lululemon athletica inc. CEO Laurent Potdevin Resigns

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — February 5, 2018 — lululemon athletica inc., the healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel company, today announced that Laurent Potdevin has resigned as CEO and as a member of the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. lululemon expects all employees to exemplify the highest levels of integrity and respect for one another, and Potdevin fell short of these standards of conduct. The Board of Directors has immediately begun a search process for a proven and highly-experienced global CEO.

“While this was a difficult and considered decision, the Board thanks Laurent for his work in strengthening the company and positioning it for the future,” said Glenn Murphy, executive chairman of the Board. “Culture is at the core of lululemon, and it is the responsibility of leaders to set the right tone in our organization. Protecting the organization’s culture is one of the Board’s most important duties.”

In his newly expanded role as Executive Chairman, Murphy will focus on achieving long-term, sustainable results for all stakeholders. Three of lululemon’s senior leaders are being elevated and will take on additional responsibilities, reporting to Murphy: Celeste Burgoyne, executive vice president, Americas, will oversee all channel and brand-facing aspects of the global business, including stores and e-commerce, as well as brand marketing; Stuart Haselden, COO, will have responsibility for all operations related to finance, supply chain, people, and technology; and Sun Choe, senior vice president of Merchandising, will guide all aspects of product development, design, innovation, and merchandising.

Murphy added: “The Board is entirely confident that Celeste, Stuart and Sun — three leaders deeply tied to the recent momentum in the business — can continue to execute on lululemon’s growth strategy and drive global performance. Based upon their contributions to the recent expansion of the business, their history of collaboration with one another and their strong support across the lululemon organization, we believe this trio of leaders will take lululemon from strength to strength.”

Today, lululemon also reaffirmed its updated guidance provided on January 8, 2018, that reflects the ongoing momentum of the business. In addition, the company’s growth strategies remain on track to achieve $4 billion in revenue in 2020. The company’s continued success in the market it created is rooted in its strong connection to its guests and vertically integrated business model; embodiment of the active, mindful lifestyle; and category-disrupting product innovation that blends fashion and function.

Biographies

Glenn Murphy

Executive Chairman of the company, and Chairman of the Board

Glenn Murphy has taken an active role in the strategic direction of the company since joining the Board in 2017. He has more than 30 years of success leading retail organizations to grow and succeed. He is the founder and CEO of FIS Holdings, a consumer-focused investment firm deploying a combination of operating guidance and capital flexibility. From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Murphy served as Chairman and CEO at Gap Inc. during a period of global growth and improved financial performance. Previously, Mr. Murphy served as Chairman and CEO of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation and held senior leadership roles at Loblaw Companies.

Celeste Burgoyne

Executive Vice President, Americas

Celeste Burgoyne, Executive Vice President, Americas, will continue to oversee all channel and customer-facing aspects of the North American business, including stores and e-commerce, and will now add oversight of the company’s international regions, as well as brand marketing. Burgoyne joined lululemon in 2006 to lead the U.S. expansion and has since held a series of roles of expanding responsibility, including Senior Vice President, Retail, North America where she was responsible for overseeing all Canadian and U.S. retail. Celeste started her career with Abercrombie & Fitch, where she held various leadership positions during her 10 years with the company.

Stuart Haselden

COO and CFO

Stuart Haselden, COO, will continue to oversee all operations related to finance, supply chain, legal and technology, and will now add oversight of our strategic planning and people & culture functions. Stuart joined lululemon as CFO in 2015. Prior to joining lululemon, his career spans 15 years of executive leadership at global apparel retailers, including Saks Incorporated and J. Crew Group, Inc., where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer.

Sun Choe

Senior Vice President of Merchandising

Sun Choe, Senior Vice President of Merchandising, will continue to oversee merchandising and will now add all aspects of product design, innovation and development to her portfolio. She joined the company in 2016 as Chief Global Product Merchant with extensive experience in senior leadership roles at well-known brands, including Madewell, West Elm and Urban Outfitters.

Posted February 6, 2018

Source: lululemon athletica inc.

Epson Launches New Digital Fabric Printing Microsite For Fashion Designers

NEW YORK CITY — February 6, 2018 — Today at its annual Digital Couture Project fashion and technology showcase, Epson America introduced a new microsite — “Epson Brings Technology & Fashion Together” — dedicated to connecting digital fabric printing technology and solutions to fashion designers and entrepreneurs. The new site provides fashion designers with an informative digital fabric printing destination, offering solution-based guidance for a range of digital fabric printing applications including, dye-sublimation, direct-to-garment, and direct-to-fabric printing on a variety of fabrics. The “Epson Brings Technology & Fashion Together” microsite also connects fashion designers directly to digital fabric printers to help advance the integration of digital fabric printing technology in today’s design workflows.

“Digital printing technology has changed every industry it’s touched, and now it’s revolutionizing the fashion industry by offering fashion designers amazing new ways to produce their designs on a range of fabrics,” said Mark Radogna, Strategic Marketing, Epson America Inc. “The digital fabric printing market is evolving quickly, and as the leader in this innovative new product segment, Epson is taking the lead to help educate fashion designers about the benefits of this emerging technology.”

