Redwave Global Announces Partnership With Under Armour

PITTSBURGH — November 21, 2017 — Redwave Global, a Pittsburgh-based science technology company, announced its partnership with fitness conglomerate Under Armour Inc. to provide restorative apparel to consumers nationwide. This collaboration brings state-of-the art Athlete Recovery Sleepwear to the market, now available on the Under Armour website. Redwave is proud to provide the technology behind such an innovative sportswear design.

From lounge pants to comfortable Henley shirts, each piece restores players to their full potential in preparation for the next performance. Chairman of the Board Dr. Shannon Vissman understands the importance of athletic drive, stating, “It’s not about the sport, but the ability to push the human body to the edge that turns a person into an athlete.” Redwave emphasizes the essential healing process, helping players to practice self-care.

Chair of the Technology Committee of the Board, Dr. Alan Letton, explains the forward-thinking and innovation behind this wearable technology. “By harnessing the physiological benefits of Far Infrared, we created therapeutic apparel able to improve health as it’s worn – making recovering from an all-out effort faster, easier, and more efficient,” states Letton. The first wave of wearable recovery products officially launched in January 2017 at the Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dr. Vaugh McCall, who specializes in psychiatry and health behavior at the Medical College of Georgia, attests to the technology’s further ability to improve sleep. “How one sleeps at night affects focus, performance, and overall functioning during the following day. Using Redwave’s technology, this new line works to restore the body, assuring you’ll rest easy and wake up refreshed.”

Posted November 21, 2017

Source: Redwave

SCAD Partners With Reese Witherspoon And Draper James To Design Capsule Collection

ATLANTA — November 20, 2017 — The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is partnering with Draper James, Reese Witherspoon’s fashion lifestyle brand, to design a limited edition capsule collection for the brand’s Spring line. Students from SCAD’s top-ranked fashion program will design a “Mommy + Me” capsule, which will debut at SCAD FASHWKND in May 2018. The SCAD collection will be available for purchase at draperjames.com.

“SCAD and Draper James belong together!,” said SCAD president and founder Paula Wallace. “I really admire the depth and breadth of Reese’s accomplishments in film and fashion. Her Draper James line is smart and chic, suffused with Southern charm — just like SCAD! This partnership with Draper James is a dream for our students, who study within the world’s preeminent School of Fashion. Every day these SCAD students manifest their dreams, just as Reese has done with her elegant, up-for-any-occasion brand.”

The project joins students from SCAD degree programs in fashion, accessory design, graphic design, fashion marketing and management, and fibers with the brand’s top design leadership to develop a complete, market-ready collection. The collaboration will be unveiled at SCAD FASHWKND, the university’s annual fashion celebration, May 17-20, 2018. Hosted in Savannah and Atlanta, SCAD FASHWKND presents SCAD students’ senior fashion collections, mentored and juried by fashion industry designers and influencers, in a full professional production. In 2017, SCAD FASHWKND featured an immersive runway show at the SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, tableaux vivant-style vignettes at 1600 Peachtree in Atlanta, and a Shop the Runway component of SCAD alumni work at both locations.

SCAD will also honor Witherspoon with the university’s prestigious SCAD Étoile award, presented in recognition of the brand’s unique contributions to fashion, culture, design and style, at SCADshow theater in Atlanta at an event on Nov. 30. Étoile, which means star in French, celebrates outstanding achievements in style and design. Witherspoon joins other fashion designers SCAD has honored, including David Yurman, Vivienne Westwood, Oscar de la Renta, Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford, Vera Wang, Diane von Furstenberg, and Carolina Herrera.

“I’m so incredibly honored to receive the SCAD Étoile award and thrilled to be partnering with such a gifted and respected institution. I founded Draper James in order to showcase the originality and beauty of the South, and I’m thrilled it resonates so well with the emerging talent SCAD is known for around the world,” said Witherspoon, the founder and creative director of Draper James.

