Dornier’s “Green Machines” Provide The Highest Weaving Quality For Technical Textiles, Sophisticated Decorative Fabrics And Excellent Clothing Fabrics

LINDAU, Germany — November 18, 2016 — Lindauer DORNIER GmbH will present innovative machine concepts for the production of highly sophisticated fabrics at India ITME in Mumbai. Under Dornier’s sustainability motto “The Green Machine”, the family company, which manufactures the machines exclusively in Germany, will present the latest technical solutions which allow producing the most modern technical textiles, sophisticated decorative fabrics and clothing with refined quality for the premium segment with very high economic efficiency.

Furthermore, as at the ITMA 2015 and ITMA Asia 2016, Dornier as the technological market leader will present comprehensive solutions for “green technologies”. Citing the traditional green color of Dornier’s weaving machines, this also encompasses the “sustainable effect” of the fabrics produced on them. Their performance is of decisive importance in many sectors: Whether finest filters for purifying water or air, airbags and antiballistic structures to protect against death or injuries, composites made of glass or carbon fibers to reduce moving masses and consequently the CO2 emission. For all these and many more applications, Dornier’s “Green Machines” are indispensable tools manufacturing customized precision fabrics.

The latest machine types of the Dornier system family comprising rapier and air-jet weaving machines are the centerpoint of the presentation. Experts will demonstrate how Indian weavers can utilize the superior Dornier technology to master the current weaving mill demands as to the highest quality for fabrics and applications in the individual segments.

Peter D. Dornier, Chairman of the executive board, on the India ITME participation:
“India is not only a fascinating country, but has become one of our most important markets worldwide concerning weaving and specialty machines. It’s many years now in which we are close to our Indian customers. Dornier has a subsidiary in Mumbai since the year 2000 that operates under the name Dornier Machinery India Private Ltd. (InDO) as a legally independent entity since 2005. With a plant expansion last autumn to nearly 900 m2, InDO has prepared itself for the market growth. India’s annual economic growth has been above 7% during the last years. The country is on the way to becoming a leading industrial nation.

Dornier’s share in this development has been quite considerable with about 5,000 new and used rapier and air-jet weaving machines producing precision fabrics in India (besides of that more than 35 large Dornier biaxial film stretching lines for thermoplastic films are currently operating in the country – making it the no. 1 polyester packaging film producer in the world). Along with this, India will continue to improve product quality and utilize the best and most modern machines for production. The high number of Indian textile manufacturers visiting the ITMA reflects this trend and we are very pleased that Dornier’s outstanding quality is highly valued. The India ITME gives us the perfect opportunity to demonstrate directly the many advantages of our leading weaving machine technology.”

Our presentation of technical textiles focuses mainly on fabrics that cannot be produced on weaving machines of other manufacturers with regard to quality and economic efficiency providing thus a unique selling point for the weavers. Examples can be found in all application areas of technical textiles from environment and geotextiles to construction textiles, industrial and 3D textiles up to the automobile and aircraft industries as well as aerospace.

For sophisticated decorative fabrics, Dornier will be pleased to demonstrate to the Indian weavers, in the premium segment, how to implement Dornier’s technical advantage in weaving machines to also meet the latest and fancy demands. The decorative textile sector continues to be adventurous and develops more and more new patterns and material combinations. This trend is illustrated at the upcoming decorative fabrics exhibition in Frankfurt by “Explorations” as central theme. Dornier’s principle still applies: “Our weaving machines can efficiently transform practically everything that can be wound on a bobbin into a high quality, high value fabric”. Especially with complex patterns or fancy yarns, fabrics produced on Dornier weaving machines attain excellent quality combined with very high productivity.

Dornier will be pleased to demonstrate to Indian weavers how they can produce premium quality with high productivity in the rapidly growing market of especially high value and sophisticated clothing fabrics.

In all production segments with the highest demands on fabrics Dornier weaving machines provide unique performance and process reliability through a consequent exchange of ideas with customers, the inventiveness of Dornier engineers as well as the quality of the production in Germany.

