Shandong Ruyi Technology Group To Create Up To 800 New Jobs In Forrest City

SHANDONG PROVINCE, China — May 10, 2017 — Chairman Yafu Qiu and leaders of Shandong Ruyi Technology Group (Ruyi) today joined Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and local officials at the State Capitol to announce that the company will invest $410 million in the former Sanyo manufacturing facility in Forrest City, Ark.

Ruyi, headquartered in Shandong Province, China, will create up to 800 new jobs at the facility, where Arkansas cotton will be spun into yarn for textile use. This is Ruyi’s first facility to locate in North America.

“Ruyi Group, as the largest textile manufacturer in China, has been expanding globally,” said Qui. “Our manufacturing facility in Arkansas will become the first milestone of Ruyi’s steps into the United States. We are dedicated to provide the product with cutting edge technology and superior quality.”

Ruyi’s renovations on the former Sanyo building are scheduled to begin in late 2017. The Sanyo facility has been vacant since late 2007 when the company shut down production in Forrest City.

“Ruyi’s decision to locate in Forrest City brings with it up to 800 new jobs along with a significant economic impact on Arkansas’ cotton farmers,” said Governor Hutchinson. “Our business missions to China, along with ongoing work to build relationships with the country’s business leaders, have now resulted in three companies from China’s Shandong Province announcing plans to locate operations in Arkansas. From Sun Paper to Pet Won Pet Products to Ruyi, we have established the state as a leader in foreign direct investment from Asia.”

Ruyi plans on processing more than 200,000 tons of Arkansas cotton annually at the Forrest City facility. Arkansas is the fifth largest cotton producer among all states, producing more than 840 thousand bales in 2016. Production should begin at Ruyi’s Forrest City facility by mid-2018.

When looking to expand into North America, world-class international companies continue to choose Arkansas,“When looking to expand into North America, world-class international companies continue to choose Arkansas,” said Mike Preston, executive director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. “The hundreds of jobs to be created by Ruyi will have an economic impact beyond eastern Arkansas into the entire state. Today’s announcement is further proof of Arkansas’ international momentum.”

“This project is tremendously important to Forrest City and St. Francis County not just for the great jobs it brings to our region, but also for the value to the cash crop on which the Arkansas Delta economy has been based for more than 100 years,” said Kay Brockwell, economic development consultant for Forrest City. “Our cotton already goes around the world to clothe people, and now our growers will have the security of a market for their crop right here at home. There is great significance in the fact that the continuing globalization of the Delta will go hand in hand with our rich and proud agricultural history.”

Posted May 12, 2017

Source: Arkansas Economic Development Commission

NCTO Praises Senate Confirmation Of Lighthizer To USTR Post

WASHINGTON — May 11, 2017 — The United States Senate confirmed Robert Lighthizer as United States Trade Representative (USTR) by an 82-14 vote earlier today.

“In my estimation, Ambassador Lighthizer is likely the most qualified individual ever to be confirmed to this important post,” said National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) President and CEO Auggie Tantillo as he noted Lighthizer’s previous service as Staff Director of the Senate Finance committee and as Deputy USTR, as well as his distinguished career legal career specializing in international trade law.

“Between Ambassador Lighthizer and U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, President Trump has assembled a first-rate team to handle trade and manufacturing matters,” Tantillo continued.

“The U.S. textile industry is excited to work with Secretary Ross and Ambassador Lighthizer to fashion policy that will lead to more U.S. textile production, investment and jobs,” Tantillo added.

Posted May 11, 2017

Source: NCTO

USTER® QUANTUM 3 Anniversary Edition Boosts Clearer Sales To Early Milestone

USTER, Switzerland — May 11, 2017 — The world-leading USTER® QUANTUM 3 generation of yarn clearers is set to reach a notable milestone in the autumn months, when the one millionth unit will be produced at Uster headquarters in Switzerland. The market success of the clearer has been accelerated by the launch of the latest version of the Uster Quantum 3, which offers new features targeting intelligent quality management at specific fashion-oriented applications.

