Glen Raven Inc. To Acquire Sunbury Textile Mills

GLEN RAVEN, N.C. — August 1, 2017 — Glen Raven Inc., a global provider of performance fabrics, has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Sunbury Textile Mills, a designer and manufacturer of decorative jacquard fabrics. Under the agreement, Sunbury will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Glen Raven Inc. and will operate as part of Glen Raven Custom Fabrics LLC, best known as the maker of Sunbrella® fabrics.

“Sunbury has been a close strategic business partner for more than 20 years,” said Allen E. Gant, Jr., chairman and CEO of Glen Raven, Inc. “Sunbury’s leadership in serving the designer, decorative jobber and furniture manufacturers with premium jacquard fabrics is unparalleled. Every Sunbury customer is important to us and represents an opportunity to combine resources and be better suppliers and business partners.”

“We have long considered Sunbury to be part of the extended Glen Raven family, and we are excited about working with them to further service all of their markets and customers,” Gant added.

Sunbury’s team specializes in innovative decorative jacquard upholstery fabrics targeting the design community and luxury furniture manufacturers, for both residential and contract applications. Sunbury’s designers create bespoke collections, focusing on inspirational patterns, innovative constructions and leading color trends. The company’s product lines include Sunbrella fabrics, which it designs and produces under an exclusive license with Glen Raven.

“The long-term partnership has greatly expanded our ability to service customers with high-design, high-durability Sunbrella fabrics, and we see even more potential in the talented team at Sunbury and all the markets they serve,” said David Swers, president and COO, Glen Raven Custom Fabrics.

“Glen Raven is presenting Sunbury with an extraordinary opportunity to continue our growth path,” said Hank Truslow Jr., CEO, Sunbury Textile Mills. “We are looking forward to continuing to serve our customers with innovative solutions, superior design and unsurpassed levels of customer service as we’ve done for more than 60 years.”

Posted August 1, 2017

Source: Raven Custom Fabrics

Lectra Appoints Rodrigo Siza Regional Director Of Spain And Portugal

PARIS — August 1, 2017 — Lectra is pleased to announce the appointment of Rodrigo Siza to the role of Regional Director of Spain and Portugal.

Based in Porto, Portugal, Siza will focus on nurturing new regional collaborations to benefit the needs of Lectra’s customers, and faciliate their success in the Industry 4.0 era. Siza will rely on Lectra’s highly experienced teams located in the region.

“Rodrigo has very effectively established long-term partnerships with our fashion
and apparel, automotive and furniture customers in Portugal,” said Daniel Harari, chairman and CEO, Lectra. “He has helped
our customers to emerge stronger from the world crisis which heavily impacted them. After 10 successful years as head of Lectra Portgual, Rodrigo is now also in charge of meeting the expectations of our Spanish customers.”

Players in the region are witnessing a strong dynamic, notably fashion brands in Spain and fashion and automotive industrialists with heightened added-value in Portugal. With the recent announcement of a new strategy to focus on Industry 4.0, Lectra is in a strong position to support these businesses in the digitalization of their processes.

For industries faced with more demanding consumers and ever-shorter product development and manufacturing cycles, integrating all steps along the extended supply chain, from design to cutting, is now a top priority. This is particularly apparent in Spain and Portugal, two countries positioned, in their own way, at the heart of Europe’s fashion and automotive industries.

Siza started his career at Tradetex, a trading company of textiles for clothing, as a textile designer. From 1991 to 1999, he was an associate of V-Sistemas Informatica, specialized in the development and distribution of technical solutions for the textile industry. In 2000, he joined Lectra Portugal as a design and merchandising manager, and then evolved into the position of international consultant in 2004. He left Lectra in 2005 to take the position of Sales Director of RPB Têxteis e Vestuario, a company that makes clothes, before returning to Lectra in 2007 to take over the management of the Portuguese subsidiary. Rodrigo has a masters in marketing from Minho University and a degree in design and communication from Porto University, both located in Portugal.

