Stäubli Offers Innovative Weaving Technology For Advanced Technical Fabrics

PFÄFFIKON — April 24, 2018 — Stäubli has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-speed textile machinery for more than 125 years. After decades of experience as a supplier of shedding solutions for weaving machines, weaving preparation systems, and complete carpet weaving systems in the traditional textile industry, Stäubli continued its efforts in research and development to extend its product range. For several years Stäubli has offered textile machinery dedicated to the production of technical textiles, such as:

  • Magma T12 warp tying machine for an optimized workflow in the mill
    • The MAGMA T12 ties monofilaments, coarse multi-filaments, PP ribbons, bast fibers, coarse staple fibers, and many other fiber types. It has been developed for universal application ranging from coarse technical yarns to the medium yarn-count range. Its rigid design includes an optical double-end detection system
  • TF weaving system for sophisticated reinforcing fabrics
    • R&D project managers in the automotive, medical, aeronautic or any other industry sector, searching for light weight component solutions will be amazed. the Stäubli TF system offers virtually unlimited weaving possibilities, whether for flat, spacer, or complex multi-layer fabrics and 3D fabrics. Specific requirements in terms of stiffness, impregnation capacity, drapability, or fail-safe-behavior, etc, can be fulfilled. Featuring the latest shedding machines in combination with the double-rapier weft insertion system and a special slaying motion the TF weaving system allows high-volume production of up to very thick and/or dense fabrics and efficient processing of a wide variety of technical and highly sensitive yarns, such as glass fiber, carbon, Kevlar, or similar.

Stäubli machinery provides high stroke forces and precision for airbag weaving

For the automotive industry, Stäubli is today’s leading supplier in shedding solutions for airbag weaving,  traditional airbags woven on frame weaving machines, and OPW (one-piece-woven) airbags produced on modern Jacquard weaving machines. Airbag fabrics demand important stroke forces during weaving. The solid construction of the latest generation S3000/S3200 electronic rotary dobbies provides the basis in frame weaving for supporting these forces while running reliably at high speeds day in and day out, offering important longevity.

Frame weaving prerequisites such as perfectly prepared warps gain in importance when it comes to deliver the automotive industry with its zero-error specifications. The weaver has to produce more 1st class fabric, while staying competitive. Using the SAFIR automatic drawing-in installations, equipped with active warp control features such as optical recognition of double ends and color/yarn type repeat management, allows the weavers to meet these strict requirements. These very efficient machines allow the distribution of each warp end according to the repeat in the drop wires, healds and reed in one cycle. Many weavers worldwide already rely on SAFIR drawing-in machines for continued quality weaving process. The machines handle as well on glass applications and are showing their efficiency in filament mills.

For the production of afore mentioned OPW airbags Stäubli provides the LX Jacquard machine Series. This world renowned machines feature perfectly balanced cinematics, a coaxial drive shaft, and an optimized internal airflow as well as optimum sized chassis. These features ensure clean interiors, controlled temperature in the machinery housing, the support of beams and bearings and make the Series handle great payloads and precise operating at highest production speeds. For a perfect link between machine and harness the MX module, centerpiece of the Jacquard machine plays its major role. MX modules are built of latest optimum combined composite materials for long-lasting efficiency during thousands of up-and down movements while ensuring the reliable yarn selection. All these factors are very decisive in terms of economic production. Weaver and airbag supplier have to be certain about the high quality of the product they deliver, as the automotive industry enforces complicated, cost intensive and strict verification and validation processes for its components, and especially for components that protect human lives, such as airbags.

The latest models in the LX Series, the LXL and LXXL are specifically developed for large-sized designs and can be equipped in a format range of 6,144 to 25,600 hooks. By combining two LXXL machines, formats up to 51,200 can be achieved.

Whatever the weaving width or format size in airbag production, Stäubli weaving preparation and shedding solutions bring the advantages of an experienced solution provider to the weaver and airbag producer.