Uster is preparing to celebrate the production of its one millionth Uster Quantum 3 clearer, which has enjoyed unprecedented sales since its launch in 2010. Pioneering concepts such as Smart Limits and the Yarn Body have made the clearer an attractive choice for more than thousand mills worldwide, and the introduction of the Uster Quantum 3 Anniversary Edition in 2015 has increased that appeal significantly.

On-trend … and on-quality

Spinning mills need to act fast to take advantage of important fashion trends. But yarns which hit the spot in terms of aesthetic appeal must also meet the exacting quality standards required in certain of these specialized applications.

The latest edition of the successful Uster Quantum 3 yarn clearer addresses both these demands, thanks to new features which allow spinners to deliver yarns which are on-trend and also on-quality.

Core Yarn Clearing and Color/Shade Variation are unique innovations which put spinners in control of quality and avoid claims and complaints in important applications such as stretch denim and sportswear, and in the newly-fashionable market for mélange and subtly-colored yarns.

The Core Yarn Clearing feature with Uster Quantum 3 is the first-ever automated solution to monitoring and assuring the quality of yarns with an elastane center encased by a cotton or synthetic outer. Fabrics with stretch and fancy slub effects created in this way continue to be extremely popular in both fashion items such as denim jeans and in functional garments and sports clothing.

Common problems when producing these yarns can occur when the inner elastane component is either missing or positioned off-center within the wrapper element. The Core Yarn Clearing feature uses powerful sensors and algorithms to detect any such problems and ensures that downstream customers receive a stretch yarn which perfectly meets their specifications. Using the built-in Smart Limits facility, the correct tolerances can be set quickly and easily, so that any bobbins containing core defects are blocked and removed.

The new Shade Variation feature of the Uster Quantum 3 overcomes several potential problems which can lead to unacceptable color and shade differences. This is particularly important for spinners operating in the growing market for mélange and color-effect yarns. Here, human error can cause bobbins of differing colors or shades to be accidentally mixed in a single yarn lot.

If that occurs, the problem can be difficult or impossible to identify in the yarn with the naked eye. And a single rogue bobbin can ruin a yarn lot, leading to disastrous and conspicuous results such as a barré effect in the final fabric. The risks of a mistake are often magnified by the insufficiently controlled process, inadequate lighting conditions in mills, and the possibility of operatives with poor eyesight or imperfect color vision.

Today, latest technology in the Uster Quantum 3 and its Shade Variation (SV) facility provides a separated clearing channel which deals specifically with color deviations. When clearing limits are set, the SV feature immediately starts checking the bobbin as it runs on the winding machine, after which the Continuous Shade Variation (CSV) takes over to monitor the entire length of the bobbin, based on reference data which enables detection of even the most subtle variations in mélange yarns.

Tradition of innovation

“It’s more that we hoped for, how much the new Core Yarn Clearing and the Color/Shade Variation features have been appreciated. And we are proud to have already reached the milestone this year of one million Uster Quantum 3 clearers sold, thanks to this boost,” says Andreas Gantenbein, Product Manager Yarn Clearing within Uster Technologies. The effort Uster makes to maintain its strong innovation tradition has once again been recognized by spinners worldwide. This success will be celebrated on the day the one millionth clearer is produced. Whenever Uster stages an event of this type, the company reaffirms its continuing commitment to innovation. “Yarn clearers will help customers keep in step with fashion trends — and will always be developed to be a sound investment for the future,” says Gantenbein.

Posted May 11, 2017

Source: USTER Technologies Ltd.

timeSSD The Standard Time Data System With Integrated Social Manufacturing Features

FRANKFURT — May 9, 2017 — www.timeSSD.com today is live based on a collaborative platform concept. After five months from the acquisition of the SSD (Standard Sewing Data) software rights from AJ Consultants/Finland the complete redeveloped software entered in a public evaluation process. timeSSD has all the standard data elements sets with the predetermined time values from SSD, include the MTM-2 database and now is available for everyone as a more cost effective, intuitive web based service, extended with social manufacturing features.

DataS develops garment industry dedicated software solutions to increase the operating and manufacturing performance. timeSSD provide the “must to have” benchmark data for the efficiency control and incentive payroll in labor intensive industries, especially in garment manufacturing. However, is a collaborative platform where the user develops private working methods and workflows and has the possibility to share them with the selected partners.