“Quality creates value” – the focal point at the India ITME with the following weaving machines and applications:

The rapier weaving machine P2 is a further development of the Dornier rapier weaving machine P1 with positive central transfer. With this machine a high density filter fabric with a width of 320 cm can be woven, for example, which was only possible with custommade machines up until now. The extremely high density is achieved by a specially developed cloth take-up, an absolute uniformity of the filling density and a reed impact force of 50 kN. Such a high reed impact force requires regulation of the warp tensions to a constant value with the warp let-off and cloth take-up.

In order to control this warp tension, the Dornier SyncroDrive® with its stable speed is decisive for shedding. The load peaks in the complete shedding motion are therefore minimized and the uniform fabric produced always has the same mesh count per cm2.

This is another requirement for a high quality filter fabric in addition to the density. The new rapier weaving machine P2 provides weavers a multitude of new application options as well as the chance to open up new markets. As real “Green Machine” it will prove its special strength and sturdiness above all in fields that require more efficient, heavier and denser fabrics with highest regularity. This applies, e.g. for filter fabrics for wet, fluid and solid matter filtration or for soot particle separation etc.

On the latest version of Dornier’s rapier weaving machine P1, complex functional fabrics can be produced from different materials. The wide application spectrum of the P1 ranges from high value silk fabrics with 16 filling colors for example for imaginative ladies outerwear fabrics up to carbon, glass or coated lattices with coarsest yarn counts in warp and filling, and densities of 0.5 threads/cm or even lower. The filling insertion controlled in every phase allows processing an exceptionally wide range of yarn types and counts. This ranges from finest silk threads and monofilaments to glass roving and up to coarsest fancy yarns. The yarn count range is between 7 den and 4500 tex.

Upholstery fabrics for office chairs are one of the applications presented at the ITMA. Elastic monofilaments and different flock yarns are used in the filling. The color of the fabric can be chosen individually according to customer wishes. This challenging elastic material of high quality can only be woven using a very precise warp regulation. The regulation must ensure a predefined tension curve from full to empty warp beam. For this purpose, the rapier weaving machine P1 is equipped with a warp tension measuring system where sensors control the actuators by means of the warp let-off control thus ensuring a constant warp tension.

A completely different example that illustrates the application variety of the rapier weaving machine P1 comes from sophisticated ladies outerwear. Here, a very high value fabric with 16 filling colors and different materials can be woven with an insertion rate of up to 600 fillings per minute. The basis for weaving such a multifaceted blended fabric is the welltried Dornier filling insertion with positive controlled center transfer ensuring a precise and reliable insertion of different filling yarns. Furthermore, a multitude of machine functions and components, in part patented, such as, e. g. Dornier MotoLeno® for the selvedge creation or Dornier AirGuide® for a precise rapier guidance in the shed, guarantee topmost process reliability.

Dornier’s air-jet weaving machine A1 also provides an exceptionally wide application variety.

Whether combined with a cam machine, a Jacquard machine with up to 12,000 lifting hooks, a dobby machine with up to 16 shafts or a Dornier EasyLeno® unit, the A1 is the perfect tool for creative, economic and precise production of technical textiles, home textiles and clothing fabrics – in nominal machine widths from 150 to 540 cm.

The style spectrum of the versatile A1 for technical textiles ranges from spinnaker silk to airbag and conveyor fabrics up to Jacquard car upholstery. In clothing fabrics, from wool to Africa damask up to functional textiles and, for decorative fabrics, from multiwidth Jacquard table linen to finest curtains.

In the area of high value automobile textiles, market leaders from all over the world have trusted the high flexibility and productivity of Dornier air-jet weaving machines for almost 20 years. Today, products for the sectors tire cord, car upholstery or truck tarpaulins previously produced on projectile or flexible rapier weaving machines are produced considerably cheaper with better quality on Dornier air-jet weaving machines. The air-jet weaving machine generation A1 opens up further substitution potential in these and other areas.

Air-jet weaving machine A1 also delivers outstanding results when weaving the finest wool in the very highest premium quality as produced by leading weaving mills all over the world. The special challenge here is to produce a fabric with this quality whilst meeting the most demanding requirements with high productivity. The Dornier air-jet weaving machine meets this challenge with its gentle filling insertion (“senza pelosità”, which means no hairiness of the fabric) in combination with automatic filling break repair. But Dornier would not be Dornier if productivity and quality were not continuously driven on. In industrial use, this has already been successful in the unique Dornier quality by prominent Italian wool weavers with an insertion rate of up to 1,000 fillings per minute. The heart of the Dornier “weave-by-wire” technology is the patented drive concept Dornier SyncroDrive®. It is a very low maintenance weaving machine drive based on servomotors without clutch-brake unit. The close of shed is adjustable electronically during weaving via Dornier ErgoWeave®, style data are archived and therefore reproducible.

