Italian Textile Machinery At INDEX™17

MILAN — March 2, 2017 — In recent years, the nonwovens sector has grown on a global scale, much more significantly than the traditional textiles industry. The demand for nonwoven items in many end-markets has boosted production of technologies, characterized by a high level of innovative content in both end products and production processes. The increased demand for innovative solutions is precisely what enhances the role of Italian textile machinery manufacturers.

INDEX is the main trade show for the sector. For many Italian textile machinery companies involved in nonwovens sector the show is usually an occasion to show the most updated technology for nonwovens sector to potential customers.

At INDEX™ 17 (from 4 to 7 April in Geneva), for the first time, ACIMIT, the Association of Italian textile machinery manufacturers, and ICE-Italian Trade Agency have organized a Meeting Point (booth 4145), where six Italian machinery manufacturers involved in the production of machines for nonwovens will show their innovative solutions. Among these companies ACIMIT members are: Aigle, Durst, Testa, Ugolini, Unitech. Other Italian manufacturers of machines for nonwovens will exhibit with their own booth.

The Italian companies exhibiting in Switzerland are only a part of the manufacturers that in Italy produce machinery for nonwovens. In ACIMIT website you can find an exhaustive list of ACIMIT members operating in this sector.

Posted March 2, 2017

Source: ACIMIT

Crown Health Care Laundry Earns Hygienically Clean Healthcare Certification

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — March 2, 2017 — Crown Health Care Laundry Services, Columbia, Miss., has earned TRSA’s Hygienically Clean Healthcare designation, reflecting its commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by TRSA inspection and its capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing.

The certification confirms the laundry’s dedication to compliance and processing healthcare linens and garments using BMPs as described in its quality assurance documentation, the focal point for TRSA inspectors’ evaluation of critical control points that minimize risk. The independent, third-party inspection must confirm essential evidence that:

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

In addition, the Crown Health Care Laundry facility passed three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare linens and garments and zero presence of harmful bacteria. To maintain their certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly annual 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 TRSA launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean healthcare textiles. With 100+ years as the textile services industry’s leading business association, TRSA’s expertise in laundry BMP development is unmatched.

“Congratulations to Crown Health Care Laundry on their certification,” said Joseph Ricci, TRSA president and CEO. “This achievement proves their dedication to building their customers’ confidence that their laundry takes every step possible to prevent human illness.”

Posted March 2, 2017

Source: TRSA

Mohawk Expands Wide Format Inkjet Portfolio With New Line Of Printable Textiles And Canvas, Engineered By Aurora 

COHOES, N.Y. — February 28, 2017 — To meet the needs of the growing display graphics market, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. — North America’s largest privately-owned manufacturer of fine papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for commercial and digital printing — announced the expansion of its wide format inkjet portfolio with the launch of a new line of Mohawk Printable Textiles and Canvas, Engineered by Aurora, for the latex, ultraviolet, and solvent printers.

The items within the new line are manufactured in the United States by Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, a North American-based, global leader in the manufacturing of high quality textile substrates for printing.

Mohawk and Aurora Specialty Textiles Group share longstanding histories of manufacturing excellence, best-in-class products made in the United States, comprehensive expertise in research and development, deep traditions of innovation and a strong commitment to customer service.

“Mohawk is pleased to partner with Aurora to expand our wide format product offering.  Aurora offers a best-in-class portfolio of printable textiles and canvas that allows Mohawk to truly serve as a one-stop-shop for our customers’ wide format printing needs,” said Mike Madura, Vice President, Digital Solutions, Mohawk.

“Aurora is very excited to partner with Mohawk in providing the North American paper distribution channel with access to a full range of printable textiles engineered to perform on today’s newest digital printing equipment. Our partnership combines Aurora’s textile coating and finishing manufacturing expertise with Mohawk’s market-leading knowledge in serving the digital needs of the North American paper distribution channel.” said Mark Shaneyfelt, Director of Sales & Marketing, Printable Textiles, at Aurora.

With this launch, Mohawk becomes the exclusive distributor through the North American merchant channel for Aurora Specialty Textiles Group, adding the following 12 products to its Wide Format Inkjet portfolio. The products will be available for preview in Mohawk’s Booth #901 at the Dscoop Conference in Phoenix, March 1-4, 2017.

