Cupro: The Circular Economy Fiber Selected By Drykorn

JAPAN — October 11, 2017 — The Asahi Kasei Cupro was born in Japan in 1931, and today, Asahi Kasei is the sole maker of this one-of-a-kind extraordinary, new generation, natural smart material whose elegant beauty and touch is perfect for the modern wardrobe fashions of today.

Cupro is a matchless and original, new generation material made from the smart-tech transformation of a cotton linter, bio-utility waste, converted through a traceable and transparent process, representing a perfect circular economy fiber model since the beginning of its production. An Innovhub 3rd party lab test proves Cupro can claim a fully biodegradable end of life option, and to add an extra layer to its smart credentials, Cupro has just received the GRS certification (Global Recycled Standard) which dovetails with the completed, recent LCA study, signed by ICEA*, securing a quality profile for Cupro. Taken together, they redefine its responsible status today, while paving the way to measure and confirm the smart improvement possibilities for the future.

Cupro owns the contemporary Sari and ethnic selections in the Modern India Wardrobe and also with leading brand partner style adoptions as Drykorn.

Founded in 1996, southern Germany, Drykorn developed into an international fashion label just within a few seasons, mainly because of its selected garments, high-value manufacturing and consistent fashionable statements. Drykorn is internationally distributed and serves more than 1000 customer worldwide. Fabrics are mainly ordered in Italy and France. Furthermore, Drykorn selected Cupro fabric by Viscotex for its Women Fall/Winter 2017 collection. Within a collection, the concept line On the Road embodies the concise style of the 90’s. Activewear meets streetwear — in a cool and casual way.

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: Asahi Kasei Cupro

DuPont And Unifi Join Forces To Create Breakthrough Eco-Friendly Cold-Weather Apparel Insulation

WILMINGTON, Del./GREENSBORO, N.C. — October 11, 2017 — DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) announced today a collaboration with Unifi Inc. to create high-performance, renewably sourced garment insulation, offering leading apparel brands a new sustainable choice for cold-weather products. This partnership brings together two leaders in the materials space with unique product offerings, combining DuPont™ Sorona® polymer and Unifi REPREVE® to produce cold-weather apparel insulation that is uniquely soft and extremely durable, with excellent shape retention.

DuPont Sorona is made from 37 percent renewable plant-based ingredients, using 30 percent less energy with 63 percent fewer greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as compared to Nylon 6. The exceptional softness, inherent stain resistance and uncompromising durability of Sorona offers customers in a wide range of industries a more sustainable, high-performance materials option. The polymer has been used in everything from carpeting to Indian sarees.

Repreve is a high-quality fiber containing recycled materials, including plastic water bottles. Unifi’s proprietary process turns plastic bottles into certified fiber, which is then used in thousands of different fabrics and products available globally.

“The combination of Sorona and Repreve provides brands the opportunity to use a high-performance, durable insulation that dries quickly and keeps its shape even after washing,” said Michael Saltzberg, global business director for Biomaterials at DuPont. “The new insulation’s unique warmth and durability will bring customers streamlined outerwear, made from eco-friendly materials, while maintaining maximum warmth and breathability.

Unifi has a 45-year heritage as a textile solution provider driven by manufacturing innovation and creating differentiation for its customers. The company continues to build on its success by expanding its offering of branded recycled performance fibers that provide functional benefits, added comfort and aesthetic advantages. Unifi spent more than three years developing REPREVE with quality and performance as the primary goal — and recycled as the added benefit.

DuPont has a rich and deep history in the textile market, with inventions that include fibers such as nylon, Lycra®, Kevlar® and rayon — the world’s first man-made fiber. More recently, in addition to Sorona, DuPont’s biomaterials group has focused its innovations on creating other high-performing, sustainably sourced materials — the building blocks of products that consumers use every day.

“This collaboration will give customers the freedom to choose a new type of garment insulation — one that is better for the environment without compromising performance,” said Ning Hongjun, president Unifi Asia Pacific. “With our expertise in recycled polyester staple fiber and DuPont Industrial Biosciences’ industry-leading Sorona, we look forward to seeing this breakthrough technology be widely adopted by leading brands.”

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont)

German Machinery Meets U.S. Textile, Nonwoven & Carpet Industry — Major American Companies Already Registered

FRANKFURT, Germany/CHARLOTTE, N.C. — October 11, 2017 — VDMA, the German textile machinery association, is promoting its big event scheduled for November 6 in Charlotte, N.C.