Posted August 1, 2017

Source: Lectra

Textile Industry Comments On Trade Agreement Violations And Abuses Filing In Response To Trump Executive Order

WASHINGTON — August 1, 2017 — The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) filed public comments late yesterday afternoon in response to President Trump’s executive order directing the federal government to investigate violations and abuses of U.S. trade agreements.

“A thorough investigation of trade agreement abuses and violations is long overdue and we appreciate the President Trump’s desire to finally review this important matter,” said NCTO President and CEO Auggie Tantillo.

“If America is to fix the systemic problems that plague the international trading structure and stop trade cheats from driving American production offshore, policymakers need a better understanding of the illegal or unfair trade tactics that are being used to hurt U.S. industry, including textiles,” Tantillo finished.

A notice for public comments (82 FR 29622) was issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on June 29, 2017 pursuant to Executive Order 13796 signed by President Trump on April 29, 2017.  Documents associated with this matter are archived under Docket USTR-2017-0010.

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.

Posted August 1, 2017

Source: The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)

Gerber’s Partner Danit Peleg Launches First Commercially Available 3D Garment

TOLLAND, Conn. — July 27, 2017 — Similar to the way iTunes disrupted and personalized the way we all consume music, 3-D printed garments will revolutionize the way consumers buy clothes. Through the use of AccuMark 3D and YuniquePLM, Danit Peleg has brought a new limited edition bomber style jacket to market, available for purchase on her website danitpeleg.com. Each garment will be personalized with individual choices for color, lining and even a word embedded into the back of the jacket.

“We are excited to help Danit bring 3-D printed garments to the market and be a part of this incredible journey,” said Elizabeth King, vice president of digital solutions, community and eco-system at Gerber Technology. “Our creative partnership has helped define a workflow in AccuMark 3D for the benefit of our customers who will transform the industry in the coming years.”

Gerber and Danit have been partnering on the future of 3-D garments beginning with her senior project at Israel’s prestigious Shenkar College of Engineering and Design to her latest collection that was inspired by the painting “The Birth of Venus,” including the bomber jacket that is now available on her website. In a limited edition of 100, this is the first commercially available 3-D printed garment ever sold online. Customers have the opportunity to customize their own and Danit’s team will print and ship it to their home.

“With each collection, Gerber has helped me streamline my workflow to accelerate the 3D printed design process,” said Danit Peleg. “My vision of the future is that you will buy your 3-D print file and print your clothes at home or at a designated store.”

Posted July 31, 2017

Source: Gerber Technology

Prime Medical Outfits Florida Surgical Team In Chlorine-shielded SAF-T™ Scrubs

LARGO, Fla. — July 31, 2017 —The medical staff at SurgCenter Pinellas wasn’t sure they heard it right — put your navy blue surgical scrubs into the laundry with regular bleach and “wash ’em like they’re white.” The 25-person surgical team recently made the switch to SAF-T™ scrubs, a new line of healthcare apparel by Prime Medical that is made to be laundered and sanitized in good, old-fashioned, chlorine bleach without fading the color. But what was even more surprising is what happens to the scrubs after the wash.

“Each time SAF-T scrubs are washed with EPA-registered bleach, the patented fabric binds and retains a lasting shield of chlorine molecules,” says Jim Sampey, CEO, Prime Medical. “It’s an amazing breakthrough in fabric technology that is transforming scrubs into powerful tools to fight germs with every fiber. On the surface, SAF-T scrubs look like other surgical scrubs, but with the simple step of laundering with bleach, they’re powered with germ-killing protection that benefits staff and patients.” Prime Medical is a Largo, FL-based company that launched in June 2016 with a line of privacy curtains, bed linens, patient gowns, lab coats and towels — and is bringing its innovative products to leading-edge healthcare facilities in Florida and across the country.

