Circuitex® Conductive Technology Advances Design Flexibility In Smart Apparel

SCRANTON, Pa. — February 6, 2017 — Noble Biomaterials Inc., a producer of conductive solutions for smart textiles applications, has collaborated with Bemis Associates to develop a seamless, conductive advanced material that allows for simple and durable integration of electronics into apparel.

This fully-bonded, conductive material is engineered with Noble’s Circuitex® technology and provides for the detection, transmission and protection of electronic signals in a soft and flexible format. Its unique construction provides designers with complete freedom to design smart garments with integrated stretch and durability using Bemis Sewfree® Bonding.

Circuitex is made by permanently bonding pure silver — nature’s most conductive element — to the surface of a textile fiber or fabric. The bond creates a continuous layer of silver, yet retains the flexibility, comfort and durability of the textile material. Products using Circuitex can provide myriad data streams (ECG, EMG, strain, pressure mapping), as well as allowing for active power delivery (lighting, electro-muscle stimulation, basic power).

“About 95 percent of human interface to the world is through textiles,” said Joel Furey, Chief Commercial Officer, Noble Biomaterials. “The need to integrate technology into apparel is vital and our collaboration with Bemis will enable critical infrastructure components that will allow brands to deliver on the promise of truly connected apparel.”

“The key to success in the connected products space is strategic collaboration – and the teamwork between Bemis and Noble to deliver a simplified product and process is an expression of that cooperative mentality,” said Steve Howard, Chief Executive Officer, Bemis Worldwide.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: Noble Biomaterials

X-Rite Expands Its Spring Color Management Training In North America

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — February 6, 2017 — X-Rite Inc. and its subsidiary Pantone LLC announced its 2017 Spring Fundamentals of Color Training Seminar in 14 locations throughout North America. The two-day seminar helps attendees understand color theory and implement color quality standards in their organizations. Topics covered in the trainings include visual evaluation of color, communicating color specifications, color tolerances and instrumentation.

“Color errors continue to be a leading cause for product rejects due to the complexities of controlling color across a wide range of materials and a global supply chain,” said Murphy Keeley, general manager Americas, X-Rite. “It is essential that anyone working with color, from brand owners to specifiers to quality control professionals, understand the fundamentals of color science and how color errors happen. With new locations added across North America, manufacturers and suppliers can attend a local seminar and hear from experts on how to improve quality control processes by streamlining color communication, measurement, reporting and recording.”

About The Seminar

The Fundamentals of Color Training Series incorporates decades of color management experience and best practices and is presented by X-Rite color experts. This interactive seminar is ideal for color specifiers, quality control professionals, lab technicians and anyone who evaluates or approves color.  Attendees can register for either the full two-day seminar or one of the individual sessions:

Day One: Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) training provides a solid understanding of the art and science of color, covering the physics of color, importance of lighting and how to use spectrophotometers and color data.
Day Two: Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control (FIQC) is a hands-on workshop where attendees use X-Rite spectrophotometers, light booths and software to create color standards, develop appropriate color tolerances, measure samples against target colors and analyze the results.
The seminar series commences on February 21 in Portland, Ore. Other locations include Cincinnati; Greenville, S.C.; Toronto; Bentonville, Ark.; Schaumburg, Ill.; San Francisco, Calif.; Edison, N.J.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Anaheim, Calif.; Nashville, Tenn.; Natick, Mass.; and Indianapolis, Ind.

The combined Seminar cost is $1,295. The individual cost for the Fundamentals of Color and Appearance Seminar is $595; and Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Quality Control Seminar is $895. A 15 percent discount is available for individual seminar classes using the coupon code “FUN2017”.

Registration and a full list of dates and locations can be found at http://www.xrite.com/the-fundamentals-training-series–foca–fiqc-combined.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: X-Rite

HeiQ, Patagonia Announce Exclusive Strategic Research Partnership

ZURICH, Switzerland/VENTURA, Calif. — February 6, 2017 — The Switzerland-based textile technology innovator HeiQ and sustainable outdoor clothing brand Patagonia have teamed up for an exclusive strategic research partnership to explore novel ways for a sustainable textile finishing technology to achieve breathable and durable water repellence (DWR) with best-in-class performances.

Widely recognized as a global leader in corporate, social and environmental responsibility, Patagonia was recently awarded the Accenture Strategy Award for Circular Economy Multinational among 230 applicants at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland) in recognition of its accomplishment in reducing waste in its production processes and products.