SCAD is consistently ranked by Business of Fashion and Fashionista as a top fashion university, offering more than 200 courses focused on preparing students for professional careers in fashion industries. SCAD has pioneered programs in accessory design and luxury fashion management, and offers the largest fibers and jewelry degree programs in the U.S. SCAD fashion alumni work at globally renowned brands like Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Kate Spade, and Lanvin. In the past three years, SCAD students have won over 130 major fashion-related industry awards including consecutive Supima Design Competition grand prize awards, the CFDA Geoffrey Beene Design Award, and the International Design Awards Emerging Fashion Designer of the Year.

Posted November 20, 2017

Source: The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)

Teijin’s New Fabric Boasts Lightweight And Premium Black Color

TOKYO — November 20, 2017 — Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., the Teijin group’s fiber-product converting company announced today that it has developed new fabric, boasting a premium black color that is expected to meet demands for lightweight, easy-care formal wear.

Up to now, it was difficult to reduce a fabric’s weight while retaining its deep black color for use as formal wear. The reason was that the fabric had to be shrunk to prevent light reflection and increase its density to achieve a deep black color, making it unsuitable for formal black wear by its weight.

Teijin Frontier’s solution optimizes the fiber, the fabric structure and the post-dyeing processing technology in lightweight, premium black fabric. To realize a premium black color, the company developed a new polyester combined-filament yarn by incorporating a new polymer technology and a new yarn-processing technology with orientation control. Light reflection was suppressed by lowering the refractive index and using thin-film fabrication processing to make the yarn bulky, so low transparency is achieved without shrinkage of the fabric.

In the development stage, Teijin Frontier produced a deep black color by greatly shrinking the yarn, but this raised the fiber’s density and increased its contact area, which led to whitening due to friction. Later, however, the thread structure was redesigned for less shrinkage and finer yarn threads. Reduced shrinkage and greater bulkiness decreased whitening surface.

Teijin Frontier is now exploring marketing opportunities and sample sales for formal black wear. Annual sales are expected to reach JPY 200 million ($1.76 million) by the fiscal year ending in March 2020.

Posted November 20, 2017

Source: Teijin Frontier Co.

Oerlikon’s Expanded Nonwoven Portfolio Attracted A Lot Of Interest At The SINCE 2017

SHANGHAI/NEUMÜNSTER — November 20, 2017 — The Swiss Oerlikon Group’s new nonwoven business unit received very positive feedback from visitors to this year’s nonwovens exhibition SINCE 2017, which ran from November 8-10 in Shanghai, China. Visitors to the attractively designed Oerlikon stand were especially interested in the spunbond technology for technical applications.

Rainer Straub, head of the nonwoven business unit that had been newly created by the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment in the middle of the year, declared himself highly satisfied with the three lively exhibition days in the World Expo Exhibition and Convention Centre: “The talks have shown that we are on the right path with our strategy and the development of our technologies. Especially the optimizations of our spunbond process and the resulting increase of nonwoven qualities in terms of strength and elongation impressed the visitors.”

Also greatly in demand were Oerlikon’s meltblown and airlaid technologies as well as the solutions for the manufacturing of wipes and other disposable nonwovens, which were offered in cooperation with Teknoweb Materials s.r.l.. All in all, the Oerlikon group’s nonwoven team are delighted with the positive outcome and can look back in satisfaction on intensive talks of high quality with customers and prospects as well as numerous concrete inquiries.

Posted November 20, 2017

Source: Oerlikon

Specialty Chemical Distributors Dunleary, D&F And DN Lukens Partner — Share New Unified Corporate Identity

BALTIMORE — November 20, 2017  — Dunleary Inc. is pleased to announce its new corporate identity, The Terra Firma Co. LLC.

Terra Firma’s mission is to offer stability to chemical suppliers and customers in an evolving world. The company serves 28 states, has more than 50 employees and covers a wide array of chemical markets, including CASE (coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers), plastics, construction, food, personal care, cosmetics, graphic arts, oil & gas, rubber, textiles and others.

