At SINCE 2017, Autefa Solutions Focuses On Customers’ Requirements

FRIEDBERG, Germany — October 9, 2017 — During SINCE, visitors will be informed about the economic and technical advantages of AUTEFA Solutions as a full line supplier for carded‐ crosslapped nonwovens lines, needlepunch nonwoven lines, spunlace and thermobonding lines. Autefa Solutions nonwovens lines meet customers’ requirements for quality web formation and web bonding, active weight regulation, and minimal maintenance.

As nonwovens producers are facing more competition, they are looking for reliable and economic machines. They expect high quality and the best total cost of ownership (TCO), which is the key to success. There is a significant number of customers who hesitate to replace existing machines or invest in new machines, due to increasing prices. During the Shanghai International Nonwoven Conference and Exhibition (SINCE) Autefa Solutions presents its Nonwovens “LineONE” concept. Marco Fano Sales Director, explains: “With LineONE, Autefa Solutions introduced a technology which operates at a very high level, and sets new standards with an attractive cost‐to‐performance ratio.” With the Crosslapper UnilinerONE, Autefa Solutions supplies a high‐ performance machine based on the successful Crosslapper Topliner. Optimised infeed speeds of the carded web, layering precision, layering speed of 80 meters per minute (max.) and reliability are the main benefits of the Crosslapper UnilinerONE. The Needle Loom Fehrer StylusONE is a compact needle loom for all needling applications up to 1,800 gram per square meter. With a maximum performance of 1,200 strokes per minute, the Needle Loom StylusONE distinguishes itself through productivity, guaranteed longevity and maintenance‐free gear boxes.

Autefa Solutions delivers complete lines for the production of top sheets, acquisition and distribution layers (ADL) and back sheets. The consumer products benefit from the nonwovens features elasticity, softness and absorption. As a premium supplier, the company delivers machines for opening, blending and carding as well as ovens and dryers out of one hand. The company sets the focus on HiPerTherm, the high speed thermobonding oven for the manufacturing of hygiene products such as acquisition and distribution layers (ADL), top and back sheets. The key strengths of the Autefa Solutions belt oven are uniform airflow and the precisely adjustable temperature distribution, the ability to maintain loft or to create high densities. Autefa Solutions is a market leader in China for high speed air through thermobonding lines for hygiene products.

Autefa Solutions combines experts of the former companies Fehrer, F.O.R, OCTIR, Autefa and Strahm. Autefa Solutions delivers turnkey nonwoven lines including opening and blending, chute feed, carding, crosslapping, needlepunching, thermobonding and drying, drafting and winding. With Autefa Solutions complete line performance equipment the company offers a solution for every customer.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: AUTEFA Solutions

Lenzing Launches New Lyocell Filament TENCEL™ Luxe

PARIS/LENZING, Austria — October 9, 2017 — At an exclusive event in Paris, the Lenzing Group launched a new product: TENCEL™ Luxe. The Tencel Luxe branded lyocell filament is another key milestone in the implementation of the company’s sCore TEN strategy and the first time that Lenzing enters the filament market. It will further support Lenzing’s shift to become a true speciality player in the botanic materials market derived from sustainable wood sources.

Tencel Luxe branded filaments are the new player for sustainable high-end cellulose textiles by offering superior aesthetics, performance and comfort level that allow them to be the perfect partner with other noble fibers such as silk, cashmere or wool. The smooth surface of the Tencel branded Luxe filament gives fabrics a silky smooth feel and liquid-like drape for the most sensual silhouettes. Moreover, Tencel Luxe branded filaments are naturally breathable due to their wood-based origin and offer outstanding color fastness, enabling designers to express bold color palettes where creativity knows no boundaries.

Tencel Luxe eco-botanic lyocell filaments are made from wood pulp, which is sourced from sustainable wood in line with Lenzing’s strict Wood and Pulp Policy. They are produced using Lenzing’s pioneering closed-loop lyocell production process, which has received the “European Award for the Environment” from the European Union. This process ensures minimal environmental impact due to low process water and energy use and raw materials consumption.

