Global Running Footwear And Apparel Brand Mizuno Introduces New Floating Run Experience With New XPOP Technology

NORCROSS, Ga. — June 12, 2019 — Mizuno, a global running footwear and apparel brand, debuts a brand new floating run experience with new XPOP™ foam technology in its latest shoe introduction, the Wave Sky WAVEKNIT™ 3. With additional enhancements to the WAVEKNIT upper technology, the combination of XPOP and Mizuno Foam Wave provides incredible cushioning and an added floating feel for runners.

“The Wave Sky WAVEKNIT 3 is the show piece for Mizuno innovation with our latest technologies, Mizuno Foam Wave and XPOP, delivering the utmost in premium performance comfort,” said Chuck Couch, Mizuno USA vice president, Running. “We challenged ourselves to enhance the already-comfortable WAVEKNIT technology released in 2018 by combining it with XPOP to deliver a shoe that allows natural movement, leverages both comfort and style, and provides the high-performance fit and quality expected in our footwear.”

Designed for the style-conscious, high mileage runners seeking extra comfort underfoot, Mizuno’s Wave Sky WAVEKNIT 3 packs a dual-combination of cushioning using Mizuno Foam Wave and XPOP to deliver an all-new floating experience, giving runners an extra bouncy feel from heel to toe.  A WAVEKNIT upper construction allows for a stable hold, yet flexible fit that supports natural foot movement through its dynamic sock-like fit. Constructed without reinforcements in the midfoot, the wave vectors seen throughout the Wave Sky WAVEKNIT 3 work as hold areas, compensating for the stretch in other areas of the knit to maintain the proper support.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Mizuno

ITMA 2019 Exhibitor Preview: Alchemie

CAMBRIDGE, England — June 12, 2019 — Alchemie is pleased to announce that it will be hosting an exclusive invitation-only event at ITMA 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, where the company will be presenting the latest data from its breakthrough Endeavour Waterless Smart Dyeing process to brands and Tier 1 textile industry suppliers.

At the event, Alchemie will be demonstrating the technology and reporting key process data demonstrating exceptional wash fastness, excellent dry rub test results and color consistency (ΔE) of less than 0.5 from polyesters dyed using the Endeavour process. Alchemie will also provide a detailed end-to-end process analysis to illustrate the 50 percent cost savings that can be delivered by switching from dyebath to the Endeavour process technology.

Key features of the Endeavour process include:

  • More profitable production: The process will reduce wastewater by >95 percent and energy by over 80 percent, delivering a >50 percent reduction in cost.
  • Elimination of wastewater: The waterless process demonstrates a remarkable sustainability advantage by eliminating post dyeing washing steps.
  • Exceptional quality: The technology delivers exceptional results with high color consistency and color fastness.
  • High throughput: With throughputs of >2,000 square meters per hour, a single line replaces at least five dyebaths.
  • Dye-on demand: The system can deliver any colour shade required and enables on-demand digital color changeovers in any run length from a few meters to several kilometers.

To receive an invitation to meet with Alchemie and find out more about the Endeavour Waterless Smart Dyeing process, please contact Penny Martin – pmartin@alchemietechnology.com

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Alchemie Technology

Aitech Group Appoints Business Veteran Yaron Mund As CEO — Positions For Future Growth

CHATSWORTH, Calif. — June 12, 2019 — By appointing business veteran Yaron Mund as CEO, Aitech Group is positioned to provide enhanced engineering and technical support to its worldwide customer base. With Mund at the helm, Aitech will continue to be a leading global manufacturer of embedded systems for military, defense, space and industrial applications. He replaces Moshe Tal, who successfully served as CEO since 2009 and will retire by the end of 2019.

Over the past two decades, Mund has effectively managed and governed a variety of business organizations. Most recently, he was COO of Caesarstone Ltd., a publicly-traded entity, where he was tasked with rebuilding the company’s operations and positioning it for future growth.  In addition, he served as CEO of Rotex, a textile company renowned as a technology leader throughout Europe, Israel, the US and Australia, and as the Managing Director of Aviv AMCG, a global international consultancy with more than 250 professionals.