“Our three companies made a collective decision to combine and form Terra Firma, our vision of sure footing during changing times,” said David Behan, CEO. “This was facilitated by our closely shared values, strong belief in customer centricity, and changes in world markets.”

Headquartered in Towson, Md., Terra Firma will maintain local sales, customer service and distribution in Baltimore, Boston and Dallas, ensuring comprehensive coverage of its geographic markets and preserving longstanding relationships. It is among a new class of distributors referred to as “super multi-regional” specialty chemical distributors.

“Our longevity has allowed us to provide our customers and principal partners with dependable and familiar faces that are always ready to serve. And by offering this stability, we allow them to focus on necessary changes while we remain a valued constant, or as our name implies, solid ground,” Behan said.

The three founding companies of Terra Firma operated across multiple regions of the U.S. since 1949 (Dunleary), 1951 (DN Lukens), and 1975 (D&F). Dunleary first announced its acquisition of the two companies in July 2017, with the deals being completed on September 29.

Newly hired Dirk Plas is EVP, Principal Expectations. An experienced global executive with a strong track record of business growth, Plas was President and CEO of BYK USA for the past 14 years and is uniquely qualified to provide a comprehensive perspective to Terra Firma.

Terra Firma’s management team includes John Lukens, COO; William Chestnutt, President; and Julia Williams, Executive Vice President.

Posted November 20, 2017

Source: The Terra Firma Co.

Crothall Now Has 15 Hygienically Clean Healthcare Certified Laundries: Emphasis on Process, Third-party Validation And Outcome-based Testing

ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 20, 2017—Crothall Laundry Services’ Manteca, Calif., and Lima, Ohio, facilities are the company’s latest recipients of TRSA Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification, reflecting their commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by on-site inspection and their capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing.

The certification confirms a laundry’s dedication to compliance and processing healthcare linens and garments using BMPs as described in its quality assurance documentation, a focal point for inspectors’ evaluation of critical control points minimize risk. The independent, third-party inspection must confirm essential evidence that:

  • Employees are properly trained and protected
  • Managers understand legal requirements
  • OSHA-compliant
  • Physical plant operates effectively

Crothall now has 15 TRSA Hygienically Clean Healthcare certified facilities. In addition to the newest designee, these are located in Mobile, Ala. (Coastal Laundry); Phoenix, Ariz.; La Mirada and Ontario, Calif.; Lakeland, Fla.; Augusta and Rome, Ga.; Wheeling (Chicago), Ill.; Madisonville, Ky.; Belcamp, Md., Winston-Salem, N.C.; Johnson City, Tenn.; and Milwaukee, Wis.

Certified facilities pass three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare linens and garments and zero presence of harmful bacteria. To maintain their certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly annual testing to ensure that as laundry conditions change, such as water quality, textile fabric composition and wash chemistry, laundered product quality is consistently maintained.

This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for hospitals, surgery centers, medical offices, nursing homes and other medical facilities.

Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification acknowledges laundries’ effectiveness in protecting healthcare operations through testing and inspections that scrutinize quality-control procedures in laundry operations related to the handling of textiles containing blood and other potentially infectious materials.

Certified laundries use processes, chemicals and BMPs acknowledged by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, American National Standards Institute and others. Introduced in 2012, Hygienically Clean Healthcare brought to North America the international cleanliness standards for healthcare linens and garments used worldwide by the Certification Association for Professional Textile Services and the European Committee for Standardization.

Objective experts in epidemiology, infection control, nursing and other healthcare professions work with TRSA launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean healthcare textiles. With 100+ years as the textile services industry’s leading business association, TRSA’s expertise in laundry BMP development is unmatched.

“Congratulations to Crothall on their certifications,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “This achievement proves their dedication to building their customers’ confidence that their laundry takes every step possible to prevent human illness.”