“We are committed to setting industry standards in order to enhance the protection of our environment while making filaments for fabrics that are designed to appeal to the most sophisticated consumers. The launch of Tencel Luxe is a further sign of our ongoing commitment towards innovation and sustainability”, explains Stefan Doboczky, CEO of the Lenzing Group. “The expansion plan represents the next consistent step in the implementation of our sCore TEN strategy and is a commitment of Lenzing as a hub for research & development and engineering.”

Tencel Luxe is another proof of Lenzing’s innovation strength. It will open new markets for the company and for its customers and partners and will allow the company to participate in the premium segment of the fabrics market. With the help of Tencel Luxe Lenzing will support the luxury apparel industry to redraw the borders between responsibility and high-end luxury fashion, and is part of Lenzing’s ongoing commitment towards sustainability-driven innovation.

Tencel Luxe will be produced at the Lenzing site in Austria. Lenzing plans to expand the capacity at this site over the coming years and has started the basic engineering for a large scale commercial line for filaments. To optimize a new plant design and start up, this Lenzing site was chosen as the future manufacturing hub for Tencel Luxe.

“The decision for the Lenzing site in Austria as a hub for Tencel Luxe helps to build up a strong knowledge base for this new technology at the headquarters of the company”, says Heiko Arnold, Chief Technology Officer of the Lenzing Group. “Here we can fully leverage the proximity between operations, research & development, customer service and the engineering organization to accelerate the development of this technology for the production of TENCEL™ Luxe on a bigger industrial scale.”

The decision about a new plant for the production of Tencel Luxe on a bigger industrial scale will be made in the third quarter of 2018.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: Lenzing Group

Green Textile Has Rebranded To Signet Mills

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — October 9, 2017 — After more than 75 years, Green Textile is rebranding to Signet Mills. This rebrand launches an exciting new chapter for the company. While ownership remains the same, the rebrand aligns the company’s name with its value proposition.

The new branding is built around the concept of signet rings, used for thousands of years as a seal of excellence. The design of a signet is personalized for its owner, and is custom and unique. The name Signet Mills personifies the company’s key value of providing exceptional service combined with client-centric solutions.

The rebrand includes an updated logo and font set, fresh web presence, vehicle graphics, signage and collateral.

Signet Mills produces custom engineered fabric and excels at navigating the unique challenges of domestic fabric manufacturing. They understand the points of tension between lead times, production quantities and inventory management. Their flexible solutions are designed to effectively manage all these demands, allowing clients to receive the fabric they need, in the quantities they want, with the required speed to market.

For decades, their core values have laid the foundation for a strong corporate culture and successful market presence. Signet Mills will remain true to these guiding principles with a new authentic rebrand that aligns its rich history with its future success.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: Signet Mills

Kornit Digital To Showcase Latest Technology, Neon Inks And Web-To-Print Solution At SGIA New Orleans

ROSH-HA’AYIN, Israel — October 9, 2017 — Kornit Digital has announced details of the company’s participation in the upcoming SGIA Show in New Orleans, La., October 10-12, 2018.

At booth #1617, Kornit will show a variety of systems and solutions for both direct-to-garment and direct-to-fabric printing. The Allegro direct-to-fabric printer will, for the first time, print using neon inks, enabling new and creative applications. As part of Kornit’s ambition to provide customers a seamless end-to-end workflow experience, the company will set up a garment decoration factory where visitors can design their individual shirts and have them produced live during the show. This solution is based on Kornit’s collaboration with market leader Custom Gateway. In addition, visitors can experience live demos of the heavy-duty direct-to-garment printing system Avalanche 1000 R-Series and the Kornit Vulcan, a digital alternative to screen printing. The Vulcan is the winner of the SGIA’s prestigious 2017 Product of the Year Award, in the category “Direct-to-garment printers (Color Shirt – Not White)”. Kornit’s partner Hirsch will display a Storm Hexa at booth #1977.