Recently there have been numerous human health and environmental studies quantifying the hazardous impacts of perfluorinated chemistries (PFCs) and some brands in the outdoor industry have begun to switch to currently available first-generation non-fluorinated DWRs. Among HeiQ’s product portfolio, there are already several industry-leading fluorine-free DWR technologies, including HeiQ’s enormously successful HeiQ Eco Dry product.

To date, there remains a lot to be explored in DWR effects in the areas of non-fluorinated water, stain and oil repellency performance. According to a survey conducted by HeiQ Textile Market Knowledge Centre with 40 outdoor, apparel and fashion brands in August 2016, 56% of the respondents expressed a need to learn more regarding the DWR performance function.

For decades, Patagonia has been leading the industry towards building high-performance products with the vision to a greener and more sustainable future for our environment. A central component to Patagonia’s material innovation strategy is to minimize the proliferation of toxic chemistries.

“Shattering the status quo for DWR is of paramount importance to Patagonia. However, we will not be successful unless we also achieve the quality and performance that our customers demand, a calculated partnership is a key means of doing so,” said Matt Dwyer, director of material innovation and development at Patagonia. “HeiQ is a natural partner in its ability to conduct world class research while commercializing high performing, sustainable textile finishes and we believe that together we can find a solution.”

“At HeiQ, we carefully choose our brand partners before initiating a cooperative research project to ensure that the joint effort is going to create the highest value possible for both parties, and more importantly, for consumers,” said Colin Lantz, vice president of HeiQ Brandforce. He added, “Patagonia and HeiQ share the same vision that technology can perfect our every-day textile products. This formed the basis for this partnership.”

The HeiQ research leader for this project is Dr. Murray Height, co-founder and chief technology officer of the HeiQ Group. “At HeiQ we are constantly researching new ways to achieve water repellency on textiles and have worked towards non-pfc DWR technology for over five years. This project aims to realize an improved non-pfc DWR technology and achieve a new level of performance in this field,” said Dr. Height. HeiQ’s current product, HeiQ Eco Dry is among the most effective non-pfc water repellent textile technologies on market, capable of achieving water repellency performance identical to or better than PFC C6 levels.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: HeiQ

Industry Leaders Launch HYDRO_BOT To Revolutionize Moisture Management

MUNICH, Germany — February 6, 2017 — Five textile industry leaders joined forces to launch HYDRO_BOT, a new technology for moisture management. HYDRO_BOT will solve one of the biggest challenges in sports, work and protective clothing: To transport moisture to matches human sweat rates in various climates, conditions and activity levels.

Behind HYDRO_BOT is Osmotex, a Swiss/Norwegian start-up dedicated to developing solutions for electro osmosis for moisture management.

“HYDRO_BOT is the result of ten years of intense research and development in Switzerland,” said Trond Heldal, Director of R&D and Operations at Osmotex and the lead researcher on the decade long research and development effort. “Over the past two years, the development has reached a new level with four strategic partners involved in the development effort. We are confident that HYDRO_BOT will represent a generational advancement in moisture management.”

  • The Swiss leading textile manufacturer, Schoeller Textil AG is the production partner for the  HYDRO_BOT panels.
  • The world leading premium sportswear brand KJUS is the primary product development partner and will be the first leading brand to take HYDRO_BOT to market in selected skiwear products planned for the 2018-2019 season.
  • The high-tech wearable technology company Belginova is the technology partner for HYDRO_BOT. They are providing operating systems and switches for applying the moisture management solution.  Belginova will also deliver HYDRO_BOT products through their own brand 30SEVEN.
  • Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, has played a key role in conducting cutting-edge materials and technology research. Together with Osmotex and its three development partners, Empa is now involved in the final development to ensure the necessary durability, washability and performance of HYDRO_BOT under different conditions.

“The consumer is the central focus of our developments,” said Siegfried Winkelbeiner, CEO of Schoeller Textil AG. “We want to support people in their work, leisure and sporting activities with intelligent textile products. For this reason, we develop and produce highly-functional fabrics, knits and innovative textile technologies. We are very excited about the prospects for HYDRO_BOT as we see a great synergy for even smarter textile performance.”