Posted November 20, 2017

Source: TRSA

Standard Revisions Clarify Healthcare Laundry Certification Requirements

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — November 17, 2017 — Improvements to the Standard for Producing Hygienically Clean Reusable Textiles for Use in the Healthcare Industry to clarify compliance requirements were made this week by the laundry certification’s Advisory Board. New terminology better identifies mandates, distinguishing them from practices strongly recommended.

Meeting at the TRSA Healthcare Conference in Salt Lake City, the Board eliminated “should” and “may” from references to laundry practices. Now all such stipulations use only “must” (identifying a laundry practice that is required for compliance with the standard) or “shall” (indicating a practice recommended for implementation, but not mandatory). The standard also uses “will,” but only in descriptions of actions that TRSA takes to certify plants, such as inspection procedures.

For example, the standard formerly stipulated that a laundry “should” have documentation of a current integrated pest management program consistent with healthcare-recommended practices with evidence of scheduled treatments. Now a plant “must” have such documentation. Other “should” to “must” changes relate to compiling a plant’s quality assurance (QA) manual and minimizing manual handling of soiled linen.

Most clarifications involved changing “shall” to “must” because the former “shall” clauses had been enforced as mandates, but “shall” isn’t strong enough to convey that compliance with these stipulations is required, explained Angela Freeman, TRSA certification programs manager.

“The changes do not make the standard more prescriptive. Hygienically Clean remains true to its mission of enabling laundries in compliance with best management practices to use their own documented standard operating procedures to achieve BMPs,” she said. The new terminology essentially makes requirements easier to understand so certified laundries consistently produce hygienically clean linen.

Hygienically Clean Healthcare inspectors ensure laundries deploy BMPs grounded in regulations, standards and guidance of OSHA, EPA, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). The Hygienically Clean standard was previously recognized by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) as a premier and recognized resource dedicated to excellence in patient care.

This year, Hygienically Clean joined with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology to launch APIC Industry Perspectives, a website that builds clinical knowledge related to infection prevention product usage, the science supporting specific methodologies and best practices to keep patients safe.

Each Hygienically Clean certified laundry’s QA manual documents its complete range of processes. This gives certification inspectors a focal point for evaluating compliance with BMPs. Through the Hygienically Clean Healthcare Users Group, the foremost experts in laundry technology evaluate BMPs to be included in the standard. No other collaboration of launderers matches these certified operators’ knowledge of the complete healthcare textile (HCT) processing cycle.

The Users Group updates the Advisory Board, chaired by Randy Bartsch, CEO, Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service, on current and emerging technologies. Besides laundering, professions represented on the Board include physicians, infection prevention, epidemiology, nursing and more.

The ranks of Hygienically Clean Healthcare certified facilities recently eclipsed 125; another 40 are in the process of becoming certified. The certification was introduced in 2012.

Posted November 17, 2017

Source: TRSA

Armor Made With Dyneema® UD Shows Potential To Make Dyneema®, The Greenest Strength™ Even Greener

GELEEN, The Netherlands — November 17, 2017 — Continuing its ‘Greenest Strength’ mission, DSM Dyneema will at Milipol in Paris November 21-24 provide an example of a creative way to re-use material from out-of-service soft armor vests.

Dyneema® UD (Uni-Directional bullet resistant sheet) is a key ballistic ingredient for best-in-class life protection applications like vests, helmets, and inserts, protecting soldiers and law enforcement officers. Compared to alternative materials, Dyneema fiber offers today the lowest carbon footprint per unit of tenacity. Since solutions with Dyneema UD require less material to achieve a given performance and have a high durability and long service live, a lowest carbon footprint in application lifetime is the result. Over the last years DSM Dyneema has further improved its environmental footprint in amongst others its manufacturing processes and is committed to continue the path.