Mohawk Printable Canvas Expressions (Five new products/finishes available: Cotton Natural, Gloss, Matte, Satin, Semi-gloss), Engineered by Aurora

  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Linen FR, Engineered by Aurora
  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Premium Poplin LX with ColorPRO Technology, Engineered by Aurora
  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Sticky Stuff 8 oz., Engineered by Aurora
  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Poly Banner Plus, Engineered by Aurora
  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Poly Woven 8oz., Engineerd by Aurora
  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Triple White FR, Engineered by Aurora
  • Mohawk Printable Textiles Decoprint Pearl from SENFA

Mohawk Wide Format Inkjet products are easily searchable via Mohawk’s Digital Product Selector by media type or ink type. Mohawk Digital Specialists can provide product information for customers, and products are in inventory and can be ordered through local paper merchants starting on March 15.

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: Mohawk Fine Papers

SEAMS to Celebrate Anniversary With Conference Focused On The Next 50 Years

AIKEN, S.C. — February 27, 2017 — SEAMS, the National Association for the U.S. Sewn Products and Textile Industries, will mark its 50th anniversary at the annual Spring Networking Conference entitled “Shaping the Next 50 Years.” Scheduled for May 16-17, 2017, at the OMNI Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C., the conference will explore the trends and opportunities that diverse sewn products brands, manufacturers, OEMs, suppliers, and retailers will encounter as they grow into the future.

According to SEAMS and HomTex Inc. President Jeremy Wootten, “While we will pay tribute to the first 50 years of SEAMS members and industry leadership, we are focusing our conference agenda on how our members and guests can best prepare for and embrace the future. We are happy to be returning to the beautiful and historic Grove Park Inn in Asheville with a newly streamlined agenda that will allow more people to attend and enjoy this wonderful venue. We invite all industry professionals and executives to join us in what promises to be a highly productive and enjoyable industry event.”

Speakers and session details will be announced as they are confirmed at www.seams.org. Highlights of the planned conference agenda include:

  • Keynote Presentation: trends and predictions delivered by a noted futurist.
  • Feature Presentations: covering trade, government relations, human resources and more.
  • Breakout Sessions: several relevant industry topics to choose from.
  • Panel Discussion: update on trends in military, automotive, industrial and other segments.

To accommodate even the busiest attendees, a new single-day — Wednesday 17th — conference program will be preceded by an optional plant tour, golf outing, opening reception and dinner on Tuesday 16th. SEAMS Conference attendees will have the opportunity to introduce their company to all attendees, meet industry-focused benefits providers, and visit special products/services displays during the conference.

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: SEAMS

Gildan Activewear Announces Plan To Buy Back Shares Through Private Agreements

MONTREAL — February 28, 2017 — Gildan Activewear Inc. announced today that it intends to purchase for cancellation up to 877,000 of its common shares pursuant to one or more private agreements between Gildan and an arm’s‐length third‐party seller. The purchases will form part of Gildan’s normal course issuer bid for up to 11,512,267 shares announced on February 23, 2017.

Such purchases will be made pursuant and subject to the terms of an issuer bid exemption order issued by the Ontario Securities Commission (Order) and will take place before February 26, 2018. In accordance with the Order, Gildan’s purchases under such private agreements will not exceed, in the aggregate, one‐third of the maximum number of shares that it may purchase under its recently announced share repurchase program, or 3,837,422 common shares. The price that Gildan will pay for any common shares purchased by it under such agreements will be negotiated by Gildan and the third-party seller and will be at a discount to the prevailing market price of Gildan’s common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange at the time of the purchase. Information regarding each purchase, including the number of common shares purchased and aggregate purchase price, will be available on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) at www.sedar.com following the completion of any such purchase.

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: Gildan Activewear Inc.

Suominen’s Blind Hiring Recruitment Process Nominated For INDEX17 Award

HELSINKI, Finland — February 28, 2017 — Suominen, a global supplier of nonwovens, has been nominated for the INDEX™ 17 Award in Sustainable Process or Management Practice category by EDANA, the international nonwovens association. Suominen earned the nomination with its pioneering Blind Hiring recruitment process that ensures equal opportunities.

