Textile Industry Praises Trump China NME Decision, Urges Aggressive Trade Enforcement

WASHINGTON — November 2, 2017 — With President Donald Trump headed to Asia this November 3-14 to visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) praised the Trump administration’s recent determination reaffirming China’s non-market economy status for antidumping purposes and called for even more aggressive U.S. enforcement to crack down on unfair trade practices.

“The evidence could support no other decision,” said NCTO President and CEO Auggie Tantillo, as NCTO concurred with the U.S. Department of Commerce’s exhaustively researched determination that China is still a non-market economy.

Tantillo added, “Properly defining China as a non-market economy simply confirms what every U.S. manufacturer already understands — China has a set of unfair and extraordinary advantages that allow them to displace investment, production and employment in our market.

“We encourage President Trump to use his trip to Asia to reaffirm his commitment to enforcing America’s trade laws fairly, but resolutely,” Tantillo continued, pointing to public comments filed by NCTO suggesting additional reasonable activities the U.S. government could undertake to improve trade enforcement, thereby creating more good jobs.

NCTO is a Washington, DC-based trade association that represents domestic textile manufacturers.

  • U.S. employment in the textile supply chain was 565,000 in 2016.
  • The value of shipments for U.S. textiles and apparel was $74.4 billion last year, a nearly 11% increase since 2009.
  • U.S. exports of fiber, textiles and apparel were $26.3 billion in 2016.
  • Capital expenditures for textile and apparel production totaled $2 billion in 2015, the last year for which data is available.
  • NCTO is also a member of Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement, a multi-industry coalition supporting the continued designation of China as a non-market economy.

Posted November 2, 2017

Source: National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)

Clive Wilkie Joins Downlite As VP Quality Assurance And Compliance

MASON, Ohio — November 2, 2017 — In its ongoing effort to ensure continued leadership in international quality assurance, product integrity, and quality compliance, Downlite has appointed Clive Wilkie vice president, Quality Assurance & Compliance effective immediately.

With more than 40 years of experience, Wilkie has extensive knowledge across all aspects of quality assurance and compliance, most recently with Pacific Coast Feather.

“Customer quality chain requirements from each of the divisions we proudly serve — home, hospitality and outdoor — are ever evolving and becoming more sophisticated,” said Josh Werthaiser, Downlite CEO.  “As a result, suppliers are placing unrelenting focus on building proactive processes and installing key performance indicators throughout our supply chain. Clive is best-in-class in these areas and his skill set perfectly aligns with Downlite’s quality legacy and strategic approach.”

Wilkie will report to Frank Carella, vice president, Operations, and be based in Downlite’s Mason, Ohio, headquarters. He replaces Chuck Northcutt former Downlite vice president, Quality Assurance.

Posted November 2, 2017

Source: Downlite

EDANA Launches Call For Papers For The International Nonwovens Symposium

BRUSSELS — November 2, 2017 — EDANA has opened the call for papers for the 2018 International Nonwovens Symposium, to be held in Rome from May 23-24, 2018.

Organized on behalf of the nonwovens industry in general, the symposium will feature a mix of topics on nonwovens across all types of applications and address the innovative technologies, products and uses of nonwoven materials or products as well as the essential role of raw materials.

The conference will focus on the following topics:

  • Sustainability, including recycling and the circular economy;
  • Nonwoven industry trends;
  • Product, process & material innovation;
  • Hygiene & personal care wipes markets; and
  • Industrial, technical & automotive nonwovens.

Table top exhibition space will also be offered to enable companies to establish new business contacts, promote their brand to a global audience, launch and demonstrate innovative technologies, products and services.

Persons interested in a speaking role are invited to send their abstract to helene.colbach@edana.org by January 15, 2018.

Posted November 2, 2017

Source: EDANA

Savio Macchine Tessili To Exhibit At ShanghaiTex 2017,  Hall E1 Stand B11

PORDENONE, Italy — November 1, 2017 — Savio will exhibit in Shanghai the Polar Evolution winding machine: a high performance, energy saving and less labor-intensive product for the Chinese customers.
 Polar winding machines have been recently developed to the Evolution series, gathering all the innovative solutions in terms of technology, efficiency, quality output and maintenance. A further step for Polar family to catch the world of I.T. connectivity and the new fibers applications.