The B2B forum and conference themed “German Technology Meets U.S. Textile” has attracted leading American companies. Renowned enterprises of the textile, nonwovens, carpet and composite sectors such as National Spinning Co., Milliken & Company, Vita Nonwovens, Mohawk Industries and JPS Composite Materials, among others, already have registered for the event. View participating companies here.

For the conference taking place at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel, three parallel sessions are scheduled. Textile machinery and components for the fiber and yarn industry; nonwovens and technical textiles industry; and apparel, home textile & carpet industry will be covered by the three tracks.

View the complete program here: www.germantech-ustextile.de/program.html

The sessions will feature application-oriented technology presentations from the following 25 VDMA member companies:

  • Monforts Textilmaschinen;
  • ANDRITZ Kuesters;
  • Autefa Solutions;
  • Brueckner Textile Technologies;
  • DILO Systems + TEMAFA;
  • Lindauer DORNIER;
  • Erhardt+Leimer;
  • GROZ-BECKERT;
  • Interspare;
  • KÖRTING HANNOVER;
  • MAHLO;
  • Karl Mayer;
  • Neuenhauser Maschinenbau;
  • PLEVA;
  • Reseda Binder;
  • Georg Sahm;
  • Saurer Components (Saurer Temco);
  • Sedo Treepoint;
  • Textechno Herbert Stein;
  • Thies;
  • Truetzschler;
  • Welker Vakuum; and
  • Oerlikon Textile (Barmag and Neumag).

The event is free of charge and will include a conference dinner for networking in a relaxed atmosphere.

Interested decision makers — for example, Technical Management, Production Managers, Quality and Maintenance Managers, Mill Owners — from the industries along the entire textile chain are requested to register under this link: www.germantech-ustextile.de

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: VDMA, the German Textile Machinery Association

Mayer & Cie.’s Relanit Celebrates Anniversary Relative Technology: Cutting Edge, Trendsetting, 30 Years Old

ALBSTADT, Germany — October 11, 2017 — Relanit’s anniversary year starts on October 13, 2017. Relanit is one of Mayer & Cie.’s (MCT’s) most important and most successful machine types. Relanit uses relative technology, the circular knitting machine manufacturer’s proprietary development, launched at ITMA in 1987, when the trade fair opened on 13 October in Paris. In its current version the Relanit 3.2 HS is one of the most productive single jersey machines on the market. At the same time, its energy consumption is 30 per cent below that of a conventional knitting machine. Relanit is also part of Mayer & Cie.’s latest innovation, its spinitsystems technology. Thanks to relative technology a fragile fibre bundle can become a fluffy single jersey fabric.

“Relative technology is still the shape of things to come, 30 years after the start of series production,” says Marcus Mayer, Managing Director Mayer & Cie. in charge of technical development. “It exemplifies what we stand for, for our values and our aspiration to always be one step ahead.”

Relative technology, a distinguishing feature

Conventional knitting machines usually work with horizontal sinkers. That means the needle moves up and down while the sinker works horizontally. With relative technology, the sinker too moves up and down. Relatively speaking, it shifts towards the needle. In this movement lies relative technology’s biggest advantage: In comparison to conventional technology, the yarn only has to travel half the number of deflection points to form a stitch. Each deflection means less stress on the yarn. That is why Relanit can process difficult yarn or inferior qualities without a hitch. Not only to form a fabric of a certain quality but also without making amends in terms of production speed or machine downtimes. Both would be the case if inferior quality yarn were to be processed on a conventional machine. Because yarn is the key cost factor in knitting, Relanit can help the knitter to save a lot of money – and that means to make a profit.

“When we unveiled Relanit at the Paris ITMA 30 years ago, it was unmatched in production, speed, yarn care and energy efficiency,” Marcus Mayer says. “And it still is. We are not aware of any company that has succeeded in replicating the technology. As our patent expired years ago, that would be possible. And nobody has developed a better technology that combines all these benefits either, by the way.”

Trusted technology, latest edition

While relative technology in itself has remained unchanged, it has grown to keep pace with technological development. The line’s current flagship is the Relanit 3.2 HS. It is one of the most productive single jersey machines in the market, both for open width as well as tubular. At 50 rpm it works with elastomeric yarns just as well as with cotton, the machine’s traditional speciality. Furthermore, the Relanit 3.2 HS uses up to a third less energy than a conventional circular knitting machine.

In addition to the Relanit 3.2 HS, the current Mayer & Cie. portfolio comprises a further eight Relanit machines, with striping machines, electronic and mechanical types among them. Every year, around 300 Relanit machines find their way to clients all around the globe. The specialists in cotton yarn are most popular in Turkey, followed by Brazil and China. Overall, Mayer & Cie. has sold 10,000 units, delivered to about 90 countries worldwide. That means about a quarter of all machines sold in the past 30 years belong to the Relanit family.