DSM Dyneema is now also examining ways for body armor manufacturers and end-customers to reduce waste from end products made with Dyneema UD material. Waste material from ballistic sheets is generated in two ways. One is the off-cuts from Dyneema UD sheets when making the end-products like a vest. The other is when the protective article is taken out of service.

For the concept presented at Milipol, DSM Dyneema worked together with Marc Meijers, designer at DenimX. This resulted in prototype design table made with a combination of re-used Dyneema UD sheets and DenimX. DenimX has a process that converts used clothing, such as combat uniform and textiles into thin sheets.

Making the table involved shredding the used ballistic soft armor panels and offcuts, then pressing the material into flat sheets. This material is then used as input into an alternative value chain.

“By breathing new life into used vests, we can support and encourage a circular economy,” said Dirk Louwers, global marketing director Life protection at DSM. “By seeking ways to re-use ballistic protection materials into new applications, vest manufacturers and end-users such as the police or military may avoid having to dispose of offcut waste or used vests.”

“The table follows the re-using principle, using panels made of shredded Dyneema UD finished with blue or desert camouflage fabric,” says Marc Meijers, DenimX. “It’s a perfect illustration of potential of re-using Dyneema UD into a new product, and will help inspire more designers to explore alternative ideas.”

Looking ahead, DSM Dyneema aims to build on the success of this finished prototype of re-used Dyneema UD. The company is inviting interested parties to work with them in further develop opportunities to take re-use to the next level. “Our first objective is to work with partners to achieve a scalable process. The technical feasibility is proven.” says Dirk Louwers. “By involving partners and customers in this effort, we will discover new ways to breathe new life into what are already solutions with Dyneema UD that demonstrate the Greenest Strength™ in materials used for body armor.”

Posted November 17, 2017

Source: DSM Dyneema

Teijin’s New SOLOTEX® THERMO Thermal Retention And Insulation Fabric

TOKYO — November 17, 2017 — Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fiber-product converting company, announced today that it has developed SOLOTEX® THERMO, a polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) fiber offering excellent thermal retention and insulation. Teijin Frontier envisions a wide range of promising applications for Solotex Thermo, including jeans, pants and bottoms, and for more than just outer materials.

Solotex Thermo offers high comfortability thanks to its softness, form-suitability and strechability. It absorbs near infrared sunlight and converts it to heat efficiently due to carbon-based inorganic particles mixed into the fiber’s monocular structure. Compared to conventional polyester fiber, it raises the wearer’s wind-chill factor by 5℃, as demonstrated in a sunlight heat-storage test conducted by Boken Quality Evaluation Institute.

Teijin Frontier is now exploring marketing opportunities for Solotex Thermo mainly for outerwear. Annual sales are expected to reach 500 tons by the fiscal year ending in March 2021.

Posted November 17, 2017

Source: Teijin Frontier

SPGPrints To Demonstrate The Power And Potential Of Its Archer® Technology And Inks For Digital Textile Printing At ShanghaiTex 2017

BOXMEER, The Netherlands — November 16, 2017 — The quality and flexibility of SPGPrints’ powerful Archer® technology for digital textile printing, featured on a JAVELIN® inkjet printer running live, plus a comprehensive range of inks, will be the highlights of the company’s stand at ShanghaiTex 2017 — Booth number W5B60, November 27-30, Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre, Shanghai Pudong, China.

The multi-pass Javelin printer and the PIKE® single-pass printer can meet the demands of today’s markets with short lead times, and exacting quality requirements for both short and long production runs. In regular live demonstrations of the Javelin, visitors will gain a first-hand appreciation, in real-time, of the technology’s ability to deliver optimum saturation, precision and speed, on a wider range of fabrics. SPGPrints’ digital solutions for outstanding print quality, with a comprehensive ink offering, deliver an extended colour gamut, greater operating flexibility, and a productive, waste-free environment

Both printers use SPGPrints’ unique Archer technology, with the company’s own inks developed specially for this technology, as well as Fujifilm Dimatix Samba print heads to fire variable drops of ink from 2 to 10 picoliters from a distance of up to 4 millimeters on to the substrate. This can achieve a color gamut that is wider than the high-definition (HD) gamut of other digital textile printing solutions. Adding to SPGPrints’ value proposition, the Archer Print Head Program offers a 2.5-year warranty on print heads, in combination with use of accredited inks, significantly reducing running costs.

