’s an AMETEK-certified Growth Kaizen Facilitator, further strengthening his drive for Surface Vision’s growth.

On the operational end of the spectrum, Alan Tarry is now division vice president – operations for AMETEK Land and Surface Vision. Alan will be fully responsible for operational strategies and performance across both businesses. Formerly the director of operations at AMETEK Land since 2015, Tarry’s continuous improvement and specialist supply chain experience will transform operational efficiencies across both companies’ manufacturing operations.

Prior to joining AMETEK, Tarry held senior operational and supply chain transformational roles at ABB and has a Higher National Certificate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Doncaster Technical College. Like Ben, Alan is an AMETEK-certified New Product Growth Kaizen Facilitator and has facilitated several AMETEK operational and new product events.

Charged with developing strategy to remain competitive in current markets while identifying diversification opportunities, Mike Hevey has been appointed division vice president – engineering and product management. Joining Surface Vision from SEASPAN Shipyards in Vancouver, Hevey will implement an effective engineering structure to develop and support the world leading SmartView® and SmartAdvisor® surface inspection and monitoring systems, identify new product opportunities, manage the product lifecycle and introduce new products to the market.

Hevey holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and a Master of Business Administration degree in Engineering and Industrial Management from the University of Loughborough.

Finally, Jason Zyglis will assume responsibility for global sales as division vice president of sales and project management. With a deep knowledge of Surface Vision products and applications, Jason will lead the sales and project teams in addressing complex customer challenges as well as implementing a customer-first culture across the organization.

“I’m very pleased to announce these senior appointments at Surface Vision, who will maintain and develop our market-leading position into the next decade,” said Justin Smith, division vice president and business unit manager for Surface Vision. “Their combined technical, business and customer experience will provide leadership across Surface Visions’ global sales and marketing, engineering and operational functions, effectively transforming the opportunities and benefits for our customers worldwide.”

Posted October 2, 2019

Source: AMETEK Surface Vision (formerly Cognex Surface Inspection Systems Division)