Mund noted, “I’m proud, excited and humbled to join Aitech, and look forward to helping lead the company into its next phase of evolution as a global leader in the ruggedized embedded computing market. I see great potential and opportunities and can’t wait to start working with the talented teams of Aitech to explore them.”

Appointing Mund as CEO is part of the global growth strategy put in place by FIMI Opportunity Fund, Israel’s leading private equity firm, that acquired Aitech in 2018.

With its recent office expansion into India, and significant investments in the company’s infrastructure, Aitech now has a footprint in almost every major business region. As a more globally-focused operation, Aitech will continue to make customer support and technology innovation driving factors of its business model.

The company has consistently grown its reputation as a reliable, trusted partner among many of the world’s top military, defense and space organizations.  Recent achievements include being awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply key mission interface systems for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program, as well as working with Embedded Flight Systems, Inc. (EFSI) to integrate NASA’s cFS (core Flight System) into Aitech’s modular, powerful and flexible SP0-S space SBC.

Also this year, the company partnered with Concurrent Real-Time to integrate RedHawk Linux RTOS with two of Aitech’s powerful NVIDIA Jetson TX2-based SFF supercomputers, and supplied the IBOX, which operated several critical power and imaging functions, to the Beresheet lunar lander, Israel’s first privately funded moon lander.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Aitech Group

Ralph Lauren Announces Comprehensive New Global Citizenship & Sustainability Strategy And Goals

NEW YORK CITY — June 12, 2019 — Ralph Lauren Corp. unveiled its renewed strategy on Global Citizenship & Sustainability as part of its fiscal year 2019 (FY19) report, published today. The strategy, Design the Change, is both a commitment and a journey to accelerate the Company’s work across citizenship and sustainability and includes a new set of goals that bring clarity and focus to how Ralph Lauren will deliver the change required to create a better future. As part of its commitment, the company also announced it has signed onto the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), joining other companies across industries to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals.

“When Ralph founded our company more than 50 years ago, he did so with the conviction that whatever we create is meant to be worn, loved and passed on for generations,” said Patrice Louvet, CEO and president, Ralph Lauren Corp. “This philosophy is deeply embedded in our culture, our brands and our Purpose–to inspire the dream of a better life through authenticity and timeless style. It also inspires Design the Change, a strategy that will accelerate our efforts to create a positive impact in society and a more sustainable future.”

Design the Change is led by senior leadership, with strong governance in place. The Ralph Lauren Corp. board of directors has expanded the responsibilities of the company’s Nominating & Governance Committee to include oversight of environmental and social risks and opportunities; the company formed a Senior Steering Team made up of members of the Global Leadership Team; and the company recently appointed its first Chief Sustainability Officer, Halide Alagöz, who also serves as the company’s Chief Supply Chain Officer.

Design the Change is focused on three areas where Ralph Lauren can create the greatest positive impact: Creating Timeless Style, Protecting the Environment, and Championing Better Lives. Its foundation is 16 ambitious goals that will guide the Company’s work across each of these areas.

Select goals include:

  • Achieve 100 percent sustainably-sourced key materials — including cotton — by 2025;
  • Train design, product development and merchant teams on sustainable, circular, inclusive and culturally-aware design annually by 2020;
  • Set science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2020 and 100 percent renewable energy targets by the end of 2019;
  • Achieve gender parity with equal representation in leadership positions at the Vice President level and above by 2023; and
  • Increase female representation in factory management by 25 percent by 2025.

The report also highlights significant company achievements from the past year. Of note, Ralph Lauren:

  • Unveiled the Earth Polo, a reimagination of the iconic Polo shirt crafted from an innovative fabric produced entirely from plastic bottles. The creation of the Earth Polo is part of the Company’s commitment to recycle 170 million bottles by 2025. Each Polo is made from approximately 12 plastic bottles — which may have otherwise ended up in oceans or landfills — and uses a completely waterless dyeing process.
  • Donated more than 14,000 hours of time and talent to non-profit organizations through Ralph Lauren Gives Back. In FY19, the Company hosted three Ralph Lauren Gives Back weeks, during which Company teams volunteered with 80 organizations. Employees also took part in 64 fundraising walks for life-threatening illnesses such as cancer and AIDS.
  • Achieved a global workforce gender balance of 64 percent female, with women holding 53 percent of positions at and above the Senior Director level.
  • Launched the “Lead Like a Woman” campaign, a platform which aims to close the leadership gap between women and men, and includes media, products and events celebrating female leaders and providing support for the NGO Women in Film.