Laszlo Szabo, managing director of DataS said: “ A shared workflow, based on standard methods, between the client and the manufacturer mean more than transparency and confidence. The manufacturing price discussion could be limited to the price / minute factor, maybe on necessary equipment, in addition. Likewise, the web based collaborative concept equip the manufacturing consultants with their indispensable tool, available anywhere and anytime, as a service. “

timeSSD has a native connection with the General Production Data (GPD) shop floor control and materials requirement planning software solution, developed by DataS. The GPD’s QR code based, real-time, data collection from the shop floor provide the data sets for the self- measurement based time studies as feed-back for the method engineers.

Posted May 11, 2017

Source: DataS

INDA Names Justin Gutierrez Assistant Director Of Career Services

CARY, N.C. — May 11, 2017 — INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has named Justin Gutierrez to the newly created position of assistant director of Career Services to promote the thriving nonwovens/engineered fabrics industry as an attractive career choice to the next generation of business and technical professionals.

Responding to the needs of its members, INDA’s Board approved an increase to its full-time staff for this incremental service for INDA members. Gutierrez, who brings nonwovens and college recruitment experience, was selected by INDA’s senior leadership and began the job earlier this month.

Gutierrez will develop and deliver messaging positioning the nonwovens sector as an innovative and technology-driven industry and therefore an attractive career choice for students and graduates. He will work closely with members at the colleges and universities where they currently recruit to position and promote the entire industry, and gain insights into the talent requirements and business skills nonwovens companies globally are looking for in young professionals.

Originally from Asheville, N.C., Gutierrez is residing in Cary. Most recently, he grew B2B sales in industrial nonwoven boxed wipers as a sales professional for Sontara at Jacob Holm in Candler, N.C. He has experience in marketing, customer service, new business development and market research. Prior to that, he was a lead account manager at Arvato Bertelsmann North America, an international service provider, in Information Technology segments.

He brings critical experience from the college environment having worked as Assistant Cross Country and Track Coach at Montreat College in Montreat, N.C., where he developed a strong recruiting pipeline and effectively communicated to both the athletes and their parents. An All-American cross country track athlete, Gutierrez completed his bachelor’s degree at Cederville University in Ohio this year after taking a hiatus to pursue Olympic Marathon aspirations. He also is an ISO certified internal auditor.

“To keep our dynamic industry vibrant, we need to ensure we have talented people choosing to pursue careers in nonwovens and engineered fabrics. As Assistant Director of Career Services, Justin will be our messenger on college campuses presenting an industry as high-tech, global, growing, and delivering products that make lives better,” said Dave Rousse, INDA President.

Posted May 11, 2017

Source: INDA

Brand & Oppenheimer Acquires The Assets Of Cutting Edge Texstyles In First Of Prospective New Business Additions

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — May 11, 2017 — Brand & Oppenheimer Co. Inc. (B&O), a textile converter and provider of technical fabrics to multiple industries, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Cutting Edge TexStyles, a 99-year-old manufacturer of bias binding, trims and textiles based in Bedford, Mass. The new business will continue to operate in its existing location with its current staff, including former CEO Joe Goldman, who will now serve as vice president of the Cutting Edge TexStyles Sales Division of B&O alongside the Company’s Performance Textiles and 1947 Sales Divisions.

Cutting Edge TexStyles has a longstanding reputation as a third-generation manufacturer of “narrow” fabrics in bias bindings and trims. Like B&O, the business is also a textile converter known for delivering quality and service to diverse industries and niche business.

“We are very pleased to welcome Joe and his team to Brand & Oppenheimer,” said Edward Ricci, CEO, B&O. “We view the addition of Cutting Edge as synergistic and a means to diversify into the narrow textile sector. With the support of our owners, Praesidian Capital, we will be able to explore similar acquisitions in the future that will allow B&O to expand its capabilities within the overall textile industry and thereby provide increasingly more robust products and services to our customers.”