Providing multispecialty surgical services since 2011, SurgCenter Pinellas was the first of its kind in the Tampa Bay area to offer total joint replacement services and spinal procedures in a private, outpatient setting. The SurgCenter Pinellas team maintains an impressive record of zero infections at their facility. So why invest in germ-killing scrubs? Rita Iwanski, RN, and administrator, says, “We don’t have any issues and we want to keep it that way. We maintain the highest standards of infection prevention — and SAF-T scrubs give us another layer to safeguard patients in every detail.” Iwanski says they put quality above all else at the 5,200-square-foot facility, which is certified by Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC)

In addition to the germ-killing protection of SAF-T scrubs, Iwanski believes the product will also save money in the long run. “The outlay is initially more, but we’re going to get it back in spades,” Iwanski said. “The staff definitely likes the infection prevention aspect and feeling like the scrubs are ‘theirs’ — not rental scrubs which don’t always fit well,” she said. “After a long day, they appreciate being able to wear the scrubs home without worrying about germs going along for the ride.”

Posted July 31, 2017

Source: Prime Medical

Imagink Quadruples Capacity With Durst Rho P10 200 6c + W Printer

LEATHERHEAD, England — July 31, 2017 — Imagink has quadrupled production capacity following investment in a Durst Rho P10 200 6c + W inkjet printer.

The fully integrated, end-to-end marketing communications solutions provider from Aylesford, Kent, specializes in Point of Sale and Point of Purchase. The investment was part of a £325,000 company-wide spend supporting a full refresh of its customer-centric approach.

Managing Director Mike Saunders, who established the company 10 years ago, said: “Last November we launched our online ordering service for clients. Using their PCs or their mobile phones they can order point of sale, no matter where they are, for next day delivery. This makes their lives easier and helps ensure consistency. It gives them clarity on on their stock levels and ordering volumes.” Clients are able to effectively control cost centers and their budgets.

It soon became clear that there was a need to fully support this service, and Imagink’s broader production, with a hardware investment, said Saunders. “We were becoming non competitive on longer runs purely on speed. We could compete on costs but not on time.”

“We went to Durst’s Austrian headquarters where we ran the press for three hours. The tests I did were based on quality — not just speed, but quality at whatever speeds were run. The Durst Rho P10 200 6c + W in terms of speed and quality was far better than I expected.”

As for the impact the Durst Rho P10 200 6c + W has made Saunders said: “We have a regular job that took three-and-a-half days on two systems and the Durst completed it in one shift. It has quadrupled our capacity. Now we can do everything on a single shift which has made savings on our overtime wage. Our wage expenditure is down between 10 percent and 15 percent and we have taken on two additional sales staff.”

He added: “It has exceeded my expectations. It is far superior than I first thought. I was surprised at its ease of use and the quick set up times. We can now offer the faster turnaround times our competitors offer. It is difficult to put a figure on return on investment but it has positively impacted our speed, quality and the range of sizes we can offer.” We can now print from business cards to a size of 2m x 4m (if available in the size), in one piece and up to 10mm in thickness.

One of the added benefits of the Durst Rho P10 200 6c + W was the white ink and that enabled Imagink to win work from the outset. “We had three roll-fed solutions with white ink and the Durst was our only flatbed solution offering the white ink so we have been picking up additional work due to quality on the white opaqueness,” says Saunders. “It has been a good asset to have.”

He concludes: “In terms of the installation it was probably the least problematic install we have ever had.”

Peter Bray, managing director of Durst in the United Kingdom and Ireland, said: “With extremely tight deadlines, companies such as Imagink rely on Durst technology to produce reliable, high volume and extremely high quality products that we’re delighted to be supplying to help businesses grow.”

Posted July 31, 2017

Source: Durst

Hygienix 2017 Program: Smart Hygiene, Market Disruptors And Odor Control

CARY, N.C. — July 31, 2017 — INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced the Hygienix 2017 conference program will emphasize industry breakthroughs in critical areas for the Absorbent Hygiene and Personal Care Markets, November 6-9, 2017, at Renaissance Arboretum, Austin, Texas. This third edition of Hygienix is expected to gather more than 500 business professionals to connect, engage, and advance their business during three days of educational program content, tabletop displays, industry receptions, organized networking, and absorbent hygiene workshop training.