For fashion designers, Epson digital fabric printing technology provides many benefits over traditional methods of printing fabrics for fashion design.

  • Brilliant Image Quality — Printing fabrics digitally produces high quality prints with virtually unlimited color and design options.
  • Reliable Performance — In most cases, a digital textile printer can print designs on the same fabrics that designers typically screen print to in as little as seven working days, compared to weeks or even months.
  • Design Without Limits — When printing fabrics digitally, design choices are virtually unlimited – nearly anything that can be designed on a computer can be printed onto fabrics.
  • Print on Virtually Any Fabric Type — Epson has a digital fabric printing solution for virtually any fabric type – from polyesters and blends to natural fibers such as silks, cotton, linen, wool, and rayon.
  • Better for the Environment — Digital fabric printing provides significant reductions in both water and electricity consumption when compared to traditional methods of fabric printing. For many fabric printers, digital fabric printing can reduce water use by up to 90 percent and electrical usage by up to 30 percent.
  • Affordable, Scalable Solution – Digital fabric printing offers an excellent performance-to-price ratio with reliable productivity to meet your business needs.

The “Epson Brings Technology & Fashion Together” website is available at epson.com/fashion.

Posted February 6, 2018

Source: Epson America

Fashion Trends Get New Shades: Archroma Brings To Première Vision Its Eco-Oriented Approach With Special Focus On Color Atlas, Reference For The SS19 Inspirations By MintModa 

REINACH, Switzerland — February 6, 2018 — Archroma will showcase the latest in its advanced color-management solutions at Première Vision Paris, Hall 6 Booth 6U2. The Color Atlas system will also be featured in MintModa’s SS19 seasonal inspirations, presented on February 14, 2018, at Hall 5, Room 504, at 3pm and 4pm.

Color Atlas: a game-changing system for fashion design

How many shades can creativity have? The Color Atlas by Archroma®, through no less than 4,320 hues and color swatches, truly gives shape to any imagination. This is Archroma Color Management’s groundbreaking platform specially devised to address the needs of designers, brands, retailers, and manufacturers, enhancing creative possibilities for the industry as well as manageability and time to market through key complementary tools:

  • The Color Atlas Library is the six-volume physical reference to the 4,320 color swatches and cotton poplin samples, secured yet easily removable and absolutely intuitive to be browsed thanks to the accordion-fold design of the catalogues. A compact edition of the Color Atlas is also available, including the very same color variety while being slimmed down from six to two volumes for increased portability.
  • Color Atlas Online is the mobile-friendly designer’s companion to find the perfect color matching while on-the-go or in the office. Through this feature, it’s possible to capture an inspiring image using a smartphone and immediately identify the closest Color Atlas shade palette, with the possibility to purchase a color sample instantly. A new patent-pending technology powered by NFC, exclusively introduced by Archroma, also adds swatch-specific information to each Engineered Color Standard, giving retailers, brands, and mills instant access to dye recipes and more color information than ever. The online system also allows to create personal special collections of colors or products that can also be shared, both internally and with suppliers.

The colors of SS19 trends by MintModa, in collaboration with Archroma

During Première Vision, SS19 seasonal inspirations by MintModa will also highlight the main trends for the new collections, with color ranges referenced using Color Atlas by Archroma.

On February 14, both at 3pm and 4pm at Hall 5, Room 504, Sharon Graubard (Founder/Creative Director of MintModa) will introduce a highly visual and emotive presentation that captures the zeitgeist with four compelling SS19 color and style narratives. Each design story is told with evocative, style-centric imagery from global runway and street, consumer profiles, beauty and wellness, art, architecture, and other culturally impactful touchpoints. This presentation identifies emerging influences relevant to all design industries.

A limited-edition MintModa x Archroma SS19 color card will be distributed to all attendees.

Archroma: enhancing textiles for over a century

A pioneering color engineering in textile and fashion is what characterizes Archroma since its very beginning, building upon a heritage dating back to 1886. Delivering innovations that are driving sustainability in the industry further is a key component of Archroma contributions to its industries, to name just a few of its most recent award winning products:

  • The EarthColors patented method, which delivers a range of “biosynthetic” dyes for cotton and cellulose-based fabrics that are made from waste left over by the agricultural and herbal industry after extraction, such as almond shells, saw palmetto, or rosemary leaves. The latest in NFC technology on product hangtags enable transparency and traceability through the supply chain to consumers.
  • The ADVANCED DENIM dyeing technology, which allows savings of up to 92% in water, 87% in cotton waste, and 30% in energy, compared to a conventional denim dyeing process.

“MintModa reveals the hidden influences – art movements, fashion history, societal shifts – that inform future trend direction,” stated Sharon Graubard, Founder/Creative Director of MintModa. “Color Atlas by Archroma is an indispensable tool for us. Its intelligent and intuitive design speeds the process in the creation of our market-right seasonal palettes.”

