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Archroma To Present Innovations And System Solutions Towards Sustainable Colors And Performance At Techtextil India 2019

October 3, 2019

REINACH, Switzerland — October 3, 2019 — Archroma will be at Techtextil India to present its latest innovations and system solutions aimed to help technical textile manufacturers in India with optimized productivity and/or value creation in their markets.

Archroma offers a wide portfolio of dyes and chemicals aiming to increase sustainability and innovation along the entire value chain, from fiber to finish.

The Archroma experts present at the exhibition will introduce for the first time to audiences in India Fadex® AS New, a new “super UV protector” to make automotive & transportation textiles more resistant to light, Foron® SP-WF, a range of high-performance disperse dyes for polyester sportswear, and its ground-breaking innovation, Appretan® NTR, a water-based textile coating binder that rallies renewable natural ingredients for applications such as tea bags and coffee filters or capsules.

The Archroma Way

The solution systems and innovations presented by Archroma have all been selected for their compliance with “The Archroma Way: safe, efficient, enhanced, it’s our nature”. The approach finds its origin in Archroma’s deep belief that it is possible to make the textile industry sustainable.

At Techtextil India, visitors will be able to discover 10 systems developed along the principles of The Archroma Way to help them create value in their textile applications and markets.

For Automotive & Transportation

Archroma will present two systems ideally suited to textile manufacturers serving the automotive & transportation market:

Safe Seats, a halogen-free* flame retardant coating system for synthetic leather upholstery; and
Light Fast Car, a system designed to keep fabric colors deep, vibrant and matched day after day.

For Outdoor & Activewear

Color Vibe, a system for nylon sportswear to maintain color vibrancy, time after time, wash after wash;
Fast Sport, a coloration system for polyester knitted sportswear, providing the best fastness in the shortest possible time with a reduced environmental footprint;
Odor Control, a system for improved material longevity, freshness and wearing comfort due to the lasting dual-action technology of Sanitized® Odoractiv 10. Odor-causing bacteria cannot adhere to the textile surface and bad smells are trapped and neutralized; and permastink cannot build-up in your sportswear; and
Wick Stop, an anti-wicking system to keep your feet drier in the wet, with maximum mesh sneaker durability.

For Workwear & Uniforms

Power Cotton, a system for comfortable cotton fabrics with more than 5 times higher abrasion resistance;
Smooth As Iron, a non-iron finishing system that keeps fabric smooth, soft and strong, especially on collars and cuffs;
Odor Control, (see above); and
Tough Camo, A non-infrared reflective pigment printing system for military wear, with high durability and dramatically reduced water consumption.

For Nonwovens

Filter It Clean, a formaldehyde-free* and APEO-free bonding system that makes non-wovens strong and safe even when wet.

“We are continuously developing innovations and solution systems that help increase productivity and create value for textile manufacturers in India,” said Anjani Prasad, head of Sales, India, Archroma. “We do that with in mind the planet and its inhabitants, in line with the objectives of “The Archroma way’: Safe, efficient, enhanced. Because it’s our nature!”

* Below limits of detection according to industry standard test methods

Fadex®, Foron®, Appretan® are trademarks of Archroma registered in many countries.

Posted October 3, 2019

Source: Archroma

Rush & Company President Rick Rush To Celebrate 25th Year In Textile Recruiting Industry

October 3, 2019

CHARLESTON, S.C. — October 3, 2019 — Rick Rush, president and founder of Rush & Co., an executive recruiting firm, will celebrate his 25th year in the recruiting industry. Rush has been recruiting in the textile & apparel industry since 1994 and has been a member of the Pinnacle Society, the nation’s premier consortium of top recruiters in the direct placement industry, since 1999. His silver jubilee has stirred some thoughts on where the recruiting industry and Rush & Co. are heading during the next 25 years.

