Flexsteel Announces Planned Chief Financial Officer Retirement And Successor Appointment

DUBUQUE, Iowa — January 4, 2017 — Flexsteel Industries Inc. today announced that Timothy E. Hall, CFO, will be retiring from Flexsteel Industries on June 30, 2018, after 23 years of service. Marcus D. Hamilton will join Flexsteel and assume the role of CFO on January 8, 2018.

Hall will assist in the transition of his CFO responsibilities to Hamilton, and will continue working on the business information systems project, the Dubuque Operations building construction project, and will continue serving as Secretary to the Board of Directors until his retirement.

“Tim has been an outstanding CFO since taking that position in 2005, and has been a terrific leader throughout his career at Flexsteel,” said Karel K. Czanderna, president and CEO of Flexsteel. “We are grateful for his contributions to the company.”

Hamilton most recently served as the global vice president – Finance for the $1.7B Valspar Paints business, where his business acumen contributed to their growth and recent sale to Sherwin-Williams. He brings over 20 years of experience as a strategic partner with hands-on operating finance leadership in manufactured and sourced consumer products through his previous roles at Ames True Temper and a decade at Stanley Black & Decker. He comes to Flexsteel with early career experience in the furniture industry, contributions to multiple business system implementations, experience leading IT, sourcing and demand planning teams, and has profitably grown businesses organically and through acquisition. Hamilton earned his MBA at the University of Maryland, and a BBA in finance and commercial law from Western Michigan University.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: Flexsteel Industries

Lydia’s Uniforms Announces 3-Company Integration

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — January 4, 2018 — Lydia’s Uniforms announces plans to integrate with two other major providers, both long-time sister companies, in an effort to create a one-stop shop for a variety of uniform needs.

Beginning in January, customers of Tafford Uniforms (www.tafford.com) and Uniform Warehouse (www.shopuniformwarehouse.com) will be redirected to Lydia’s Uniforms (www.lydiasuniforms.com). Despite the new website address, customers can largely expect their shopping experience to remain unchanged. The new site will continue to offer Tafford Uniform’s branded line of nursing scrubs as well as the product catalog from Uniform Warehouse.

“This move is about helping us strengthen the brand and better respond to the demands of the market. By joining forces, we can put more resources behind our ‘scrubs experts,’ ‘uniforms experts,’ and our embroidery programs. Customers can also expect an overall improved website shopping experience,” said Senior Vice President of Merchandising Lynn Higgins.

The newly expanded Lydia’s Uniforms site will feature nursing scrubs, medical accessories, shoes, chef’s wear, corporate apparel, and accessories.

Customers can continue to expect the same high-quality products and customer service that all three brands are associated with, including: support from the Lydia’s team of Scrub Experts, who will continue to provide expert recommendations for shoppers, embroidery options, a fully shoppable digital catalog, and the Lydia’s Uniform’s 110% price match guarantee. Additionally, existing Uniform Warehouse and Tafford customers will have their personal accounts and wish lists automatically transferred over to the new Lydia’s site. Bulk and large-group programs will be available for businesses looking to outfit their workforce at scale.

The redirect of customers will happen automatically with no additional effort needed on the part of the customer. This redirect will begin on or about January 8, 2018.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: Lydia’s Uniforms

Beaulieu Yarns Out To Inspire Bold, Colourful Designs For High-End Contract Carpet Tiles 

WIELSBEKE, Belgium — January 4, 2018 — Beaulieu Yarns, the global supplier of high-quality synthetic polyamide and polypropylene yarns, unveils exciting potential for the high-end carpet tile market to fulfil its boldest colour and multilevel design desires with its series of multi-colour Solution Dyed Yarns.

Featuring at Domotex 2018, the extra-resilient polyamide (PA) yarns meet the highest standards (Class 33) for the strongest and heaviest contract applications, such as in commercial offices, hospitality & leisure, education & healthcare premises. The yarns are produced as multi-colour Solution Dyed Yarns from 2600 to 3200 Dtex. Beaulieu Yarns’ in-house masterbatch department offers customers access to endless colour and contrast possibilities meaning that yarns are fully customizable to suit latest trends and the incorporation of novel design patterns.

