Hand In Hand – 125 Years Thies Textile Dyeing Machines

COESFELD, Germany — September 13, 2017 — Thies Company is celebrating its 125th anniversary in September 2017. Heartfelt thanks are expressed to its customers, suppliers, employees, retirees, business partners, families and friends for their support and trust.

The birthplace and headquarters of the Thies Group is the old Hanseatic city of Coesfeld in Münsterland, Westphalia. A traditional textiles area, Münsterland is the birthplace of, and home to, a number of reputed businesses engaged in this sector. Thies lives out this tradition, supplying textile machines across the globe from Coesfeld since 1892.

Bernhard Thies founded Thies Co. in 1892. As a chemist, he searched for techniques to mechanically support dyeing procedures. Just two years later, he obtained the first machinery patent from the German Imperial Patent Office. Following his death in 1922, his four sons assumed charge of the business. Initially, they sold their yarn dyeing machines on the domestic market, but the corner-stone for a solid export business was laid as early as in 1926, when preliminary major successes were scored abroad. Today, the export ratio stands at over 90 percent.

The patent for and the following construction of the first pressure vessel in 1929 made it possible, going forward, to carry out high-temperature dyeing operations, and this set new benchmarks for the entire sector. Once the Second World War ended, Alfred Thies as the third generation, engaged in the business. In those days, significant milestone were achieved with the development of the pressure dryer, which is integral to yarn dyeing to this day and the start of manufacturing piece dyeing machines.

The years that followed saw the development of a network of global sales and service units, put in place to support customers in an even better way at the local level. Today, Thies has support centers in Bulgaria, China, France, India, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States.

In the late 1980s, Erich and Klaus Thies intensified business links with the Polish supplier Dofama and the Slovenian machine engineering company Alchrom. Both partners have been wholly integrated within the group of companies since 2007.

In 2015 the company shares were transferred to the fifth generation in charge. Profoundly committed to the enterprise’s heritage, this fifth generation endeavor to preserve the long-standing corporate philosophy and to pass it on in a sustainable manner.

In the company’s own research center, interested parties are always welcome to test the various machine models and develop and detail the correct solution in conjunction with an experienced Thies team.

Posted September 13, 2017

Source: Thies GmbH & Co. KG

Matrix World Group (MWG) Chile Partners With Mount Vernon FR To Debut New Flame Resistant Clothing Collection

SANTIAGO, Chile/TRION, Ga. — September 11, 2017 —Matrix World Group (MWG) Chile officially launches its first-ever collection of treated flame resistant clothing, all manufactured using fabric from Mount Vernon FR. MWG specializes in the technical design, development and custom manufacturing of flame resistant workwear for industrial use.  Until the recent collaboration with Mount Vernon FR, MWG’s primary focus has been on high-quality flame resistant clothing made from inherent flame resistant fabrics.

“Working with Mount Vernon FR, we have paired two of the strongest brands in the industry, allowing us to provide consumers with treated and inherent flame resistant clothing without tradeoffs in comfort or protection,” said John Funk, president of MWG Chile.

MWG Chile will offer a complete collection of UL-certified products including flame resistant shirts, pants, coveralls and jackets, all made using fabric from Mount Vernon FR. MWG’s new flame resistant clothing line will be available across South and Central America.

“This collaboration enables us to combine our shared dedication to innovation and customer satisfaction,” said Mike Woods, vice president of FR fabrics for Mount Vernon FR. “We’re honored to work with MWG to provide consumers across the globe with access to durable, high-performing flame resistant garments made from Mount Vernon FR fabrics.”

MWG Chile garments meet the performance requirements of ASTM F1506, comply with NFPA 70E and are UL® certified to NFPA 2112.

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: Mount Vernon FR

TRSA Conference Cancellation Generates Support For Hurricane Relief

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — September 12, 2017 — Although TRSA was forced to cancel its Annual Conference this week in Miami due to Hurricane Irma, there’s a silver lining: the association will make a significant contribution to relief efforts in areas affected by hurricanes Irma and Harvey.

While offering to refund all registration and sponsorship fees, TRSA has asked members to donate all or a portion of these fees to support local charities. Roughly half have committed their Annual Conference registration and/or sponsorship fees to local charities and as a result of this generosity, TRSA expects to donate approximately $125,000 on behalf of its members to ongoing relief efforts in Houston, Miami and elsewhere in Florida in the aftermath of these powerful storms.

Already, several hundred homeless residents were given welcome boxes that had been packaged for conference attendees.