“KJUS is renowned as the leading innovator in ski-, golf- and lifestyle wear,” said Nico Serena, CEO, KJUS. “As such, we teamed up with Osmotex to create an industry changing ski jacket. HYDRO_BOT opens up new levels of skiwear comfort for our product development, and we are excited about the new alpine layering system in the pipeline.”

“Based on many years’ experience of developing car seat heating, I designed the world’s first safe, durable, washable heating system: Novaheat®,” said Pol Speleers, co-founder of 30Seven and Belginova. “Now we are very happy to innovate wearable clothing again using HYDRO_BOT as the engine for moisture management.”

“As the place where innovation starts we are very excited at Empa to contribute to new textile developments like HYDRO_BOT with our in-depth knowhow in materials science and computational simulation and to work with a group of outstanding companies covering the entire value chain of sports and performance clothing,” said Prof. Dr. Gian-Luca Bona, CEO, Empa.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: Leidar

Americhem Receives ISO 14001 Certification, An Environmental Management System Standard

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — February 2, 2017 — Americhem Inc., a global provider of custom color and additive solutions for polymer-based products, recently received ISO 14001 certification for its Suzhou, China, manufacturing plant. This standard recognizes Americhem’s special focus on environmental management to ensure social well-being in addition to business goals.

The certification audit was performed by SGS. The plant also holds ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certifications. Americhem’s China plant now becomes one of the few in the industry to carry all of these distinctions. The Suzhou team began working on improvements in early 2016.

“The certification of compliance with ISO 14001 recognizes that the policies, practices and procedures of our plant highlight our commitment to environmental protection,” said Stanley Teoh, Americhem’s vice president and managing director for the Asia Pacific region. “With this certification, our customers can rest assured that our plant exercises the highest level of dedication to our environment through waste reduction, energy efficiency, green business initiatives, safe work practices and sustainable development.”

One of the main outcomes of the certification is the development and implementation of systems that continuously reduce waste. In Americhem’s case, this led to a goal of working towards zero waste generation and emissions from the plant. This includes all facets of the facility: manufacturing areas, laboratories and offices.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: Americhem

Lectra Appoints Jérôme Viala Executive Vice President For The Group

PARIS —  February 2, 2017 — Lectra is pleased to announce the appointment of CFO Jérôme Viala to the role of Executive vice president for the Group. As a result, Jérôme Viala has been number two on Lectra’s Executive Committee since January 1, 2017.

“Lectra will soon announce a new strategic roadmap, revealing the Group’s ambitions for the 2017-2019 period and beyond. I felt it was very important to involve Jérôme even more in our new industrial adventure,“ stated Daniel Harari, CEO, Lectra. “Jerome and I have worked together for 26 years. During these years, I have appreciated his rigor, his ability to make decisions and stand by them, and his many human qualities.”

Since becoming CFO of Lectra in 1994, and member of the Executive Committee since its creation in 2005, Jérôme Viala, 55 years old, has progressively taken on more responsibilities within the Group. He is now in charge of coordinating the industrial, customer care, consumables and parts, and international human resources’ activities. In parallel, over the last few years Jérôme has become increasingly involved in developing Lectra’s international operations, including the opening of Lectra’s subsidiaries in South Korea and Vietnam.

“Lectra’s upcoming strategic cycle, to be presented on February 9, will be exciting due to the highly innovative way it creates value for our customers, and for the Group,” underlines Jérôme Viala. “I am thrilled about the opportunity to support the implementation of our new roadmap in its many aspects.”

Jérôme Viala, a graduate of the ESC Bordeaux (KEDGE Business School, France), began his career as a credit analyst at Esso (France). He joined the finance department of Lectra in 1985, then successively held different financial positions in the Group before becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1994.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: Lectra

LaForte Project Conquers Silkomo

COMO, Italy — February 2, 2017 — The successful development of the integrated project LaForte® which bases its success on wide-format industrial inkjet printers on paper and fabric, conquers  Silkomo, another important textile company based in Tavernerio into the textile district of Como, already in business with Aleph since 10 years.

Supporting the company with modern solutions in line with the needs of production, Aleph has proposed a technology upgrade inside Silkomo print division. Through the introduction of a new plotter for digital printing on transfer paper, the LaForte® Paper, Aleph secured to the client the best balance between speed and quality.

Silkomo truly needed a more powerful printer in order to strengthen the technical department and meet the demands of its national and international customers operating in textile and fashion markets.