To demonstrate the design flexibility, the team focused on “Biophillic Designs”, a trend in the market related to the magnificence of nature, creating two proprietary designs inspired by the coast of Normandy, France and the Australian Barrier Reef. 
Beaulieu Yarns worked closely with key customer TAPIBEL on a project to test out the feasibility and resilience of the new yarns on the new tufting technology machines favoured by tufters serving the high segments of contract carpet. Within the INCATI brand TAPIBEL will launch the resulting new carpet tile range at Domotex 2018 (Hall 11, Booth C43).

Further innovative and structured designs were also produced on new tufting technology in Brazil through Beaulieu do Brazil. It shows a replica of the barrier reef in contract carpet planks set to feature as the central design theme at Beaulieu Yarns’ Domotex booth. In the run-up to Domotex, other key industry players got inspired by the high-quality yarns for their new collections of broadloom contract carpet.

“Supporting our customers’ innovation in new tufting technology is very important to us and we are therefore delighted to offer a broad series of yarns for high-end carpets that really paves the way for them to expand their creativity in tile design and structure,” comments Emmanuel Colchen, Global Sales Director Beaulieu Yarns. “The development project with our key accounts is a great example of our industry-exclusive approach to development support, with customers able to explore colour choice and finalize their collections on-site at our global development centre.”

Beaulieu Yarns invites Domotex visitors to discover its extra-resilient yarns, including new sustainable yarn options, at Hall 11 Booth 56, 12-15 January 2018, Hannover, Germany.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: Beaulieu Yarns

Clariant’s Judith van Vliet Named President Of Color Marketing Group 

MUTTENZ, Switzerland — January 4, 2018 — Specialty chemical manufacturer Clariant  announces that Judith van Vliet, a designer at its ColorWorks® design and technology center in Merate, Italy, has been appointed president of the Color Marketing Group (CMG).

CMG is a not-for-profit, international association of color design professionals from a wide range of industries who regularly collaborate to interpret, create, forecast, and select colors that enhance the function, value, and appeal of manufactured goods produced worldwide. Before being elected to CMG’s presidency in December 2017, van Vliet had served as the group’s vice president for communications and public relations for the previous three years. Her term as President begins in January 2018.

The election of van Vliet begins a new era for the 56-year-old organization, which is based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. While the group has always had international members, van Vliet is the first non-American designer to hold CMG’s presidency. Among the principal goals for the Netherlands-born van Vliet, who speaks four languages — English, Italian, French, and German — in addition to her native Dutch, is to lead the expansion of CMG’s membership in European and Asia-Pacific countries.

“CMG membership is a trademark of quality for those who work with color — designers, marketers, color scientists, consultants, educators, and artists,” said van Vliet. “Because CMG’s worldwide gatherings foster an environment that is ‘all about color,’ they create a unique opportunity for like-minded people, including colleagues and competitors alike, to communicate, connect, and collaborate in shaping the future of colors.”

CMG’s outgoing president, Susan Hayes Hoover of Fawn Ridge Studio in St. Paul, Minnesota., USA, said that “with the appointment of our first European president, Judith van Vliet, the Color Marketing Group is entering an exciting new chapter as a truly international organization. Not only does Judith bring visibility to our association through her position with Clariant ColorWorks, but she is also the first CMG president to represent the energy and insight of the vitally important Millennial demographic. With her passion for color and dedication to excellence, I am confident that she will continue the strong leadership that CMG requires to move into the future.”