The 2019 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report and the 2019 Standards Supplement are available for download on the Company’s website.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Ralph Lauren Corp.

DuPont, Unifi And YOUNGONE Launch ECOLoft™ Eco-Elite Insulation At Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2019

WILMINGTON, Del./GREENSBORO, N.C. — June 12, 2019 — DuPont Biomaterials, Unifi, Inc. and Youngone today announced a new collection of insulation products that offers soft, dimensionally stable and sustainable options for cold-weather garments and bedding materials. YOUNGONE — a global manufacturer of outdoor and athletic clothing, textiles, footwear and gear — is leveraging DuPont™ Sorona® renewably sourced fiber and Unifi REPREVE® recycled content to debut three new insulation products that provide lightweight breathable warmth with unique softness and shape retention.

The ECOLoft™ eco-elite™ insulation collection is the first post-consumer recycled product that also incorporates bio-based materials for innovative, breakthrough insulation. It features three products with various benefits that all offer a reduced environmental footprint without compromising on insulation performance.

“This ECOLoft™ collection will elevate sustainable, high-performance insulation solutions for the outdoor market and offer brands a versatile option for cold-weather products,” said Renee Henze, global marketing director for DuPont Biomaterials. “Unlike traditional down or synthetic insulation products, this offering optimizes the use of recycled and renewably sourced content for best-in-class insulation solutions, and we look forward to introducing this to the market at Outdoor Retailer.”

The ECOLoft™ eco-elite™ insulation collection features three products:

  • ECOLoft™ ActiVe SR (35 percent Sorona® + 55 percent REPREVE) – A synthetic, vertically lapped insulation that combines the warmth-to-weight of down with breathability that is defining a new category of padding and garment design options. Ecoloft™ ActiVe SR features more recycled + renewable content than industry peers, improved vapor management while maintaining warmth, and the compressibility and soft comfort that is ideal for active adventures.
  • ECOLoft™ FLEX SR (60 percent Sorona® + 35 percent REPREVE) – Maximized multi-layering of REPREVE® and Sorona® fibers in the padding web create a lightweight, warm insulation designed for breathability and movement. With a lower basis weight than its peers, it offers flexibility, stretch and comfort ideal for the casual market.
  • ECOLoft™ AIR SR (60 percent Sorona® + 40 percent REPREVE) – Voluminous natural-down-like synthetic fiberfill for puffer jackets and similar products offers notable warmth, excellent washing performance and vapor management performance for enhanced comfort.

“Both the REPREVE and Sorona brands are working with revolutionary products in their own class, and with this partnership, we’re joining forces to continue to innovate within the outdoor market and beyond,” said Meredith Boyd, Senior Vice President of Global Innovations for Unifi. “Through important collaborations such as this, we can drive textile innovation and help revolutionize the future of our industry.”

“These textile leaders are committed to innovation, sustainability and performance – and partnering with them will enable us to offer first-of-their-kind eco-conscious and high performing insulation products,” said Rick Fowler, CTO at Youngone. “We are thrilled to partner with such industry pioneers and launch a much-needed product in the industry.”

Samples of these products will be available at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market June 18-20. For more information or to experience the products firsthand, please visit the DuPont™ Sorona® booth (54089-UL) and Unifi, Inc. booth (55129-UL).

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: DuPont

Teijin Frontier To Participate In Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2019

TOKYO — June 12, 2019 — Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fiber and products converting company, will participate in Outdoor Retailer Summer market 2019, the world’s largest international sports and outdoor trade fair to be held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO, U.S.A. from June 18 to 20, 2019.

The Teijin Frontier stand (#MR208) will exhibit DELTAPEAK® and related hybrid materials that offer excellent combinations of performance, appearance and texture for sportswear. The stand also will promote Teijin Frontier’s environmentally friendly solutions, including microplastics pollution prevention, fossil resource conservation and CO2 emissions reduction.