“It’s very sad that for the first time in living memory, bad weather has forced TRSA to cancel our Annual Conference,” said TRSA President & CEO Joseph Ricci. “In an effort to make the best of an unfortunate situation, our members have stepped-up by contributing their registration and sponsorship fees to help the association make a significant contribution to the local economies and to people in need.”

“We are all very fortunate that we have not had to endure the hardships of our fellow Americans that reside in Houston and those impacted on the East Coast,” said G.A. Braun President Joe Gudenburr IV. The company is donating all of its TRSA conference registration and sponsorship fees. “The country is in need of unity, and we all need to look after our fellow man/woman/child in times of hardship and need. This is a nominal contribution that will hopefully be matched by many so that those in need can get some relief.”

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: TRSA

Teijin Frontier To Participate In Première Vision Paris

TOKYO — September 12, 2017 — Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, announced today that it will participate in Première Vision Paris, a major global event for fashion industry professionals that will be held in Paris from September 19 to 21.

The booth, named TEIJINTEX® by TEIJIN FRONTIER (stand 6G24/6H29), will feature fabrics made from two top quality materials — SOLOTEX® and DELTAPEAK® — and will include a selection of materials designed for the Autumn/Winter 2018-19 season developed using advanced spinning-processing, yarn-processing and finishing methods.

Specific items in the exhibit will include:

Solotex, a polytrimethylene terephthalate fiber which, owing to its molecular structure, is soft, stretchable, shape-retaining, dimensionally stable and brightly colored. Several versions will be presented, including textiles with uneven surfaces, printed fabrics and double-face fabrics, in addition to thin, transparent and lightweight fabrics, which are appealing as all-purpose fashion materials. The partially bio-derived Solotex is also an environmentally-friendly choice for the future.

DELTAPEAK®, a next-generation polyester fabric that combines excellent physical properties with high levels of functionality and quality. Thanks to its dense, flat-knit surface, Deltapeak is a wonderfully multifunctional material that is rated highly and adopted by a number of global sports-apparel brands. The booth will present a bulky, light and extra-soft 4-dimentional Deltapeak material as the latest addition to the Teijin Frontier’s Deltapeak series, and highly functional nylon-based Deltapeak, both of which are excellent choices for use in athleisure-type fashionwear.

Première Vision Paris, held twice yearly, is expecting some 60,000 visitors and nearly 1,900 exhibiting companies from over 50 countries this year. By participating in the show, Teijin Frontier aims to further raise its profile in Europe and promote the continued expansion of its global business.

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: Teijin Frontier

Relaunch Of The USTER® LVI Family

USTER, Switzerland — September 12, 2017 — Nearly 70 years ago, the earliest accurate test equipment for cotton fiber properties were introduced to the market. These were the so-called Low Volume Instruments (LVI), which made an immediate market impact at the time, and which in later years were the platform for the development of the high-speed integrated system known as High Volume Instrument (HVI) testing. However, the LVI® instruments still play an important role in the industry today, providing essential lab test solutions for companies focused on specific fiber parameters, or those without the throughput needs or budget necessary for HVI®. Now, USTER has relaunched its LVI family with upgraded electronics and design – and the accuracy and reliability as expected from Uster.

In the United States in 1948 with the ‘Fibrograph’ and the ‘Colorimeter’ two specific fiber testing instruments were launched. More than two decades later HVI testing became available, combining measurement of fiber length, strength, micronaire, color and trash of these LVI® instruments into a single, high-throughput system, ideally suited to large-scale processors such as classing offices and major spinning mills.

Still a vital role

In this case, the advent of HVI didn’t replace LVI in the way that products with improved capacity often do. In fact, certain segments of the industry still depend on the LVI series. This includes cotton traders or spinners with a lower budget, as well as those with a need for testing only specific parameters. It’s also clear that not every customer needs a measuring speed of 800 samples per hour — as provided by the Uster HVI 1000. For many purposes, testing of one sample per minute is perfectly adequate. That’s why the Uster LVI 930 length tester, for example, with its speed of 50 samples per hour, still has its fans.

For spinning mills with lower-cost production structures, random sampling is generally sufficient, since their customers often do not specify high yarn quality levels. Nevertheless, a certain quality level is required by such mills, and it is therefore essential to check the quality of the purchased cotton before the bale laydown. To ensure the desired quality standard is met, it is vital to check parameters such as fiber length, color/trash and micronaire, which are necessary for an effective cotton bale mix.