“In the last 25 years of my recruiting, I have never seen a bigger demand for talent nor do I see this demand slowing down” Rush said. He noted that many more companies are turning towards recruiting firms to fill top talent because they do not have the bench strength internally to fill the role. To combat the demand, Rick started Rush & Co. in 2003 to serve individuals up to the C-level in the apparel, nonwovens, and textile industries. Rush & Co. is dedicated to placing A-Players at top companies.

What’s the secret to retaining and placing A-Players? The timing of the hiring process plays a key role in candidate retention. When A-Players turn down an offer it’s usually because of the hiring process; often, the candidate will have other offers on the table by the time a company decides to hire them. Rush says, “When we are hired to help fill a role, we typically present candidates within 7 to 10 days of starting that search. However, if a company then takes 4 to 6 weeks for the interview and decision-making process, that candidate will have other offers or something in their current role will have changed and they will no longer be interested. Time kills all deals in this candidate-driven market.”

Rush & Co. picks up 40+ openings every month across the board. It covers every aspect of textiles and soft goods, and every discipline within the industry.

Posted October 3, 2019

Source: Rush & Co.

The National Retail Federation Forecasts Holiday Sales Will Grow Between 3.8 And 4.2 Percent

October 3, 2019

WASHINGTON — October 3, 2019 — The National Retail Federation today said it expects holiday retail sales during November and December to increase between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent over 2018 to a total of between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion. The numbers, which exclude automobile dealers, gasoline stations and restaurants, compare with an average holiday sales increase of 3.7 percent over the previous five years.

“The U.S. economy is continuing to grow and consumer spending is still the primary engine behind that growth,” said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay. “Nonetheless, there has clearly been a slowdown brought on by considerable uncertainty around issues including trade, interest rates, global risk factors and political rhetoric.

Consumers are in good financial shape and retailers expect a strong holiday season. However, confidence could be eroded by continued deterioration of these and other variables.”

“There are probably very few precedents for this uncertain macroeconomic environment,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said. “There are many moving parts and lots of distractions that make predictions difficult. There is significant economic unease, but current economic data and the recent momentum of the economy show that we can expect a much stronger holiday season than last year. Job growth and higher wages mean there’s more money in families’ pockets, so we see both the willingness and ability to spend this holiday season.”

NRF expects online and other non-store sales, which are included in the total, to increase between 11 percent and 14 percent to between $162.6 billion and $166.9 billion, up from $146.5 billion last year.

The effect of tariffs on holiday spending — either directly or through consumer confidence — remains to be seen. Some holiday merchandise — including apparel, footwear and televisions — is subject to new tariffs that took effect September 1, and other products will have the tariffs applied on December 15. Retailers are using a myriad of mitigation tactics to limit the impact on consumers, and the impact will ultimately vary by company and product. Small businesses, in particular, have already been forced to raise prices. Nonetheless, 79 percent of consumers surveyed for NRF in September were concerned that tariffs will cause prices to rise, potentially affecting their approach to shopping.

Holiday sales during 2018 totaled $701.2 billion, an unusually small increase of 2.1 percent over the year before amid a government shutdown, stock market volatility, tariffs and other issues. Additional information about holiday spending is available on the NRF Winter Holidays web page.

The NRF holiday forecast is based on an economic model that takes into consideration a variety of indicators including employment, wages, consumer confidence, disposable income, consumer credit and previous retail sales. Numbers forecast by NRF may differ from other organizations’ forecasts that define the holiday season as a longer time period or include retail sectors not counted by NRF such as restaurants.

NRF expects seasonal hiring to grow at least 530,000

Even with trade uncertainty and the increasingly tight labor market, retailers have been hiring extra staff to meet expected demand during the holiday season. NRF expects retailers to hire between 530,000 and 590,000 temporary workers, which compares with 554,000 in 2018.

Posted October 3, 2019

Source: The National Retail Federation (NRF)

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

October 3, 2019

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

October 2, 2019

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

October 2, 2019

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

October 2, 2019

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

October 2, 2019

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

October 2, 2019

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)