Some of the many exhibits at the Teijin Frontier stand will include the following:

New Cotton-like high-performance polyester fabric

A new ideal fabric for athleisure fashion which mixes randomly thick and thin parts in filaments, combining the look and texture of cotton with superior properties for moisture absorption, quick drying and UV protection. It is also eco-friendly as it uses fiber made with recycled raw materials.

DELTAPEAK®

DELTAPEAK is a next-generation fabric that integrates physical properties, functionality and quality on a highly advanced level. Thanks to its dense, flat-knit surface, it is a light and stretchable form-fitting, anti-transparent and snag-resistant fabric. Various DELTAPEAK versions will be displayed, including a unique new fabric that is both form-fitting and highly natural like appearance.

Octa®

This fiber features a unique, highly modified cross section of eight projecting fins aligned in a radial pattern around a hollow fiber. Notable advantages include rapid wicking and drying as well as useful bulkiness. Octa® Neo is a multilayer fiber that combines Octa fiber with various chemical and natural staple fibers.

SOLOTEX®

Partly plant-derived polytrimethylene terephthalate fiber SOLOTEX® is soft, stretchable, shape-retaining, dimensionally stable and brightly colored thanks to its molecular structure from a flexible spinning-like helix.

Teijin Frontier looks forward to strengthening its recognition and cultivating new customers in the North American outdoor market through its appearance at this show.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Teijin Ltd.

Tuong Long To Convert 100 Percent Of Its Production To Ground-Breaking Aniline-Free* Indigo Solution By Archroma

REINACH, Switzerland — June 12, 2019 — Archroma, a global innovator in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced that Vietnam-based Tuong Long Co. Ltd is the first denim manufacturer in Vietnam to switch 100 percent of its production to Archroma’s aniline-free* Denisol® Pure Indigo.

Tuong Long Co. Ltd is a textile manufacturer based in Vietnam, whose plant is located near Ho Chi Minh City and employs 600 people producing up to 18 million meters of fabric per year. Tuong Long manufactures and trades woven fabrics, particularly denim and khaki, stretch and non-stretch, for apparel brands in the United States, Japan, Europe, Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Archroma’s Denisol® Pure Indigo 30 liquid dye was first launched in May 2018 as a non-toxic way to produce the traditional, iconic indigo blue that consumers associate with denim and jeans.

During production, some of the aniline stays locked into the indigo pigment and is difficult to wash off the fabric. The remainder of the aniline impurity, approximately 300 metric tons annually, is discharged during dyeing. This can be an issue as aniline is toxic to aquatic life. In addition, exposure levels to factory workers can be high. As a result of its toxicity (more hazardous than alkylphenols) it is now starting to feature on the restricted substance lists (RSL) of some major clothing brands and retailers.

The new Denisol Pure Indigo 30 liq was therefore developed as an aniline-free* indigo solution for designers, manufacturers and brand owners who long for authentic indigo inspiration.

“Tuong Long is engaged into manufacturing denim and khakis fabrics in a cleaner way,” commented Dieu Tuong, production manager at Tuong Long. “That is why we had our wastewater treatment licensed — the only factory to be in our industrial zone! So when we heard about an aniline-free* version of indigo, we decided to look into it. We then realized that Archroma’s Denisol Pure Indigo actually is an indigo dye and as such performs just as conventional indigo — and we decided to switch 100 percent of our production to it.”

Michel Zumstein, president, region Asia at Archroma, commented: “Archroma is bringing to the textile industry a continuous flow of eco-advanced innovations aimed at making our industry sustainable. By adopting these, forward-thinking manufacturers, such as Tuong Long and its converting to aniline-free* Denisol Pure Indigo in their daily production, help us with that agenda. And as consumers are increasingly concerned about the climate crisis, this is not only the right thing to do — it is also good for business.”

* Below limits of detection

Denisol® is a trademark of Archroma registered in many countries.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Archroma

ITMA 2019 Exhibitor Preview: Inkcups

DANVERS, Mass. — June 11, 2019 — Global tagless printing industry supplier Inkcups will showcase three of its leading pad printers and two laser plate-makers at ITMA 2019, the world’s largest textile and garment technology exhibition. The event will be held June 20-26 at the Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via, in Barcelona, Spain. Inkcups will be located at Booth H3-D147a.