For many mills, the Uster LVI family includes instruments which each cover a particular aspect of fiber quality, with absolute reliability: the Uster LVI 930 length tester, the Uster LVI 960 color/trash tester, the Uster LVI 975 micronaire tester and the Uster LVI 920 nep tester provide measurements describing these various cotton quality parameters, while the Uster LVI 940 serves as the control system and data manager.

Different – but equally accurate

Even though their key characteristics can be described as “small, slow and affordable”, all LVI instruments show the same accuracy in measurement as the flagship models — because all measurements are based on the Uster HVI and Uster AFIS principles. The relaunched LVI instruments now feature refreshed electronics and an updated design. The Uster LVI 940 introduces even more novelties, connecting the other LVI instruments through a new software package with expanded reports, new diagnostics, calibration and data storage. “The LVIs can be easily justified as budget-friendly systems for cotton quality checks covering all basic parameters with excellent reliability,” says David McAlister, Product Manager for Fiber Testing at Uster Technologies.

The Low Volume Instruments also serve as the entry point for customers to join the Uster family at an affordable price. Starting with Uster’s unique `Think Quality´ approach, spinners are equipped to move up the profitability chain step by step with every additional instrument, towards further control of quality throughout the mill processes.

Paybacks for traders and spinners

Cotton trading companies exist in various sizes. Many are local, focusing on their domestic markets, such as in India, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. They understand the importance of a quality tag for their trading business and therefore opt to invest in Uster LVI. Their need isn’t comparable with that of USDA (cotton classing at the United States Department of Agriculture): at this important cotton export institution, more than 250 Uster HVIs operate at speeds of 800 samples/hour in three shifts, throughout three to four months per year.

Whether cotton is classified using LVI or HVI models, the important thing is that the classification takes place. Cotton marketed with no quality tag is regarded as low quality and not to be trusted — and the price suffers accordingly. The benefits of cotton classing are equally valuable to both spinners and traders. Spinners need to get the most out of their purchased raw material with a smart cotton mix. For the right decision on this, proper quality parameters are necessary. The fact that the raw material is the biggest cost factor in a spinning mill is itself justification for investment in an Uster LVI. “Quality control always pays back,” says McAlister.

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: Uster Technologies

White Oak Commercial Finance Provides $20 Million Factoring Facility To Luxury Goods Distributor

NEW YORK CITY — September 12, 2017 — White Oak Commercial Finance LLC (WOCF) announced today that it has provided a $20 million dollar factoring facility to a distributor of luxury and branded apparel, accessories, handbags and watches. The proceeds will provide working capital to purchase inventory, manage account payables, and repay existing debt.

“White Oak Commercial Finance has a deep history in retail financing, having provided designers, importers and manufacturers of retail goods with access to growth and working capital for nearly 30 years,” said Robert Grbic, president and CEO, WOCF. “With strong historical profits and seasoned management team, this luxury goods distributor is an ideal company to finance.”

White Oak Commercial Finance, formerly Capital Business Credit, was acquired by White Oak Global Advisors LLC on behalf of its institutional clients in late 2016. Today WOCF has over $300 million of assets deployed with office locations in New York, Charlotte, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: White Oak Commercial Finance LLC

New X-Rite Multi-Angle Spectrophotometers Set Industry Standard For Characterizing Effect Finishes

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — September 12, 2017 — X-Rite Inc. and its subsidiary Pantone LLC today announced a next-generation family of portable multi-angle spectrophotometers that sets a new standard for characterizing effect finishes. The new MA-T12, a 12-angle device, and the MA-T6, a six-angle device, are the first instruments to combine color imaging and multi-angle spectral measurement to quantify color, sparkle and coarseness. These new devices allow customers to more precisely define and control the extreme effect finishes now commonly used in the automotive, plastics, coatings, and cosmetics industries to reduce defects and achieve more efficient quality assurance.

Color is a decisive buying factor when it comes to the purchase of new products — from cars, to consumer electronics and household appliances. Consistency of color across different components of a product strongly influences a customer’s perception of quality. In today’s competitive marketplace, manufacturers increasingly use extreme effect finishes to differentiate themselves. For example, in the automotive industry, approximately 70 percent of new vehicles use effect finishes that include aluminums, pearls or special effect pigments like Xirallics. As a result, measurement of color alone is no longer sufficient to completely characterize these materials, or to ensure consistency across adjacent parts, such as car bumpers and body panels. This is especially true when parts are manufactured by different suppliers at multiple locations. The new MA-T family is designed to help manufacturers set, communicate, and ensure conformance with global standards for effect finishes – encompassing color, sparkle and coarseness — to achieve a new level of consistency and harmony.