RISE® – Research, Innovation & Science for Engineered Fabrics Conference

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INDA President Dave Rousse welcomed attendees to the ninth edition of the RISE™ - Research, Innovation and Science for Engineered Fabrics conference
Rousse
Andrea Ferris kicked off the conference as the first speaker. Ferris is CEO of Intrinsic Advanced Materials, a joint venture with Parkdale Advanced Materials. The company’s CiClo technology allows polyester to biodegrade in marine environments, wastewater treatment plants and landfill conditions at rates similar to natural fibers like wool.
Ferris (left) and Dr. Sudeep Motopalli Rao, chief scientist at Intrinsic Textiles Group, CiClO Technology
Teresa Clark, vice president, product development and sustainability, presented a talk titled, "Demystifying Biodegradation and the Circular Economy of Nonwoven Synthetic Materials."
Clark
Brett Watkins, business innovations - Americas, Sukano Polymers Corp.
Watkins presentation was called "Adding Value and Circularity to Nonwovens through Masterbatch Additives."
Dr. Susan Selke, director & professor, Michigan State University - School of Packaging
"Biodegradation-Promoting Additives for Plastics – Questions You Should Ask," was the topic for Dr. Selke's talk
Sandi Childs, Film And Flexible Programs director, Association Of Plastics Recyclers (APR)
Childs presentation was entitled "Maximizing the Molecule: Why Recycling Plastic is the Best Option."
Dr. Isao Noda, chief science officer, Senior VP of Innovation, Danimer Scientific, introduced the attendees to "Nodax™ PHA Copolymers"
Dr. Noda
Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, William A. Klopman Distinguished Professor, And Executive Director, North Carolina State University, The Nonwovens Institute
Dr. Pourdeyhimi examined "New & Novel Environmentally Friendly Fibers and Polymers – What’s Available Now and What’s Under Development?"
Dr. Richard Venditti, professor, NC State University - Department of Forest Materials
Dr. Venditti focused on "Microfibers from Laundering and Their Fate in Aquatic Environments."
Vanessa Mason, senior vice president Of Engineering, PrimaLoft Inc.
Mason discussed her company's biodegradeable man-made fiber in her presentation: "The First 100% Recycled, Biodegradable Performance Synthetic Fiber for Textile Applications."
Thomas Carlyle, global project manager - Special Projects, Lenzing Fibers Inc.
Carlyle's talk was titled "Innovation Using the Natural Circularity of Cellulose to Reduce the Impact of Single Use Plastics."
Sai Aditya Pradeep, graduate student, Clemson University
Pradeep looked at composite applicaitons in his presentation entitled, "Thermoplastic Based Nonwoven Composites – The New Promising Lightweight Materials for Automotive Structures."
Dr. Soeren Butz, Head Of Technical Service-Textile, Synthomer Deutschland GmbH
Dr. Butz gave a presentation named "Developments On Next Generation Latex Binders for the Nonwoven Industry: A Novel Formaldehyde-free Self-cross-linking Technology Platform."
Dr. Matthew Tipper, operations director, Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute (NIRI), explained the Surfaceskins technology nominated for a RISE® Innovation Award.
Dr. Tipper
Jeffrey Bassett, managing director, Fi-Tech Inc., explained Reifenhäuser's Reicofil 5 technology, another RISE Innovation Award nominee.
Bassett
Hongbing He, CEO of P&P Biotech, introduced the Remodelling™ Compound Hernia Patch, the third RISE Innovation Award nominee.
The Nonwovens Institute (NWI) on the Centennial Campus of NC State hosted a reception for RISE® attendees
(left to right): Jim Loftus, principal at Loftus Technical Consulting LLC; Matt Migliore, chief content officer, International Fiber Journal; and Behnam Pourdeyhimi at the NWI reception.,
Paul Latten (left), Southeast Nonwovens (SENW) Inc., and Dave Nelson, The Nonwovens Institute
William Barnes, assistant director - Lab Operations manager, research associate, The Nonwovens Institute
Barnes led a second tour group around NWI's facilities informing attendees of the institute's capabilities.
Barnes
Dave Nelson, director, Industry Engagement , The Nonwovens Institute, moderated a morning session on the second day of the conference.
Dr. Tipper presented "Open Innovation and a Human-centered Approach for the Nonwovens Industry."
Tony De La Hoz, process & product development engineer, Hills Inc.
De La Hoz's speech was titled "3D Highloft Technology and Applications."
Jim Loftus, a moderator on the second morning of the conference, reminded attendees to vote for the Innovation Award winner.
Richard Reid, regional business manager, Kelheim Fibres GmbH
Reid spoke about using Kelheim's Viloft fiber to produce wipes in his presentation titled "A Fully Flushable Wipe with Zero Issues in Sewage Treatment."
Dr. Olaf Isele, Nonwovens Consultant, Metaxi SimBioSys LLC, gave a talk named "Potential of Additive Manufacturing and 3-D Printing for Nonwovens and Textiles (and absorbent cores/articles)."
Isele
Drake Goolsby, director, Intellectual Property Commercialization, Batelle
Goolsby's presentation was called "Intelligent Heating: A Flexible Conductive Coating for Nonwovens."
Nicholas Swain, CEO & founder, Rep-L Antimicrobials Inc.
"Novel Approach to Developing Very Effective Antimicrobials," was the topic of Swain's conference presentation.
Jordan Schindler, CEO, Nufabrx
Schindler explained his vision for "health wear" in his presentation called "Material Science + Medicine = Wellness Re-imagined."
Dr. John Connaughton
Dr. Connaughton is Barings Professor of Financial Economics, UNC- Charlotte
Dr. Connaughton presented a "U.S. Economic Outlook" and presented his views on whether the United States is heading to a recession.
Brad Kalil, director of market intelligence and economic insights, INDA
" Market Dynamics and Trends That Are Driving Innovation in Nonwovens" was the title of Kalil's RISE® presentation.
Angela D'Orio, student, The Nonwovens Institute At North Carolina State University, talked about "A Patent Landscape Methodology for Nonwovens in Filtration."
Loftus expanded on the patent topic with a presentation entitled "Using the US Patent Database as a Strategic Tool."
Loftus
Kay McCoy, technical sales representative, Pulcra Chemicals LLC
McCoy's presentation focused on "Fiber Finish/Component New Product Development for the Diaper / Hygiene Market."
Chris Plotz, director Of Technical Affairs, INDA
Plotz
Rousse announced the 2019 RISE® Innovation Award, as voted by conference attendees, was NIRI for its Surfaceskins product.
Alexander Koukoulas (, director, Strategic Partnerships, Nonwovens Innovation & Research Institute (NIRI), accepted the Innovation Award on behalf of the company.

Stella Mccartney Reveals Ground-Breaking KOBA® Fur-Free Fur — A Sustainable Bio-Based Faux Fur With Up To 100 percent DuPont™ Sorona® Plant-Based Fibers

PARIS — October 1, 2019 — Stella McCartney becomes the first fashion designer to launch sustainable and ground-breaking KOBA® Fur-Free Fur — the world’s first faux-fur made using plant-based ingredients.

Vegetarian and cruelty-free since day one, animal welfare is at the heart of the brand’s ethos and Stella is incredibly excited to be pushing the boundaries of sustainability in her signature Fur-Free Fur, providing her customers with an ethical option that is also better for the planet.