The machine on display will be a freestanding fully automated one, provided with new features to process bobbins produced by ring frames not equipped with automatic doffing device. “Premium” winder is a solution for processing yarn bobbins whose formation is not originally “favorable” to reach efficiency, for example bobbins with tangles, entanglements and misplaced yarns tail. The newly designed hopper “Pace Sorter Feeder” will optimize the bobbing feeding for a fast and smooth bobbin flow.
 In addition, special solutions have been engineered for automatic devices (bobbin preparation, transport, etc.) present in the fully automatic winder models to control and process springy elastic yarns. A special “Lycra kit” is available for yarn end finder station of fully automatic winding machines, in order to grant the highest efficiency for the bobbin preparation in presence of single or dual core yarns.

New Evo drums for improving package-unwinding performance

In downstream processing, the unwinding behavior of the package and the take-up speed facilitate process to be more efficient and geared to benefit.
 Savio has now a full range of grooved drums to cover all yarn types, counts and downstream processes. The EVO drums offer new capabilities to optimize both the unwinding speed of the packages and the package yarn content, through variable number of turns with different winding angles. The package shape is optimized in order to obtain advantages for a better unwinding ratio in the downstream process, for homogeneous package density and for lower rewinding breaks.

Upgraded Splicing Solutions

The Polar Evolution winding unit is equipped with splicing and tension control devices for ensuring perfect joints and perfect package shape. Air and Moistair® splicers boasts a Duo Air Feeding system, for yarn tail preparation and splicing. This splitting allows the individual setting of the most appropriate value of air pressure, and makes these splicers able to easily process any different fibers and blends combination.

Savio Winder 4.0 – Smart Industry Solutions for Textile Mills

Once composed solely by mechanical and electrical parts, now winding machines have become complex systems that combine hardware, sensors, data storage, microprocessors, software and connectivity. These smart machineries can increase the efficiency of the spinning mill and perform predictive maintenance avoiding breakdowns and downtimes. Savio winding machines can be equipped upon request of Smart Industry Solutions for connectivity, data management, remote machine set up and operator real-time interactivity. Savio Winder 4.0 represents an important step towards a wide digitalization process, being a solution for intelligent networking of machines in the spinning/winding room. This data management system is a very modern and important management tool, relieving mill management staff of time-consuming routine work. The mill manager can have the winding room live monitoring directly from his/her desk. Thanks to data analytics, a wealth of data are available, allowing to manage the different production phases in the best possible way and to monitor all significant parameters anytime and anywhere, making use of mobile devices. All these features enable Savio customers to control overall equipment effectiveness, increase workforce efficiency, and maximize quality and working time.

Posted November 1, 2017

Source: Savio

White Oak Commercial Finance Provides $15MM Factoring Facility To Leading Apparel Manufacturer And Distributor, Mias Fashion

NEW YORK CITY — November 1, 2017 — White Oak Commercial Finance LLC (WOCF) announced today that it has provided a $15 million factoring facility to Mias Fashion, an innovative leader in the full package apparel manufacturing and global sourcing.

Since 1999, Mias Fashion has efficiently produced high-quality products for many of the nation’s leading brands and retailers. The company is headquartered in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., with global operations in South Korea, Mexico and Vietnam. The $15 million line of credit secured against accounts receivable and inventory will be used to facilitate growth and provide additional access to working capital. WOCF is the sole lender.

Peter Ahn, president and CEO of Mias Fashion said: “During the tough retail market condition, WOCF stepped above the rest with an innovative funding structure. With the facility provided by WOCF, Mias Fashion is able to entertain new opportunities to expand our business.”

“As innovative companies require more creative financing solutions beyond what traditional banks are able to offer, they are increasingly turning to WOCF for their borrowing needs,” said Robert Grbic, president and CEO, WOCF.