“The strong industry support of the first two editions of Hygienix indicates we are providing a valuable forum for all businesses involved in the absorbent hygiene and personal care products sector,” said Dave Rousse, INDA president. “We anticipate this year’s event to be just as dynamic and valuable. Hygienix is the must-attend conference for anyone looking to advance in the absorbent hygiene and personal care industry. We will be providing the latest market intelligence, product insights, and opportunities for important connections.”

The full program includes 24 presentations from globally recognized and innovative speakers from consumer, industrial and retail brands, continence associations, baby care products, feminine hygiene market research firms, and leading companies across the absorbent hygiene and personal care market supply chain to address critical advances in topics such as:

  • Incontinence Perspectives: Consumer and Institutional; Product and Positioning Opportunities;
  • Diapers: Smart and Sustainable;
  • Leading the Upcycling of Absorbent Hygiene Products;
  • Feminine Hygiene Disruptors;
  • Thin – Pulpless Absorbent Product Performance;
  • Cutting Edge Approaches to Odor Control; and
  • Game Changers: Machine and Technology Developments; Retail and Demographic.

A sampling of companies presenting new products, technologies, materials, skin health, and odor control include:

  • Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association;
  • Advanced Absorbent Technologies LLC;
  • BASF Corp.;
  • Bemis Co. Inc.;
  • Bostik Inc.;
  • CenterBrain Partners Inc.;
  • Cotton Incorporated;
  • Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH;
  • GP Cellulose LLC;
  • H.B. Fuller Co.;
  • The Honest Co.;
  • National Associations for Continence;
  • NatureWorks LLC;
  • Olfasense GmbH;
  • Price Hanna Consultants; and
  • The Procter & Gamble Co.

In addition, the program includes presentations from three award finalists for the prestigious Hygienix Innovation Award™ that recognize innovation in consumer or institutional hygiene end products using nonwoven fabrics in an expansive way.

Other program highlights include the presentation of the INDA Lifetime Service and Lifetime Technical Award, Dining with Industry Thought Leaders, tabletop displays, industry receptions, and a unique 2.5 hour workshop on Absorbent Hygiene Products, led by Carlos Richer, Richer Investments.

Posted July 31, 2017

Source: INDA

Do Textiles Remain Skin-Friendly And Odorless When Confronted With Sweat During The Heat Of Summer?

BÖNNIGHEIM, Germany — July 25, 2017 — As the temperature rises, human beings produce more sweat. Heat puts the body under great strain, which can reach dangerous levels — especially for the elderly. That is why the Hohenstein Institute has put together consumer guidelines with behavior and protection measures, as well as recommendations for clothing that also take physiological findings from “body mapping” into account.

There is also the question of whether textiles convince consumers in terms of safety (skin compatibility) and performance (odor management). Hohenstein has been investigating questions regarding clothing that is worn close to the body: How skin- friendly are the textiles? And: To what extent do the textiles reduce sweat odor?

Certified test series offer textile manufacturers the opportunity to test the skin compatibility and odor management of textiles from the development phase onwards.

The skin compatibility test uses laboratory conditions to test live cells and record adverse effects of toxins that could be released from the sample material by sweat. The method allows evaluation of the danger that could be posed by damage to the skin cells.

The test is particularly suitable for:

  • Body-contact clothing — for example, sports clothing, underwear, fitness and functional textiles;
  • Textiles for sensitive persons such as those with allergies, small children, invalids and elderly persons; and
  • Reclaimed textiles.

Trusted advertising with the “Skin Friendly” label

If this test is passed in conjunction with the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX product test, the textile is awarded the Hohenstein Quality Label “Skin Friendly”. Textile manufacturers receive an established label that can be used effectively for supporting advertising and attests to independent checks and trade safety for the consumer.

To what extent do modern textiles reduce sweat odor?

When a person starts to perspire, this leads to the production of sweat to eliminate excess heat and regulate the body’s temperature. Textile manufacturers are working on optimizing the performance of their products. As sweat is diffused through the textile, the interaction of bacteria, fluid transport and the adherence and release of odor molecules all affect the level of sweat odor in the textile. All of these areas must be taken into account to achieve optimum results in odor management.

