Evolon® New Generation Receives ECARF Seal Of Quality For Allergy-Friendly Products

COLMAR, France — September 4, 2018 — Evolon® New Generation made by Freudenberg has been awarded the prestigious European seal of quality for anti-mite bedding items. The fabric, which has only recently entered the market, specially meets the stringent testing criteria in terms of filtration performance and sleeping comfort. The seal of the independent European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation (ECARF) aims to help allergic patients select the appropriate goods and services, by certifying the quality of products as well as services according to strict standards.

Evolon New Generation is made from super-microfilaments that are half the thickness and twice the density of those used in the original Evolon. This increases its filtration performance significantly.

Furthermore, thanks to a perfect balance of breathability, permeability to water vapor and thermal insulation, Evolon New Generation provides the best combination of thermo-physiological properties for unparalleled comfort.

Evolon New Generation’s properties and protection deliver constant performance even after repeated washings at 95°C.

Whereas the original Evolon was already a perfect solution for the manufacture of anti-mite encasings that help allergy sufferers, Evolon New Generation now provides a specific solution to make feather-filled pillows and quilts, filtering even tinier allergens and dust particles. With its premium. appearance and luxury feel, Evolon New Generation creates also a new product for anti-allergy top-quality bed linen.

Evolon New Generation has also been granted the Oeko-Tex mark (standard 100, product class 1, attachment 6), which certifies it is free of harmful substances and suitable for contact with baby skin.

Ten years ago in 2008, the original version of Evolon had already been the first fabric for anti-mite encasings worldwide to be ECARF-accredited.

Posted September 4, 2018

Source: Freudenberg Performance Materials Holding SE & Co. KG

ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 Exhibitor Preview: Groz-Beckert

ALBSTADT, Germany/SHANGHAI, China — September 4, 2018 — The sixth ITMA Asia and CITME will be held in Shanghai, China, in 2018. From 15 to 19 October 2018, the leading trade fair in the textile industry will be welcoming people at the National Exhibition and Convention Center. Groz-Beckert will be present with all six product areas and receiving customers and partners at its booth in Hall 4, Booth D25.

In order to establish optimal communication in the Chinese market, the Groz-Beckert WeChat Account went online in 2017. Since then, the needle manufacturer has been providing weekly news on the company, its products and services, as well as the latest topics relating to all aspects of the Chinese textile market. As usual on WeChat, the content is published in Chinese – the Groz-Beckert Account also includes links to content in English. At the Groz-Beckert booth, visitors will have the opportunity to find out more about the company’s official WeChat Account.

The Knitting (knitting and warp knitting) product area will be presenting its portfolio for circular knitting, flat knitting, leg wear and warp knitting at ITMA Asia. The division will be placing a particular focus on a system-oriented approach: Thanks to extremely tight production tolerances, needles and system parts from a single source guarantee precisely coordinated tools for smooth interaction.

This year, a new acrylic exhibit of a sock machine rounds off the glass insights into the different knitting technologies. The exhibit demonstrates a wide range of Groz-Beckert products in different gauges – with needles and system parts for ten different models from the fields of socks and seamless hosiery. The Knitting division is also planning a wide range of promotions for visitors to the booth.

Whether cleaning, drawing-in, tying or weaving: As a system provider, Groz-Beckert offers a unique product variety with its Weaving division. Visitors can experience some of these products at ITMA Asia. The high-performance tying machine KnotMaster will be presented in the field of weaving preparation. It is characterized by a wide variety of functions, ranging from single and double knots and short knot ends, through to four knotting types and thread breakage monitoring.

Heald frames and healds, as well as warp stop motions, drop wires and the PosiLeno® leno system will be available for customers to experience in action in the WeavingLoom, a replica weaving machine made from acrylic glass. Four fabric strips will also be presented, highlighting the different applications, from leno to jacquard fabric. Illustrative hand samples of the weaving accessories harness frames and healds complete the Weaving exhibition.

