ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 Exhibitor Preview: Americhem

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — October 8, 2018 — Americhem — a designer and manufacturer of custom color masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds and performance technologies — has developed new innovative additives for the fibers industry. Americhem will exhibit these three key innovations at the upcoming ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 tradeshow in Shanghai, China, from October 15-19, 2018. Americhem will be in Hall H2 at Booth C28.

The first leading technology exhibited will be Americhem’s masterbatch of Deep Dyeing for PET synthetic fibers, which uses dispersed dyes. This additive has significant advantages specifically for fine denier yarn such as PET/PA6 bicomponent fiber. These advantages include, but are not limited to: dyeing time reduced by 40%, enables darker dyeing, dosing flexibility, reduction in effluent treatment costs, and imparts a soft feel.

The second cutting edge product is a masterbatch of Catonic dye for PET synthetic fibers, which replaces ECDP. This innovation provides huge benefits to RPET applications. Some benefits of this masterbatch are that it can be blended in bright, semi-dull, and full-dull PET, enables deeper and darker dyeing, environmentally friendly with complete dye bath exhaustion, and is supplied in crystalline form.

The third inventive development is a masterbatch of Stain Resistance for PA6 synthetic fibers that provides superior stain fighting performance, which is widely used in carpeting and apparel.

Americhem will also be featuring its legacy technologies in antimicrobials and UV stabilization, which are pillar additives in synthetic turf, automotive seating fabric, carpet, and textile industries.

“Americhem has always been on the cutting edge of technologies in the plastics industry, but as the company’s years of experience in the fibers/textiles segments grew, so did Americhem’s niche in this market,” states Stanley Teoh, vice president/managing director of Asia Pacific, Sales & Marketing. “Now, Americhem’s R&D team is constantly testing and developing new innovations in the fibers industry on a global scale.”

Posted October 8, 2018

Source: Americhem

TRSA Succeeds At Reforming California Title 22

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — October 5, 2018 — TRSA’s efforts to reform California’s Title 22 code, which regulates the laundering of healthcare linen, took the final step to passage when California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the legislation into law. Gov. Brown signed the bill on Sept. 20.

The legislation, AB 2679, sponsored by Assemblymember Patrick O’Donnell (D-Long Beach), will give TRSA operators flexibility in processing healthcare linens to use lower wash temperatures and shorten the wash time.

“This bill is a great opportunity for the healthcare sector of the linen, uniform and facility services industry,” said Kevin Schwalb, TRSA’s vice president of government relations. “Operators will soon have flexibility in laundering healthcare linens. The final version allows for much quicker implementation of the flexibility than the original language.”

More specifically, the new law would, on or before Jan. 1, 2020, require each general acute care hospital and acute psychiatric hospital, including those facilities that use a medical laundry service provider, to adopt and implement a linen laundry processing policy that is consistent and in accordance with the most recent infection control guidelines and standards developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

“Jan. 1, 2020, is the deadline for developing new laundering policies,” Schwalb said. “The sooner facilities can adopt new policies, the sooner operators will have flexibility in processing linens. This would not have occurred if it was not for those individuals that took time out of their schedules to attend the California Legislative Conference to tell the industry’s story.”

Posted October 6, 2018

Source: TRSA

Handcraft Linen Services Achieves Clean Green Certification

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — October 5, 2018 — Handcraft Linen Services, the Richmond, VA-based independent medical launderer, has been certified Clean Green, reflecting the company’s dedication to operational efficiency and sustainability. Linen, uniform and facility services companies receive this distinction by adhering to TRSA-designated water and energy use thresholds and deploying best management practices (BMPs) consistent with the ASTM International environmental laundering standard.

Handcraft Linen Services’ 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
  • Spill prevention plans

The Clean Green certification 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 Handcraft Linen Services for their 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 October 6, 2018

Source: TRSA

Universal Fibers Wins Environmental Excellence And Community Impact Awards

ABINGDON, Va. — October 5, 2018 — Universal Fibers® was awarded best of honors for Environmental Excellence and Community Impact by the Southwest Virginia Alliance of Manufacturers. In an effort to strengthen its position as a world-leading region of advanced manufacturing, the SVAM is a collaborative non-profit organization dedicated to uniting educational institutions, workforce development boards and state organizations with partnered manufacturers based in Southwest Virginia.