The newly developed nozzle concept, which allows a gentle acceleration of the filling thread, and the high performance carbon shafts further reduce vibrations during shedding.

During Jacquard weaving with the DornierSyncroDrive®, the weaving machine and Jacquard machine have separate drives with servomotors whereby the cardan shaft is not required. The connection runs via an electronic shaft. The very rigid and low vibration drive concept reduces the mechanical load as well as wear in the complete shedding area. The forces acting on the system as well as the energy consumption are drastically reduced.

Dornier SyncroDrive®

The patented Dornier SyncroDrive® is a weaving machine drive with especially low maintenance due to the elimination of toothed belts or shaft drive. The bases are servomotors with direct control without a clutch-brake unit. This drive concept permits changing the close of shed timepoint during weaving.

The very rigid and low vibration drive concept reduces the mechanical load as well as wear in the whole shedding motion thus ensuring significantly fewer warp breaks.

Systems equipped with Dornier SyncroDrive® process the yarns very gently. Service life is prolonged, operating costs reduced. Lower costs, highest functional reliability and an outstanding fabric quality raise weaving with Dornier SyncroDrive® to a high level.

Posted November 21, 2016

Source: Lindauer Dornier GmbH

AmeriPride Makes Heavy Duty Trucking’s ‘Top 50 Green Fleets’ List For Third Consecutive Year

MINNEAPOLIS — November 15, 2016 — AmeriPride Services today announced it was included on Heavy Duty Trucking’s 2016 “Top 50 Green Fleets” list for the third year in a row. This list recognizes companies that have made a commitment to fleet sustainability, alternative fuels and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

“We are very pleased to be recognized for our efforts to be more sustainable in our fleet operations,” said Brian Keegan, safety and sustainability officer at AmeriPride. “This honor is due in no small part to our fleet team’s hard work and persistence in identifying opportunities and implementing alternative fuel technologies into our fleet. It is also a testament to our family ownership’s ongoing commitment to incorporating green technologies into our operations.”

To be considered for the list, AmeriPride provided information about its fleet initiatives, alternative fuel use and SmartWay participation, as well as other additional projects like trailer skirting and telematics technology. AmeriPride received a certificate of recognition and will be featured in a cover story in Heavy Duty Trucking.

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: AmeriPride Services

Reiners + Fürst To Present TURBO Rings And Optimized Travelers For Compact And Siro-Compact At ITME Mumbai 2016

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany — November 15, 2016 — Ring spinning mills in India prefer the latest generation of TURBO rings especially for Compact and Siro yarns. Germany-based ring and traveler manufacturer Reiners+Fürst (R+F) introduced this further milestone in high speed spinning during ITMA in Milan. Already more than 2.5 Mio units of the newest TURBO rings are running successfully in the markets. The enhanced surface allows increasing machine efficiencies by up to 10 percent – especially when producing yarns of sensitive fibers or with highest spindle speeds.

Managing Director at R+F Benjamin Reiners said, “The new TURBO rings with benefits including low yarn hairiness, longer service life and increased machine efficiency by up to 10 percent will be extremely beneficial for the demanding Indian spinners.”

“We have been in the Indian market since more than 30 years and R+F products are well accepted by the textile industry. We feel assured that the newest TURBO rings, too, are being accepted in the same way by Indian spinners,” Reiners added.

At ITME 2016 in Mumbai Reiners + Fürst will also present new travellers for Siro-Compact and Viscose-Compact with optimized geometry and new surface characteristics. The end-users benefit from low yarn hairiness and longer traveller service life.

For worsted spinning R+F introduces J-travellers for ring heights of 9.1 and 11.1 mm with enhanced surface for better performance of the spinning process. Different shapes are available for top results in the whole range of worsted spinning.