As a development partner, Groz-Beckert has expanded its range for application advice with is own staple fiber needle punch line in the field of Felting (nonwovens) in the Textile and Development Center (TDC) in Albstadt, Germany. The system is available to customers and partners for tests and joint projects. Experience the staple fiber needle punch line live – this opportunity is now also available in Asia at the Groz-Beckert booth: The 3D-printed model in 1:18 scale impresses with its wealth of detail. The division will also be presenting its patented GEBECON® Felting Needle, which offers improved surface quality and optimal bending resistance. The EcoStar® Felting Needle is a real highlight for all applications with the highest demands for surface quality. It is characterized by its special working part cross-section, which has been reduced by 13 percent compared with the standard needle. The geometry of the EcoStar® thus creates a narrower contact angle of the fibers in the barb and thus achieves a higher fiber retention capacity.

For spun lace customers, Groz-Beckert will be presenting the innovative HyTec® jet strip. The significantly higher hardness and the spring-hard properties have a positive impact on all mechanical properties. Customers benefit from the significantly improved handling properties, optimal service life and high scratch resistance to damage when changing jet strips.

As a system provider, Groz-Beckert also offers all tool components – consisting of tufting needles, loopers, reed fingers and tufting knives, in the field of Tufting – all from a single source. The Gauge Part System from Groz-Beckert impresses with its controlled and coordinated selection of materials and adherence to the narrowest tolerances. The precise dimension coordination between all individual tools used forms the basis for a smooth interplay between the various components within the system. The Groz-Beckert gauge part system thus fulfills all requirements of rug and artificial lawn manufacturers for functionality, reliability and durability, delivering a remarkable cost-saving result.

A perfectly coordinated interplay between the clothings in the field of Carding achieves an optimal carding result both in the revolving flat card and in the roller card. The use of special clothing geometries in the nonwovens industry, like the worker and doffer wires SiroLock® and EvoStep® leads to better fiber control and a more even web. The SiroLock® card clothing also impresses with increased performance of the roller card, while EvoStep® card clothing focuses on saving raw material.

For the spinning industry, Groz-Beckert offers metallic card clothings, flat top and stationary flat clothings, as well as flexible strips. For processing synthetic fibers in particular, the company offers a special card clothing with a curved tooth profile: the synthetic doffer wire D40-30-52C CBF. This achieves a better fiber transfer from the cylinder to the doffer, thus creating an improved yarn quality and higher efficiency of the revolving flat card. Visitors at ITMA Asia can find out all the details and special features of the clothings offered by Groz-Beckert at the company’s booth.

The Sewing product area will be showing how the different stitch formation types work in detail at ITMA Asia. The individual stitch types differ in the number and geometrical arrangement of the threads and are divided into six basic types (classes 100 to 600). There will be an opportunity to experience the stitch type 605 (cover chain stitch) at the trade fair. It consists of three needle threads, one looper thread and a covering thread and is used for sewing bindings and fancy seams onto items of clothing made from knitted fabric. The acrylic replica of a sewing machine and an impressive animation bring the interaction between the machine, needle and threads to life at the Groz-Beckert booth.

Posted September 4, 2018

Source: Groz-Beckert

ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 Exhibitor Preview: Suessen

SÜSSEN, Germany — September 4, 2018 — Suessen will show the latest applications at ITMA Asia. The exhibition is held in Shanghai from October 15 to 19, 2018 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center. Suessen will welcome interested visitors in hall 1, booth D01.

As the leader in compact ring and open-end rotor spinning technology, the company will demonstrate the competence in handling and processing natural and man-made-fibres, focussing on efficiency and profitability in the spinning processes.

Suessen is looking forward to discussing the latest developments and their benefits:

The new EliTe®: The world’s leading, most utilized and versatile compact spinning system with new innovative components further boosting productivity and yarn quality. For existing installations, Suessen offers upgrade packages to enable the customers to participate in the benefits of the latest developments and innovations. The new EliTe® will be displayed on a Rieter ring spinning machine.