Binding technology for high-end synthetic grass

With its ALPHA 500 Series carpet weaving systems, Stäubli provides a product range for any kind of rug or wall-to-wall carpet. Weavers can count on the ALPHA 500 LEANTEC model for weaving  superior high-quality synthetic grass, with a weaving width of up to 5.3 meters. The Stäubli binding technology allows the optimum orientation of the piles for a wide public, ranging from major league sports facilities suppliers, to public services and garden centers.

Industrials that rely on Stäubli technical textile solutions can create future applications with passion, and can rely on efficient machinery and solutions to take the lead in the technical textile business.

Posted May 8, 2018

Source: Stäubli AG

Delta Galil To Acquire Leading French Men’s Underwear Group Eminence

TEL AVIV, Israel — May 6, 2018 — Delta Galil Industries Ltd. — the global manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label apparel products for men, women and children, as well as leisurewear, activewear and denim — today announced that it has signed an option to acquire Eminence SAS and its subsidiaries (the Eminence Group), which includes leading French underwear brands for men, women and children: Eminence and ATHENA and the Italian brand Liabel. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018 and is subject to the fulfillment of French law requirements applicable to the transfer of a company — in particular, an obligation to consult with Eminence’s works council.

For 2019, Eminence is expected to contribute approximately 100 million euros of revenue and approximately $0.40 to $0.45 to Delta’s earnings per share, excluding transaction and other deal-related expenses. This transaction would accelerate Delta revenue to exceed $1.5 billion.

Eminence would bring to Delta a men’s premium French brand, which has the second largest men’s underwear market share in France, with products ranging from undergarments to polo and technical shirts to Eminence Tech+. ATHENA adds a sporty and athletic, family mass market French undergarment brand that is modern and cool. In addition to the French brands, the transaction includes Liabel, an Italian brand, founded in 1851, which stands on heritage and tradition and brings strong brand awareness as a mass market Italian t-shirt and underwear brand for the entire family.

In 2017, Eminence Group’s net sales totaled approximately 99.0 million Euros, with most of the products designated for men (87%) and the remainder for women (8%) and kids and babies (5%). Most of the Group’s sales are to the French market (approximately 79% of all sales) and the remainder in Western Europe — mainly in Italy (17%) and in Belgium (3%) — under leading underwear brands in France (Eminence in the upper market and ATHENA in the mass market) and an Italian underwear brand (Liabel).

“We are very pleased to look at adding the Eminence Group to our portfolio, as it represents a dominant leader in French men’s undergarments, with strong consumer appeal,” said Isaac Dabah, CEO of Delta Galil. “This is a very compelling transaction for Delta that reflects our strategic efforts to expand our branded business and introduce Delta in a significant way to France & Italy where our activities to date have been small. By providing potential synergies in products, innovation and operations, we see this opportunity as a platform for growth.”

Posted May 7, 2018

Source: Delta Galil Industries

High Color Fastness With Pigment Inks: Chemicals Applied In An Optimized Technical Process Set The Quality Standard In Digital Textile Printing

DENKENDORF — May 7, 2018 — Excellent edge definition, good color fastness and soft feel — this is what the optimum result looks like for inkjet printing on textiles. But it’s not a trivial matter to meet these demands and bring them together. The German Institute of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) in Denkendorf have taken on this task and developed a chemical product preparation for inkjet printing.

The market does already offer a large range of binding agents and pretreatment chemicals, which are suitable for modifying the surface of the textile printing substrate and improving them for inkjet printing. It has been difficult however, for targeted improvements to the digital printing results to be achieved due to the wide range of available chemical additives, each with their own mode of action.

Screening of the potentially applicable chemicals allowed particularly suitable substances to be identified. In the new phase, these chemicals were set in the optimum manner in terms of their use as preparatory chemicals for inkjet printing. When doing so, both the concentrations and mixing ratios of the individual components were adjusted. Here, an especially important step was the adjustment of the flow properties, so that the chemical ingredients were not too runny nor too viscous for application to the textiles.