Suominen follows the Blind Hiring principle in all new recruits, including top management, to promote diversity and to ensure equal opportunities when applying for a job at the company. As a result, the hiring manager will receive and assess candidates’ applications and resumes without any personal data on them. The masked data includes, for example, the applicant’s full name, gender, ethnicity and age. This minimizes the possibility of unconscious biases affecting the recruitment process.

Suominen successfully piloted Blind Hiring in 2015 and after that it was defined as the default recruitment approach at the company.

INDEX17 Awards are the highest accolade for the best examples of excellence in the nonwovens industry. The Awards ceremony will take place in INDEX17 exhibition, on the EDANA stand at 10 am on Tuesday 4 April 2017.

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: Suominen

Alexium International Group Promotes Dirk Van Hyning To Chief Executive Officer — Nicholas Clark Becomes Executive Director Of Strategy

PERTH, Australia/GREER, S.C. — February 28, 2017 —  Alexium International Group Ltd. has appointed Dr. Dirk Van Hyning CEO effective June 30, 2017, replacing Nicholas Clark, who remains on the board and assumes the new role of executive director strategy reporting to the chairman. Clark also will work closely with Van Hyning during this transition period.

Dr. Van Hyning joined the Company in 2013 as senior research scientist and earned subsequent promotions to head of Product Development and Commercial Transition and then was appointed president in October 2014. As president, reporting to Clark, Van Hyning was responsible for leading Alexium’s research and development, sales and business development, applications and corporate services to meet the company’s financial growth targets.

Before joining Alexium, Dr. Van Hyning was with Milliken Research Corp., a global innovation company, where he began as a research engineer in 1999 and earned subsequent promotions to project management leader and senior development engineer-Military and Protective Business. Dr. Van Hyning received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University. Dr. Van Hyning has received several honors and awards, including the Hans Kuhn Award for Outstanding Technology Commercialization and also holds four patents.

Announcing the appointment, Gavin Rezos, chairman, said: “I have had the pleasure of working with Dirk and watching him progress in his roles that took him from our senior research scientist to his most recent role as president and Deputy CEO. His technological expertise, insight, leadership and problem-solving skills have all been important factors to our company’s growth.”

Dr. Van Hyning said, “Working in different roles at Alexium has helped me understand our technologies and market potential, providing me with the understanding and insight to capitalize on opportunities to drive shareholder value. I am excited about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us. Having been mentored by Nick has been one of the great experiences of my career, and I look forward to working with him in his new role of executive director of Strategy and with the Board of Alexium as we move the company ahead to achieve many more milestones.”

As executive cirector Strategy, Clark will continue to provide strategic advice to the board, build upon the U.S. Government relationships that Clark has established, while fostering important additional relationships in Washington.

This is key to Alexium’s growth, as our product portfolio expands into new sectors such as electronics and building sectors in the world’s largest and most valuable market. Clark also will continue completing the work on the NASDAQ listing.

Rezos added: “When Nick Clark joined Alexium in 2010, it was still very much a developmental company, and we are very grateful for Nick’s invaluable business acumen and drive to evolve Alexium into a successful revenue-producing enterprise with a range of specialty products. Nick has a valued presence on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and has also recently been appointed an Adjunct Professor in International Business and Organisational Management at Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia. We are well placed to expand our market opportunities through Nick’s continued efforts to drive awareness of our award winning, performance enhancing and environmentally friendly products with legislators, regulators, thought leaders and industry strategists.

“Succession planning is key to any companies success,” Clark said. “Good leadership is about cultivating new leaders, and I look forward to my continued involvement with the company, and in working with Dirk during this transition. I am confident that Dirk, with his technological expertise, leadership, and depth of experience at Alexium, will catapult the company to its next levels of growth. I am excited to be able to dedicate more time to work for Alexium on Capitol Hill driving awareness of Alexium’s products and helping to shape industry responses to the environment, the defense sector and technology trends in the light of Alexium’s growing capabilities.”

Planned Board Changes

Craig Smith Gander recently retired from the Board after seven years to focus on his Perth-based business. As a result of Gander’s departure, Alexium’s strong U.S. growth profile, and the subsequent move towards a NASDAQ listing,  Alexium is appointing additional U.S. based Non-Executive Directors who have diverse skills that will complement the current board membership.