As the only institute able to investigate all of these aspects, Hohenstein provides a three-stage check procedure to determine the reduction properties for sweat odor.

  • How well, or how poorly, do odor-producing dermal germs multiply on the textile, measured during an application period of four hours, to get results as close to reality as possible?
  • What percentage of sweat odor molecules adhere to the textile and therefore cannot be smelled?
  • How strongly does the textile actually smell of sweat? In this practical experiment, test subjects wear sample textiles, which are then evaluated for the strength of sweat odor by odor testers. 
Labelled “ALL DAY FRESH” 
The test procedure described above allows Hohenstein to thoroughly investigate the topic of odor management in textiles. This involves testing materials in conditions that mirror reality, and the results help textile manufacturers to optimize their products. 
Products that can prove their contribution to reducing sweat odor are awarded the Hohenstein Quality Label “All Day Fresh”.

Posted July 28, 2017

Source: Source: Hohenstein Group

Berry Global Announces Hygiene And Healthcare Investment

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — July 27 2017 — Berry Global Inc. today announced that it is investing in a state-of-the-art Reicofil RF5 asset to provide an incremental 20,000 metric tons of capacity serving the Asia markets. This investment — which will be a part of the company’s Health, Hygiene, and Specialties Division — is targeted to meet forecast market and customer growth, and will be focused on premium applications in the desired Hygiene and Healthcare markets. Berry is conducting a search to determine the best location for the investment in China. Current projections are for startup in 2019.

“This exciting news demonstrates strong commitment to our customers’ growth around the world, as well as the next step in advancing our market leading position in hygiene and healthcare material solutions,” said Scott Tracey, president of Berry’s Health, Hygiene, and Specialties Division.

“We are pleased to partner with Berry to bring the first asset with the latest RF5 technology to the China region,” said Dr. Bernd Kunze, Managing Director of Reifenhäuser REICOFIL GmbH & Co. KG.

Posted July 28, 2017

Source: Berry Global

Hygienically Clean Healthcare Recertification To HCL-Denver

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — July 28, 2017 — Hospital Cooperative Laundry of Denver has achieved Hygienically Clean (HC) Healthcare certification for the second time, reflecting its commitment to best management practices (BMPs) in laundering as verified by on-site inspection and its capability to produce hygienically clean textiles as quantified by ongoing microbial testing.

Recertification confirms the organization’s continuing dedication to infection prevention, compliance with recognized industry standards and processing healthcare textiles using BMPs as described in its quality assurance documentation, a focal point for Hygienically Clean inspectors’ evaluation. The independent, third-party inspection must also confirm essential evidence that:

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

Facilities pass three rounds of outcome-based microbial testing to be certified initially, indicating that their processes are producing Hygienically Clean Healthcare textiles and zero presence of yeast, mold and harmful bacteria. To maintain their certification, laundry plants must pass quarterly testing to ensure that as laundry conditions change, such as water quality, textile fabric composition and wash chemistry, laundered product quality is consistently maintained.

This process eliminates subjectivity by focusing on outcomes and results that verify textiles cleaned in these facilities meet appropriate hygienically clean standards and BMPs for hospitals, surgery centers, medical offices, nursing homes and other medical facilities.

HCL is owned by the hospitals it serves, producing more than 50 million pounds of laundry for these 36 hospitals and over 300 clinics. The operation began in Denver in 1991. Ten years later, a second facility opened In Pueblo, Colo. Today, the Denver laundry serves members and customers in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming while the Pueblo laundry covers Southern Colorado.

Hygienically Clean Healthcare certification acknowledges laundries’ effectiveness in protecting healthcare operations through testing and inspections that scrutinize quality control procedures in linen, uniform and facility services 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. Hygienically Clean Healthcare brought to North America the international cleanliness standards for healthcare linens and garments used worldwide by the Certification Association for Professional Textile Services and the European Committee for Standardization.

Objective experts in epidemiology, infection control, nursing and other healthcare professions work with Hygienically Clean launderers to ensure the certification continues to enforce the highest standards for producing clean healthcare textiles.

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

Posted July 28, 2017

Source: TRSA

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