The next step was focused on the setting of the process parameters for the application of the pretreatment chemicals. The quantity of the applied chemicals, the type of application and the adaptation of intermediate drying phases — all of these process steps ultimately influence the printing result. The optimization was done separately for different application processes, such as Foulard, screen printing or inkjet printing.

The pigment inks used within the research project are an in-house development from DITF: Fine-particle pigment dispersions are manufactured from organic color pigments. The addition of binding agents allows good adhesion of the pigments on the textile

substrate. And the addition of additives to the mixture allows additional properties of the pigment inks such as their hygroscopic or rheological properties to be influenced.

In conjunction with the selected pretreatment chemicals, the pigment inks enable excellent printing results. Test prints on cotton substrates showed excellent contour qualities, color fastness and high color depths.

Posted May 7, 2018

Source: The German Institute of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF)

DuPont To Launch Cyrel® EASY BRITE Screens, EASY BRITE™ Index At INFOFLEX 2018

WILMINGTON, Del. — May 7, 2018 — DuPont Advanced Printing (DuPont) today announced it will launch DuPont™ Cyrel® EASY BRITE Screens and the Cyrel® EASY BRITE™ Index during FTA Forum/INFOFLEX 2018 May 6-9 in Indianapolis, Ind.

The screens are designed to optimize ink lay-down in high-volume printing, typically seen when printing a white undercoat, or solid areas with spot colors. They contain a suite of screens that have shown to improve solid printing at volumes of 4.0 bcm and greater. There are five screens in total: two screens designed for customers without the HD Pixel+ imaging capability and three screens designed to take full advantage of HD Pixel+ imaging.

“We are excited to launch our new Cyrel Easy Brite Screens. A brighter white is not just about opacity – we believe high opacity alone doesn’t make a good print. You need a combination of opacity, low mottle and low graininess to have a good white. Cyrel Easy Brite Screens will deliver not only high opacity, but also improved mottle and improved graininess on inks that use a high volume anilox. The Easy Brite Index is a multidimensional measurement that combines opacity, mottle and graininess into a single number,” said Shyamal Desai, marketing manager, Americas, DuPont Advanced Printing.

The combination of Cyrel Easy Plates and the Easy Brite Screens deliver:

  • Better overall consistency and more consistent print of large solid areas
  • Higher print quality
    • Uniform ink layer
    • Elimination of trail edge void
    • Improved appearance of final print
    • Improved opacity, reduced graininess and reduced mottle
  • Flexibility, as they allow printers to go to higher quality levels using their existing setup

Shyamal will share more about DuPont Cyrel Easy Brite Screens and the Easy Brite Index during InfoFlex Solutions Theatre, Monday, May 7, from 3:25 to 3:45 p.m. ET. Questions will be taken at the DuPont Advanced Printing Booth #335.

Posted May 7, 2018

Source: DuPont Advanced Printing

Clariant Showcases Support For North America’s Plastics Industry Growth

CHARLOTTE — May 7, 2018 — Clariant, a world supplier of specialty chemicals, turns the spotlight on its increasing on-the-ground support and innovation focus for North America’s four key plastics application segments at NPE 2018 Booth S18155.

Clariant is pushing forward with plans for growth in the region by advancing R&D competencies, and increasing its manufacturing footprint and technical capabilities across its 50+ sites, 3 R&D and 6 technical innovation centers. Clariant’s innovations for the plastics industry include advanced additives, masterbatches and pigments which support the packaging sector in engaging consumers via differentiated, convenient solutions. At NPE, it will also highlight solutions for enhancing and protecting healthcare products, as well as its contribution to stronger and colorful textiles and fibers for everything from e-mobility to industrial applications.

Deepak Parikh, president of region North America, Clariant comments: “Clariant’s product innovation for the US and wider North American plastics industry embraces the region’s fastest growing end-use areas of automotive and construction. It also addresses the impact of trends driven by changing consumer lifestyle preferences and market regulations on other important segments such as packaging and healthcare.”

