Seamless Transition To New USTER Sales And Market Leadership

USTER, Switzerland — February 5, 2018 — Uster Technologies has announced plans for a phased evolution in key senior management positions. Progression to the next leadership generation will see Harold Hoke (executive vice-president, sales and service) and Walter Kiechl, the company’s chief officer in China, step back gradually, to foster a seamless transition over the next year.

After 37 successful years with USTER, Hoke will be succeeded by Anson Xu and Andreas Tanner, under a new organizational structure. Xu will head all the Chinese operations, while remaining as head of sales in China. Tanner will become Executive Vice President Sales and Service for the rest of the world, as well as handling liaison with machinery manufacturers.

The new appointments will take effect from April 1, 2018. However, Hoke will continue with Uster until at least March 2019, assisting the new appointees with the take-up. He will also remain a member of the company’s executive committee, as well as assuming full responsibility for other projects. On completion of these duties, Hoke will enter his retirement.

Andreas Tanner is already well-known within Uster and the wider textile community. His experience, passion, determination and accountability, will assure strength, continuity and stability of the Uster business.

In making the changes, Uster Technologies has focused on advance planning, to ensure customers experience a smooth and efficient continuation of their relationship. Said CEO Thomas Nasiou: “We have taken the opportunity to have a fresh look at our organization, to position ourselves for the future. By initiating an early search for internal and external candidates, we are confident we have identified the right successors, as well as creating a streamlined transition plan.”

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: Uster Technologies

TVF Introduces High-Definition Textiles By Georg+Otto Friedrich

CARMEL, Ind. — February 5, 2018 — Top Value Fabrics has introduced its new line of High-Definition Textiles by Georg+Otto Friedrich, engineered specifically for brilliant graphics displays.

“Georg+Otto Friedrich (G+O) is a world-renowned leader in manufacturing innovative textiles, and TVF is proud to be the North American distributor for G+O,” explains Jeff Nonte, Print Media director, Top Value Fabrics. Nonte adds, “G+O’s commitment to excellence yields premium fabrics with incredible color clarity, consistency and definition.”

The new line relaunches fabrics that were previously offered by Pacific Coast Fabrics, which TVF acquired last year. TVF has strengthened the partnership with G+O to stock the collection through expanded, nationwide distribution. TVF’s newly introduced line of High-Definition Textiles is comprised of a full range of styles, with options in backlit, blockout, mesh, flag and frontlit display fabrics.

“One of G+O’s most popular fabrics worldwide is Microlux Soft 8179WFLBS,” says Mike Compton, Product Marketing Manager of Print Media for Top Value Fabrics. Compton adds, “This fabric offers outstanding performance for upscale backlit displays. Another favorite is Heavy Deko-Stretch 8488GFS, which is an award-winning solution for event and retail applications where a stretch fit is required. Heavy Deko-Stretch is engineered with equal 4-way stretch in width and length. The resulting dimensional stability alleviates installation issues traditionally associated with stretch fabrics since the fabric doesn’t wrinkle or skew after installation.”

“We’re fortunate to have so many outstanding partners in the industry, and the partnership between TVF and Georg+Otto Friedrich is highly valuable,” shares Chris Fredericks, president, Top Value Fabrics. Fredericks adds, “G+O invests heavily in research and development to stay on the forefront of textile technology. That’s important to our team as we continue to advise our customers on advancements that deliver market-leading graphics experiences for their customers.”

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: Top Value Fabrics

Archroma And WWF Pakistan Pledge To Work For Sustainable Water Conservation Solutions

REINACH, Switzerland — February 5, 2018 — Archroma today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Pakistan). The MoU paves the way for formal cooperation between the two institutions in Pakistan, leading to projects mainly related to water conservation in the textile industry there.

Both parties officially signed the MoU in a recent ceremony at the Archroma Center of Excellence in Karachi.