Customers especially value the professional service and support R+F is providing particularly for finding solutions of increasingly complex applications. Visitors are invited to stop by at R+F’s booth at ITME in Mumbai: Hall H1, Stand M 1

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: Reiners + Fürst

SPGPrints’ JAVELIN® Digital Printer Scores Multiple Sales At ITMA Asia + CITME 2016; Significant Interest In High-Mesh Screens

BOXMEER, The Netherlands — November 15,2016 — SPGPrints reports multiple sales of its JAVELIN® digital inkjet textile printer and strong demand for high-mesh screens at October’s ITMA Asia + CITME.

Shown at the event for the first time in China, Javelin attracted crowds to the stand which also featured SPGPrints’ latest technologies for rotary screen printing.

Among the orders received for Javelin printers were ones from commission printer HighSun Textiles based in Zhejiang, Shandong Ruyi Technology Group (Shandong), and Haining Longzhou Printing and Dyeing Company Ltd of Haining.

SPGPrints’ Javelin printer was designed to produce up to two million meters per year, providing a versatile complementary capability for companies that already have digital production, or for textile printers taking the first step into digital. These sales reflect both those markets.

HighSun Textiles is a supplier of cotton fabrics for domestic women’s high fashion brands. High Sun has been a long-time rotary screen customer of SPGPrints whom it sees as an R&D-focused partner that has proven to deliver improvements in their printing workflow over many years. SPGPrints’ approach to innovation was therefore one important reason for the Javelin investment, which also represents the company’s first step into digital production. Other reasons that High Sun chose the Javelin included its sustainable characteristics with low substrate, energy and ink waste, a complete range of proprietary inks, as well as the print qualities and performance of the printer.

For Shandong Ruyi and Haining Longzhou, it was a matter of finding the best solution for upgrading its existing digital printing technology. Faced with demands for more design complexity, the companies were impressed by Javelin’s wide colour gamut and its ability to print fine lines, big blotches and sharp geometrics on nylon and cotton jersey fabrics. Ruyi has already been using SPGPrints’ reactive inks on existing digital printing equipment.

In all the sales, SPGPrints Archer® technology that is at the heart of the Javelin printer, played a critical role. Archer technology can jet ink up to 4mm, giving Javelin unparalleled flexibility in the range of substrates in can print. Archer technology is also featured on SPGPrints’ PIKE digital printer that has a 13 million meter annual capacity.

Attracting big brands

“Among the visitors to our very busy ITMA Asia stand were international brand-owners who were interested in learning what digital textile printing might mean for them,” said Jon Li, Managing Director, SPGPrints Wuxi. “The brand-owners were particularly interested in sustainability and what contribution digital printing made. With new standards for greener processes in China, the savings of water, chemicals, and reduced textile waste was extremely important to them.

“Our systems attracted interest from beyond China: from Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia. Potential customers will be visiting our Demo Center in Boxmeer for printing tests on their fabrics and designs using JAVELIN and PIKE printers.”

A strong screen scene, too

SPGPrints’ recent rotary screen and digital prepress innovations are ensuring that analogue textile manufacturers are capable of meeting the demand for fine and complex impressions, productively.

At SPGPrints’ ITMA Asia + CITME stand, manufacturers from across Asia were especially impressed with the company’s NovaScreen® screens that combine a high mesh-count with streamlined bridges to maximize paste transfer. These are able to produce half-tones, geometric designs and blotches, and perfectly replicate the woven effect sought after by women’s fashion houses.

The smartLEX 7043 direct laser exposing system, attracted interest from manufacturers in Turkey, Egypt and Iran, as well as China, thanks to its throughput and capability to image screens suitable for the complex printing situations. The system is exposes screens up to 3500mm with resolutions up to 2540dpi in cycles as short as 12 minutes.

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: SPGPrints

Brückner Supplies Line Nonwovens Coating Line For Automobile Applications

LEONBURG, Germany — November 15, 2016 — Today, a modern automobile contains between 20 and 30 kilograms of fibers from the tires to the sky. These fibers are used — visibly and invisibly — in many textile products for example as tire cord, adhesive tape of the seat cover, claddings, sound proofing or insulating material but also for floor coverings. In first-class vehicles mainly knitted fabrics are contained as visible textile sheets but in many of the more than 65 million cars produced every year also nonwovens as lower priced alternative are used. Thus, an automobile contains possibly more than 21 square meters (m²) of nonwovens in the most different appearances.