Transportation

Clariant brings color and protection to support the increasing use of engineering plastics and high temperture resins in automotive interiors, exteriors and under-the-hood. Halogen-free Exolit® OP 1400 provides outstanding flame retardancy to polyamide parts, enhances safety with UL 94 V0 performance down to 0.4 mm and enables the molding of complex parts with no mold deposits and blooming. Exolit OP 1400 has been awarded the Clariant EcoTain®label for outstanding sustainability and performance. At the same time, Clariant offers low-halogen controlled high-performance PV Fast® pigmentswith excellent migration and weather fastness properties to meet the high requirements of today’s transportation and automotive industry. Easy processing Renol® compounds and masterbatches for engineering and high temperature resins provide heat and light stability, and flame retardancy, while maintaining critical flow properties in parts like SMT connectors. Importantly, they are available as small lots which enables customers to purchase only what they require and contribute to a reduction in their carbon footprint.

Packaging

As US packaging manufacturers explore more consumer-friendly, lighter weight and appealing solutions, Clariant is on hand to support their functionality, sustainability-related and color desires. Clariant Pigments has an innovative cooperation with Konica Minolta and matchmycolor to enable fast, precise and efficient color matching of HDPE products, using select organic PV Fast and Graphtol® pigments that comply with FDA regulations. The ColorWorks®center in Chicago is dedicated to US brand managers and designers with teams of color design experts to create color formulations faster than ever before for bottles, caps, closures and films.

According to market reports, plastic pouches are gaining share from traditional pack types in packaged food and are mainstream in home care. To support smoother and more environmentally-compatible processing especially for film applications, Clariant offers an FDA-compliant, vegetable-based powder amide wax, Licolub® FA 1, which acts as a slip and anti-block agent. It is suitable for polyolefins and PVC.

Textiles & Fibers

At NPE 2018, Clariant puts the focus on strong and colorful textiles, carpets and industrial fibers. New AddWorks® TFB 117 offers a number of benefits to help stabilize and smoothen fiber production processes, protect color, and improve heat stability and mechanical properties of fibers. AddWorks TFB 117 ensures smooth spinnability with less filaments breakage, even at low processing temperatures and at high speed spinning up to 5,500 m/min. Clariant also offers a broad range of colorants for polypropylene, polyester, polyamide and acrylic fibers, featuring migration fastness, chemical stability, light- and weather-fastness.

Healthcare

Clariant supports risk control and regulatory compliance for medical polymer and pharmaceutical packaging solutions. Its Mevopur® color and performance masterbatches and compounds include a USP Class 6 line of compliant products and multiple global ISO, 87, 88, and 661.1 certifications ahead of the market deadline. Clariant also offers selected FDA-compliant organic pigments and polymer soluble dyes that meet purity migration fastness as well as toxicological properties for medical devices and pharmaceutical packaging.

Clariant is exhibiting at NPE 2018 from May 7-11, 2018 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Meet Clariant’s experts at Booth S18155.

Posted May 7, 2018

Source: Clariant

 

X-Rite And Pantone Expand PantoneLIVE Offering For Plastic, Coatings And Textile Industries

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — May 7, 2018 — X-Rite Inc. and Pantone LLC announced today that their cloud-based digital color standard ecosystem, PantoneLIVE™, will include the official spectral data from the popular Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors System for cotton and nylon and the Pantone Matching System (PMS) for plastics and coatings. For the first time, color specifiers and manufacturers will have instant access to up-to-date spectral values for Pantone Colors for plastics, coatings and textiles, including the Pantone Color of the Year 2018: PANTONE 18-3838, Ultra Violet. The new offering, PantoneLIVE Production – Plastic, Coatings and Textile, integrates with X-Rite color management tools to ensure seamless color communication from design to production, improving consistency between design intent and finished products.