The JAVELIN is a digital production scanning printer ideal for companies taking the first step into digital printing, or supplementing an existing digital capability. With output up to 367 linear meters per hour, JAVELIN is designed for textile printers requiring up to 2 million linear meters per year. For larger volumes, the SPGPrints PIKE, is a single-pass, high-speed production printer that can print cost-effective long runs.

Also highlighted on the stand are SPGPrints’ inks for digital printers using Kyocera print heads. Acid, reactive, disperse and sublimation inks are all manufactured by SPGPrints at its newly expanded 1000 square meter ink production facility, located at the company’s Boxmeer global headquarters. Working in close conjunction with leading print head manufacturers, SPGPrints has developed inks that ensure smooth running, wide colour gamuts, outstanding quality and low maintenance.

Rotary screen solutions

Information and samples demonstrating SPGPrints’ continued commitment to the conventional rotary screen sector will also be on display and available for inspection. SPGPrints offers high-accuracy and high-productivity screen-imaging solutions to meet the requirements of all textile printers. The SPGPrints bestLEN direct laser engraver can image screens in as little as half an hour without films, chemicals or exposing and washing processes. The smartLEX laser imaging system uses multi-beam diode technology for fast, precise screen imaging.

SPGPrints expands its customer base in China

In China, a number of textile printing facilities are benefiting from the fast lead-times, high productivity and extended colour gamut brought by SPGPrints’ inkjet machine systems. Since installing a PIKE printer in July 2017, Dongheng Group, Changzhou, Jiangsu, has been able to meet the high-volume demands of global brand owners, with the ability to offer lead times of less than one week for orders exceeding 100,000 meters. The company is currently producing up to 30,000 meters per day, in one shift, with the PIKE.

Several more SPGPrints Javelin printers are set to go into production at Chinese textile printers during the final quarter of 2017.

With the support of its expanding Chinese subsidiary, SPGPrints Printing Systems Wuxi Co., and the testing and trialling facilities of the new Experience Center at the global headquarters in The Netherlands, SPGPrints is enabling its Chinese customers to transfer smoothly to the Archer technology and gain the most from their investment. SPGPrints is supporting Dongheng with the integration of the Pike printer into the company’s workflow. The technical training, support and assistance with colour management is enabling Dongheng to supply a major fashion brand.  Additionally, SPGPrints’ technical sales team in Boxmeer is providing remote support and consultancy.

Denis Jahic, sales manager, digital textile, SPGPrints) commented: “Time to market is most important for gaining business from the global brand owners, and in these situations the single-pass Pike provides the necessary productivity. As a result of the installation, Dongheng is working closely with a major fast-fashion retailer, enabling it to get large quantities of orders on the market in South East Asia as well as in the United States.

“The regional Chinese fashion market is growing fast. They, too, are seeking a similar delivery model of shorter product cycles, and substantial volumes delivered at short notice. Furthermore, with labor costs rising, and stricter government environmental legislations, Chinese manufacturers must find ways to control costs and eliminate waste as well as emissions. The Pike and Javelin printers, with their simple workflows, low manpower requirements and uninterrupted production, are strong propositions to meet these challenges.

“In an increasingly service-driven industry, we are committed to providing the highest level of long-term support. Our Wuxi subsidiary has hired new technical and application staff to ensure our growing customer base can achieve maximum uptime, print quality and productivity,” Jahic concluded.

Posted November 16, 2017

Source: SPGPrints

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