The MoU will build strong ties between Archroma and WWF Pakistan’s initiatives in promoting sustainable practices within the textile industry using Archroma’s technical expertise toward zero liquid discharge, software simulations in production lines, and the Archroma ONE WAY Process Simulator tool, together with research methodologies in reducing water consumption and re-using water. Both institutions will jointly strive to raise awareness amongst the textile sector through training programs by introducing new process models with a futuristic approach.

Speaking at the occasion, Mujtaba Rahim, CEO, Archroma Pakistan Ltd., said: “We at Archroma are very proud to join hands with WWF for a cause that is close to our heart, and we strongly believe that water conservation is the key to the sustainability of our industry. We believe in continuous improvement, and through this important initiative we are confident to improve upon the depleting water reserves, especially in Sindh. Water conservation by recycling and reuse will definitely save fresh-water reservoirs. The technical expertise of our team and enthusiasm of WWF Pakistan in conserving natural resources is an ideal partnership and we look forward to working on many projects in the future.”

“WWF Pakistan has a number of conservation projects to its credit,” commented Zahid Sultan Jadoon, director Operations, WWF Pakistan. “Currently, water is one of our major focus areas. The MoU with Archroma adds to our endeavor in water-saving measures. Our joint collaboration with the textile sector will definitely result in introducing production facility improvements.”

The offices of Archroma Pakistan in Karachi are certified “Green Offices” and Archroma is a recipient of the prestigious “Eco Innovation Award” from WWF Pakistan. The Sustainable Effluent Treatment (SET) plant of Archroma at Jamshoro is a unique facility within the industry of textile dyes and chemicals manufacturing. It operates toward zero liquid discharge having 80% water recovery thus saving millions of liters of fresh water.

As a result, for decades, the neighboring community has been receiving approximately 11,000 gallons of clean, fresh drinking water daily, absolutely free of cost.

In 2014, the SET facility attracted the attention of the Alliance for Water Stewardship, which presented Archroma with a “Global Water Stewardship Award” at the Global Water Summit in Paris in 2014.

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: Archroma

BRÜCKNER Sets The Course For The Future

LEONBERG, Germany — February 5, 2018 — Due to the strong demand for BRÜCKNER lines in the last years, an enlargement of the production capacity was indispensable for the German technology supplier. There were no possibilities for expansion at the previous production site in Tittmoning (Bavaria), so that the company came to the decision to build a completely new site near Tittmoning, at a distance of a few kilometers from the previous site. The company management never even thought of moving the production abroad since by doing so the company would lose invaluable employees and thus decades of experience and know-how. The ground breaking in September 2016 was followed by a one-year construction period. In November 2017 Brückner began step by step to move the production to the new production site. In spring 2018 the moving will be terminated.

The new plant comprises 25,000 square meters of construction hall area and is provided with the latest production technology. Since this is a completely new building, all optimization potentials regarding material flow and work place design could be used. The increasing sizes and weights of the machinery components were considered in the selection of the height of the hall and the type of the installed crane systems. Thus, crane systems for the lifting of weights up to 20 tons and crane hooks in a height of 12 meters are available for the final assembly.

The increasing sales success during the last years and the systematic expansion of Brückner’s nonwovens sector had a significant influence on the decision to build this new site. In 2017, Brückner sold in the TECHNO-LINE NONWOVENS product line several lines for the production of geo-nonwovens, light nonwovens consolidated with bonding agents for the medical sector, voluminous thermo-fusioned filler nonwovens for the furniture industry and thermo-fusion ovens for ADL, topsheet and backsheet for the hygienics industry.

Particularly in the field of hygienic nonwovens, a trend shows towards products of a better quality with a smoother hand and of more uniform texture. With the development of a new generation of air-through oven, Brückner created the preconditions to provide customers all over the world with the technology to produce these high quality end products. The successful sales of the new oven generation SUPRA-FLOW BA to renowned nonwovens producers all over the world confirms once again the innovation power of Brückner. Particular attention was given to a gentle transport of the not yet bonded web, a particularly uniform air flow through the web as well as a constant temperature distribution across the complete working width. Important findings from very different thermal treatment systems of related BRÜCKNER product lines could be integrated into the construction design.