Brückner has recognized this trend already long ago and offers for many of the mentioned areas of application innovative machines and lines for a resource-saving production of technical textiles used in modern vehicles. This begins with lines for the production of acoustic nonwovens continues with lines for the production of substrate for woven textile tapes, finishing lines for woven air bag fabric to coating lines for interior cladding based on needled nonwovens as supplied to and set into service at a customer in Russia recently.

The company OOO Nomateks lies in the region Uljanows near the South-Russian city of Samara. Nomateks was founded in 1961 at that time the first producer of tufting floor coverings in the former USSR. Nomateks developed in its history which goes back 50 years and became one of the biggest and most important nonwovens producers in Russia. With more than 180 workers and employees, the company produces high-quality nonwovens to be used in geo or automotive textiles with their own polypropylene and polyester fibers. Every year Nomateks produces more than 50 million m² of nonwovens.

A jointly realized project focused mainly on the customer’s request for highest flexibility and productivity with minimized use of resources. Therefore the line is able to coat, depending on the type of fabric and process, more than 15 million m² nonwovens per year for the use in automobiles. It is possible to finish velour needle felt carpets as well as unstructured needled nonwovens. With a length of more than 70 meters it is one of the biggest lines Brückner ever supplied for the finishing of needled nonwovens.

To meet the above mentioned requirements, above all the preparation times had to be optimized and the thermal and electrical energy demand had to be reduced considerably in comparison to the existing line. Since the project is a completely independent production line, the supply of the line with raw material has been considered from another point of view and a real alternative compared to the conventional preparation process in the batch has been found.

The use of an inline mixer of the Various Mix type produced by Messrs. Hansa Industrie Mixer allows to meter water, latex, chalk and possible additives directly from the big bag discharging station into the line and to prepare a highly homogeneous compound. This compound is converted into an instable foam and is supplied directly to the application unit.

A Brückner knife-over-table foam unit is installed for the application

The gap between the knife and the table and thus the application quantity can be adjusted with a motor. The adjustment is made with a lifting spindle. The reproducibility of the settings is ensured by an absolute value transmitter. Normally the adjustment is made on both sides, but also corrections only on one side are possible. The squeegee roller can be balanced pneumatically via a four-bar linkage. Due to the rotary movement around the articulation, the squeegee roller parts not only vertically in case of a seam but also horizontally. This prevents impacts or material cracks.

The foam is supplied via a traversing distribution pipe directly in front of the knife and is automatically adapted when the production speed changes. In order to adapt the penetration depth of the foam into the nonwovens a height-adjustable braying roller is installed behind the coating knife. It is water-cooled to prevent an adhesion of Latex.

The coated nonwovens is dried in a more than 27 meters long Brückner DUO-THERM dryer, finished with a horizontal chain tensioning system to transport the fabric. This type of dryer is proven for the coating of carpets and nonwovens. The dryer which is directly heated via fan-supplied gas burners allows temperature differences of up to 60 °C due to separate heating and air circulating systems above and below the fabric web. In addition to the separate temperature adjustment on the coating and pile side also the air speed and thus the air circulation intensity can be adjusted independently by using the frequency-controlled circulating air fan drives. This provides for a high drying performance with very gently treatment of the pile and a high efficiency. This prevents pile deformations reliably.

The use of the patented Venturi system for a homogeneous mixing of the hot flue gas with the circulating ambient air leads to a very homogeneous temperature distribution across the width. The geometrically optimized Venturi nozzle needs absolutely no mechanical mixing elements and achieves with this a maximum efficiency.

In addition, the line is provided with a two-stage heat-recovery unit air/air and air/water.

On the one hand it heats up with the exhaust air heat a part of the fresh air which is required for drying. This heated fresh air is added to the process at various points which has the effect that the drying process can be operated always with the best fresh air/exhaust air ratio.

On the other hand the ECO HEAT air/water heat-recovery unit is used to heat process water for further use at other machines and lines of the NOMATEKS works. Depending on the production process the above described system can reduce the thermal energy consumption by about 30 percent and allows thus a significant reduction of the production cost. Heat-exchange processes lead to a cooling of the exhaust air and thus to a condensation or a separating of pollutant particles. With this process the heat-recovery unit contributes considerably to the cleaning of the exhaust air.