The Inkcups display will feature the company’s Brite, B100 and ICN-2200PS pad printers, as well as laser plate-makers CobaltONE and Cobalt 2000. During the show, the Brite, B100 and ICN-2200PS machines will produce high-quality one- and two-color prints on T-shirts.

The Brite tagless printer is ideally suited for printing on textiles, including sportswear, undergarments and T-shirts. Also known as the Brite White, this machine is true to its name for maintaining the most opaque white on dark materials without fading, surpassing the industry standard for print durability. The easy-to-use tabletop printer is the best in its class on a speed and quality-to-price basis.

The B100 is a one-color sealed-cup pad printing machine capable of printing graphics up to 80 millimeters in diameter. This tagless pad printer is the go-to garment labeling machine for companies with high volume apparel labeling needs.

The ICN-2200PS is a two-color sealed-cup pad printing machine with a heavy-duty dual-position pneumatic pad-slide mechanism known for flawless second-color registration. Ideally suited for the textile and fashion industry, this machine is well equipped to print on uniforms, children’s wear and T-shirts.

In addition to the printing systems, there will be live plate-etching demonstrations on Inkcups’ laser plate-making systems CobaltONE and Cobalt 2000. The CobaltONE boasts the industry’s most advanced fiber laser technology, able to precisely etch spot sizes down to 50 microns for over 30,000 impressions. The Cobalt 2000 is an industry leader in affordability and efficiency with solid-state laser technology.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Inkcups

Unifi Announces New REPREVE® Our Ocean™ Product Offering

GREENSBORO, N.C. — June 12, 2019 — Unifi Inc., makers of recycled fiber REPREVE®, has launched a new sustainable product that enables customers and consumers to play a role in solving the ever-growing problem of ocean plastic.  To deal with the root cause of ocean plastic, REPREVE Our Ocean™ fiber is made from bottles collected within 50 kilometers of coastlines in countries or areas that lack formal waste or recycling systems.

“REPREVE Our Ocean is a premium collection of fiber and resin sourced from bottles at high risk of entering in the ocean,” said Jay Hertwig, group vice president of global branded sales for Unifi. “We have long cared for our air, land and natural resources by transforming billions of plastic bottles into REPREVE recycled fiber. With REPREVE Our Ocean, we offer a unique opportunity to for brands to tell an ocean-focused story.”

Each year, at least 8.8 million tons of plastics make their way into the ocean, which is the equivalent of dumping the contents of one garbage truck into the ocean every minute1. In addition, at least 80 percent of plastic flows into the oceans from land, and at current rates, there will be more plastic by weight than fish by 2050.2

“Forward-thinking brands that want to take a stronger stand in addressing ocean pollution and want to make an even more specific statement about protecting the environment now have a brand new option,” Hertwig added. “REPREVE Our Ocean is made for the good of tomorrow, and this premium product will appeal to consumers that want to do all that they can to help protect the environment for the next generation.”

REPREVE Our Ocean fiber will be on display at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market (booth 55129-UL), which will be held June 18-20 in Denver, Colo.

Posted June 12, 2019

Source: Unifi Inc.

1 Ocean Conservancy

2 The Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Domtar Corporation Names Marie Cyr New Dryden Mill Manager

DRYDEN, Ontario — June 11, 2019 — Domtar Corporation today announced Marie Cyr as manager of the company’s mill in Dryden, Ontario, effective August 1, 2019. Cyr succeeds Jim Blight, who will retire in August.

Since December 2013, Marie has served as the Windsor Mill’s pulp mill manager and superintendent, responsible for developing the pulp mill’s strategy and leading its manufacturing operations. Marie is an inspirational leader with experience working with large teams in operations, maintenance and engineering. She joined the Windsor Mill in 1995 as a maintenance engineer and project manager, and has held roles of increasing responsibility in maintenance and planning in the Windsor Mill’s pulp and converting operations.

Marie is a strong advocate for using the continuous improvement tools to foster a culture of learning and growth. She also has a unique ability to quickly bring teams together and unify them toward accomplishing an objective. We are confident her leadership will help the Dryden Mill continue to be successful.

Posted June 11, 2019

Source: Domtar

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