The new oven type is characterized among other advantages by the following constructive features:

  • gentle fabric transport;
  • minimum thermal energy required;
  • high flow uniformity;
  • constant temperature distribution across the working width;
  • best possible accessibility of the oven chambers;
  • easy to maintain;
  • flow-optimized air circulation;
  • use of belts with special coating with good detaching characteristics;
  • working widths of up to 4200 mm in the standard design; and
  • production speeds up to 200 m/min.

The continuously increasing number of inquiries for this new type of oven shows that the extensive development efforts were definitely justified and that the new belt oven corresponds absolutely to the market requirements.

Brückner’s nonwovens experts will with great pleasure present in a personal meeting the benefits of the SUPRA-FLOW BA air-through oven in detail to interested customers.

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: Brückner

Dartex Coatings Acquired By Trelleborg AB

SLATERSVILLE, R.I.— February 5, 2018 — Dartex Coatings Inc. has been acquired by Trelleborg Coated Systems, a business area of Trelleborg AB, Sweden.

The Rhode Island transfer coater and custom laminator will continue to operate from its existing premises in Slatersville and will retain its existing management team.

David Ripley, managing director of Dartex said: “This is a very exciting time in the development of the company, and as a management team we see this as a tremendous opportunity to further consolidate the company’s position as the world’s leading specialist producer of technical medical coated fabrics.”

“Dartex Coatings Inc. has been based in Rhode Island since the 1990’s, and we remain committed to maintaining this legacy of manufacturing and investment here.”

Trelleborg Coated Systems is based in Milan, Italy, with the Trelleborg Group head office located in Sweden.

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: Dartex

Treves TSC Becomes Tesca — New Name, New Ambitions

PARIS — February 5, 2018 — Trèves TSC group, an automotive textiles and seat components expert, is now Tesca.

Driven by new shareholders who invested in 2016, the group is launching its new strategy for design and manufacture of automotive interiors. The new name Tesca illustrates the group’s wish to differentiate the company and accelerate its internal and external growth.

“Along with the name Tesca, we are announcing our values and goals: creativity, innovation and worldwide presence dedicated to the automotive industry. As a privately owned, medium-sized company among the large automotive system suppliers, we focus on providing a premium level of service. With our 2,800 employees, we generate more than 200 million euros in sales, and are planning to double by 2025,” explained Tesca CEO Carl de Freitas.

The importance of R&D: a new research center

Tesca has announced a new R&D center, with a brand-new building located near Reims France, east of Paris, which will boost the development of innovative seat components with over fifty people, mostly engineers.
The research centre has a prototyping unit that serves for short-cycle development for car manufacturers. “We have other R&D branches in Wolfsburg, Barcelona, Wuhan, Detroit and Mumbai, for greater proximity to our customers, but the teams are guided from France. With this new R&D center, linked to our design office in Paris, our teams are focusing on our ‘Challenge Creativity’ hallmark,” adds Mr de Freitas.

New facilities in the United States

In December 2017, the group established a foothold in North America through the acquisition of Custom Manufacturing and Assembly Inc. This buyout expanded the group’s geographic scope by bringing in two new sites — an office in Greenville, S.C., and a research and production centre in the Detroit suburbs — providing support to the American car manufacturers and to the group’s long-standing customers for their U.S. operations.

With its various geographical locations, Tesca is able to produce all over the world, including in Europe, Brazil, Russia, India, United States, North Africa and China.

What is the Tesca group?

Tesca is an expert in the design and manufacture of automotive textiles and seat components. Under new ownership since late 2016, the Group has 2,800 employees worldwide at 14 different locations, in Europe, North Africa, Russia, Asia, Latin America, and now North America. The Group is recognized for its innovative solutions in the global automotive industry and holds a significant number of patents for the design/manufacture of seat components such as headrests, armrests, seat upholstery, padding, and more.

In 2017, it generated sales of about 220 million euros.