The EliTwist®Spinning System combines compact spinning and twisting of a plied yarn in one single production step, representing the most economical way to produce two-ply yarns.

The HP-GX Top Weighting Arms for short staple, roving and worsted spinning machines are equipped with finely tuned heavy-duty plate springs for frictionless load transmission. The HP-GX 3010 in combination with ACP Quality Package (Active Cradle with PINSpacer NT) reduces IPIs in cotton spinning up to 60% and Uster CV% up to 15%. It is the most suitable arm to replace the existing systems on ring spinning machines, while the given top roller equipment may be reused.

Premium Parts: Spinning components, spare parts and modernization packages for rotor spinning machines such as ProFiL®Rotors, ProFiL®Navels, SOLIDRINGs, PS7 TwinDiscs are most precisely manufactured to guarantee homogeneous yarn quality throughout the complete machine in order to ensure flawless textile fabrics.

Posted September 4, 2018

Source: Suessen

ITMA Asia + CITME 2018 Exhibitor Preview: Bräcker

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland — September 4, 2018 —  Bräcker will show the latest applications at ITMA Asia. The exhibition is held in Shanghai from October 15 to 19, 2018 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center. Bräcker will welcome interested visitors in hall 1, booth D01.

The Swiss based Bräcker is a leading manufacturer of key components for ring spinning machines. Bräcker will exhibit the well-known, high quality products and present the latest innovations.

Bräcker’s products enable spinning mills to increase their production output at an efficient price-performance ratio. The company will demonstrate the ability to generate additional customer value, by utilizing its expertise in ring spinning.

The surface treatment of the ONYX travellers facilitates a higher efficiency. The improved gliding characteristic allow for an increase of the spindle speed by up to +1000 rpm and prolongs the life of the traveller by up to +50%. On top of that the running-in period is considerably reduced.

The large contact surface between SFB traveller and ORBIT ring allows for increased spindle speeds even with fibers like Viscose or with fibers, tending to thermal damage, e.g. Polyester. Higher traveller speeds of 10 – 20% are achieved compared to the T-flange ring / C-shaped traveller system. To cover the new demands, the SFB traveller portfolio was substantially expanded in regards of traveller profiles and weights.

BERKOL® multigrinder MGL and MGLQ – the all in one grinder

The entire range of top rollers and long cots used in a spinning mill can be processed on only ONE single machine. Any execution of center guided top roller is ground fully automatically on the BERKOL® multigrinder. The multigrinder MGL/ MGLQ is a very flexible grinding machine for smaller and medium sized spinning mills with up to 50’000 spindles. Operating the machine is done only from the front side of the machine. The optimal ergonomics of the multigrinder allow for its efficient operation.

Posted September 4, 2018

Source: Bräcker

NTPT™ And Guenat S.A. Montres Valgine (GMV)-Richard Mille Announce The Opening Of New Cleanroom Production Facility

RENENS, Switzerland — September 4, 2018 — NTPT™, a world leader in lightweight prepreg materials and process automation technologies, is delighted to announce the opening of new laboratory facilities and a 300 square meter cleanroom production area at its headquarters in Renens. This new development is a step forward in the long-term collaboration with GMV-Richard Mille, which includes the exclusive supply of lightweight Thin Ply™ materials and solutions to Richard Mille horology, jewellery and writing instrument designs, as announced in February this year. The two companies have worked together since 2013.

The production facility is a state-of-the-art cleanroom dedicated to the manufacture of Quartz and other non-carbon fibre materials. The new NTPT-designed prepreg line features among other things antistatic bars, a suction unit and a new creel system, to prevent contamination and to ensure optimum quality output. The new one cubic meter autoclave has a maximum pressure of 10 bars and maximum temperature of 260˚C. With the capacity to produce 7500km of fiber and more than 7 metric tons of Thin Ply composites annually, this new line is a significant development and investment for the company.

The R&D equipment has been upgraded to increase development capacity and to facilitate improved time to market for new GMV-Richard Mille designs, and includes: Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA), Viscometer, Microscopes, and an Instron mechanical bench test.