“While physical color references continue to play a critical role in specifying and managing color for textile and product applications, we are seeing many companies transition to digital processes across their design and manufacturing teams,” said Adrián Fernández, general manager, Pantone. “The PantoneLIVE Production – Plastic, Coatings and Textile license gives users instant access to the official Pantone spectral color values as their single point of truth. Suppliers can easily integrate these values into digital workflows and begin production faster and with confidence. By using both physical and digital standards, customers can more easily and effectively communicate and verify color intent while improving manufacturing efficiency, reducing errors and rejects due to color issues in production. The ability to start formulation with digital references can save significant time that otherwise would be consumed waiting for physical samples to arrive.”

Fashion, homeware and product designers routinely use physical Pantone Color Standards for inspiration, specification, communication and verification of color intent. The PantoneLIVE Production – Plastic, Coatings and Textile license can be used to improve color communication with production suppliers giving them access to the precise spectral data for the colored material they need to produce. This allows coatings, plastics and textiles suppliers to seamlessly match any Pantone Color Standard and begin formulation immediately. Spectral matching also helps suppliers determine the most cost-effective amount of pigment to achieve accurate color at any opacity level. This saves valuable time in the formulation and production process while reducing costs.

Integrated Color Management Ecosystem for Manufacturing

Manufacturers and suppliers can access Pantone spectral data in PantoneLIVE Production – Plastic, Coatings and Textile standards through X-Rite Color iMatch and Color iQC software while measuring with an X-Rite benchtop spectrophotometer or a Ci64 handheld spectrophotometer. This provides an integrated color management workflow designed to ensure accurate color formulation for Pantone Colors.

The spectral data references available through a PantoneLIVE Production – Plastic, Coatings and Textile license are the official Pantone standards measured using X-Rite benchtop and handheld spectrophotometers under the appropriate measurement conditions.

Posted May 7, 2018

Source: X-Rite

Texprocess Americas 2018 Exhibitor Preview: Lectra

ATLANTA — April 2018 — Lectra, the technological partner for companies using fabrics and leather, announced its participation in Texprocess Americas 2018. Throughout the three-day trade event, Lectra (booth #409) will unveil its new Cutting Room 4.0 digital cutting solution, as well as showcase other new and innovative technology for the fashion and apparel, automotive, and furniture markets.

Taking place in Atlanta May 22-24, 2018, Texprocess is a leading trade event in North America connecting professionals involved in the sewn products industry with leading international manufacturers and distributors of machinery, equipment, parts, supplies, systems, technology, and supply chain solutions used for the development of sewn products.

Kicking off the first day of Texprocess Americas 2018, Lectra will treat showgoers to their first glimpse of the newest smart manufacturing technology during the unveiling of Cutting Room 4.0. At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 22 at booth #409, attendees will be the first to experience the first-ever cloud-connected digital cutting solution, which combines a digital cutting platform data-hub with brand a new state-of-the-art single-ply cutting machine. The Lectra Cutting Room 4.0 will provide both furniture and fashion & apparel industries with new abilities in made-to-order and on-demand manufacturing, with mass customization and made-to-measure capabilities for fashion & apparel coming later. The new solution is now available commercially for the furniture market and will be available for the fashion & apparel market in late 2018.

“We are incredibly excited to unveil Lectra Cutting Room 4.0 at Texprocess. Our vast investments in R&D and many years of pilot testing have paid off and we are ready to introduce the apparel and furniture industries to this next-generation of smart manufacturing technology. Cutting Room 4.0 will change the game for apparel and furniture manufacturers who want to embrace on-demand manufacturing, customization, and efficient small batch production,” said Jason Adams, President, Lectra North America. “This new solution brings enormous benefits with the use of data and production intelligence to continuously optimize processes.”

Following the unveiling, attendees will have the chance to experience the Cutting Room 4.0 digital platform and singly-ply cutting machine, as well as Lectra’s mainstay multi-ply automated cutter, through a series of live demonstrations. The expert-led demonstrations will take place at Lectra’s booth on the hour throughout the three-day show. Lectra’s suite of industry leading software for design, development, and pre-production — including 3D prototyping, pattern making, marker making, nesting and cut order management — will also be available for private demonstrations. A full schedule of live hardware demonstrations and the booking system for private software demonstrations can be accessed here.