The LaForte®Paper, produced and installed at Silkomo, has its own integrated management software and a production speed of 300 square meters per hour for a terrific result of 40,000 meters per month which means half million meters per annum. The further improved automatic alignment of print heads, the stability of the printing — thanks to a patented system using an innovative rotary belt with air vacuum system — and the new software matrices designed for dot layout are the elements that ensure exceptional performance rather than competitors machines. Moreover there is a significant reduction of operating costs due to the halving of the number of printing heads.

The Aleph technical department dedicated two days of training and coaching to illustrate all the printer’s capabilities.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: Aleph

KJUS: Didi Serena Passes CEO-Baton To Nico Serena

HUENENBERG, Switzerland — February 2nd 2017 — Swiss premium sportswear brand KJUS kicks-off the year with a new organizational setup effective as of January 2017 and announces a major transition in its lead. After 16 years as CEO, KJUS co-founder Didi Serena is handing over the lead of the company to his older son Nico Serena  — now CEO and Co-President — and his longtime business partner Reto Holzmann — now CFO/COO and Co-President. As a result, the company repositions its Sales Force and introduces a Head of Global Marketing and Ecommerce. Serena’s younger son Sven relocated from Shenzhen to Switzerland in order to take over the responsibility for the supply chain. Before, he had established the KJUS R&D Center for more than four years, which has recently been moved from China to Vietnam.

“We have always worked very closely together and started the change process months ago. I am proud and very happy that Nico follows my footsteps,” says Didi Serena. “The company has been family-run from the start and I think this is the best way to continue the success story that KJUS has written so far.” Didi Serena will now focus on his role as the Board of Directors’ chairman and define the long-term direction together with the members of the Board of Directors. Furthermore, Didi will continue fostering the relationships with key players in the industry in his role as the co-founder of KJUS.

Until December, Nico Serena led the Marketing and Product departments as executive vice president and Member of the Board. In this position he successfully expanded the range by a golf wear collection and started to transform the company into a digital player. “I am very excited to take over from my father and to actively shape our success and leadership in a challenging marketplace,” he states. “I want KJUS to become the world’s finest sportswear brand.”

One of his first actions is the DRIVE2020 strategy, which will ensure an ongoing growth in all segments: Ski, Golf and Active Lifestyle. The redefined core values reflect Nico Serena’s approach of leadership and corporate culture to continue KJUS’ development as an innovative and attractive employer. “Our employees are our most precious asset; they are the beating heart of KJUS. We want to offer the perfect environment to create premium products and services for the ski and golf enthusiast of tomorrow. “

Reto Holzmann who has been with KJUS for more than 10 years, has been announced Co-President and will keep the responsibilities of CFO and COO. “I am very happy to have an experienced partner like Reto on board for our journey to the top,” Nico Serena adds. They have collaborated closely over the past years and will continue bringing together their expertise in order to meet the company’s economical and strategic goals.

Head of Global Marketing and Ecommerce Christian Mascarenhas kicks-off new marketing strategy

To establish KJUS as the world’s finest sportswear brand, the enterprise has reinforced its Marketing Department and signed Christian Mascarenhas as new Head of Global Marketing and Ecommerce. Mascarenhas launched his first campaign for KJUS this winter and introduced the world’s first fully knitted ski jacket Freelite leveraging the advantages of a consumer-centric cross-channel campaign. “With KJUS, we have the chance to rethink what is possible today and come up with solutions that matter to our audience and always have the consumer benefit in mind.” Before he joined KJUS, Mascarenhas was running brand communications for Oakley in EMEA and headed the marketing of men’s fashion brand Strellson.

Strong Sales Force about to attack the ski, golf and lifestyle markets

“We have great skills and the best expertise within our team,” says Timo Regier, Executive VP Sales. “That’s why it was natural and just a matter of time to extend some responsibilities.” As a result, Brooke MacKenzie, Managing Director of KJUS North America, joined the Board of Management last summer. Rainer Fink, Head of Sales Germany, will fulfil the Head of Sales Central Europe position. Andreas Orehounig, former Sales Manager Golf Germany, takes over additional responsibilities as Sales Manager Golf Continental Europe. Head of Sales Austria, Herbert Bründlinger, additionally leads the Italian sales team.