From a professional standpoint, van Vliet credits her CMG membership for substantial growth. It has fed her passion for color trends analysis and forecasting, a passion she’s pursued for more than a decade. Since 2012, it’s helped her in her role as a leader of the Clariant ColorForward® color-forecasting team, which produces an annual color forecasting guide for designers who utilize plastics in their products and packaging. It has also provided vital insights she uses in working with clients of Clariant’s ColorWorks design and technology centers, which support the design, creation, and execution of precise aesthetics in plastic products from prototype to full production.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: Clariant

MagnaColours® Get Ready For ISS Long Beach

BARNSLEY, England — January 4, 2018 — Manufacturers of water-based screen-printing inks, MagnaColours® are pleased to announce that they will be exhibiting once again at ISS Long Beach 2018. The event, which will take place from 19th to 21st of January brings together industry-leading brands, screen-printers, distributors and manufacturers.

At the event, MagnaColours® will be demonstrating how to get the best results from their innovative product range, with live printing demonstrations on their stand. In addition to this, Magna Colours® will be making some exciting announcements, launching their revolutionary new wet-on-dry ink, EDGE, that is set to transform all preconceptions of water-based inks, and unveiling their new Make the Switch programme.

Over the past four decades, MagnaColours® have been at the forefront of screen-printing, developing new products and technologies in their MagnaLab. They have worked hard to dispel the myth that plastisol inks perform better than water-based inks by encouraging screen-printers to make the move to using these greener, more sustainable alternatives. The Make the Switch programme is designed to hand-hold printers through the transition into printing with water-based inks.

Helen Parry, Managing Director at Magna said: “ISS is a fantastic event, which brings together the industry. At Magna, we embrace this as an opportunity to showcase our comprehensive product range, and celebrate the advances of water-based inks in recent years. 2018 is set to be an exciting year for Magna, so at this year’s ISS event, we’re looking forward to unveiling new products, and launching our Make the Switch programme, so we’ll be welcoming industry leaders to our stand to see just what our inks are capable of.”

“For many years, we’ve been making strides in water-based inks and helping screen-printers to embrace these products, in place of harmful counterparts. As the demand for sustainability from leading brands intensifies, printers need to respond to this. Our Make the Switch programme demonstrates our commitment to guiding customers through the transition to water-based inks and is designed to tailor the level of support to the printer’s individual requirements and desired timescales. Water-based inks provide the perfect sustainable alternative to plastisol-based products.”

MagnaColours® strives to provide environmentally friendly water-based alternatives to widely used toxic inks traditionally used in the screen-printing industry. At last year’s ISS event, MagnaColours® launched their education programme, MagnaAcademy® and their stringent industry standard, GNA® as part of their efforts to raise awareness of the multiple benefits of water-based inks and to advise printers on how to get the very best results from the MagnaPrint® range.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: MagnaColours®

 

Stäubli At The 14th Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition Feb 08 – 11, 2018: Booth No. 251, Hall 2 – Spintex Technology Ltd

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland — January 4, 2018 — In its 126th year of existence, Stäubli’s offers technologies that bring the textile industry more and greater benefits. In Bangladesh we will be exhibiting our know-how on our agents booth, i.e. Spintex Technology Ltd. Textile industrials can discover machinery and system solutions that allow to optimize the workflow in their mill in order to create more quality output and profit from increased time savings. Here is a summary of Stäubli products that does not only bring owners of textile mills on a debate to acquire a more economic production but offers them the solution that is perfectly adapted to their individual needs and requirements: from automation of the weaving preparation to a perfectly continued weaving process.

Automated warp tying

The automatic warp tying machine TOPMATIC 201 PC has an integrated double-end-detection that works even with flat warps without lease. Its tying speed can attempt 600 knots per minute. In addition to its rapidity the weaver profits of its long service life and the important flexibility it offers:

  • Yarn range from 0,8 to 500 tex
  • Suitable for warps with or without lease

Visitors are kindly invited to have a glance at above mentioned product highlight at the booth and learn more about Stäubli machinery, such as shedding solutions for any application:

Shedding systems for frame weaving from Stäubli – a range that answers all needs

The large product portfolio includes solutions for frame weaving with air-jet, water-jet, rapier and projectile weaving machines. The range includes e.g. the new robust 1691 cam motion that is available with up to 8 lifting units, at a pitch of 12mm. Weavers can easily produce high quality fabrics as the machine assures gentle warp treatment. Its automatic and fully integrated levelling device prevents from overstretching the warp and avoids start-up marks. Due to interchangeable cams, weavers profit further from more flexibility as they can use the same cams for creating either a warp or a weft effect.