Shai Terem, president, Kornit Digital North America, commented: “For almost 15 years, Kornit keeps pushing the boundaries of digital textile printing. Our latest innovations will help screen printers, textile printers and garment decorators to come up with new applications and secure healthy margins.”

Allegro’s new colors

The new neon inks – pink and yellow – extend the Allegro’s color gamut by brighter colors and new shades while ensuring excellent color fastness. This will help Allegro users to penetrate new market segments and to increase system utilization, for example in fashion, sportswear and children’s wear. Existing Allegro customers can move to the new inks which are field upgradeable.

The Kornit Allegro is the only true digital solution for direct-to-fabric textile printing which eliminates the need for pre and post-treatment for multiple fabrics, all within a seven meters integrated production line. The system is 70.8-inches (1.80 meters) wide, and is based on Kornit’s NeoPigment™ printing technology, which supports high quality printing on both natural, man-made and synthetic fabrics. The Kornit Allegro can be located anywhere without environmental constraints, designed to support ultra-short up to medium-length runs. It offers amazing print quality, a vivid and wide color gamut, excellent color fastness and hand feel, a fully sustainable and safe process, and is OekoTex 100 certified.

The Kornit Avalanche 1000 R-Series

Designed for the mass production of garments, Kornit’s Avalanche 1000 R-Series has dual pallet industrial production capability, and is a very robust platform designed for heavy duty use. Thanks to a unique and patented double bridge architecture, the white and the color print phases can happen in parallel, for optimized and unique dark garment efficiency. The system generates very high speeds and excellent print quality. It prints up to 220 light and 160 dark garments per hour. The Avalanche 1000 R-Series is perfectly suited to be used all day, every day and for all volumes. It is equipped with a recirculating ink system. This technology, which Kornit also uses in the Storm series, the Allegro and the Vulcan, optimizes print quality, reliability and ink efficiency of the new Avalanches. As a result, users of the Avalanche R-Series benefit from up to 20 percent ink savings and faster system availability after the start-up process.

The Kornit Vulcan

Kornit’s Vulcan — commercially available since beginning of 2017 — is a digital alternative to screen printing machines. This heavy-duty production system is targeted to screen printers producing collections and short runs for retailers and promotional purposes. The Vulcan offers the lowest cost per print for run lengths between 50 and 500 garments. Unlike Kornit’s traditional direct-to-garment printing systems, the Vulcan sports a conveyor system for the printed pallets with pre-treatment, white and CMYKRG printing happening in sequence. The Vulcan prints up to 250 garments per hour, both on dark and light garments.

Custom Gateway partnership

As part of Kornit’s ongoing effort to surround its production technology with an ecosystem of workflow and mass customization solutions, the company has initiated a collaboration with Custom Gateway, a leading solution provider for advanced web-to-print businesses enabling personalized, customized and print-on-demand products with a full production workflow solution.

The outcome of this partnership is an end-to-end web-to-print and fulfillment solution, combining Kornit’s one-step printing process with a complete workflow including a web shop, order management and automated production.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: Kornit Digital 

Pinehurst Manufacturing Joins Hurricane Relief Efforts

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — October 9, 2017 — Pinehurst Manufacturing — an American supplier of performance apparel and workwear, with manufacturing in Honduras and sales and marketing in Newport Beach, Calif. — is donating more than 25,000 performance T-shirts to youth affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

The polyester T-shirts, in varied sizes and colors, will be delivered to the Children’s Hunger Fund in San Antonio by Delivering Good, a charitable organization formerly known as K.I.D.S./Fashion Delivers that unites retailers, manufacturers, foundations and individuals to provide people impacted by poverty and tragedy with new merchandise.