To keep up with the growing demand in the UK and Ireland, Alistair Brown, so far Sales Representative UK, was promoted Sales Manager Golf UK and Ireland. Newly hired Sales Representative Golf Southern UK, Nicole Taylor, will support him within these promising markets. Regier adds: “With this strong team, we will be able to attack the ski and golf markets in order to even enhance our leadership status in the industry.”

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: KJUS

BLACKYAK Wins Three ISPO Awards

MUNICH, Germany — February 2, 2017 — Outdoor specialist BLACKYAK has won three ISPO Awards with its global Fall/Winter Collection 2017/18. The Signature Jacket as well as the Heavy Duty Down Jacket got a Gold Award of the ISPO Jury.

Furthermore, the Vivid Jacket was awarded as Winner. Blackyak is delighted by winning three more ISPO Awards. Overall, the South Korea-based outdoor company has won 16 ISPO Awards now — this is an all-time record in the history of the ISPO Awards.

The Signature Jacket is awarded with Gold in the category “Hybrid Outer Layer.” In the category “Down Layer” the Heavy Duty Down Jacket is the best jacket: a second Gold Award. On top of that, the Vivid Jacket has won a Winner Award in the category “Insulated”.

The Blackyak jackets have prevailed against more than 400 submissions in five clothing categories with one Gold and one Winner Award in each category. Forty-five judges from 13 countries and two continents discussed all applications and selected the awardees.

“The awards are showing, that we weren’t pausing to rest on our laurels, we continued to develop top products, discover new materials and improve details on existing products in the collection“, says Maximilian Nortz, Managing Director International Business – Europe.

“We are very happy to win another three prizes“, is Nortz pleased by the announcement of the jury.

The Winners:
Signature Jacket
Style, function and warmth. The Blackyak Signature Jacket has been introduced to the collection as a brilliant new functional insulation item. This jacket is constructed using a mixed combination of lightweight and protective materials like Polartec® Alpha® that will provide you with a fantastic range of movement, comfort, warmth and breathability.

A high rise collar and great fitting hood tensioned with elastic for a perfect fit raise the comfort. Cuffs and hem edge are under tension with our new “Y” shaped branded elastic for a perfect fit. The shoulders have been enhanced inside with 3D mesh, whilst CORDURA® protects the shoulders from the outside. This is a perfect regulator for comfort whilst carrying backpacks.

The CORDURA® backside panel is decorated with BLACKYAK’s tradition tonal branding and detailed laser perforation allowing transfer of moisture. At the front of the jacket there are our large elasticated signature mesh storage pockets for all necessary belongings. Inside this jacket the final workmanship is very clean – a single zip pocket functions also as a storage sack.

Heavy Duty Down Jacket
The Heavy Duty Down Jacket is made for very cold conditions, such as high altitude base camps. The water-repellent treated and traceable goose down (750 cuin) keeps the body warm and insulated, while resting as well as during activities. The jacket has been expedition tested and approved and is extremely durable. The top-stitching has been removed, a construction which avoids seam failure through thread damage. Its heat retention is excellent due to BLACKYAK’s “mesh box wall” construction. This “mesh box wall” construction allows the warm air inside the jacket to circulate from chamber to chamber which provides anexcellent warmth.

Vivid Jacket
The Vivid Jacket is a multi functional insulation jacket. The main development of this jacket is the “freedom of movement cut” ensuring maximum moving space. Because of this and its water permeability the jacket is perfect to use for high activity sports in cold conditions.

In addition, it is very light with a small packing volume. Staying warm and dry is no problem with the Vivid Jacket — when you don’t need it, you will be happy that it fits in your backpack with ease.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: BlackYak

Reifenhäuser Sells Reimotec To Dietze+Schell

TROISDORF, Germany — February 1, 2017 — With effect from February 1, 2017, Reifenhäuser Maschinenfabrik and Dietze+Schell Maschinenfabrik consolidate their activities in the niche markets monofilaments, strapping tapes and artificial turf. Reifenhäuser transfers the two companies Reimotec Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, and Reimotec Winding Technology to the Coburg, Germany-based company.

In the recent past, Dietze+Schell had already purchased Sima and Techno Plastic. Against this background a further consolidation was a strategically reasonable move for both parties to strengthen the new business unit by bundling competencies in this market.

The companies have agreed not to disclose the sales price.

Posted February 7, 2017

Source: Reifenhäuser

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