Whilst exclusive to GMV-RM for horology, jewellery and writing instrument applications, NTPT welcomes enquiries from companies with other applications that also require a high level of contamination-free composite material.

On site at NTPT, GMV-RM will establish a showroom of its products, where clients and others can see how these high quality, specialised composites are developed and produced.

The NTPT project team, plus executives from NTPT and GMV-Richard Mille, attended the official opening on June 28, 2018, including: Richard Mille, founder; Dominique Guenat, co-founder and CEO of Guenat SA Montres Valgine; Yves Mathys, director, GMV; Tim Malachard, marketing director, Richard Mille; Marie-France Aubry, finance director, GMV; Francois Mordasini and Gerard Gautier, founders, major shareholders and directors of NTPT; Sebastian Sebayang, CFO, NTPT; Ludovic Chichignoud, COO, NTPT™; and Olivier Thomassin, project manager and GMV-Richard Mille key account manager, NTPT.

“We were pleased to celebrate the opening of the new facilities with the team at GMV-RM,” says Ludovic Chichignoud. “This is an exciting step for NTPT and GMV-Richard Mille, and for our collaboration, and one which now enables us to develop advanced and highly complex composite solutions more quickly for the unique Richard Mille designs.”

Posted September 4, 2018

Source: NTPT™


CTA Says New NAFTA Agreement Must Include Three Countries And Focus On Key Issues

ARLINGTON, Va. — August 31, 2018 —  The following statement is attributed to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, Consumer Technology Association (CTA), regarding President Trump’s notification to Congress of plans to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA):

“We’re encouraged by the open dialogue between the Trump and Peña Nieto administrations, working toward a modernized trade agreement that recognizes the technology sector’s critical role in American economic growth. At the same time, we are concerned that excluding Canada from a final agreement will limit our export opportunities and hurt the U.S. economy.

“Nevertheless, to maintain America’s innovation leadership a renegotiated agreement must: reduce barriers to digital trade by eliminating tariffs on content such as e-books and software; protect intellectual property rights and innovation with a balanced copyright approach including fair use and intermediary liability protections; eliminate technical barriers to trade; and recognize parity in rules of origin.

“The technology sector is critical to America’s economic growth and global leadership. We urge the administration to focus on these key innovation priorities as negotiations evolve.”

Posted September 3, 2018

Source: Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™ 


Port Houston Jumps To Top 5 U.S. Container Ports

HOUSTON — August 30, 2018 —  Due to continued strong growth in loaded containerized cargo, Port Houston has surged higher in the rankings of the top container ports in the United States.

Port Houston, which has been expanding rapidly in recent years, has climbed to become the fifth largest container port in the U.S., according to JOC Piers data covering the second quarter of 2018. Port Houston handled 1,057,964 twenty-foot-equivalent-units (TEUs) during that period and catapulted up from the sixth spot.

Port Houston is outpacing trade for the United States as a whole this year, led by strong imports, the data also shows. For example, during the first six months of 2018, Port Houston imports from the Trans-Pacific region jumped by 24 percent, a significant hike compared to overall U.S. Trans-Pacific imports, which increased by 5 percent.

Port Houston is the largest container port in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, handling about two-thirds of all the containers that move through the Gulf.

Port Houston is number one in the United States in foreign tonnage and is now is in the Top five for containers with Los Angeles, New York, Savannah and Long Beach. Houston continues to close the gap.

Port Houston, an operating port, has invested hundreds of millions of dollars on new infrastructure and technology at its two container terminals in recent years. As part of an aggressive strategy to leverage new technology and capacity to continuously improve the customer experience, that investment includes three new ship-to-shore cranes that were delivered to the Bayport Container Terminal earlier this month. New cranes also have been delivered to the Barbours Cut Container Terminal, a 40-year-old facility that is being extensively modernized. New upgrades to gate operating and terminal operating systems combined with a highly skilled workforce have created one of the most efficient container ports in North America.

