Stäubli Successfully Presented State-Of-The-Art Technology At Dhakatex

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland — February 28, 2018 — This year again, the Dhakatex organizers could, after a less frequented opening day, register a satisfying number of visitors to the trade fair held from February 8-11 in Dhaka. Thus the importance of this trade fair has once again been underlined.

Many investors and weavers demonstrated their interest in Stäubli automatic weaving preparation solutions and shedding solutions for frame and Jacquard weaving which they could discover at several places on the fairground. “The high interest in our products does perfectly reflect the ongoing prosper investment activity in the country”, says Fritz Legler, sales & marketing manager of the weaving preparation solutions at Stäubli.

At the Spintex Technology SA (Stäubli agent) booth visitors could learn more about Stäubli values, and especially our aim to make customers getting out the maximum of their machinery, our tailor made trainings, technical support and the availability of our spare parts even years after purchase.

They could experience the latest generation of automatic drawing-in machines of the SAFIR line as well as the TOPMATIC 201 warp tying machine processing a cotton warp for denim, installed on its solid TPF tying frame. This proven ensemble offers long service lives and leads with its precise operation to short idle times during the warp change and to more meters of first quality fabrics. At the same booth a Stäubli cam motion could be seen. Weaving with this kind of cam motion assures gentle warp treatment, and the fully integrated levelling device prevents from overstretching the warp and avoids start-up marks, thus weavers can easily produce high quality fabrics.

Important presence of Stäubli shedding solutions at the fairground

The S3060 electronic rotary dobby, part of the latest S3000/S3200 series was presented in operation. Worldwide this machinery series is renowned for its reliability and adaptability. It is compatible with weaving machines made by all the major makers. Weavers can choose among several models the one perfectly adapted to their requirements.

Jacquard weavers could discover the SX electronic Jacquard machine (format 2688 with 2340 hooks) performing on a rapier weaving machine producing labels. Adaptable to all types of air jet, rapier, and water jet machines, the SX Jacquard machine produces excellent results in the form of flat, terry or technical fabrics, in formats up to 2688 hooks.

In a total, trade fair visitors could get a nice overview on must-haves of the Stäubli product range, which can support them facing the challenging market demands thanks to more productivity and longevity.

Posted February 28, 2018

Source: Stäubli

Transformative Innovation Key To Digital Printing

BornemanBy James M. Borneman, Editor In Chief

jborneman@TextileWorld.com

Rotary textile printing has a long history as the industry standard for high-output printing plants. The process is specialized and capital intensive. It demands a fabric inventory, screen inventory, an accurate color shop with formulations per pattern and colorway, and in most cases, a finishing department, inspection area and quality control lab.

The process of turning a design into a print involves the studio where artists turn designs into printable patterns. From there, the designs are engraved on rotary screens, one screen per color. There is a lot of time, energy and capital tied up before the printer prints the first yard.

For years, the promise of digital textile printing teased the industry as it slowly developed. For some time, digital printing was a sample and development tool for designers in a preproduction environment. It was expensive technology that found a niche in commercial printing in banner and signage businesses.

Then it happened — printhead development brought speed into the equation; dyes, inks and substrates improved; and the color gamut available to the printer increased. Scanning technology and computational power also expanded capabilities.

Today, digital printing technology has transformed the textile printing business and has expanded the business model. The technology is transformational enough to make traditional printers consider the technology, and reinvest out of rotary production to increase productivity, and reduce operating costs and industrial footprints.

Digital printing also is making its way into non-traditional manufacturing areas like apparel, where it is being adopted as part of an operation for both samples and production runs.

The entire process has changed. Simple concepts like design repeat — the design was engineered to fit around the circumference of the screen in a continuous manner — no longer are necessary in some forms of digital printing, and this provides a great deal of freedom for designers. Direct-to-garment printing reduces inventories and adds production flexibility.

Many textile processes have evolved through the years — think of when the loom became the weaving machine. Rotary still has its place, but new choices are making printers and non-printers evaluate how transformative technologies are impacting their businesses. Sometimes making obsolete, and other times offering opportunity.

The marketplace is responding with new shows and conferences to make the technology more accessible. In this issue, Executive Editor Rachael Davis presents a digital printing technology roundup, and she will cover the inaugural InPrint Industrial Inkjet Conference previewed in this issue. For printers and non-printers alike, digital printing could become an important part of your business.

One final note: TW editors would like to thank Janet Bealer Rodie for her many contributions to the magazine over the years. In particular, “Quality Fabric of the Month,” written by Janet for many years now, has long-been a reader favorite. Thank you, Janet, and enjoy your retirement.