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: TESCA GROUP

X-Rite Announces 2018 Color And Appearance Training In North America

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — February 5, 2018 — X-Rite Inc. and its subsidiary Pantone LLC today announced its 2018 Fundamentals of Color and Appearance Training Seminar in 13 locations throughout North America. The two-day seminar helps attendees understand color theory and appearance science in order to implement color quality standards in their organizations. Topics covered in the trainings include visual evaluation of color, communicating color specifications, color tolerances and instrumentation.

Today many brands and manufacturers are using metallic, sparkle, foil or other special effect finishes and varnishes to differentiate products and meet consumer demands. These effect finishes go beyond color to appearance and require a new approach to color specification and management, in order to reduce errors in production and improve quality control.

“We have expanded our popular color theory training to include appearance science providing attendees with an understanding of how texture, gloss, transparency and special effect finishes can impact a material’s appearance and lead to errors in production,” said Murphy Keeley, General Manager Americas, X-Rite. “X-Rite is very excited to be the only company offering this level of detailed training to brand owners to specifiers to quality control professionals. It is essential that anyone working with color understand both color and material appearance characteristics in order to improve specification, communication and quality control requirements for today’s complex materials.”

About the Seminar

The Fundamentals of Color and Appearance Training Series incorporates decades of color management experience and best practices and is presented by X-Rite color experts. This interactive seminar is ideal for color specifiers, quality control professionals, lab technicians and anyone who evaluates or approves color. Attendees can register for either the full two-day seminar or one of the individual sessions:

Day One: Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) training provides foundational elements of color theory and appearance science, the leading techniques for effective color management, as well as new ways to evaluate appearance characteristics. Attendees will learn how to measure, read, and evaluate color data in order to improve the speed and reliability of color communication across their workflow.

Day Two: Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control (FIQC) is a hands-on workshop where attendees use X-Rite spectrophotometers, light booths and software to create color standards, develop appropriate color tolerances, measure samples against target colors and analyze the results.

The seminar series commences on February 21st in Nashville, Tenn. Other locations include San Francisco; Cincinnati; Natick, Mass.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Toronto; Edison, N.J.; Atlanta; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Anaheim, Calif.; Houston; Naperville, Ill.; and Greenville, S.C.

The combined Seminar cost is $1,295. The individual cost for the Fundamentals of Color and Appearance Seminar is $595; and Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control Seminar is $895. A 15 percent discount is available for individual seminar classes using the coupon code “FUN2018”.

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: X-Rite

Turf Nation’s Playing Surface To Make Its Fourth Appearance In ‘The Big Game’ On Sunday

MALVERN, Pa. — February 2, 2018 — Turf Nation, a manufacturer of high-quality synthetic turf surfaces, is proud to have manufactured the playing surface that will be used for Sunday’s Game, to be held Feb. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

“Many vendors attempt to lay claim to the NFL’s biggest game,” stated Turf Nation President Sid Nicholls. “The surface at U.S. Bank Stadium, that will be utilized for The Big Game on Feb. 4, 2018, was proudly manufactured by Turf Nation.”

This is the fourth time in the last six years that an NFL Championship venue has featured a surface manufactured by Turf Nation — Turf Nation previously manufactured the playing surface for the 2013, 2014 and 2017 championship games at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, MetLife Stadium and NRG Stadium respectively.

Nicholls explained: “There are many good vendors in our industry. Turf Nation has manufactured 4 NFL surfaces, which is double the amount of the other vendors combined over the last decade. Our brand’s success is based on the recognition of prominent NFL clients and that the synthetic turf systems manufactured by Turf Nation optimize player performance and maximize player safety. It does matter what you play on!”

Keystone Sports Construction, an Authorized Dealer for Turf Nation, is also pleased with the success of the Turf Nation brand. “Congratulations to everyone associated with Turf Nation,” said Russell Lyddane and Chris Wright – the partners of Keystone Sports Construction. “It is simply amazing to have a 4th NFL Championship usage in last 6 years – obviously the NFL understands that it matters what you play on.”