While interactive technology will be the main event, not to be missed are educational symposiums focused on two of the industry’s hottest topics: Industry 4.0 and the Digital Cutting Room. Lectra technology and industry experts Frederic Gaillard, vice president of Product Marketing; and Jason Adams, president of Lectra North America, will share their vast knowledge in both global supply chain issues and cutting room technology during two educational symposiums set for Tuesday, May 22 and Wednesday May 23.

The Cutting Room – Connecting the Value Chain for Every Textile You Touch

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 at 1:30pm

Frederic Gaillard, Vice-President Product Marketing, Lectra Cutting Room

As automated cutting has evolved over the last 50 years, the cutting room has played an integral part in connecting the textile value chain from design through to the sale. New and emerging technologies are bringing new efficiencies to cutting rooms by allowing manufacturers to customize their cutting systems and peripherals by application, and seamlessly pass data from one area of the value stream to the next. Attend the Texprocess Americas Symposium Advisory Council on Automated Cutting and listen to industry experts discuss the evolving cutting room and its growing importance in the textile manufacturing process.

How Industry 4.0 is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 2:45pm

Jason Adams, President, Lectra North America

This session will cover how millennials are disrupting the fashion supply chain and how technology is leading the 4th Industrial Revolution. Topics to explore will include: Industry 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, How machines communicate with other machines, How machines communicate with people and track their performance, Global drivers of manufacturing automation and implementation, Robotic Sewing systems, Additive Manufacturing, and more.

Posted May 4, 2018

Source: Lectra

Starlinger: 300th Conversion Line For AD*STAR Block Bottom Valve Sacks

VIENNA, Austria — May 4, 2018 — The production of robust sacks is not only based on high-quality polypropylene fabric made from woven tapes, but also on precise sack conversion. In the case of AD*STAR block bottom valve sacks, this important process step is performed on the conversion line ad*starKON. In early 2018, the 300th line of this type was installed on the Philippines.

The Philippine-based packaging manufacturer Sakomoto International Packaging Corp. supplies the local cement industry with AD*STAR sacks made of polypropylene fabric. In Caloocan City in the Philippine district Metro Manila, Sakomoto operates numerous tape extrusion lines, circular looms as well as lines for coating, printing, and sack conversion from Austrian world market leader Starlinger.

“There is a long-standing customer relationship between Starlinger and Sakomoto,” explained Franz Steiner, who has known the customer since 2009. “Both sides value the excellent cooperation on the level of sales, service, and management.” Sakomoto produces around 500 million sacks every year – a figure that will increase even more, as the installed capacity is constantly extended to supply the growing cement market with packaging. Philippine cement plants are increasingly recognizing the numerous advantages of AD*STAR sacks over paper sacks, causing the market share of AD*STAR sacks to rise continuously. In early 2018, two sack conversion lines were commissioned at Sakomoto; notably, one of these machines is the 300th ad*starKON delivered by Starlinger. Furthermore, both machines belong to the first ones of the new generation ad*starKON HX.

Intelligent sack conversion on the ad*starKON HX

The new series ad*starKON HX features extremely precise sack conversion at an operating speed of up to 140 AD*STAR sacks per minute. This increase in output of about 40 % compared to its preceding model is mainly achieved with the feature iMOVE, which dynamically adjusts bag transportation. For the customer, this means not just higher efficiency, but also lower energy costs and reduced manpower, as a higher number of sacks is produced in the same amount of time with the same energy consumption. Apart from capacity, product quality plays an important role in sack production: This quality is perfected with the features iSHAPE and iPATCH, which ensure that each sack receives a precisely formed bottom and tailored cover and bottom patches. Other advantages of the line are the easily accessible dual stacking unit as well as the large format range for the production of sacks with a capacity of 4.5 to 100 liters. In addition, both lines at Sakomoto are equipped with the optionally available microperforation unit microSTAR+ for high air permeability and the quality management system qualiSTAR II.