For nearly 50 years, Universal Fibers has taken great pride in its position as world leaders in sustainability. “More than our eco-processes in manufacturing and sustainable products, we believe true sustainability begins by ensuring safe practices and healthy environments for our dedicated Associates and local communities in which we live and serve,” said Ranae Anderson, Global Sustainability leader. “We are thrilled to be recognized and wish to thank the SVAM for honoring Universal Fibers with these two very prestigious awards consistent with EnLIST®, our four point commitment to environmental stewardship.”

As first to market solution-dyed synthetic fiber in a broad color palette, a virtually waterless dyeing process, Universal Fibers has led the industry with sustainable innovation including pre-consumer recycling, post-consumer recycling and its latest introduction of Thrive®, the most sustainable solution-dyed high performance type 66 carpet fiber in the world.

Posted October 6, 2018

Source: Universal Fibers

IKEA Supplier Fluvitex Opens New Ohio-Based Textile Production Facility

The 123,000-square foot Fluvitex factory outside Columbus, Ohio manufactures fiber-filled pillows, comforters, and cushions sold by IKEA
The 123,000-square foot Fluvitex factory outside Columbus, Ohio manufactures fiber-filled pillows, comforters, and cushions sold by IKEA

COLUMBUS, Ohio — October 3, 2018 — On Wednesday, October 3, 2018, the long-term IKEA supplier, Fluvitex, celebrated the grand opening of its first U.S.-based production facility. The factory will bring about 80 new jobs to the Columbus, Ohio area.

In the new 123,588 square-foot facility, Fluvitex will produce bedding textiles that include fiber-filled quilts, pillows and cushions — all for IKEA customers in North America and potentially also supplying IKEA’s coming South American expansion.

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Nora Zullo, Purchasing & Logistics Manager Americas for Inter IKEA Group, tours the factory with Fluvitex CEO Lluis Masias

“We wanted to find more efficient textile production than what we had available. IKEA started collaboration about seven years ago in Spain with the machine supplier Masias and its subsidiary Fluvitex. Together we designed a new concept that increased the production efficiency by about 50 percent. Now we take this concept to the United States,” said Nora Zullo, purchasing and logistics area manager for Inter IKEA Group in the Americas Region.

The factory will produce about two-thirds of the quilts, cushions and pillows sold through IKEA stores and the Web in North America. The efficient production closer to the selling markets will also result in reduced carbon dioxide emissions.

“IKEA is constantly striving to offer our customers better, more sustainable products at lower prices. We can’t do this alone. Long-term partnerships with suppliers are essential to our business model, and this event today is a great example of such a partnership,” Zullo said.

To IKEA it is important to have suppliers who share the IKEA values.

“Fluvitex and IKEA share common values and business idea. For example we have been inspired to comply with, and go even beyond the IKEA Code of Conduct, IWAY,” said Lluís Masias, founder and CEO of Fluvitex.

The new facility will provide about 80 new jobs for the residents of the Columbus area.

Located in central Ohio, the Columbus Region offers excellent logistics opportunities for supplying the total U.S. market.

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Innovative factory automation developed by Fluvitex will provide significant productivity gains
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Fluvitex CEO Lluis Masias addressed the gathering and offered thanks to a number of Fluvitex and IKEA people who made the operation a reality
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In the factory, shells of pillows, comforters, and cushions are filled with fiber filling and stitched together, and the final products go to IKEA stores and distribution centers in North America.

Posted October 5, 2018

Source: Ikea AB

EFI Appoints Bill Muir As New CEO

FREMONT, Calif. — October 4, 2018 — Electronics For Imaging Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors has named William (Bill) D. Muir as its new CEO. Muir was most recently the COO of Jabil, a product solutions company. His appointment is effective October 15, 2018, when he will also join the Board of Directors.

Muir succeeds Guy Gecht, who informed the Board he intended to step down as CEO upon the appointment of his successor, as the company announced on July 30, 2018. Gecht will remain a member of the Board of Directors and will be an advisor to the CEO.

