Green Light For A+A 2017: Sympatex And Diadora Utility To Present Their First Partner Products For Occupational Safety

MUNICH/UNTERFÖHRING, Germany — October 10, 2017 — Sympatex Technologies and Diadora Utility will present their first partner products at the A+A international occupational safety trade fair taking place in Düsseldorf from 17 to 20 October 2017. The first model series will be launched in the (occupational) safety shoes segment as the beginning of the cooperation with Diadory, the Italian shoe brand. The first occupational safety boots with the 100-percent waterproof and windproof as well as optimally breathable “guaranteed green” Sympatex membrane will be presented at the Sympatex booth (hall 11 booth A22).

Innovative Moisture-Tech® shoe technology by Sympatex

The new Italian shoe partner decided to use Moisture-Tech® by Sympatex right from the beginning of the cooperation with Sympatex. The highly functional shoe technology ensures optimal micro-climate and is in particular suitable for safety shoes. The extremely absorbent material guarantees that moisture is quickly wicked away from the foot. Due to the outward suction effect, it cannot reenter the inner lining offering the following benefits: high wear comfort and dry feet for maximum performance in all weathers.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: Sympatex Technologies

CHOMARAT Will Be At Kompozyt Expo In Crakow On October 11-12, 2017

LE CHEYLARD, France — October 10, 2017 — On October11-12, CHOMARAT will be at the Kompozyt Expo trade show in Crakow. Its carbon reinforcements will be used to build a kayak during a live demo with equipment manufacturer Magnum Venus Products (MVP). “This demonstration will prove that CHOMARAT reinforcements (fabrics and multiaxials) are effective in closed mould processes, like Flex Moulding, developed by MVP. The carbon fabric is easily laid up in a single step, with no need to reposition or cut it, which is a real advantage!” explains Vincent CHOLVY, Sales manager at CHOMARAT. (View the Demo at stand W68).

The Group’s distributor Polytor will also be exhibiting CHOMARAT products at its stand W41, where you can discover G-FLOW®, the structural flow-medium reinforcement developed for the infusion process, and “FX”, the latest range of adhesive reinforcements that facilitate reinforcement lay-up in the mould.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: CHOMARAT

DuPont Advanced Printing Highlights Additions to Ink Portfolio at SGIA

WILMINGTON, Del. — October 10, 2017 – DuPont Advanced Printing will highlight new additions to its innovative digital ink offerings this week during the SGIA show in New Orleans, Louisiana, from October 10-12, 2017.

At the show, DuPont will showcase its recently launched DuPont™ Artistri® Xite S2500 (medium viscosity) and S3500 (high viscosity) dye sublimation inks. Backed by more than 25 years of digital inkjet manufacturing and technical support, the innovative inks are now available for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and printers. They offer superior product consistency, jetting reliability and color print performance for printing on polyester textile substrates.

“We are happy to offer dye sublimation inks for a wide range of viscosities. This allows printers to enjoy the benefits of the strong black and vibrant colors that the Artistri brand offers regardless of what printhead they use,” said Sam Ponzo, regional director – Americas, DuPont Advanced Printing.

In 2016, DuPont Advanced Printing announced the launch of improved DuPont Artistri inks that will deliver brighter colors, shorter production cycles and higher production throughput for direct-to-garment and roll-to-roll digital printing.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: DuPont Advanced Printing (DuPont)

Preemie Diaper And Protective Underwear Products Are Finalists For Hygienix Innovation Award™ 2017

CARY, N.C. — October 10, 2017 – Comfort is a key benefit of the three engineered material products that are finalists for the Hygienix Innovation Award 2017 that will be selected by attendees of the premier absorbent hygiene and personal care event Nov. 6-9 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Texas.

Vying for the prestigious prize are Advanced Absorbent Technologies’ Alyne Protective Underwear, Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies Little Snugglers Nano Preemie Diaper and Procter & Gamble’s Pampers Swaddler Preemie Diapers.

Each uses nonwoven/engineered fabrics in a novel, technically sophisticated and uniquely creative and expansive way to make their products more comfortable for infants or adults wearing them.

Selected by technical industry experts and members of INDA who serve on the Technical Advisory Board, the voting will next move to the attendees of Hygienix 2017 who will choose their favorite after seeing the products and hearing presentations on Nov. 7.

The awards presentation will take place on November 9 at 12 p.m. and the event will also feature recognition of the winners of the INDA Lifetime Technical Achievement Award and the INDA Lifetime Service Award.

Hygienix Innovation Award Finalists

The finalist products were selected from the applications submitted for their creativity, novelty of approach, uniqueness and technical sophistication. They are:

  • Advanced Absorbent Technologies’ Alyne Protective Underwear — This new product manages fluid absorption in protective underwear differently by using multiple layers of different superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) that absorb at different rates, from quick absorption to complete absorption without bulkiness. The SAP layers are diamond quilted in a pocketed structure, sandwiched between layers of polypropylene spunbond and then ultrasonically bonded together. This design can provide stability, excellent SAP absorbency management, thinness, dryness for more comfort and discretion that provides the wearer confidence through protection.
  • Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies Little Snugglers Nano Preemie Diaper — Designed specifically for babies weighing less than two pounds, each diaper is hand inspected to protect these fragile babies. To promote healthy growth and development, the product has gentle, specially-sized fasteners coupled with a narrow and flexible absorbent pad, providing a flexible fit so that baby can be comfortably and appropriately positioned. The soft, smooth liner and gentle leg gathers can keep baby dry without irritating fragile, underdeveloped skin.
  • Procter & Gamble Company’s Pampers Swaddler Preemie Diapers — The smallest babies can have the proper fit, tailored features and a soft touch with these diapers specially designed for premature infants with NICU nurses around the world. The “right-sized” diapers include customizable features that enable minimal disruption to care. The new micro-preemie P-3 is a size smaller than the P-2 micro-preemie, sized to fit babies less than 800g and includes improvements to the contour fit core, absorbency, fastening and gentle flex cuff.

Last year’s Hygienix Innovation Award was presented to Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE) for their Go! Pads, a banana fiber-based, low-cost feminine pad that sustainably delivers affordable hygiene for women and girls in Rwanda.

INDA Award Presentations

Another event highlight will be the presentation of two INDA awards. The Lifetime Technical Achievement Award will be presented Tuesday, November 7, to an INDA Member who has been in the industry for 20 years and significantly contributed to the technical advancement, commercial success or growth of the industry through technical training of groups and individuals or authoring innovative technical publications and papers. It was presented posthumously in 2016 to nonwovens educator and consultant, Dr. Edward A. Vaughn.

The Lifetime Service Award will be presented Wed., November 8, to an INDA Member with a long-established record of service to the association and the industry as a whole for over 20 years. Last year’s recipient was Bob Dale, Vice President Capital Engineering Group, Berry Global Group, Inc.

Hygienix will provide attendees with opportunities to connect with more than 500 global business leaders shaping the industry, including many who work in technical roles. This year’s event features 24 compelling presentations, two panel discussions and more than 15 hours of scheduled face-to-face informal breakfasts, coffee breaks and receptions, as well as tabletop displays.

Posted October 10, 2017

Source: INDA

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

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