The three newest STS cranes will make a total of 26 ship-to-shore operational cranes working at Port Houston’s container terminals, 13 of which are Super Post-Panamax.

Posted September 3, 2018

Source: Port Houston

Danish Robot Equipment Company OnRobot Acquires Unique Robotics Firm

ODENSE, Denmark — August 31, 2018 —  Within just one year, the new company Purple Robotics has developed an innovative vacuum gripper, the world’s first specifically for cobots. Purple Robotics has now been acquired by OnRobot, one of the truly significant robot industry endeavours. The acquisition takes place a mere two months after the OnRobot merger of three robotics companies from the United States, Hungary, and Denmark to create one global player with a strong focus on the market for industrial robot accessories.

Now, OnRobot in Odense, Denmark, adds another trail-blazing technology to the product mix. With the acquisition of the company Purple Robotics, OnRobot can now offer its partners the world’s first dual vacuum gripper. The gripper attracted international robot industry attention when presented by the inventors at Automatica, the world’s largest robotics fair, in Munich in June this year.

Purple Robotics was established by the three Danish ”super-nerds” Lasse Kieffer, Henrik Tillitz Hansen, and Peter Nadolny Madsen, all of whom have a background as product developers at the company behind the world’s first cobot, Universal Robots. And this is the valuable expertise which OnRobot is now fusing with its existing R&D department at their headquarters in Odense. Lasse Kieffer, Purple Robotics CEO, looks forward to joining the OnRobot organization together with his colleagues.

”It has been really good fun to create a brand new robotics company and to disrupt the market for vacuum grippers with our invention. It makes a lot of sense and creates significant synergy to join forces with OnRobot who have already created a strong, global sales organization. This means that we can focus 100 percent on developing the world’s coolest robotics products. Together, we can go far,” says Lasse Kieffer.

Already sold in 25 countries 3 months after launch

Since entering the market, Purple Robotics has experienced a veritable onslaught from partners worldwide wishing to be able to offer the product to their customers. Already three months after launching the product, 40 partners in 25 countries have concluded partnership agreements with Purple Robotics for the patented innovation.

The Purple Robotics dual vacuum gripper can, so to speak, give a robot arm two “hands” and thereby the ability to handle several items simultaneously and solving multiple tasks in one movement. Additionally, it has an electric pump integrated in the gripper itself, meaning that users need not worry about hoses, compressed air, and cables as with conventional vacuum gripper solutions.

The vacuum gripper meets a clear need in the global industry for efficient and flexible robot solutions which are simple and quick to commission. It takes less than 30 minutes to install the Purple Robotics gripper on a robot and start it up. The vacuum gripper is able to gently and efficiently handle items of many different dimensions, weights, materials, and shapes. The lifting capacity is 10 kilograms and the robot gripper is designed for use on a wide range of light-weight robots from all robot manufacturers.

“It must be easily conceivable to automate even small production batches. Otherwise, robot technology is not a good investment. This is why we hand pick the best and most user-friendly robot products and integrate them in OnRobot. We are extremely pleased to now be able to offer our robot partners and integrators the vacuum gripper, just as we look forward to being able to add the top class Purple Robotics robot developers to our development department,” says Enrico Krog Iversen, CEO at OnRobot.

The acquisition of Purple Robotics means that the Vacuum Gripper will be presented in the USA to robot equipment buyers at the IMTS fair in Chicago during September 10-15. After the spring merger of the three robotics companies OnRobot, Perception Robotics, and OptoForce, the OnRobot product range now features a wide assortment of robot equipment, including electric grippers, force-moment sensors, gecko grippers, and tactile sensors.

”We are now one step closer to our vision of offering ”one-stop-shopping” for buyers of robot accessories. Purple Robotics will definitely not be our last acquisition. We have our eye on a number of other, interesting companies around the world,” says Enrico Krog Iversen.

OnRobot has also recently welcomed another strong, international investor to the ownership roster — the American venture fund Summit Partners.