While the hurricane was flooding the Houston region, Pinehurst’s executives happened to be meeting in the Newport Beach office. “We felt that we wanted to do something to help,” explains Uwe Heintel, vice president, global sales and development for Pinehurst.

Managing Partners Justin Jones, CEO, and Martin Lowe, CFO, quickly spoke to Pinehurst operations to set the donation in motion, while Heintel researched charitable distribution channels for new clothing.

“We thank Delivering Good for their assistance,” added Heintel.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: Pinehurst Manufacturing

Huntsman Textile Effects Unveils TERATOP® XKS HL Inks For Color-Fast Technical Textiles

SINGAPORE — October 9, 2017 — Huntsman Textile Effects has introduced a new range of reactive inks that deliver outstanding light- and weather-fastness for digital printing of polyester fibres. TERATOP® XKS HL inks are designed to help mills produce technical textiles with the highest color-fastness performance for the automotive, outdoor furnishings and home textiles industries.

Materials used in automotive interiors, outdoor furnishings and other demanding environments have to resist fading, yellowing or other color change when exposed to light and high temperature. While digital printing is ideal for producing highly patterned and vivid high-value textiles in an environmentally sound way, current digital ink technologies do not meet the industry’s weathering and sunlight-fastness demands. This is particularly true in the auto sector, where upholstery, seatbelt webbing and carpets are often subject to intense sunlight and temperatures.

“Color-fastness to light and heat are the critical success factors for technical textiles. Teratop XKS HL is the only ink range available in the market for industrial digital printing that meets the high light-fastness standards set by the automotive industry,” said Michael Mordente, Director, Digital Inks for Huntsman Textile Effects. “This innovation from Huntsman helps mills improve their existing auto and outdoor products or move into this high-value segment of the market.”

The Teratop XKS HL inks are first-in-class disperse inks capable of printing on technical textiles that require extremely high color-fastness and tone-on-tone color fading. Mills can achieve the deepest black shades and a wide spectrum of colors, with metamerism consistency to meet the needs of customers and end-consumers.

In addition to helping mills produce high-value textiles, the inks also help improve mill competitiveness. Formulated for Kyocera print head technology, Teratop XKS HL inks offer excellent reliability, runnability and reproducibility. Mills benefit from faster production, minimal ink consumption, less wastage and reduced equipment maintenance. This helps them maximize their productivity while reducing the cost of digital printing.

Automotive industry experts from Huntsman Textile Effects provide training, testing and technical support to mills using the Teratop XKS HL inks. Based on high-energy Huntsman dyes, patented chemistry and blends, the new inks are fully compatible with Huntsman’s UV FAST range of UV-absorbers, which help improve light-fastness, fiber stability and finishing products.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: Huntsman Textile Effects

NSF International Expands Sustainable Certifications For Apparel, Footwear And Textile Industries

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — October 9, 2017 — NSF International is now an approved certification body for three additional Textile Exchange standards. NSF International’s full portfolio of responsible textile certifications helps organizations demonstrate their commitment to sustainability, transparency and traceability.

As consumers continue to seek greater transparency in the products they purchase, NSF International’s third-party validation of textile content claims helps support and protect brands and strengthen customer trust.

“We now offer a full range of sustainable third-party certifications including recycled and organic content, traceable down and responsible wool,” said Jenny Oorbeck, General Manager of Sustainability at NSF International. “We apply NSF International’s 70-plus years of certification expertise, global presence and quality to help the textile, footwear and apparel industries improve their sustainability, traceability and transparency.”

NSF International’s full responsible textile certification portfolio now includes:

  • Recycled Content – The Textile Exchange Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) verifies the presence and amount of recycled material in a final product through chain of custody verification.

In addition, the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) verifies responsible social, environmental and chemical practices in the production of both finished and intermediate products containing recycled content. The standard covers processing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, trading and distribution of all products made with a minimum of 20 percent recycled material.