January/February 2018

 

ANDRITZ To Supply A Complete Needlepunch Line For Geotextiles To Manifattura Fontana, Italy

GRAZ, Austria — February 28, 2018 — ANDRITZ has received an order from Manifattura Fontana — based in Valstagna, Italy, and part of the Belgian technical textile company Sioen Industries — to supply a neXline needlepunch eXcelle line for the production of geotextiles. Start-up of the line is scheduled for October 2018.

The scope of supply includes all of the machines from opening and blending to an automatic packaging system. The line incorporates cutting-edge Andritz technologies and equipment, such as:

  • a TCF-X high-capacity chute feed capable of processing long staple fibers;
  • an eXcelle card with 3.5 m working width;
  • the state-of-the-art ProDyn and Isolayer systems for weight evenness; and
  • high-speed needlelooms with the innovative Zeta drafters to fine-tune tensile strength parameters and boost the production capacity for lightweight fabrics.

For the first time in Italy, the line will feature air-through bonding capabilities in combination with calendering. It is targeted to become the most productive line in Europe.

Manifattura Fontana joined Sioen Industries, a publicly listed Belgian company specialized in technical textile solutions, in 2016. It has been manufacturing nonwoven geotextiles from synthetic fibers for nearly 50 years and is developing new solutions and improved products for separation, filtration, protection, drainage, and reinforcement. Manifattura Fontana is a leading company in the global geotextile markets and provides its customers with added-value geotextiles for many applications, such as the construction of roads, railways, reservoirs, dams, and tunnels, as well as for earthworks, foundations, erosion control, drainage, waste disposal, or containment.

Posted February 28, 2018

Source: ANDRITZ GROUP

Huntsman Expands HIGH IQ® Line

Singapore-based Huntsman Textile Effects has added HIGH IQ® Lasting Color, High IQ Lasting Color Eco and High IQ Lasting White products to its High IQ performance assurance program. Lasting Color protects textiles from dulling over time, and Lasting White features fluorescent whitening agents and stain management technologies to keep white bright and stain-free.

Lasting Color is based on NOVACRON® dyes; and the Lasting Color eco program centers on AVITERA® SE reactive dyes, which can reduce water and energy consumption by up to 50-percent compared to best-available technologies, according to the company. High IQ Lasting White features UVITEX® chemistry with environment-friendly fluorinated or non-fluorinated stain repellents and releases.

In order to participate in the High IQ program and use High IQ hang tags as for point-of-sale branding, mills must meet high-level requirements set forth by Huntsman. The program aims to help manufacturers produce high-performance textiles in bright whites and colors that last that also feature enhanced comfort, sun protection, reduced friction and water repellence.

“With our High IQ Lasting Color and High IQ Lasting White programs, we offer brands, retailers and mills a way to achieve better economic and environmental sustainability,” said Lee Howarth, Global Marketing Manager, Huntsman Textile Effects. “In today’s competitive global market, this means being able to cost-effectively produce fabrics that delight consumers with brilliant whites and vivid colors that stay and won’t wash away, backed by an assurance that they conform to stringent environmental standards.”

January/February 2018

Devan Introduces BI-OME® Brand, Develops R-Vital

Belgium-based Devan Chemicals has relaunched its known quat-silane antimicrobial product as BI-OME®. The rebranded line is multifunctional and is available in several combinations with other functional finishes to impart additional properties using one product. Bi-Ome Quick Dry combines the antimicrobial with a moisture management finish; Bi-Ome Stretch offers antimicrobial and stretch recovery properties; and Bi-Ome AV, is an advanced product featuring the antimicrobial properties as well as an antiviral component. According to Devan, Bi-Ome is both Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR)- and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-compliant, and Oeko-Tex® and bluesign® registered.

In other Devan news, the company has developed a line of patented encapsulation revitalizing agents to impart health and wellness functions to textile products. R-Vital is focused on anti-oxidants — such as ubiquinol — to boost protection against free radicals, ageing, pollution and ultraviolet rays. According to the company when added to textiles, the agents enter the skin and are then transported throughout the body. The products are environmentally safe and skin friendly.

January/February 2018

Archroma Adds To Smartrepel® Hydro Range, Tong Siang Using Ultraphor® KCB In CO2 Dyeing Process

Switzerland-based Archroma has added Smartrepel® Hydro AM, a universal water repellent suitable for all fiber types, to its Smartrepel Hydro range of non-perfluorocarbon (PFC)-based products. According to the company, Smartrepel Hydro AM’s advanced formula is based on a microencapsulated, highly-biodegradable technology that imparts breathable, durable and effective protection to outdoor and sportswear products. The product may be applied using both pad and exhaust processes.