“For decades our California office has provided access to financing to wholesalers, manufacturers and importers serving the retail sector. Deals like this are a testament to our seasoned team, our ability to identify value in companies, and our innovative products that adapt to market conditions,” said Grbic.

Posted November 1, 2017

Source: White Oak Commercial Finance

Gerber Technology To Support AxF, X-Rite’s Appearance Exchange Format

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — November 1, 2017 — At ideation 2017 in Los Angeles, X-Rite Inc. and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, today announced that Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM® and AccuMark® will natively support the Appearance Exchange Format (AxF™) in 2018. Developed by X-Rite, AxF is a vendor-neutral format that enables the communication of all aspects of a physical material’s appearance — color, texture, gloss, refraction, transparency, special effects (sparkles) and reflection properties —  in a single, editable file to improve design virtualization. Using AxF, fashion, apparel, and retail companies will be able to incorporate physically correct, virtual materials in YuniquePLM and AccuMark to create photorealistic 3-D images of garment samples in order to accelerate the design, creation and merchandising process.

AxF is the foundational component of the X-Rite Total Appearance Capture (TAC™) ecosystem, a solution that brings a new level of accuracy and efficiency to the capture, communication and presentation of physical materials in the virtual world. Traditionally, the capture and rendering of complex materials such as meshes and synthetic fabrics have been a time-consuming and manual process. TAC addresses this challenge with a new level of precision and quality in material scanning coupled with an ability to share the resulting data, via AxF, across an expanding set of virtual design and product lifecycle management (PLM) tools like YuniquePLM.

“Today YuniquePLM already supports Pantone libraries and we are excited to extend that relationship to our award-winning TAC ecosystem and AxF format,” said Dr. Francis Lamy, executive vice president and Chief Technology Officer, X-Rite and Pantone. “AxF will allow Gerber Technology customers to create physically accurate digital material libraries for a collection and virtually see a material’s texture, gloss or sheen in a 3-D model to understand how a material drapes and looks under various lighting conditions. This superior virtual experience will help reduce the need for physical samples, streamline design approval cycles, and allow apparel companies to respond quickly to changing consumer trends.”

“We are excited to have this integration with X-Rite as it furthers our mission to help our customers decrease time to market by understanding textile properties prior to creating physical samples,” said Karsten Newbury, senior vice president and general manager, Software Solutions Group.

YuniquePLM is a product lifecycle management tool specially developed for the apparel and retail industries. It enables businesses to connect their creative teams with their supply chain, and get the right products to the market on time and at the right cost. AccuMark pattern design software allows apparel brands to design, develop and market their products as quickly and efficiently as possible. Together these systems help accelerate time to market, reduce lead time and improve margins by managing the details of line plans, tech packs and samples, and simplifying communication and collaboration with global partners.

TAC Captures Physical Material Appearance

The TAC ecosystem is comprised of the TAC7 scanner, PANTORA™ Material Hub desktop application, and Virtual Light Booth (VLB). Physical material samples are scanned using the TAC7 scanner, which captures appearance properties digitally to create AxF files that store appearance data. The files are stored, managed, viewed and edited in the PANTORA desktop application. The AxF files can be shared with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and state-of-the art rendering applications including Allegorithmic Substance Designer; AMD Radeon™ ProRender; Autodesk VRED™ Professional 2017; Gerber Technology YuniquePLM and AccuMark; Lumiscaphe Patchwork 3D; Luxion KeyShot® Next Limit Maxwell; and NVIDIA Iray®.

The Virtual Light Booth is the industry’s first immersive 3-D visualization environment for evaluating material appearance. It allows users to accurately and efficiently visualize and compare 3-D digital material renderings side-by-side with physical samples. The VLB combines X-Rite’s SpectraLight QC professional light booth technology with a high-brightness, color-calibrated, LCD display; color management technology; and motion tracking sensors. This allows the VLB viewing environment to control parameters that influence the perception of appearance from illumination to contextual to observational factors. With the VLB, design teams can easily verify these conditions to see changes in material performance. This helps ensure consistency between digital prototypes and final physical products and empowers designers to make more informed material selection decisions reducing approval cycles and accelerating time to market.