  • Organic Content – The Textile Exchange Organic Content Standard (OCS) provides third-party verification of organic material content in a product, addressing raw material verification throughout the harvest, processing and manufacturing activities.
  • Responsible Wool – The Textile Exchange Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) establishes complete traceability of the wool supply chain and ensures that wool in garments and commercial products comes from a responsible source that respects animal welfare and follows enhanced land management practices.
  • Traceable Down – Developed by NSF International, the Global Traceable Down Standard (Global TDS) ensures that down in garments and other household and commercial products comes from a responsible source that respects animal welfare and can be transparently traced.

Textile Exchange’s Content Claim Standard (CCS) serves as the chain of custody foundation for the above content claim standards. The CCS verifies the presence and amount of raw material in a final product, allowing for transparent, consistent and comprehensive independent evaluation and verification of material content claims on products.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: NSF International

At SGIA Expo 2017, Aurora To Introduce Expressions Décor, The Latest Addition To Their Acclaimed Expressions Canvas Line

YORKVILLE, Ill. — October 9, 2017 — Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Inc. will introduce its exciting new Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor Canvas at SGIA Expo 2017 in New Orleans, La.

Made in North America but available now to global markets, Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor Canvas is a lightweight, 100-percent polyester, high-output canvas that utilizes Expression’s proprietary, enhanced acrylic coating for excellent ink coverage. It’s the perfect medium for print reproductions sold through mid-range retailer, and used in mid-range hotel chains and office settings.

Although a lightweight, high-output canvas, color output has not been sacrificed. In fact, Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor Canvas has been engineered to deliver a wide color gamut and vibrant, eye-popping color combined with a much higher level of consistent print-ability than comparable canvas print products.

Manufactured on state-of-the-art equipment with state-of-the-art technology in Yorkville, Ill., Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor Canvas competes with inexpensive commodity canvas products. But with Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor, printers do not have to sacrifice print quality, or print output, or worry about costly coating inconsistencies.

Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor Canvas is the latest addition to Aurora’s acclaimed Expressions Canvas line, which includes the full range of gloss levels.  Designed to meet the majority of the canvas market’s printing needs, the Expressions Canvas Line includes: Expressions Matte, Expressions Satin, Expressions Semi-Gloss, Expressions Gloss and now Expressions Semi-Gloss Décor.

Treated with a new proprietary coating developed by the Research and Development team at Aurora, Expressions has been engineered to maximize print output and throughput with today’s newest digital printing equipment.

Expressions is also cross-compatible with the latest generation of latex, solvent/eco-solvent and UV printers without sacrificing quality or productivity. In addition, independent testing confirms that Expressions has the industry’s leading print output with regard to outstanding color reproduction and broadest color gamut.

Ample inventories of the full Expressions Canvas line are now in stock and profiling for HP Latex (300 and 3000 Series) printers and Epson SureColor printers is complete.  Free, downloadable online profiles for HP Latex (300 and 3000 Series) printers and Epson SureColor printers are available for Expressions through the Aurora website.

The entire line is in stock through Aurora’s Yorkville, Illinois, USA, warehouse in widths up to 122 inches in standard roll lengths of 50 yards.  Produced in the United States, and customized roll widths and roll lengths are available on demand.

Posted October 9, 2017

Source: Aurora

New Durable Hydrophilic Ingeo Nonwovens Technology For Absorbent Hygiene Products Offers Fluid Management Superior To Polypropylene

MINNETONKA, Minn. — October 5, 2017 — NatureWorks announces the development of a durable hydrophilic formulation that can promote skin health through improved fluid management and increased breathability for absorbent hygiene applications such as diapers, adult incontinence, and feminine hygiene products. In diapers, the combination of custom surface treatments with Ingeo-based nonwoven fabric for the topsheet can reduce the use of super absorbent polymer (SAP) or pulp by up to 30 percent for thinner, more comfortable, and cost-effective products.