“Bill is going to take EFI to the next level,” said Gecht. “At Jabil his experience and track record included scaling multi-billion dollar businesses, driving execution and setting the firm’s strategic direction. This background uniquely prepares him to be the next CEO of EFI. I look forward to watching him lead EFI and helping him in any way he chooses as the Company continues to lead the digital transformation of industries globally where colorful images matter.”

Gill Cogan, chairman of EFI’s Board, noted, “In conducting a comprehensive search for the next CEO, the Board had the opportunity to speak with many highly skilled, strong leaders. Bill was our first choice, as his experience in managing a global manufacturing organization, track record in execution and leadership style most closely matched the characteristics we sought to successfully lead EFI in its next stage of growth, building on the legacy that Guy established over the last 20 years. I would like to once again convey the Board’s gratitude to Guy for his outstanding leadership, overseeing the transformation of EFI and driving the Company’s rapid growth to over $1 billion in annual revenues.”

“I am honored and humbled to join the EFI team,” said Muir. “I have developed a deep admiration for the culture of courageous innovation, technical leadership and customer care, and I look forward to leading our exceptional team as we work tirelessly to delight our customers and create shareholder value.”

Muir has spent the past 25 years helping innovative, leading brands bring exceptional products to the marketplace, including launching Jabil’s Blue Sky Innovation Center. He has a deep background in complex engineering and manufacturing honed over progressive leadership roles at Jabil, a $22 billion product solutions company with more than 100 facilities and 170,000 employees across the globe. Most recently, Bill served as Chief Operating Officer. Before that, he served as CEO, Global Manufacturing Services, which at the time was a $14 billion division of the company, and as president of Jabil Asia, where under his leadership the business tripled in less than four years. Muir holds both a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Florida.

Muir will join EFI’s third quarter earnings call, which is scheduled to take place after market close on October 29, 2018.

Posted October 5, 2018

Source:  Electronics For Imaging

Ascena Retail Group Appoints Kate Buggeln New Lead Independent Director And Member Of The Board Of Directors

MAHWAH, N.J. — October 4, 2018 — ascena retail group inc. today confirmed the previously announced retirement of Randy L. Pearce became effective, and announced the appointments of Kate Buggeln as lead independent director and Carrie W. Teffner as a member of ascena’s Board of Directors, effective immediately.

Kate Buggeln, a current member of ascena’s Board, succeeds Pearce as lead independent director. Buggeln has been a member of ascena’s Board since 2004. She is currently chair of ascena’s Leadership and Corporate Governance Committee and also serves on its Audit Committee. In her added capacity as lead independent director, Buggeln will preside at executive sessions of the independent directors and serve as liaison between the independent directors and the Chairman of the Board.

Buggeln is a business growth advisor and strategist. She was a Senior Advisor with Irving Place Capital, LP, from 2012 to 2018. Prior to joining Irving Place Capital, Buggeln was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development for Coach, Inc., where she led strategies to maximize franchise momentum and enter new categories and markets. She also spent many years as a retail consultant at LakeWest Group Ltd. and Coopers & Lybrand LLP, where she advised retail companies on business strategy, operations, e-commerce and supply chain.

“We are grateful for Randy’s leadership over the past 13 years,” said David Jaffe, chairman and CEO of ascena retail group. “We are thrilled to have Kate assume this new lead role. Her background in strategic planning, marketing and new business development has been invaluable to us. That expertise, combined with Kate’s deep knowledge of ascena, will serve us well moving forward.”

“I am incredibly proud that ascena’s independent directors have asked me to serve in this role,” said Buggeln. “I look forward to leveraging their considerable talents, my Board history and knowledge in service of our stockholders.”

In addition, ascena has appointed Carrie W. Teffner as a member of its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Teffner, currently executive vice president Finance and Strategic Projects of Crocs Inc., will assume Pearce’s role as chair of the Audit Committee, and as a member of the Compensation and Stock Incentive Committee.