The board is currently interviewing U.S. based female potential non-executive directors to align the company towards best practice on diversity.

Pending the appointment of the new Non-Executive Director, the composition of Board Committees will be as follows:

  1. Nomination Committee: All Board Directors;
  2. Audit Committee: Chair: C. Metz. Members: Brigadier General S. Cheney, N. Clark
  3. Remuneration Committee: Chair: Brigadier General S. Cheney. Members C. Metz, G. Rezos

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: Alexium International

Techtextil 2017 Exhibitor Preview: Stäubli

PFÄFFIKON, Switzerland — March 1, 2017 — Stäubli has been one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-speed textile machinery since more than a century. After decades of experience as a supplier of shedding solutions for weaving machines, weaving preparation systems, and carpet weaving systems in the traditional textile industry, Stäubli continued its efforts in research and development to extend its product range. For several years already the company is in a position to offer textile machinery dedicated to the production of technical textiles. Weavers who count on Stäubli high-performance machinery benefit from features like high reliability and flexibility will be able to take the lead on the market of technical textiles with innovative and creative products for countless applications.

Machinery and innovative textile samples on exhibit

Stäubli will showcase two machines that fit especially well in the production process of technical textiles and inform about . Furthermore a selection of technical fabrics including spacers and multilayers with variable thickness that have been produced in conjunction with Stäubli products such as TF weaving systems, dobbies, Jacquard machines, warp drawing-in, or tying equipment.

  • Magma T12 warp tying machine

For technical yarn ties monofilaments, coarse multi-filaments, PP ribbons, bast fibres, coarse staple fibres, and many other fibre types. It has been developed for universal application ranging from coarse technical yarns to medium yarn-count range. Its rigid design includes an optical double-end detection system.

MAGMA is demonstrated at the booth tying monofilament, diameter 0.40mm, density 7 threads/cm, 4 canister, 140 threads each.

  • UNIVAL 100

This single-end control Jacquard machine offers more benefits for sophisticated technical textiles such as automotive and aeronautic textiles, technical textiles in the sports, industrial, medical sectors, and new fabric constructions, even with glass fibre, carbon, and Kevlar.

Information will be provided about new TF weaving system providing individual system configuration and maximum flexibility. This system offers virtually unlimited weaving possibilities, whether for flat, spacer, or complex multi-layer fabrics and 3D fabrics. Featuring latest shedding machines in combination with the double-rapier weft insertion system and a special slaying motion this system allows high-volume production of up to very thick and/or dense fabrics and efficient processing of a wide variety of technical and highly sensitive yarns. This weaving system is available featuring various machinery combinations and set-ups for weaving any application and desired technical fabric.

With its Schönherr carpet systems branch, Stäubli will inform visitors about the ALPHA 500 LEANTEC weaving system allowing the production of superior high-quality synthetic grass and greige material for printing.

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: Stäubli

Techtextil 2017 Exhibitor Preview: The Hohenstein Group

BÖNNIGHEIM, Germany — February 27, 2017 — The Hohenstein Group is bringing its newly designed booth to this year’s Techtextil/Texprocess trade show in Frankfurt at hall 3.1, B21 from 9 to 12 May 2017. Exhibits on the subject of the biodegradation of textiles will be one of the key focuses of our presentation. Experts from our Development and Services departments will be available for personal discussions with trade show visitors, both at our booth and then at a total of five specialist presentations as part of the Techtextil symposium and Texprocess forum. The cutting-edge booth design and selection of featured trade show highlights demonstrate the unique intertwining of practice-based research and tailor-made services derived from it for the textile industry and other business sectors that the Hohenstein Group has offered from one single source for more than 70 years now. The experts at Hohenstein have a passion for textiles, accompanying their customers from the product concept stage to achieving success on the market — through commissioned research, laboratory testing, certifications, product labels and even providing expert consulting and training.

Biodegradation Of Textiles

The biodegradability of textile products is becoming an increasingly important
factor in assessing their sustainability, focusing not just on manufacturing and product safety, but on what happens to a product once it reaches the end of its useful life cycle. At the trade show booth and at the Texprocess forum organized by the Dialog Textil- Bekleidung (DTB), a team of Hohenstein experts will present an internally developed test procedure for assessing the biodegradation of textiles and demonstrating the marketing opportunities provided by certification and product labels.