“This innovative technology for Ingeo nonwovens delivers higher performance than polypropylene in fluid management metrics that are key to delivering superior skin health,” said Dr. Aman Kulshrestha, principal scientist, NatureWorks. “The versatility of the new system gives manufacturers the ability to create new structures and differentiate their products.”

Kulshrestha summarized the benefits of the new durable hydrophilic system for Ingeo nonwovens:

  • Surface energy can be tailored via the topical treatments designed specifically for Ingeo nonwovens, enhancing fluid management with improved strike-through, re-wet, and run-off metrics
  • Improved permanence / durability reduces the amount of topical treatment needed for nonwovens and reduces wash-off
    • In diapers, using this Ingeo nonwovens system for the topsheet can increase the efficacy of the absorbent core, enabling a reduction in SAP or pulp by up to 30 percent
  • Reduced aging maintains fluid management performance and increases shelf life of hygiene products
  • Improved breathability due to Ingeo’s higher water vapor transmission rate
  • Easy to manufacture via spunbond, meltblown, or staple fiber processes
  • Biobased material with lower carbon footprint

Key performance improvements over polypropylene

With this durable hydrophilic technology, Ingeo nonwovens surpass polypropylene in key measures of fluid management. The passage of fluid through the new Ingeo nonwoven system is faster and more sustained as measured by both strike-through and run-off. These nonwovens resist re-wet two times better than polypropylene. Significantly less surface finish is needed on the fabric compared to polypropylene, which decreases the potential for skin irritation. Durability in the new formulation is also higher compared to polypropylene as less surface finish is washed off and surface tension remains high.

The hydrophilic formulation delivers improved aging characteristics that prolong hygiene product shelf life. Additionally, melt spinning and calendering optimization studies showed that a range of fabric improvements are possible to improve softness, tensile strength, and elongation in Ingeo nonwovens.

NatureWorks engaged with channel partners in the development of tailored topical treatments for Ingeo nonwovens and ensured solutions work across typical nonwoven manufacturing processes such as spunbond, meltblown, and staple fibers. “We hope to partner with manufacturers and brands in North America, Asia, and Europe that are looking for ways to revitalize hygiene products through these custom structures,” said Tim Vanyo, Principal Applications Engineer for NatureWorks. “Our applications development expertise in tailoring this durable hydrophilic system can help create the right properties for a customer’s application.”

Aman Kulshrestha will provide details of the new durable hydrophilic Ingeo nonwovens at the Hygienix conference in Austin, November 6-9. For additional information, write to inquiry@natureworksllc.com, and visit NatureWorks Fibers and Nonwovens for an overview of Ingeo-based solutions.

Posted October 6, 2017

Source: NatureWorks

Study Assignment For Redesign Of The Rieter Location Winterthur

WINTERTHUR, Switzerland — October 6, 2017 — Rieter intends to create a modern location in Winterthur, concentrating the customer center, product and technology development, assembly and administration on an area of approximately 30,000 square meters.

The official start-up for this project is planned for mid-November 2017. The study assignment has been awarded to the renowned consultancy firms RLC Architekten AG, BDE Architekten GmbH, Giuliani Hönger AG, fsp Architekten AG, and Stücheli Architekten AG from the Canton of Zurich, including two from the city of Winterthur.

The consultancy firms have time until the end of March 2018 to submit their projects. These will then be evaluated by a panel of judges, made up of nine technical specialists and professional experts. The final decision on the realization of the project will be taken by the Rieter Board of Directors during 2018.

Parts of the Rieter site are located in an archaeological zone. Rieter wants to give the authorities sufficient time to carry out the necessary archaeological surveys and any possible rescue excavations. The early demolition of the building “Werkhalle 40”, Klosterstrasse 18, in the area of the former Töss Monastery, is necessary for this purpose. The demolition is expected to take place in 2018.

Posted October 6, 2016

Source: Rieter

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