Teffner is a tenured retail executive with an extensive 30-year background in strategy and operations. At Crocs, she has led a company-wide transformation to improve quality of revenue and profitability. Prior to joining Crocs in 2015, Teffner served as executive vice president and CFO at both PetSmart Inc., and Weber-Stephen Products LLC. Previously, she served as senior vice president and CFO at Timberland and spent 21 years at Sara Lee Corp. in a variety of senior leadership roles

“We are pleased with the expertise that Carrie brings to ascena, and how well both she and Kate complement our Board membership,” said Jaffe. “As an organization that serves women and girls, having a board that is representative of our customer and associate base is critical. We believe that boards with gender diversity outperform in terms of profitability, governance and teamwork. With this appointment, we are proud that six of our 11 Board members are women.”

“I am honored to join ascena’s talented and diverse Board and I look forward to leveraging my experience with leading consumer brands to deliver value to ascena’s shareholders,” said Teffner.

Posted October 5, 2018

Source: ascena retail group

HanesBrands Donates More Than $2 Million Of Underwear, Socks And T-Shirts To Assist Hurricane Florence Victims

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — October 5, 2018 — HanesBrands announced today that it is donating nearly 350,000 pairs of underwear, socks and T-shirts to assist victims of flooding from Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and the Southeast.

Hanes is partnering with nonprofit charity Delivering Good to distribute essential basic apparel valued at more than $2 million to storm and flood victims who have endured relocation, lost homes, power outages and other hardships in wake of the hurricane and associated flooding.

“HanesBrands and its employees are longtime supporters of those in need in the aftermath of natural disasters here and around the world,” said Chris Fox, HanesBrands vice president of corporate social responsibility. “We know that victims of natural disasters have a tremendous need for the basics in life, including shelter, food, water and clothing. We are happy that we can assist in the long road to recovery after Hurricane Florence.”

The Hanes, Champion, Maidenform, and Playtex apparel is being shipped from the company’s distribution centers in Gastonia, Kings Mountain, Rural Hall and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and near Martinsville, Virginia.

Delivering Good, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit relief charity that helps the apparel industry aid those in need, will arrange for the apparel donated by HanesBrands to go to the following relief agencies in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina:

  • Georgia: Caring for Others, Atlanta.
  • North Carolina: Fayetteville mayor’s office and Second Harvest Foodbank of Metrolina, Charlotte.
  • South Carolina: Aid Unlimited, Fort Mill

In the past decade, HanesBrands has donated more than 5 million items of clothing under its Hanes For Good corporate social responsibility philanthropy efforts to assist natural disaster victims in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Japan and elsewhere.

For those who want to help Delivering Good in its relief efforts by donating new apparel or cash, go to www.delivering-good.org/disaster-relief/. Every $10 donated enables Delivering Good to distribute more than $100 of new product to relief agencies serving those in need.

Posted October 5, 2018

Source: HanesBrands

Deckers Brands Division UGG Celebrates 40 Years

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — October 5, 2018 — A brand that has always defied convention, UGG® (a division of Deckers Brands) celebrates four decades with “UGG: 40 Years”, a global campaign which launched on October 4th. From what started as a men’s surf brand in 1978 and transcended into a fashion industry authority, UGG continues to show what it means to live the California lifestyle by being bold, provocative and free-spirited. Adorned with boldly colored poppies, California’s state flower, the campaign pays homage to that legacy and features current ambassadors, model Adwoa Aboah and designer Heron Preston, who have played a role in the brand’s success this year.

From free-spirited surfers to provocative fashion designers and California creatives, UGG has embraced bold, unapologetic individuality for 40 years,” said Andrea O’Donnell, President, Fashion Lifestyle Brands. “What the UGG brand stands for is more important than ever and this year we celebrate who we are now and look onward with excitement to the next 40 years.”

To celebrate this important milestone, the brand envisions a new future that’s still deeply rooted in its past by teaming its most popular icons with icons in fashion, innovation, and art. These unique individuals represent the next generation of UGG.