In order to achieve the flexibility described above not only in the coating and drying sector several different winding and cutting systems are provided. The finished fabric can be treated on y two-roller ascending batcher as well as on an A-frame trolley. In addition, a Parker Hannifin longitudinal cutting and batching unit is installed in-line.

The HAUSER – QLA offers the possibility to cut almost any material economically, to batch it and to treat it possibly further if required. The line is flexible due to its modular construction and perfectly appropriate for the processing of very different nonwovens.

An integrated longitudinal cutting unit allows to make up to 4 cuts and to stack the fabric cut to length.

The line has of course a highly-modern control system with a Siemens PLC and all important production parameters are memorized in a recipe administration system and can be re-called by push-button. Sensors measuring permanently the consumption of electrical/thermal energy allow a further exact monitoring of the production. And of course all drives are supplied by Brückner in the highest-possible energy efficiency class.

With this project all partners have worked out a tailor-made solution for our customer NOMATEKS. This is another Brückner coating line, which has been set into production to the customers’ complete satisfaction.

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: The Brückner Group

Shima Seiki Opens Subsidiary In Vietnam

WAKAYAMA, Japan — November 15, 2016 — Flat knitting machine manufacturer Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd. has opened a wholly owned subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this month.

With its economically advantageous wages and plentiful workforce combined with investments from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea in light of the Free Trade Agreement with the European Union going into effect in 2018, Vietnam is seeing a flourish in its textile industry with growing demand for Shima Seiki computerized knitting machines and computerized cutting machines. As a result, it has opened a wholly-owned subsidiary in November, 2016 to strengthen its sales, service and demonstration capacity for its product line. The establishment of a subsidiary linked directly with Shima Seiki headquarters should provide peace of mind for customers who are currently, or planning on, doing business in Vietnam.

For its open house event a private show will be held on its premises. On display will be SVR122 considered the industry benchmark for computerized flat knitting machines that features such Shima Seiki innovations as digital stitch control (DSCS®) and spring-type moveable sinker system, the compact and economical SSR112 computerized flat knitting machine, P-CAM182 multi-ply computerized cutting machine suited to the automotive industry, and the SDS-ONE APEX3 3D design system capable of realistic simulation that allows for virtual sampling, minimizing the need for costly, time- and resource-consuming sample-making.

Additional exhibits taken from the ITMA Asia + CITME 2016 show held in October include Shima Seiki’s new web-based fashion archive service “staf®,” Shima KnitPLM knit product lifecycle management software, as well as knitwear produced on the latest line of computerized knitting machines, including revolutionary seam-free WHOLEGARMENT® knitwear that features superior fit, comfort and draping characteristics.

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: Shima Seiki

ACIMIT: Foreign Orders On The Rise For Third Quarter 2016; Italy’s Domestic Market Slows Down

MILAN, Italy — November 2016 — The orders index for textile machinery recorded an increase for the third quarter of 2016, thanks to positive sales figures abroad. Based on an industry survey conducted by the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) for the period from July to September 2016 the overall order intake increased by 16 percent compared to the same period last year. The third quarter value for 2016 stood at 101.1 points (2010 basis = 100).

However, this growth applied to foreign markets only, where the index recorded an absolute value of 112.3 points (up 20 percent compared to the period from July-September 2015). In Italy, the index stood at 48 points, dropping off by 14 percent over the same quarter in 2015.

ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli commented on these figures from Shanghai, where ITMA Asia + CITME 2016, one of the industry’s major trade fairs, has just come to a close. “This data on orders confirms the significant vitality in foreign markets,” states Carabelli. “Here too in Shanghai, we’ve met many entrepreneurs who want to invest; and not just the Chinese.” The trade fair closed with over 100,000 visitors, fully 20 percent of which hailed from abroad.

On the other hand, the situation in Italy’s domestic market appears to fluctuate somewhat. “The order intake has declined after two consecutive quarters of growth,” observes Carabelli. “We’re still far from an effective recovery for the domestic market. However, we’re confident that the plan put forward by the Italian Government for 2017 fiscal year can give confidence to businesses who need to invest.”