Future potential: Relative technology for spinitsystems

spinitsystems is the company’s latest innovation and it would not be possible without relative technology. The spinning and knitting machine Spinit 3.0 E combines formerly strictly separated processes – spinning, cleaning and knitting. The raw material it works with is a not a regular cotton yarn but a roving which easily dissolves when rubbing or tearing it. This is exactly the material that Spinit 3.0 processes. Relative technology deserves much of the credit for it succeeding in doing so. The fibre bundle travels a much shorter distance and is subject to less tension than would be the case with conventional knitting technology. In short, it is thanks to relative technology that a fragile roving can be transformed into fluffy single jersey on Spinit 3.0 E.

“That makes Relanit not only a technology we are very proud of, but also an obligation for the future,” Marcus Mayer concludes.

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: Mayer & Cie.

Datatex Makes Strategic Expansion Into Asia Pacific

ZUG, Switzerland — October 11, 2017 — The Asia Pacific region has long been pivotal in the Apparel and Textile value chain. Datatex Global is proud to announce the opening of our Indian subsidiary, Datatex India. Demonstrating a commitment to the increasingly interconnected global business ecosystem, it became apparent that expanding with a physical presence in India was the next step in servicing our many existing clients and providing a competency center for partners with Asia Pacific operations.

The scope of Datatex India will be to service our rapidly expanding base of clients on the Indian subcontinent along with providing a support hub for the Asian Partner Community.  Additionally, Datatex India will provide momentum to development and support of the NOW ERP offering. The local Indian office will launch with a team of 40 consultants all of whom are highly trained on the entire Datatex solution stack and technology platform.  “We are very excited to extend our operations into India but what makes this move especially intriguing is the addition of highly skilled consultants to our core teams. Adding these consultants, all of whom are experienced in best practices for our industry and our products gives us the capability to expand globally with agility”  said Ronnie Hagin the CEO of Datatex.

Datatex India started operations in July of this year and is instrumental in the development of future industry offerings.

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: Datatex

Teijin Aramid Introduces Teijinconex® Coolnex Super Wicking Fabric Flame Resistant Protection For Work Wear Made Comfortable

ARNHEM, The Netherlands — October 11, 2017 — Teijin Aramid today announced the introduction of the Teijinconex® Coolnex Super Wicking Fabric, a lighter, softer and more comfortable flame resistant Fabric. The outstanding feature of this new fabric is a quick dry absorption of perspiration without losing its flame resistance. An innovation that is fulfilling the needs of the work wear industry.

This state-of-the-art single layer fabric combines the best in personal protection fabrics with high performance sports textiles. It offers unmatched thermal protective performance standing tough against heat, flames and flash fire. Designed to breathe, the fabric allows the sweat to move from the body to outside, producing a cotton like feel. The moisture wicking capability outperforms competing fabrics like cotton, viscose or traditional aramid fabrics. The fabric is reinforced with high performance Twaron® or Technora® para-aramid fibers for superior strength and durability. Garments made with Teijinconex® Coolnex Super Wicking Fabric not only retain their protective properties after thermal exposure, they also remain comfortable and service worthy longer.

Christian Norhausen, Business Department Heat & Cut protection at Teijin Aramid: “With our long history and experience in professional protective apparel and sportswear we designed a fabric that brings comfort in flame resistant work wear to the next level. The intrinsically built-in flame resistance and moisture dry release properties make this a truly outstanding fabric for everyday use.”

The new Teijinconex® Coolnex Super Wicking Fabric will be shown at Teijin Aramid’s stand A39 in hall 9, at the upcoming A+A show, held from October 17-20 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: Teijin Aramid

SF Landmark Enters Soft Signage Market With EFI VUTEk FabriVU Printer, EFI Fiery DFE And EFI eCommerce Software

FREMONT, Calif. — October 11, 2017 — San Francisco signage and graphics company SF Landmark is meeting surging demand for textile-printed soft signage with the installation of an EFI™ VUTEk® FabriVU® 340 dye-sublimation printer from Electronics For Imaging Inc. With production speeds of up to 5,381 square feet per hour and print widths of up to 133 inches wide, the printer uses genuine EFI water-based CMYK dispersed dye inks to produce brilliant displays, high-density backlit signs and more, with ultra-high resolution four-color printing.