  • Adwoa Aboah. With her bold personality, Adwoa Aboah rewrites the script of what it means to be a modern woman. A model and activist who has fronted campaigns for Chanel, Burberry, and Revlon. She challenges traditional standards of beauty, champions unconventionality, and builds a safe space for women to discuss mental health, sexuality, and body image without stigma and shame through Gurls Talk, a platform she founded with her best friend.
  • Heron Preston. A genre-bending artist, creative director, content creator, designer, and DJ, Heron Preston carves his own path in the fashion industry through his commitment toward innovation, experimentation, and unpredictability. His unconventional style has led to collaborations with Virgil Abloh, Nike, Kanye West, and the NYC Department of Sanitation. His relationship with UGG was teased during Coachella, when Preston put his spin on a limited run of UGG Classic II Mini boots with the designer’s signature pull tab and logo. The brand’s full collaboration will launch in 2019.

Additional cast members will be unveiled throughout the month of October.

“UGG: 40 Years” was shot by photographer and visual artist Erik Madigan Heck, who is known for creating elaborate and surreal environments in his work. Heck brings a fine art sensibility to the campaign by reimagining iconic California landscapes, such as Big Sur and the Redwood Forest in saturated imaginative sets with vibrant colors and bold patterns, such as the sea of poppies, California’s state flower.

On October 4th, UGG hosted an exclusive event to celebrate its 40th anniversary and global brand campaign at the iconic Hollywood hotel Chateau Marmont. Campaign stars Adwoa Aboah and Heron Preston were joined by Vanessa Hudgens, Teyana Taylor, Justine Skye, Luka Sabbat, H.E.R., SIMIHAZE, Hailey Clauson, Cozy Boys, Gianni Lee, Amanda Steele, Anne Winters, Neels Visser, and more to fete the momentous occasion. Celebrating the brand’s past and future, the event featured musical performances by H.E.R., Cherry Glazerr and Heron Preston, and included art installations by Gianni Lee and Cleo Wade. After H.E.R. performed, she announced her role as the new UGG brand ambassador and star in the brand’s Autumn/Winter 2019 campaign.

UGG also ushers in their 40:40:40 Collection to commemorate the milestone. The limited-edition collection reissues its most beloved styles in the brand’s original colorway, Sand. The capsule includes 40:40:40 branding in Women’s, Men’s and Kids’ with prices ranging from $55-$180.

The limited-edition collection is now available at UGG® stores worldwide, ugg.com and at the select global wholesale accounts while supplies last.

  • North America: Nordstrom
  • Europe: Office (U.K.), Printemps (France) and Breuninger (Germany)
  • Japan: Isetan Shinjuku

Posted October 5, 2018

Source: UGG

Vineyard Vines, Sperry Announce Multi-Season Footwear Collaboration

STAMFORD, Conn. — October 5, 2018 — Vineyard Vines, the lifestyle brand best known for its smiling pink whale logo, announced today a new footwear collaboration with the iconic American footwear brand, Sperry. With a shared love for the water, the two brands have partnered on a multi-season collection for men, women, kids and baby that draws inspiration from their East Coast roots and passion for sailing. Launching October 4, 2018, the premiere collection will be available for pre-sale at vineyardvines.com, sperry.com and select vineyard vines stores, followed by a more extensive Spring assortment hitting in early 2019.

Reflecting the aesthetics of both brands — vineyard vines’ classic design approach and Sperry’s renowned craftsmanship, the exclusive footwear collection will launch with Sperry’s Authentic Original boat shoe and the Seaside Slip-on adorned with vineyard vines’ signature whale designs and unique patchwork prints. Retail prices range from $40.00 to $125.00.

“We started our company with the mission to create quality products inspired by living the Good Life with our family and friends, much like Paul Sperry did over eighty years ago,” said Ian Murray, vineyard vines CEO and co-founder. “The Sperry collaboration is a perfect and fitting partnership between two American brands. We couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with the Sperry team.” Shep Murray, vineyard vines CEO and co-founder adds, “We have always been a fan of their shoes and excited for our two brands to come together.”

“This collaboration represents the ultimate partnership of two iconic New England-based brands.  We are excited to collaborate with vineyard vines on a capsule collection of shoes,” says Tom Kennedy, president at Sperry. “This initial release, which features vineyard vines heritage prints on Sperry’s most-loved silhouettes, evokes the nostalgia of simpler times, youthful fun, and family vacations at the shore.”

Posted October 5, 2018

Source: vineyard vines

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