“The MA-T family represents a significant advance over current multi-angle measurement technology,” said Chris Winczewski, vice President, Strategy and Product Planning, X-Rite. “The combination of a color camera and up to 12 angles of measurement gives manufacturers and their supply chain partners an entirely new level of sophistication in the definition and measurement of even today’s most extreme effect finishes. This new technology delivers results that more closely approximate the way the human eye perceives color, reducing approval cycles, minimizing costly rework, and accelerating time-to-market.”

New MA-T Family and AutoQC Software

The MA-T family of portable spectrophotometers has 2.5X the repeatability and 2X the reproducibility of any other multi-angle device on the market when measuring color, sparkle and coarseness. The devices have an ergonomic design with a centrally located aperture and positioning pins to ensure stable measurement. A touch screen navigation makes operating the devices simple and intuitive. A real-time preview of measurement areas or “check zones” ensures accurate targeting, streamlining the overall measurement process.

Both models feature an RGB camera and white light illumination to ensure the most accurate capture of color, sparkle and coarseness and quantifiable results that match the way the human eye perceives color. The MA-T6 measures color from six different viewing angles while the MA-T12 offers 12 angles of measurement. This enables the most complete characterization of today’s extreme effect materials.

The MA-T family interfaces with new AutoQC software, a cloud-based solution that ensures that color standards, measurement procedures, and data are clearly communicated and effectively managed across distributed supply chains. New visual tools, including performance trend charts and stored images of specific measurements, enable real-time performance monitoring and provide actionable insights that speed up the process of troubleshooting out-of-tolerance product.

The MA-T12 and MA-T6 are both backwards compatible with X-Rite MA68 and MA94, MA96, MA98 portable multi-angle spectrophotometers, ensuring agreement with legacy data.

The MA-T12 and MA-T6 are now available for purchase worldwide.

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: X-Rite

Archroma To Highlight Color Atlas Library And Sustainability-Driven Innovations In Its Première Vision Debut

REINACH, Switzerland — September 12, 2017 — Archroma will make its debut as an exhibitor at the Première Vision 2017 expo in Paris from September 19-21. At Booth 5B10, it will display its various color-management solutions, along with other innovations that are helping to drive sustainability in the textile sector.

For the past 17 years, Archroma has been pioneering change in the areas of formulation, standardization and management of custom colors along the entire textile supply chain. The company recognized back in 2000 that fashion designers, brands, retailers and their suppliers were all facing challenges, ranging from global sourcing to ambitious deadlines. Archroma Color Management helps them to achieve accurate colors, and accelerate their time to market with color management services, unique software tools and support systems.

Introducing Color Atlas to Première Vision 2017

To address these issues, Archroma launched its Color Atlas, a color library created to easily bring color creativity and manageability to an entire new level for all in the supply chain. The Color Atlas by Archroma is a system that includes a “physical library” of 4,320 color swatches, in six volumes. The accordion-fold design of the library volumes allows for quick, intuitive browsing of the cotton poplin samples. Colorful book covers indicate the shades that lie within each volume. Secure tabs help keep the swatches neat and ordered while allowing them to be easily removed. Earlier this year, Archroma also introduced the compact version of its Color Atlas system, which includes all the same color options, but is slimmed down from six to two volumes for increased portability.

A mobile-friendly Color Atlas Online offers features such as “color-on-the-go”, which allows users to capture an image using a smartphone, and identify the closest Color Atlas shades with the possibility to purchase a color sample instantly. Archroma has also introduced new patent-pending technology that adds swatch-specific information to each Engineered Color Standard, giving retailers, brands and mills instant access to more color information than ever.

Due to its close relations with textile manufacturers, brands and retailers, and as a leader in textile colors and effects, Archroma can provide solutions and expertise in colors and beyond, in particular with its cutting-edge technologies to help make industry more sustainable:

  • EarthColors: A range of range of “biosynthetic” dyes for cotton and cellulose-based fabrics that are made from waste left over by the agricultural and pharmaceutical industry after extraction such as almond shells, saw palmetto, or rosemary leaves. The latest in NFC technology on product hangtags enable transparency and traceability through the supply chain to consumers.
  • Smartrepel® Hydro is a non-fluorine-based water repellent finish with high wash durability for cotton, synthetic fibers and their blends.
  • Advanced Denim dyeing technology, meanwhile, allows savings of up to 92% in water, 87% in cotton waste and 30% in energy, compared to a conventional denim dyeing process.