Chris Hipps, Global Director of Archroma Color Management services, explains: “At Archroma, we do know that the fashion industry’s players at any level are constantly in search of tools, services, and supporting systems that help them face – even anticipate – the most demanding creative and productive challenges. The extensive color coverage and innovation we provide, with clear recipes quickly and easily delivered, really make the difference in this highly diversified market.”

Posted February 6, 2018

Source: Archroma

Saurer Launches The Innovative Allma TechnoCorder TC2 Into The Tire Cord Market

KEMPTEN, Germany — February 6, 2018 — The Tire Technology Expo 2018 takes place from February 20-22, 2018 in Hanover and offers visitors the world’s premier technology showcase with exhibits of equipment and materials covering the complete spectrum of the tire manufacturing process. The Saurer trade fair team will welcome you at booth 4016 in hall 20 and looks forward to presenting you the Allma TechnoCorder TC2 as innovative machine for tire cord production as well as latest developments in the tire cord twisting and cabling processes.

For the first time Saurer Twisting Solutions will exhibit the Allma TechnoCorder TC2 at the Tire Technology Expo. The high-performance two-for-one twisting machine has been optimized for the production of tire cord. Visitors will be shown the multistage twisting process of hybrid yarns for the carcass and cap ply as well as the production of chafer material.

Further innovative developments at the Allma CableCorder are the production of balanced 3-ply tire cord as well as the possibility to produce hybrid yarns both in the two-for-one and cabling process.

The Allma CableCorder CC4 with patented energy saving technology stands for highest efficiency. The cabling machine, which has been awarded the Saurer E³ label for triple added value, has won over the market. The innovative technology allows for energy cost savings of up to 50 percent and reduces the number of yarn breaks by up to 50 percent. Furthermore, it offers low noise emission and simple machine handling.

The Saurer trade fair team takes pleasure in welcoming its customers and interested visitors to booth 4016 and informing them on the future twisting and cabling technology.

Posted February 6, 2018

Source: Saurer Technologies GmbH & Co. KG

Spinnova Appoints Leena Ruusuvirta Raw Materials Specialist

VAAJAKOSKI, Finland — February 6, 2018 — M.Sc. (Chem) Leena Ruusuvirta has been appointed specialist in the fiber technology company’s R&D team as of February 1, 2018. Ruusuvirta will help Spinnova’s team in its raw material development.

Ruusuvirta joins Spinnova from catalyst manufacturer Dinex Ecocat, where she was a laboratory team leader. Prior to this she has been a research scientist with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, working with micro fibrillated cellulose that Spinnova also uses as raw material.

This recruitment is part of Spinnova’s growth and operational expansion this year.

“We are at an exciting growth phase this year, and many events taking place now are taking the Spinnova fibre closer to commercialization. We have also had a chance to recruit a new colleague and welcome Leena to our team,” said Spinnova CEO Janne Poranen.

Posted February 6, 2018

Source: Spinnova

Downlite Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary

MASON, Ohio — February 5, 2018 — Downlite is celebrating its 35th anniversary as a leading comfort solution provider. Founded as a down and feather processing company over 100 years ago, Downlite transformed from its humble roots 35 years ago to expand and become a consumer products company with the goal of bringing innovative and superior comfort to all through bedding products and fill materials for outerwear.

“Since inception, Downlite’s drive has stemmed from a mutual respect for our customers, vendors, employees and partners – and a passion for enhancing lives and delivering innovative products,” said Josh Werthaiser, Downlite CEO.  “From that foundation, along with our relentless pursuit of improvement, and good stewardship, Downlite has pioneered many trailblazing innovations across all aspects of our business.”

For its 35th anniversary, Downlite is revamping its sustainability, e-commerce, consumer insights, quality and compliance, and stewardship efforts to build a best-in-class company of the future that provides world-class products and innovations. The company is also revamping and reorganizing internally to provide even better service, innovations, and information to its customers.

“As part of our 35th anniversary celebration, and our commitment to sustainability and our environment, we are donating 1 percent of our e-commerce sales to 1 percent for the Planet,” said Brian Parnes, CIO/CMO. “Our commitment to being good stewards to our employees, customers, and the planet, started long ago and will continue to grow as we expand our partnerships and market presence.”

In addition to everything Downlite has achieved in the past, the company is gearing up for an even brighter future with several new innovations planned for launch this year as part of its anniversary celebration. Downlite is also extending a series of new deals each month to customers to bring better sleep and superior comfort to everyone.

Partnerships

Downlite has a long-standing and passionate commitment to our prestigious brand partners, which include: PrimaLoft®, Pendleton® Woolen Mills, Stearns & Foster®, Tommy Bahama®, Eddie Bauer®, Hanes®, Laura Ashley®, Jennifer Adams®, 37.5®, Allergy & Asthma Association of America®, 1% for the Planet®, Nikwax®, among others.

Posted February 5, 2018

Source: Downlite

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

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