Founded in 1982 with annual revenues of about $1 million and five employees, SF Landmark has built a reputation for high quality, fast turn superwide format printing among event planners, brands and agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

An ‘impressive offering’ to broaden SF Landmark’s customer reach

While researching the soft signage market, SF Landmark General Manager Bill Stender attended the 2016 SGIA Expo in Las Vegas and followed up with a visit to EFI’s users’ group conference, Connect. “I was very impressed with what EFI had to offer,” he said.

“We’ve been looking at dye sublimation fabric printing for some time,” Stender added. “We’ve seen many of our professional customers moving into soft signage, and we believed we could bring our great reputation for quality and service to those customers to capture that volume, and that is proving to be true. Plus, we expect to be able to gain many new customers as we market this service to a broader audience.”

EFI developed its new VUTEk FabriVU series using the advanced technology knowledge base that EFI Reggiani has established over the past 70 years. SF Landmark’s new printer — which is ideal for the production of flags, banners, backlit displays, and other high-end display graphics — offers superior quality with high-resolution imaging up to 2,400 dots per inch (dpi) and four-level grayscale printing with 4 to 18 picoliter drop sizes. SF Landmark has greater versatility with its new investment as well, as the printer has the unique ability to print on transfer paper or direct-to-fabric with the same inkset, which saves considerable labor and machine downtime compared to other printers requiring ink changeovers for different substrates.

SF Landmark’s clients appreciate the company’s attention to detail and color matching capabilities, expertise that, according to Stender, is hard to find among area sign shops. The EFI Fiery® proServer digital front end (DFE) installed with the new printer has the production and color functionalities to allow SF Landmark to maintain its high color quality standards.

“Fiery has lots of great tools for color matching and for adding additional automation to the process,” Stender said. “This will be increasingly important as our fabric business continues to grow.”

New product offerings and growth through online ordering

Stender is currently focusing on production of backdrops for stages and events, but is in the process of tooling up for other products such as flags and temporary pop-up exhibits. He also invested in a sewing system for finishing printed fabric products.

Plus, SF Landmark acquired an additional facility to accommodate the printer and will be staffing that facility up as his fabric volume grows. A new web-to-print offering — EFI’s Digital StoreFront® software — is part of that growth initiative.

“As we expand our product line, we will be implementing EFI’s eCommerce for Soft Signage suite of solutions powered by EFI Digital StoreFront,” Stender said. “This will add a level of convenience for many of our customers by allowing them to order online 24/7. We also like that fact that Digital StroreFront is integrated with the EFI Fiery proServer DFE for the FabriVU printer, meaning that jobs submitted online can be delivered directly to print, saving time while reducing costs, errors and overhead.”

EFI is showcasing its ecosystem of advanced products for soft signage production this week at the 2017 SGIA Expo at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, where the VUTEk FabriVU 340 printer, Fiery proServer DFE and Digital StoreFront web-to-print solutions are on display in booth #1501.

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: EFI

INX International Ink Co. Promotes Jim Lambert To Vice President Of Digital Sales — Ink And Hardware

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — October 11, 2017 — INX International Ink Co. has promoted Jim Lambert to the position of Vice President of Digital Sales – Ink and Hardware. He will continue reporting to Rick Clendenning, president and CEO. The announcement was made at the SGIA Expo in New Orleans, which runs through tomorrow.

Lambert most recently served as vice president and general manager for the digital division of INX International. He has over 35 years of printing industry experience, with responsibilities ranging from operations and management to sales and marketing.

Lambert was the co-owner of Innovative Solutions Inc. in Huntsville, Ala., when INX acquired the digital printer and integration manufacturing company in 2007. Previously he headed the publishing and prepress division at Intergraph Computer Systems, where he was recognized as one of the top 100 industry professionals in 1998. He also served as vice president for JL Troupe Co., an engineering and product development organization with clients that included Federal Express.

“Jim has been such a strong contributor with innovations in the digital group, and through many challenges over the past 10 years,” stated Clendenning. “Since joining INX, he has focused primarily on the hardware and software engineering side. His involvement with inkjet has provided valuable insight and strong leadership, and our customers have been well served with his breadth of knowledge and experience.”

Posted October 11, 2017

Source: INX International Ink Co.

Management Buyout Of DuraFiber Technologies (DFT) In Bad Hersfeld Announced

BAD HERSFELD, Germany — October 9, 2017 — As of last week, DuraFiber Technologies (DFT) GmbH in Bad Hersfeld operates as stand-alone company. As a result of a management buyout, in combination with a strategic investor, the plant is now owned by a newly formed parent company.