In regards of electronic rotary dobbies, Stäubli is offering the new generation of reliable state-of-the-art dobbies S3000/S3200. These series feature the new concept of selection of heald frames by locking and are compatible with weaving machines made by all the major makers. Weavers can choose among several models the one perfectly adapted to their requirements. Demanding less space and maintenance these machines operate at highest production speeds whilst occurring less noise and vibration. Worldwide appreciated and renown, there are over 30,000 S3000/S3200 dobbies in service around the world today.

 

Flat, terry or technical weave – the SX and LX Jacquard machine masters any application

Adaptable to all types of air jet, rapier, and water jet machines, the SX Jacquard machine produces excellent results in the form of terry cloth, decorative material, tapestry, silk fabric, apparels or seat covers. With its optimized housing and performant lifting mechanism the machine operates reliably under the most demanding conditions in weaving mills. The maximum number of hooks for the Jacquard designs is 25,600, or 51,200 hooks by combining two machines.

Stäubli supports its customers even years after purchase

Stäubli wants its customers to get out the maximum of its machinery and offers trainings, technical support and spare parts even years after purchase.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: Stäubli AG

GlenGuard® Announces Sales Team Personnel Shift

Glen Raven, N.C. — January 4, 2018 — Effective January 15, 2018, Andrew Medley, who has been a member of Glen Raven Technical Fabrics’ (GRTF) GlenGuard® sales team for more than two years, will assume the position of Northeast Regional Sales Manager with GRTF’s sister division, Trivantage LLC. Medley has been primarily responsible for GlenGuard’s business development and client relations efforts in the Gulf Region and Western United States territories.

Rich Lippert, who currently serves as GRTF’s Technical Director and oversees international sales for GlenGuard, will remain in his current role while assuming the GlenGuard domestic sales responsibilities vacated by Medley’s transition. Lippert joined GRTF in 2006, and has served in various sales, marketing and technical roles for the GlenGuard team since 2009.

“Rich is passionate about the GlenGuard brand and exceptionally devoted to its customers. Rich is ideally suited for this expanded role – his reputation in the marketplace precedes him and his relationships with customers are well-established,” said Patti Bates, vice president of Sales, Glen Raven Technical Fabrics.

Lippert will continue to be joined in his domestic sales efforts by GlenGuard Market Manager, Jeff Michel (Eastern US territory) and GlenGuard Business Development Manager, Ron Payne (Gulf Region territory). The GlenGuard sales team will continue to be led by Patti Bates, VP of Sales for GRTF.

Posted January 4, 2018

Source: Glen Raven Technical Fabrics

Archroma Joins The United Nations Global Compact Initiative

REINACH, Switzerland — January 4, 2018 — Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals, has become a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, joining the world’s leading voluntary corporate social responsibility initiative, with more than 9,500 participating companies from 160 countries.

As part of its deep-rooted commitment to lead the way toward making its industry more sustainable, Archroma formally pledges to support and promote the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. This is fully aligned with Archroma’s Sustainability Policy and Code of Conduct.

In its 4 years of existence, Archroma has already made a recognized contribution to its commitment to make its industry more sustainable. The company introduced several innovations aiming to make textile or paper manufacturing more sustainable, such as its biomass-based EarthColors range or non-fluorinated Smartrepel® water-repellent finish. Archroma also implemented advanced, resource-saving manufacturing processes at several of its production facilities, such as its zero discharge facility in Jamshoro, Pakistan.