X-Rite is demonstrating the TAC ecosystem this week at ideation. Attendees will see how AxF files can be used within the YuniquePLM and AccuMark software and applied to rendering and 3-D design.

Posted November 1, 2017

Source: X-Rite

TVF Completes Integration Of Pacific Coast Fabrics Acquisition

CARMEL, Ind. — November 1, 2017 — Top Value Fabrics announced today it has completed the integration for the acquisition of Pacific Coast Fabrics. The acquisition expands the company’s product offerings and strengthens its West Coast distribution network for printable textiles.

“Our transition to become one company is complete,” explains Chris Fredericks, president, Top Value Fabrics. “Since our announcement in June, we’ve received tremendous support from both customers and industry partners. On behalf of our team, I want to thank everyone who has helped to make this a smooth transition.”

The newest members of the TVF team have moved a few miles down the road to TVF’s Carson, Calif., office.

Mike Sanders has transitioned to his new role with TVF as director of Printable Textiles and Finishing Technology. Sanders stated: “This incredible growth with our longtime friends at TVF allows us to offer remarkable new opportunities to the markets we serve. As part of this progress, we have recently unveiled a new showroom at our Carson office which provides a significant space to hold training sessions, view fabric samples and showcase fabric applications.”

Robert Hinsch, vice president, Top Value Fabrics, added: “It’s a milestone for the company and has already proved to be invaluable to have both offices merged into our newly remodeled Carson location. As part of TVF’s evolution through this integration, we’re committed to making it even easier to do business with us. We’ve nearly doubled the warehouse space in our West Coast Distribution Center. This move accommodates new printable fabrics in the Apparel, Print Media and Home Furnishings markets and provides added stock items and convenience for customers. We’ve also increased slitting capabilities across the company in response to customer demand.”

As the transition is complete, the now-larger TVF has welcomed its new team members and customers alike. “It’s an exciting time and we’re thrilled to deliver an expanded selection of quality, printable textiles with the same fast, friendly service for which we’re known,” said Fredericks. “I’m confident of a continued positive outlook for our team and customers in this growing industry we’re proud to serve.”

Posted November 1, 2017

Source: Top Value Fabrics

Global Inkjet Systems (GIS) To Debut Advances In Direct To Shape Printing At InPrint 2017

CAMBRIDGE, England — November 1, 2017 — Global Inkjet Systems (GIS) will showcase its latest innovative solutions for complex industrial applications in functional and decorative printing at InPrint 2017 in Munich. Senior members of the GIS team will be available on the GIS booth (Hall A6, Stand 548) to discuss our collaborative approach to solving demanding inkjet manufacturing and production issues. The GIS booth will have three dedicated areas:

Direct to Shape/Industrial Component Decoration — GIS will debut its latest software developments for printing onto more complex shapes and industrial components using robotics. Debbie Thorp, business development director, will deliver a presentation on Taking Inkjet Direct Product Decoration to the Next Dimension at 10.00 on Thursday 16th November as part of the InPrint conference.

Image Print Quality: The GIS Atlas® platform provides a comprehensive solution for continuous, optimized digital print: from the easy-to-use Atlas User Interface (UI), which is fully customizable, through to the Atlas Machine Control Services (MCS) powerful server technology, which manages the entire printing and sub-system process control, including third party components.

Ink/Fluid Delivery Systems: GIS will also showcase its successful production-proven range of components — comprising software, electronics, and all key system components for no-flow, low-flow and controlled-flow recirculating ink delivery systems. All parts are extensible, enabling GIS to offer tailored solutions for industrial inkjet systems of any size. There will be an example of a working ink system on display, with a demonstration of the latest software monitoring tools. Jozef Vlaskamp, senior systems engineer, will give a Tech Talk at the InPrint conference on Industrial Inkjet Ink Delivery Systems – Troubleshooting & Solutions on Tuesday 14th November at 14.30.