“This advanced version of our Smartrepel technology combines, into one product only, two benefits that are sought after by outdoor brands and retailers: a nature-friendlier
chemistry, together with long-lasting, efficient water repellency for all fibers,” said Georg Lang, global head of Product Marketing Finishing, Textile Specialties, Archroma. “Smartrepel Hydro AM brings onto the market a positive alternative to conventional fluorocarbon-based water repellency products.”

In related news, Archroma reports its Ultraphor® KCB optical brightening agent is finding use in a carbon dioxide (CO2) dyeing process used by Tong Siang, Thailand, to produce white, high-performance sportswear. Tong Siang, a member of the Yeh Group, is using The Netherlands-based DyeCoo Textile Systems B.V.’s water- and process chemical-free patented technology in its dye house. Fabrics produced using this CO2 dyeing process are branded DryDye® fabrics by Tong Siang.

“While humans have used water to dye fabrics for more than 2,000 years, today water is an increasingly scarce resource that needs to be conserved,” said Andrew McDonald, global head of Business Development, Synthetic & Wool, Archroma’s Brand & Performance Textile Specialties Business. “DyeCoo’s CO2 dyeing process offers an important step forward, and we at Archroma are pleased to be able to help advance broader use of this eco-friendlier approach.”

January/February 2018

Navis TubeTex Acquires Consultex Spray Systems, Tandematic

LEXINGTON, N.C. — February 28, 2018 — Navis TubeTex, a provider of high technology finishing machinery to the global textile industry, announced its purchase of Consultex Spray Systems and Tandematic.

Consultex produces a proprietary, patented spray system used in the textile, film, nonwoven, paper, and battery industries. Its roto-sprayers accurately apply chemicals to a multitude of products with unequaled precision. Consultex President, Arne Niemann, will remain an integral part of the business.

Tandematic is the world leader of low tension feeding systems and tenter auxiliaries. For more than 45 years, the Tandematic brand has been the industry standard for unique, innovative solutions for web guiding, trimming and selvedge decurling.

Will Motchar, president and CEO, Navis TubeTex, commented: “we are very excited to add these companies and their great products to our group. They are perfect complements to our product line providing unique technologies and services that enhance customers’ operations.”

Posted February 28, 2018

Bulletin Board: January/February 2018

Houston-based Ascend Performance Materials has announced a price increase on nylon 6,6 polymers, compounds and fibers effective February 1. The company cited rising raw material costs as the reason for the increase.

The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA), Cary, N.C., has added a new Absorbent Hygiene Products Training Course to the educational options offered through its Professional Development Center. Dates for the course and full details can be found at inda.org/education. INDA also recently launched a “Career Corner” on its website where employers can view resumes of students interested in entry level career opportunities, internships and co-op programs in the nonwovens industry. In addition, INDA has issued a call for presentations for its Hygienix™ Conference 2018. The deadline for abstracts is April 2.

Renton, Wash.-based AIM Aerospace has achieved AS9100 Rev. D Quality Management Systems Certification for three plants in Washington State — Renton, Sumner and Auburn. The certification — developed specially for the aircraft, space and defense industries — certifies in part that the company has robust and sustainable processes in place to consistently deliver products on time, while mitigating risk.

Ellerbe, N.C., FilSpec USA recently joined the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) innovation institute as a Fabric Innovation Network member.

Black Mountain, N.C.-based Parameter Generation & Control — a manufacturer of humidity and temperature conditioning systems — is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Pindler, Moorpark, Calif., has introduced three new collections of decorative fabrics — the Andean Collection, the Indoor/Outdoor Sunbelievable™ Collection and the Fusion Collection. Each line is available at Pindler’s 16 showrooms across the country.

Cotton Incorporated, Cary, N.C., recently replaced its COTTON University™ educational resource for all things cotton with CottonWorks™, a new website designed to bring even more information and assistance to textile professionals in a more streamlined and easy-to-navigate manner. The site, located at cottonworks.com, offers online courses, webinars and videos, resources for problem solving, market and trend analysis, and real life education and support.

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Denim’s Cone Denim Parras and Cone Denim Yecapixtla operations, both located in Mexico, have received OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification for selected denim products. With certification awarded to China-based Cone Denim Jiaxing in 2015, the company reports it now has the capability to offer Oeko-Tex certified fabrics on a global basis.

Luxembourg-based Orion Engineered Carbons raised prices on all specialty carbon blacks January 1. The company reports the increases vary depending on the grade, sales region and end market application.

SEAMS, the National Association and Voice for the U.S. Sewn Products Industry, has launched a new visual brand identity and redesigned website located at seams.org.