“Archroma shares the UN Global Compact goal to contribute to a more stable and inclusive global market and help build prosperous and thriving societies. We also believe that advancing the cause of sustainability is an ongoing effort, and that being a participant to the UN Global Compact will help us to walk further down this path and to convince those in our sphere of influence to join along,” comments Alexander Wessels, CEO of Archroma.

Posted January 4, 2017

Source: Archroma

HOSYcan: Device For Testing Compression Garments During Movement

BÖNNIGHEIM, Germany — January 4, 2018 — To deliver increased information of greater accuracy regarding the compression of textiles for various functions, Hohenstein Group has developed the next generation of its compression testing device, HOSYcan. HOSYcan allows for accurate compression measurements during movement and measures the interaction between different materials. Combined with data from 3D scanning, simulated movement profiles provide increased accuracy for specific applications.

Compression garments constitute a high-growth technology in the sport, leisure
and medical sectors, performing different functions depending on the application. Compression garments generally come with a defined level of compression. Until now, however, these values were inaccurate when measuring compression levels during movement. What’s more, interaction between different materials has unpredictable effects on compression. With the further development of the HOSYcan, the Hohenstein Group is the only provider of a solution with objective measurement values as well as analysis for compression garment product development.

“Compression garments are so challenging that the various influences on the level
of compression are often not clearly or precisely measurable,” said Florian Girmond, Hohenstein Group Director Consumer Tests. “HOSYcan lets us simulate movement sequences for the first time. In doing so, the actual pressure on different parts of the body can be determined even in extreme situations.” The device, which can measure circumferences of up to 150 cm, can be individually adjusted and programmed. Body measurements compiled at Hohenstein using cutting-edge 3D scanner technology can be used as a base data set in customizing movement profiles.

The advantages of the new HOSYcan device for manufacturers of compression materials for shaping and compression garments:

  • With HOSYcan, the interaction between individual materials in compression garments can be tested and analyzed in a simple and cost-effective way—both in static and dynamic conditions. In this way, HOSYcan delivers important performance data in relation to the desired product properties. The simulation of both dynamic and static testing scenarios, as well as a combination of the two, is achieved without difficulty, allowing testing situations very close to the practical application.
  • The new compression testing device enables product development to be carried out in an improved, application-specific way in terms of material selection and product design. The modification of individual components can be extensively and individually tested.
  • The whole HOSYcan package can shorten development time with innovative comparison and visualization techniques. 
The database software features a modern user and reporting interface, which provides diverse parameter variations, filter functions and duplicating functions, enabling
more efficient order processing. The measurement results are reported in the form of statistics and graphics and then made available to the customer. 
At the Outdoor Retailer show (January 25 to 28 in Denver, USA), interested parties have the chance learn the range of uses and versatile applications of the new HOSYcan device in the Hohenstein Group booth #30077-UL. For further information or individual questions, our team is also happy to help you at any time.

Posted January 4, 2017

Source: Hohenstein Group 


Hyosung Focuses On Sustainability At First ISPO Munich 28-31 January 2018:  Hall C4 Stand 306

SEOUL, South Korea — January 3, 2018 — Showing for the first time this ISPO Hyosung will focus on their sustainable fiber innovations and a new collection of creora® spandex fabrics.

Hyosung Corporation,  global leaders in recycling nylon and recycling polyester,  have a dedicated product development team focused on reducing energy and water usage, and waste in fabric manufacturing  with their new range of products. They are holders of the Global Recycle Standard certificate and contribute to landfill waste reduction.

At ISPO Hyosung will launch MIPAN regen aqua-X, a recycled cooling nylon. Used in combination with creora® Color+ it’s particularly relevant for running, cycling and aerobics and with creora® highclo™ for swim and triathlon wear.

Another new recycled product, regen cotna combined with creora® Fresh creates the perfect solution for all types of Outdoor wear.

Other sustainable fabrics include creora® Black dope dyed spandex with MIPAN Black nylon and creora® eco-soft with dope dyed nylon for yoga.

Posted January 3, 2018

Source: Hyosung Corporation

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