Posted November 1, 2017

Source: Global Inkjet Systems (GIS)

Techtextil/Texprocess 2018: Advisory Council for World-Class Symposiums Announced

ATLANTA — October 31 2017 — Collocated Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas return to Atlanta with interactive, educational programming facilitated by leading industry experts from across the globe.

The technical textiles, nonwovens, machinery, sewn products and equipment trade show will be held May 22-24, 2018, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Industry experts will gather together for the Techtextil North America and Texprocess Americas Symposiums to share their research and advancements with visitors from across the globe.

The events are once again co-located on one show floor, creating a dynamic synergy for exhibitors and visitors alike. Each badge will permit entrance to both shows, granting visitors access to a vast array of products, technologies and solutions from areas in technical textiles, durable nonwovens, sewn product equipment, software, and more.

The 2018 Symposium programs are currently being developed by leading industry experts to provide the latest product innovations, machinery and processes across verticals — with insights into industry trends, challenges brought on by emerging technology and how to keep stride in an ever-growing, global business landscape. The Symposiums will each run eight paid educational sessions over the course of the three day event, with the opportunity for additional, complimentary bonus sessions to be announced in conjunction with trade show floor activities.

Throughout the conference, visitors will have the opportunity to learn from industry experts on topics pertaining to, but not limited to: smart textiles, advancements in nonwovens, new technology and its integration, manufacturing and reshoring, cutting and sewing floor techniques, testing and regulatory expectations, and more.

Techtextil North America Symposium Advisory Council Board Members:

  • Jan Beringer, Hohenstein Institute;
  • Margaret Bishop, Fashion Institute of Technology;
  • Magali Brown, NICCA Chemicals;
  • Sam Buff, Textile Technology Center at Gaston College;
  • Dr. Wei Gao, North Carolina State University;
  • Dr. Behnam Pourdeyhimi, The Nonwovens Institute; and
  • Dr. Gang Sun, University of California, Davis.

Texprocess Americas Symposium Advisory Council Board Members:

  • Mel Berzack, Sewn Products Equipment Co.;
  • Yoram Burg, EFI OptiTex USA, Inc.;
  • Mike Fralix, [TC]²;
  • Dave Gardner, SPESA;
  • Ed Gribbon, Alvanon Inc.;
  • Mark Hatton, American & Efird;
  • Frank Henderson, Henderson Sewing Machine Co. Inc.;
  • Kilara Le, LMI Consulting;
  • Nina McCormack, Dürkopp Adler America Inc.; and
  • Sam Simpson, Gerber Technology Inc.

Posted October 31, 2017

Source: Messe Frankfurt Inc.

 

Unifi Announces Election Of Kevin D. Hall As Chairman Of The Board And Archibald Cox, Jr. As Lead Independent Director

GREENSBORO, N.C. — October 30, 2017 — Unifi Inc. today announced the election of Kevin D. Hall as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Hall will also continue to serve as CEO, a position he has held since May 2017. In addition, Archibald Cox, Jr. was elected as lead independent director.

Hall has more than 30 years of strategic marketing and brand development experience, along with leadership and managerial experience in the apparel industry. During his tenure as CEO, Hall has led the Unifi team toward growth in domestic and international sales, with a strong focus on expanding the REPREVE® platform, along with other premium value-added products.

James “Jim” Mead, who has been serving as non-executive chairman of the board, said, “I am delighted to have someone of Kevin’s caliber take on this critical role.” Mead will continue to serve Unifi as an independent director, bringing leadership and strategic management experience.

“I am honored by and grateful for the confidence of the Board of Directors,” Hall said. “The Board has been integral to the changes made to our executive leadership team in recent months. Jim Mead’s vision and leadership during this process as non-executive chairman was invaluable. The recent additions of significant new talent have strengthened our competitive position, and we believe we are on track to become the global textile industry leader in recycling and an innovation partner of choice.”

Archibald “Archie” Cox, Jr. has served Unifi as an independent director since 2008.  He is chairman of Sextant Group Inc., a financial advisory and private equity firm, and former chairman of Barclays Americas, a position he held from May 2008 to June 2011.

Posted October 30, 2017

Source: Unifi

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