BBPantonePantone, a wholly owned subsidiary of X-Rite Inc., announced the Pantone Color of the Year for 2018 is Pantone 18-3838 Ultra Violet.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of UV STANDARD 801 — a test for calculating the ultraviolet protection factor of a textile material. The standard was developed and created by the Germany-based Hohenstein Group, Switzerland-based Testex AG and Austria-based Institut für Ökologie, Technik und Innovation GmbH (OETI).

Brussels-based EDANA, the international association serving the nonwovens and related industries, has issued a call for papers for FILTREX™ Asia 2018. More information about submission requirements can be found at the event’s website accessed through edana.org’s conferences and symposia section. The deadline for entries is March 30.

The Cotton Egypt Association recently unveiled a new “Be Human” brand identity and digital platform to promote Egyptian Cotton™.

January/February 2018

January/February 2018: Textile Activity At A Glance

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January/February 2018

ASICS Brand Expands In Boston With Grand Opening Of Creation Studio And New Executive Hires

BOSTON — February 27,2018 — Today, ASICS officially opens its doors to the brand’s new Creation Studio at 125 Summer Street in Boston. The Creation Studio brings together teams driving key areas of the business including footwear apparel, equipment, marketing, digital and commerce. ASICS now holds a significant bicoastal presence in the United States, in both Irvine, Calif., and Boston.

“There is great momentum behind our brand right now and we are incredibly proud of the Creation Studio located in the heart of downtown Boston,” said Gene McCarthy, president and CEO, ASICS America Corp. “This space creates an environment that not only pays homage to our founding principle, a Sound Mind in a Sound Body, but enables creativity and collaboration for our teams to drive this brand forward.”

The new space was designed to epitomize the brand’s Japanese craftsmanship and attention to detail, encouraging the pursuit of mental and physical health and well-being. Neutral colors and natural materials including wood veneer wall panels and a branded living plant wall bring a calming and natural element into the environment, reminiscent of a Zen rock garden. Undulating white louvers and wood veneer panels are applied to vertical surfaces, creating texture and depth at each corner. The louver system also creates organic movement throughout the space which compliments a raked sand filled garden.

IA Interior Architects led the project with ASICS and according to Reetika Vijay, AIA Leed AP at IA Interior, “It was incredibly important for the brand to remain true to their heritage, while making their mark in Boston. Drawing inspiration from the brand’s Japanese roots resulted in an innovative, yet tranquil, multifaceted environment.”

New Leadership Team

Over the last six months, ASICS has made significant moves across their leadership team to recruit new talent and key industry executives. The Boston-based team now includes Andrew Richard, vice president of Commerce; Ian Dickinson, vice president, Footwear Merchandising; and David Ayers, vice president of Apparel. Further, Koichiro Kodama has been appointed vice president, Corporate Strategy; and Joni Lee Gaudes has been named vice president, General Counsel. Kodama and Gaudes will both be based in Irvine.  Additionally, the marketing team adds new talent to their roster under the direction of Sarah Bishop, vice president of Marketing. The hires include: Katelyn Nugent, director of Performance; Ben Cesar, director of Sports Marketing; and Karen Menez, director of Communications.

Boston Community Impact

As part of ASICS’ commitment to the Boston community, the brand is announcing (through their partnership with PHIT America), that 10 local schools will implement the Morning Mile Program. The program gets kids up and running every morning in schools where physical education programs have either been reduced or discontinued. The first school to enact the program is the Michael J. Perkins Elementary School with additional schools to follow in the upcoming months.

“We are thrilled to have a leading global brand like ASICS expand in Boston,” said Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City of Boston. “We look forward to seeing this brand grow and thrive in our city and we are extremely grateful for their community impact efforts to get our kids moving.”

In celebration of the opening, Mayor Walsh and McCarthy came together with ASICS athletes, three-time Olympian and World Champion track and field athlete and bobsledder, Lolo Jones (U.S.), and three-time World Champion wrestler and 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Jordan Burroughs (U.S.), to officially open the Creation Studio and announce the ASICS community impact initiative with PHIT America.

Office details:

  • Address:
    • 125 Summer Street, Floor 2 Boston, MA 02110
  • Square Footage/Workspace:
    • 18,818 USF workrooms;
    • 2 showrooms with operable partition; and
    • Café space with whiskey bar and branded Green Wall.
  • Employees:
    • 96 total seats;
    • 76 workstations;
    • 6 offices; and
    • 14 bench seats.

Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, meaning “A Sound Mind in a Sound Body,” is an old Latin phrase from which ASICS is derived and the fundamental platform on which the brand still stands. The company was founded more than 60 years ago by Kihachiro Onitsuka and is now a leading designer and manufacturer of running shoes, as well as, other athletic footwear, apparel and accessories.

Posted February 27,2018

Source: ASICS

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