According to Goldman: “we see new opportunities by joining forces with B&O. We are both century-old businesses that continue to thrive by constantly meeting customer demands with quality materials. This will be a seamless transition for our customers and employees. We look forward to offering the B&O product line to Cutting Edge customers.”

The Founding Partner of Praesidian Capital, Jason Drattell, noted that: “we are encouraged by the progress that Brand & Oppenheimer has made in the past two years under the management of Ed Ricci, Ben Galpen and Bryan Boulis. We look forward to seeing more acquisition opportunities like Cutting Edge that support the Company’s growth strategy.”

Posted May 11, 2017

Source: Brand & Oppenheimer

Textile Industry Comments On Causes Of Significant U.S. Trade Deficits; Urges Trump Administration To Take Remedial Action To Boost U.S. Production & Jobs

WASHINGTON — May 11, 2017 — Four U.S. textile trade associations — the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), American Fiber Manufacturers Association (AFMA), Narrow Fabrics Institute (NFI), and United States Industrial Fabrics Institute (USIFI) — outlined causes of the $95 billion U.S. trade deficit in textiles and apparel and suggested remedial actions for the Trump administration to boost U.S. production and jobs in joint comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on May 10, 2017.

In addition, NCTO’s Upholstery Fabrics Committee (UFC) submitted a separate statement detailing the reasons for the U.S. trade deficit in upholstery fabrics, focusing on the imbalance with China particular.

“A trade deficit study like this should have been initiated years ago,” said NCTO President and CEO Auggie Tantillo as he praised President Trump for ordering the review.

“If America is to reverse its trade-related red ink and create more jobs, policymakers must have a better understanding of the policies and economic factors responsible for driving production offshore,” Tantillo added.

The joint NCTO, AFMA, NFI, and USIFI comments as well as the separate UFC statement were submitted in response a notice for public comments issued by the DOC and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) pursuant to Executive Order 13786 signed by President Trump on March 31, 2017.  The order directed those agencies to prepare an omnibus report on significant trade deficits.  The Federal Register notice for public comments is at 82 FR 16721 and is dated April 5, 2017 (DOC 2017-0003).

NCTO, AFMA, NFI, and USIFI also were signatories to comments submitted by the Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement (MTE) to DOC urging the United States to continue to treat the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a nonmarket economy (NME) country under U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law.

“China’s widespread use of nonmarket economic activities is one of the biggest drivers of America’s trade deficit,” Tantillo said.

DOC’s notice for the NME comments (ITA-2017-0002) was issued as part of the its less-than-fair-value investigationof certain aluminum foil imports from the PRC.

For more information about the U.S. textile industry, please consult the 2017 State of the U.S. Textile Industryaddress delivered by 2016 NCTO Chairman Robert “Rob” H. Chapman, III at NCTO’s 14th Annual Meeting on March 23, 2017 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC.  Chapman’s speech outlined (1) U.S. textile supply chain economic, employment and trade data as well as (2) the 2017 policy priorities of NCTO members.

Posted May 11, 2017

Source: NCTO

Wu Luen Knitting Opens New Integrated Headquarters: Expanded Factory Allows For Continued Growth And Innovation

Taiwan — May 10, 2017 — Wu Luen Knitting Co. — a knitting, fabric development and dyeing company — has opened its doors to a modern, new manufacturing facility designed to accommodate the company’s rapid growth and ongoing textile innovation.

The new Wu Luen facility, located in the Changhua County of Taiwan, is approximately 85,000 square feet (8,000 square meters). The facility consolidates the company’s former spandex and rigid knitting mills, and allows for further expansion to accommodate advanced knitting and manufacturing equipment for production scale while maintaining a low carbon footprint.

Established in 1985, family-owned Wu Luen Knitting specializes in developing custom warp and circular knits for active sports apparel, footwear and accessories, swimwear, intimate apparel and industrial markets worldwide. As a fully vertical operation, the company also offers dyeing, laminating and printing capabilities — providing seamless efficiency, superior quality control, and quick turnaround times to leading international brand manufacturers. In addition to its fabric development and production capabilities, Wu Luen is known for its strong relationships with upstream and downstream suppliers, competitive pricing and flexible position on fabric minimums.