The strategic investor owns the premises and buildings DuraFiber Technologies GmbH in Bad Hersfeld is operating in. Together with Ralph Van Loo, who also is shareholder, they will design the future of our esteemed plant. Ralph Van Loo will remain his position as CEO and will continue the strategic path forward which was started last year. The plant in Bad Hersfeld has now a sharper focus and greater financial strengths to keep the leading position for high quality filaments.

Since 1966, the plant in Bad Hersfeld has remained at the forefront of the industrial fibers and fabrics industry, developing next-generation technologies and products for a variety of applications with focus is on delivering the very best service to our global customers. DuraFiber Technologies Bad Hersfeld industry-leading portfolio includes high tenacity multifilament yarns manufactured from PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PEEK (polyetheretherketone), PPS (polyphenylene sulfide) and PBT (polybutylene terephalate). Our wide range of products are used in applications requiring high strength, from architectural design to seat belt yarns, from MRG to sewing threads and specialty applications.

Consequently this step will bring us into a sustainable position to fully focus on all specific activities and the potential related to our site in Bad Hersfeld. We are confident that this strategic change will further strengthen our relationship to all our partners and will be key for positioning us to manage the current and future market dynamics.

In order to position our new strategic alliance, we will change our name in the near future and will advise accordingly.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: DuraFiber Technologies GmbH

Dassault Falcon Jet Digitalizes Its End-to-End Interior Design Value Chain

PARIS — October 2017 —  Lectra is empowering Dassault Falcon Jet to exceed the expectations of its clientele with faster turnaround times and enhanced quality.

A Customer-Driven Business Transformation

Marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence and innovation building the most advanced business jets on the market, Dassault Falcon Jet has earned a reputation as the finest aircraft company in the world. The company focuses on high-quality production to personalize business jets meeting customers’ exacting requirements. The process begins in France, where the airframe, engine and avionics are assembled, ending in Little Rock, where the aircraft is finished with a custom livery and interior hand-crafted to precise specifications.

Due to their customers’ ability to change interior design specifications during completion, Dassault Falcon Jet needed greater flexibility to meet customer requests faster and more efficiently. Design for manufacturability is a major consideration due to aggressive cost targets and a chief reason behind the company’s digital specification-to-delivery process—the most advanced in the industry.

The Little Rock upholstery shop has recently undergone significant reorganization to align the production of aircraft interiors with the digital specification-to-delivery process. After first streamlining its design studio with DesignConcept® 3D design and costing software, Dassault Falcon Jet turned once more to Lectra to revolutionize its cutting room with acquisition of a Versalis® digital leather cutting solution.

A First Major Change With 3-D Design And Prototyping

Before working with Lectra, Dassault Falcon Jet used 2-D software for the design and development of aircraft seating. The upholstery shop’s highly manual prototyping process did not capitalize on the company’s use of 3-D data and often resulted in inconsistent quality.

Following a successful proof of concept, Dassault Falcon Jet progressively implemented six DesignConcept workstations, laying the foundation for a fully digital development process. Rollout of DesignConcept design and virtual prototyping solution enabled the customer to iterate into 3D designs directly, eliminating the need to make as many physical mock-ups.

FROM Digital Design TO A Full-Fledged Digital Value Chain

Following Dassault Falcon Jet’s switch to 3-D design and prototyping, the company turned its efforts to increasing efficiency and productivity in the upholstery shop. Acquisition of a Versalis has enabled the customer to extend the digital value chain from seat design through to leather cutting execution. Now Dassault Falcon Jet can develop patterns using DesignConcept prototyping software and directly export 3-D data into the Versalis digital leather cutting solution.

Powered by data intelligence and advanced cut preparation software, Versalis eliminates variation and reduces the number of over-cuts to optimize yield on expensive full-grain leather. The advanced cutting technology incorporates hide scanning and laser projection to give operators a high degree of control over the placement of parts. By eliminating the deformation of cut parts, Dassault Falcon Jet has achieved a substantial improvement in quality. Leather cut execution is now more accurate, with a rate of rejected pieces approaching zero. The upholstery shop’s leather yield has furthermore increased from 5 percent to 10 percent.

A Smoother Overall Process For The Production Of Custom Interiors

With the addition of Versalis, Dassault Falcon Jet now benefits from an end-to-end digital process, with 3D design and prototyping, direct merging of data and digital cutting. The fully automated Versalis enables Dassault Falcon Jet to deliver within budget by cutting costs, improving productivity and minimizing waste. Because flexibility is even more important to the production of one-off custom interiors than to serial manufacturing, digitalization has enabled the company to both expedite operations and reinforce its reputation as a world-class aircraft manufacturer.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: Lectra

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