“With our Color Atlas tool, we believe we are redefining the concept of a color library for the textile industry”, says Chris Hipps, Global Director of Archroma Color Management services. “With Color Atlas and our continuous flow of new innovative solutions, we address the specific color related needs of designers, manufacturers and the fashion industry, while constantly striving to also advance products and technologies that will make those sectors more sustainable.”

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: Archroma

Aquafil Invests $10 Million In Enhanced Waste Regeneration Plant In United States

TRENTO, Italy — September 12, 2017 — Aquafil will open its first U.S. carpet recycling facility in Phoenix, Ariz., offering a long-awaited solution to this persistent source of waste. Aquafil Carpet Recycling (ACR) #1 will recycle the nylon 6 waste from carpets back into raw material, further enhancing its pioneering ECONYL® Regeneration System — the only technology in the world capable of regenerating nylon 6 from carpets and other waste, including fishing nets.

Each year in the U.S., an astonishing 4 billion pounds of carpet is discarded in landfills — the equivalent of 6,060 humpback whales. Once operational in 2018, ACR #1 will have the capacity to collect and treat 35 million pounds of carpet per year, making a sizeable dent in the waste stream.

“We’re not comfortable with the status quo — in this case that less than five percent of carpet waste is recycled,” said Aquafil CEO Giulio Bonazzi. “We know nylon 6 waste can be powerful with the proper technology, and we’re honored to call Phoenix home to that power with ACR #1.”

Carpet recycling has historically been a challenge due to the many different materials used, along with designs that do not allow for easy separation. ACR #1 marks a new era, as Aquafil continues to invest in innovative solutions to waste. Through the Econyl Regeneration System, Aquafil avoids the use of petroleum, reduces carbon emissions and gives waste an infinite number of lives without sacrificing quality.

ACR #1 is expected to create 50 new jobs, and will repurpose waste that is otherwise destined for landfill, getting Aquafil closer to its goal of producing Econyl yarn from 100 percent post-consumer waste. “We want to recycle as much carpet as possible by establishing a number of these facilities throughout the U.S.,” said Bonazzi. “This activity will be closely connected to our fishing nets recycling efforts, which diverts millions of pounds of waste from our oceans.”

Econyl yarn is in high demand with carpet and textile manufacturers, as well as apparel brands. To date, Aquafil has partnered with more than 160 brands including adidas, Volcom and Stella McCartney, along with carpet manufacturers such as Interface, Milliken, Mannington and Tarkett Group.

Just as Aquafil is helping the fashion industry become more sustainable, it is creating an opportunity to turn carpet waste into a business advantage, helping brands and manufacturers reduce their environmental impact to transform a historically wasteful industry.

Posted September 12, 2017

Source: Aquafil

Two More Angelica Plants Earns Hygienically Clean Healthcare Certification

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — September 9, 2017 — The Angelica linen, uniform and facility services chain’s laundries in San Fernando, Calif., and Holly Hill, Fla., are the organization’s latest recipients of Hygienically Clean (HC) Healthcare certification. This designation reflects 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 Angelica’s dedication to infection prevention, compliance with recognized industry standards and processing healthcare textiles using BMPs as described in its quality assurance documentation, a focal point for Hygienically Clean inspectors’ evaluation. The independent, third-party inspection must also confirm essential evidence that:

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

Angelica now has 18 TRSA Hygienically Clean Healthcare certified facilities, the most of any laundry chain in the United States. In addition to the two newest designees, Angelica has secured the certification at facilities in Austin, Texas; Batavia, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; Colton, Calif.; Columbia, S.C.; Durham, N.C.; Fresno, Calif.; Henderson, Nev., Lorain, Ohio; Memphis and Ooltewah, Tenn.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Pittsburg, Calif.; Rockmart, Ga.; Safety Harbor, Fla.; and Worcester, Mass. Angelica is in the process of certifying its remaining laundries by the end of 2017.

Certified facilities pass three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare textiles and zero presence of yeast, mold and harmful bacteria. To maintain their certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly 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 textile services 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 Hygienically Clean launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean healthcare textiles.

“Congratulations to Angelica on their certifications,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “This achievement proves their ongoing commitment to infection prevention and that their laundry facilities take every step possible to prevent human illness.”

Posted September 8, 2017

Source: TRSA

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