“Our objective is to collaborate with our customers to consistently develop and deliver exceptional textiles that provide them with a competitive edge and stable growth,” said Peter Wu, chairman, Wu Luen Knitting. “The new facility optimizes our ability to anticipate customers’ needs while offering a modern, comfortable environment for our employees to thrive.”

According to Wu Luen, the company employs approximately 600 people and is the largest warp knitter in Taiwan. In addition to the new knitting facility, Wu Luen owns and operates Sun Luen Dyeing Factory located nearby. To better serve international manufacturing, customer service and delivery, Wu Luen has an office in Taipei and two working groups in Guang Dong Province of China and Dong Nai Province of Vietnam.

Posted May 10, 2017

Source: Wu Luen

Velcro Companies Appoints Vice President Of Operations & Supply Chain

BOSTON, Mass. — May 10, 2017 – Velcro Companies today announced that Frank Smigelski has joined the company as vice president of Operations & Supply Chain, based in New Hampshire. He will report to CEO Fraser Cameron and be responsible for implementing the company’s global business plan.

Cameron said: “We are pleased to welcome Frank to Velcro Companies. He will play an important leadership role in transforming our operational capabilities to meet our business goals.  His chief task will be to design and implement a strategy to improve the efficiency of our global operations and ensure the timely delivery of high quality products to our customers.”

Prior to joining Velcro Companies, Smigelski worked for 17 years at Avery Dennison, most recently as vice president of Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain, where he managed operations and supply chain for the company’s $1.6 billion Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) business. He also spent more than four years in Hong Kong, where he supervised all RBIS operations functions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Smigelski holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Massachusetts.

Posted May 10, 2017

Source: Velcro Companies

EFI Optitex Launches The First Visual Collaboration App For The Fashion Industry

FRANKFURT, Germany — May 9, 2017 — EFI Optitex, a provider of an integrated 2-D and 3-D CAD/CAM apparel platform, announced the launch of O/Cloud Collaborate, the first web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solution offering visual collaboration specifically geared to the fashion industry. The product leverages a photorealistic 3-D viewer and streamlines collaboration across the global supply chain.

Through a secure, cloud-based environment, O/Cloud Collaborate allows designers, technical designers, pattern makers and other stakeholders at brands, vendors and sourcers to share and visually collaborate on product development samples and related documents and images. This enables retailers, brands and vendors to dramatically shorten their product development calendar, make product decisions earlier and develop better products, as more design iterations can be made in a fraction of the time.

Having an updated, centrally stored SVOT (single version of the truth) for product development, along with a photorealistic digital view of how garments will look and act, allows users to easily identify issues. It also gives them the ability to address and implement design ideas before physical samples are ever produced.

“Brands in the apparel industry have been seeking tools and methodologies to shorten the ideation, development and approval workflows for new garments. Most often, the parties involved in the design and development process are scattered around the world, making the meeting of tight timelines a particular challenge,” said Asaf Landau, EFI Optitex’s vice president and general manager. “This new visual collaboration platform cuts development times by many weeks, allowing the world’s leading retailers and brands to design better products, faster.”

Guy Alroy, EFI Optitex’s head of products, added that “having this platform directly integrated with the CAD authoring tools allows users to be incredibly efficient in exchanging ideas and comments, speeding up the decision-making process and thus the time to market.”

EFI Optitex will be presenting O/Cloud Collaborate and other solutions in its Innovation Corner at this week at Texprocess in Messe Frankfurt (Hall 4.0, booth # B41). Since 1988, EFI Optitex solutions have enabled apparel and soft good companies to create better products and save valuable time, money, and resources in their core product development, production, merchandising, and marketing processes.

EFI fuels success

EFI develops breakthrough technologies connecting the online world to the physical one, providing the industry’s largest portfolios for the textiles, signage, packaging, ceramic tiles, personalised documents and corrugated segments. EFI Optitex software is the world’s leading provider of an integrated 2-D/3-D platform that enables users to quickly create true-to-life 3-D digital garments, empowering apparel and soft goods companies to revolutionise the way they develop, produce, and market their products. Visit www.efi.com/optitex for more information.

Posted May 9, 2017

Source: EFI Optitex

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