Posted September 3, 2018

Source: OnRobot

Coloreel Secures Distribution In Europe For Revolutionary Thread Coloring Unit

JÖNKÖPING, Sweden — September 3, 2018 —  Coloreel has now secured distribution in Europe through leading distributors of industrial embroidery machines and textile printers. The distributors will be responsible for sales, service and installation to all customers.

Coloreel has taken the first step in building a global distributors network, starting with Europe. Leading distributors in key markets for the embroidery industry have signed on to become the foundation of the network. With a well-structured maintenance organization, the distributors will be in charge of sales, installation and service in respective markets.

“Coloreel is the most exciting innovation to happen in the world of embroidery for the past 20 years! This technology will change the way many embroiderers work forever”, says Tony Dorsey, CEO at AJS Embroidery, Coloreel distributor for the United Kingdom and Ireland market.

The Coloreel technology enables high-quality instant coloring of textile thread while it is in the textile production. The first product to be launched based on this technology is a groundbreaking thread coloring unit that works with any existing industrial embroidery machine. By instantly coloring a white base thread during the embroidery production, Coloreel enables complete freedom to create unique embroideries without any limitations in the use of colors.

“We think that the Coloreel Technology will be the next step in the future of the Embroidery Business. No more color restrictions will help to create designs without any barriers”, says Torsten Preiss, CEO at Barudan Deutschland, Coloreel Distributor for Germany, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland (German-speaking part).

Because of the huge market potential and the clear trend in personalization, Coloreel will launch their product in Europe first. Most markets have joined Coloreels distribution network so far and more will join.”It’s one of those revolutionary game changers which are a full stop between past and future. We hardly understand how we were able to meet or keep in touch without smartphones only ten years ago or how we managed to travel everywhere without GPS. Very shortly we will think about how we’ve been able to embroider for so many years without Coloreel technology”, says Francisco Fandos, CEO at Grupo FB Maquinaria S.A., Coloreel Distributor for Spain and Portugal.

The next step is to extend the dialogue to potential distributors outside Europe. The goal is to expand the distribution network worldwide so that everyone can benefit from being able to use one thread with unlimited colors.

“With their many years of experience and expertise in the embroidery market; I feel confident that the distributors will be able to sell our revolutionary product, says Magnus Hellström”, vice president, Sales & Marketing, Coloreel.

The product launch of the Coloreel unit will take place at the high-tech fashion fair Avantex in Paris, September 17-20. At stand Z428, the customers will be able to meet with both Coloreel and the European distributors.

Posted September 3, 2018

Source: Coloreel

Kelheim Fibres To Present Transparent Viscose Specialty Fiber At Dornbirn

KELHEIM, Germany — September 3, 2018 — The viscose fiber Leonardo from specialty fiber manufacturer Kelheim Fibres is an extremely smooth and flat viscose fiber with a width to thickness ratio of up to 1:40. This geometry with parallel sides gives the fiber its unique characteristics: In wet laid nonwovens, Leonardo scores with skin friendliness and high liquid storage capacity, typical properties of viscose fibers, which are further improved in Leonardo. In contrast to other viscose fibers, however, Leonardo also offers high transparency — a property that is much sought after in cosmetic facial sheet masks in the Asian market. Here, transparency not only suggests a high load of moisture, but it also enables a discreet use of the mask even in everyday situations.

But transparency also offers benefits for other nonwovens products, e.g. for tea bags where the contents can be clearly seen. The possible applications of Leonardo are not limited to nonwovens either: processed into effect yarns, the transparent Leonardo fiber can provide a special look in textiles.

Leonardo — as all viscose specialities from Kelheim Fibres — is made of 100-percent renewable cellulose and is therefore fully biodegradable.
 Dr. Ingo Bernt from the Bavarian fibers expert’s R&D team will present Leonardo at this year’s Global Fiber Congress at Dornbirn. For further discussions and with a broad range of other speciality fibers, he and his colleagues will be available at Kelheim Fibres’ info point at the conference.

Posted September 3, 2018

Source: Kelheim Fibres GmbH

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