Advantages in handling, storage, and transport

AD*STAR sacks are ideally suited to packaging dry bulk goods such as building materials due to their high break resistance coupled with a low deadweight. The brick-shaped sacks are extremely tight and robust, which results in enormous advantages in handling, storage, and transport. In cement filling, the excellent suitability of the sacks for use on the most modern filling lines as well as automatic palletizing is essential considering that a smooth packaging process saves time and costs. Sack quality also has a positive influence on the working conditions in cement filling plants, as the tightness of the sacks significantly reduces the creation of dust. And the environment likewise benefits from the use of AD*STAR sacks: Low breakage rates save material as well as CO2 because there is no need to replace any damaged goods or packaging – a clear advantage over sacks made of paper or recycled polypropylene.

AD*STAR® is a registered trademark. AD*STAR® sacks are produced exclusively on Starlinger machinery.

Posted May 4, 2018

Source: Starlinger & Co. Ges.m.b.H.

Campus Laundry’s Pro-Environment Practices Certified for Three More Years

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — May 4, 2018 — Campus Laundry,  a Southern California-based healthcare launderer with plants in Turlock and La Selva Beach, Calif., and Reno, Nev., has been recertified Clean Green, reflecting the company’s dedication to standards for operational efficiency and sustainability. The certification quantifies linen, uniform and facility services’ environmentally friendly performance by confirming an operation launders within TRSA-designated water and energy use thresholds; and verifies use of best management practices (BMPs) in line with the ASTM International environmental laundering standard.

Campus Laundry’s customers can be assured their reusable healthcare textiles are washed, dried and finished with processes that maximize sustainability and reduce greenhouse emissions. Clean Green certified operations demonstrate significant commitment to conservation and green operations through these BMPs:

  • Recovering heat from drained hot water and heat dispersed from the process of warming water;
  • Recapturing drained water from rinses for reuse;
  • Using environmentally friendly detergents;
  • Removing solids and liquids from wastewater;
  • Solar energy and energy-efficient lighting;
  • Recycling programs;
  • Re-routing trucks to save vehicle fuel; and
  • Spill prevention plans.

Campus Laundry earned Clean Green certification initially in 2014. The designation is valid for three years at a time. TRSA inspects laundry facilities seeking certification and approves documentation of their water and energy use and BMP deployment through production reports they submit to auditors during the inspections. TRSA’s certification management protocol includes auditor training by the association’s inspection program administrator.

Clean Green aligns with the ASTM International standard, Guide for Sustainable Laundry Practices, which recognizes key criteria for the certification as universal indicators of maximum sustainability in commercial laundry work. ASTM’s review of TRSA BMPs verified these as the most effective and practical techniques for a laundry to achieve green objectives.

TRSA members prompted development of the standard, which was vetted in the sustainability subcommittee of the ASTM Committee on Textiles. Top technical experts, scientists and environmental professionals from outside the linen, uniform and facility services industry reviewed the BMPs. ASTM is the global leader in developing and delivering voluntary consensus standards unparalleled in building consumer confidence in product and service quality.

“I applaud Campus Laundry for their ongoing sustainability efforts and maintaining the highest standards in their production and delivery operations,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “Meeting all the criteria for certification is not easy, but the company is committed to industry-leading processes and technologies.”

Posted May 4, 2018

Source: TRSA

SAHM Celebrates 40th Anniversary In United States

40-SAHM-USFOUNTAIN INN, S.C. — SAHM, a provider of winding technology, is pleased to announce its 40th anniversary in the United States. At Techtextil North America—  to be held May 22-24, 2018, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta — SAHM will celebrate with its customers and partners the successful co-operation.

“We wanted to honor those who have made our success here in the US possible — our customers and team members,” said Jimmy Cranford.

Angelika Huemer, owner of SAHM’s parent company the Starlinger Group added: “After 40 years in the USA, our commitment to this market is stronger than ever. With our recent investment in a top-of-the-line facility, our promise of unmatched service remains true as much today as it has in the past.”

Posted May 4, 2018

Source: Sahm

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