Turf Nation’s NFL success, is a direct a result of how their turf systems are engineered to optimize sports specific performance and maximize player safety. Turf Nation’s synthetic turf systems are manufactured utilizing the highest grade C8 polyethylene fiber and Titanium Shield backing system, combined they ensure superior performance and durability. All components of a Turf Nation synthetic turf system are proudly manufactured in the U.S. and each surface is custom-designed to a team’s or school’s specific needs. All synthetic turf surfaces are field-tested by an independent laboratory prior to shipping.

Posted February 4, 2018

Source: Turf Nation

Far Eastern New Century Corp. Makes A Successful Bid For U.S. PET Plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan — February 2, 2018 — Far Eastern New Century Corp. (FENC) has successfully bid around NT$ 1 billion (approximately $33.5 million) for a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plant in Apple Grove, W. Va., and a research center in Ohio in the United States on February 1, 2018. The annual capacity of the PET plant is around 360,000 tons on a 424-acre site. It is a strategic action and will be FENC’s first production site in the U.S. The PET plant in Apple Grove was previous owned by M&G, which has filed for bankruptcy protection, and the closing shall be consummated subject to the bankruptcy court approval on February 2, 2018 Taipei time.

FENC is the top 5 PET producer globally in terms of capacity and was the first PET producer in Asia. Currently the company has PET production sites in Taiwan and China, with its new Vietnam PET plant to start operation in June 2018. With expansion in the United States, the company considered several factors: Regarding sales, the U.S. is one of the major FENC’s PET markets and an American based plant will be close to the company’s clients; Second, the U.S. has been increasing the non-tariff barriers to trade for importing to the American market (for example, U.S. producers continuously launched anti-dumping case against Taiwanese PET makers in recent years); Regarding production, a complete supply chain of the upstream feedstock has been built in the U.S. and tax reform bills have reduced corporate tax rates; This, in conjunction with cheaper energy cost, and the appreciation of the Taiwan Dollar against U.S. Dollar mean that now is an excellent time to invest in the U.S.

Posted February 4, 2018

Source: Far Eastern New Century

Newest SEWBOT® Workline: Digital Footwear Upper Workline

ATLANTA — February 1, 2018 — SoftWear Automation announced today the newest SEWBOT® workline is available for global pre-order. The Digital Footwear Upper Workline expands the patented SEWBOT® Pick-Place-Sew™ automation for fully-automated shoe uppers.

In 2017, the SoftWear Automation team went to Waalwijk, the Netherlands, to speak on the future of footwear. Waalwijk is a small Dutch town with more than 400 related footwear businesses including a tannery. It used to be the global epicenter for footwear given its proximity to the world’s largest port, dense forests and endless cows. Today, retail is almost all that’s left there. It’s a familiar story in manufacturing where jobs go to the lowest wage providers.

However, the story continues to evolve as supply side pressures mount; the industry doubles its efforts to focus on country sourcing strategies and places the customer experience on the back burner. With the launch of SoftWear’s Digital Footwear Workline it aims to put the “future of WOW” (put customer experience first) in a local supply chain on par with country sourcing.

The “future of WOW” in apparel and footwear manufacturing is how SoftWear produces a sewn good on demand with great variety, speed, quality, and low cost; and delivered to the customer within 3 days.

To enable this future, SoftWear is focusing on automation that can work without templates, without adhesives, and that is built with lean manufacturing at its core. SoftWear’s SEWBOT® workline for footwear uppers requires just one operator for four or more worklines, and is not subject to dye cutter imperfections, size, style or most material changes. Load in the vamps and overlays and sewn shoe uppers come out the other end.

With 70 percent of labor in the sewing and construction of the upper and 18 months from forecast to delivery, SoftWear’s worklines automate the most labor intensive part of a shoe and provide the cost and flexibility to produce goods anywhere in the world on demand.

Posted February 2, 2018

Source: SoftWear Automation

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