KOBA faux fur by ECOPEL is made with recycled polyester and up to 100 percent DuPont™ Sorona® plant-based fibers, creating the first commercially available faux furs using bio-based ingredients The new KOBA®= Fur-Free Fur can be recycled at the end of its long life, helping to keep ensure it never ends up as waste and closes the fashion loop, something that Stella is incredibly passionate about, as she pushes toward circularity. It’s 37 percent plant-based Sorona material means that it consumes up to 30 percent less energy and produces up to 63 percent less greenhouse gas than conventional synthetics.

Stella McCartney comments, “I am incredibly excited about this new eco-friendly, bio- based Fur-Free Fur. It is another big step toward the future of fashion being sustainable and animal free.”

Created by ECOPEL, KOBA integrates up to 100-percent DuPont Sorona polymer homofilament fibres to offer a soft, versatile, and long-lasting fur alternative, and the first commercially available faux fur using bio-based ingredients.

Renee Henze, global marketing director, DuPont Biomaterials commented: “Stella McCartney has led the industry that is now increasingly moving away from the use of animal-based furs, and this collaboration allows both her cruelty-free and sustainability values to go hand in hand. With KOBA faux fur, we expect to see the use of bio-based materials gain even greater use and acceptance in the textile and fashion industry.”

Comment from Christopher Sarfati, CEO of ECOPEL: “We’ve been working with Stella McCartney for several years and we have clearly been positively influenced by her values. Not only are we proud to offer animal-friendly alternatives to fur but are even more proud to take the road less traveled in designing new ways to create faux fur. From recycled to bio- based, we are supporting a transition toward more sustainable materials.

This first onyx black KOBA Fur-Free Fur coat with Alter-Nappa detailing is a prototype revealed exclusively at the Summer 2020 show, front row on Natalia Vodianova. The KOBA Fur-Free Fur will be developed as part of the Stella McCartney Collections from 2020.

Posted October 1, 2019

Source: DuPont

Continental Structural Plastics, A Teijin Group Company, Breaks Ground On Facility In Seguin, Texas

AUBURN HILLS, Mich — October 1, 2019 — Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) — a global supplier of highly-engineered, composite vehicle components — broke ground today for a manufacturing facility in Seguin, Texas. This new facility, located near Interstate 10, Rio Nogales Drive and 8th Street, is expected to be fully operational by 2021.

CSP and its parent company Teijin, are making a capital investment of approximately $70 million to construct the 200,000 square-foot facility, which is being built to support future growth and to help the company maintain its competitive advantage. The facility will result in the creation of 200 production, engineering and administrative jobs. This location will become CSP’s 19th global manufacturing facility, its 14th in North America, and the Teijin Group’s 25th global composite component manufacturing facility.

“We continue to see growth opportunities for our advanced composite and multi-material components globally, so we’re making sure we have the manufacturing capabilities necessary to meet our customers’ needs,” explained Steve Rooney, CSP CEO. “We are truly grateful to the State of Texas, the City of Seguin and Guadalupe County for the support we’ve received in initiating this project, and we look forward to being an active member of the Seguin community.”

CSP selected the Seguin location for its newest manufacturing plant based on a number of factors, including availability of a skilled workforce, proximity to a number of customer and potential customer facilities in Texas and surrounding states, and a variety of incentives and abatements offered, including a land grant and tax abatement from the City of Seguin, and a Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant from the State of Texas, in exchange for specific capital investment and workforce commitments by CSP.

Posted October 1, 2019

Source: Continental Structural Plastics, a Teijin Group company

Arkema Completes The Acquisitions Of Prochimir And Lambson

COLOMBES, France — October 1, 2019 — On October 1, 2019, Arkema completed the acquisitions of Prochimir, manufacturer of high-performance adhesive films, and Lambson, specialized in photoinitiators for photocure resins.

With sales of around 30 million euros, Prochimir completes Bostik’s range of technologies in industrial adhesives.

Lambson, with sales of approximately 45 million euros, enables Sartomer to offer its customers in the electronics, 3D printing, composites, inks and coatings markets, a larger and perfectly complementary range.

These two acquisitions will contribute to further strengthening the share of specialties in the Group’s portfolio, in line with its long-term ambition to achieve more than 80 % of sales in these businesses.

A designer of materials and innovative solutions, Arkema shapes materials and creates new uses that accelerate customer performance. Our balanced business portfolio spans high-performance materials, industrial specialties and coating solutions. Our globally recognized brands are ranked among the leaders in the markets we serve. Reporting annual sales of 8.8 billion euros in 2018, we employ approximately 20,000 people worldwide and operate in close to 55 countries. We are committed to active engagement with all our stakeholders. Our research centers in North America, France and Asia concentrate on advances in bio-based products, new energies, water management, electronic solutions, lightweight materials and design, home efficiency and insulation

Posted October 1, 2019

Source: Arkema

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