Specialist Presentations at the Techtextil Symposium

Hohenstein scientists are currently involved in a collaborative project to develop protein-based water and dirt-repellent finishing agent to provide an alternative to hydrophobic processes using fluorocarbon chemicals (PFC), which are still in common use. The aim is to functionalise textiles in a stable, economical and sustainable way using fungal proteins produced with biotechnology as a replacement for per- and polyfluorinated hydrocarbons that are potentially dangerous to humans and the environment.

As part of a ZIM research project, the researchers at Hohenstein are currently developing a thermoelectric cooling bandage for mobile cold therapy for acute injuries and post-operation treatment. The difference from conventional cooling systems such as cool packs or compressors is the controlled, constant and moderate cooling involved, which prevents cold injuries up to and including frostbite. An important key focus of the project is the composition of layers of flexible textile and polymer materials with high thermal conductivity with the integration of electronic components in mind.

Specialist Presentations at the Texprocess Forum organized by the Dialog Textil- Bekleidung (DTB)

Following on from the Greenpeace Detox Campaign and the Roadmap for the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Initiative, the subject of responsible chemicals management in companies along the textile chain has recently been growing in importance and priority as a means of excluding identified harmful chemicals from production by 2020. Using the OEKO-TEX® modular system of certifications and tools for increased sustainability as a basis, Hohenstein provides companies with solutions for incrementally optimising their chemicals management systems to meet these market requirements successfully.

Hohenstein is providing its expertise in the area of pattern making techniques and fitting tests as a contribution to the lecture on “Issues with Fitting in Online Trade”. Nowadays, experienced clothing technicians provide individual support for many renowned companies in developing clothing with the optimum fit. The latest findings from research projects and serial measurements performed by the Hohenstein Institute are constantly being incorporated into the wide range of services on offer. Some of the most recent findings, for instance, include the latest data on breast volumes for women, enabling further improvements to be made to bra cup sizes.

Biodegradation of textiles The start, the third excavation after seven weeks and the last digging after 14 weeks in an earth burial test in which the degradability of the materials is assessed. The textiles are put on a grid and placed in the burial position. The left side of the t-shirt is 100-percent polyester and the right side is 100-percent cotton. The jeans are 99-percent cotton and 1-percent elastane. They are buried in microbiologically standardized earth.

© Hohenstein Institute

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: The Hohenstein Group

TMI Introduces Enhanced Thickness Testers

NEWCASTLE, Del. — February 27, 2017 — Testing Machines Inc. (TMI), an industrial physics company, has just released new versions of its affordable digital micrometer series for accurately testing thickness of very thin materials such as plastic films, paper, non-woven, textiles, board and battery separators. TMI’s thickness tester line have long been acknowledged as the industry leading instruments for measuring the thickness or caliper of a variety of sheet-like materials. Almost any material including paper, natural or synthetic fabrics, leathers, metals, plastics and rubber can be measured with precision and ease.

The new enhancements apply to two TMI models, the 49-86 and 49-87, and include advanced diagnostics and reporting functions, including:

  • Capability of measuring and storing multiple readings, providing a cross machine profile
  • Ability to save up to 100 readings during a continuous measurement
  • Test summary screen displays high, low, average and standard deviation for every series
  • The 49-86 and 49-87 have the following specifications
  • Range: Model 49-86: 0-0.050 in. (0-1.27 mm); Model 49-87: 0-0.50 in. (0-12.7 mm)
  • Resolution (both units): 0.5 micron (0.02 mil)
  • Accuracy: Model 49-86: 1.0 micron (0.039 mil); Model 49-87: 5.0 micron (.197 mil)
  • GRAPHMASTER™ Option
  • Integrating GraphMaster PC-based software provides data collection, plotting and analysis with export capabilities for our 49-85, 49-86 and 49-87 series of Digital Micrometers. GraphMaster can profile a series of measurements creating a real-time plot of thickness versus interval, or distance.

Posted February 28, 2017

Source: Testing Machines Inc. 

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