Posted November 2016

Source: ACIMIT

AmeriPride Services Announces General Manager Appointments

MINNEAPOLIS — November 15, 2016 — AmeriPride Services has several new general manager appointments. These GMs will have fiscal and operational oversight over their respective branches and affiliated service centers.

Brett Wooden has been promoted to the position of general manager at AmeriPride’s Twin Falls branch. Wooden has worked in the industry since 1995 and has been with the company since 2002, during which he’s served as General Manager of the Little Rock and Springfield branches. Wooden and his wife Debbie will be relocating to Idaho as he assumes this new role.

Greg Ehli has been promoted to the position of general manager at AmeriPride’s Bismarck branch. Ehli has been with AmeriPride for more than 21 years and has held a variety of roles including Customer Service Representative, Internal Growth Manager, Lead Internal Growth Manager and most recently Customer Operations Manager. He has served on several leadership committees and has received awards for sales, service and other achievements at the company. Ehli and his wife Kim live in the Bismarck area where he has been a professional walleye fisherman since 2002.

Jay Rasmussen has been promoted to the position of general manager at AmeriPride’s Springfield branch. Rasmussen has spent the last three years as the Customer Operations Manager in Springfield and has more than 13 years with the company. Prior to his current role, he spent several years on the Fleet Team where he oversaw several transformational projects such as route optimization and alternative fuel vehicle pilots. He also spent several years on the Minneapolis branch service team. Rasmussen currently lives in Nixa, Missouri with his wife Allison and three children and he is pursuing his MBA at Missouri State University.

“I am very confident that these moves will help us find continued success in these marketplaces and support our company’s vision to be a leading customer service company in North America,” said John Sutherland, SVP of U.S. Operations for AmeriPride Services. “These guys are all strong leaders with extensive industry knowledge that will allow them to excel in their new roles.”

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: AmeriPride Services

Lectra Fashion Event Empowers Customers For A Smarter Future

PARIS — November 15, 2016 — Lectra gathered more than 110 industry stakeholders from 21 countries to imagine the future of fashion during a recent thought-leadership event in Bordeaux, France.

Over two days, leading industry players and market specialists explored a range of pivotal subjects set to impact the fashion and apparel industry, in particular four fundamental elements: millennials, digitalization, Industry 4.0 and China. Participants also took a closer look at how advanced technologies enable businesses to effectively meet today’s challenges.

Innovation propels fashion forward

Demonstrating the power of Industry 4.0, US-based global performance brand Under Armour presented their new state-of-the-art facility in Baltimore, which focuses on harnessing change: “The Lighthouse is a first of its kind, state of the art facility that’s revolutionizing the way all products are made. It’s our secret weapon to develop new technology and make products on a smaller scale allowing for improvements to both efficiency and quality,” Jami Dunbar, vice president, Lighthouse Apparel, Under Armour, told the audience.

Celine U, Head of Merchandising at successful Chinese children’s wear brand Les Enphants, provided context on new challenges that companies are facing in the region. She explained how adopting Lectra Fashion PLM is helping the company pursue its goal to expand across Asia. Impressed by the benefits they have seen from the PLM, Les Enphants are now planning to extend its use from design through to order management.

Zeta Beckett, 3D senior pattern technologist for UK-based retailer Matalan, talked about the influence of technology on product development. “For Matalan, Lectra’s 3D is making the world a lot smaller; it makes it possible for us to achieve our targets when it comes to faster product development, more accurate and consistent fit, improved cost control, and better collaboration with suppliers.”

Examining the impact of the millennials on the future fashion industry, Edwin Keh, CEO, The Hong-Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HK RITA) proposed that millennials are ‘new consumers’, massively influencing and reshaping the supply chain: “How we make things is becoming the central question. The answer has to engage the hearts and minds of this new consumer and reflect their high standards — to be smart and green. In addition, the brand has to bear up to scrutiny.”

A recurring theme throughout the event was the notion that locking-in the right partnerships, with the right innovations, will enable fashion and apparel companies to turn challenges into opportunities. “By anticipating change, and placing customers’ needs at the heart of its technology, Lectra is committed to continually innovating, helping its customers to succeed in a fast-evolving industry,” concluded Céline Choussy Bedouet, chief marketing and communications officer, Lectra.

Posted November 15, 2016

Source: Lectra

Proton Products International Reports Growing Success of Compact, Non-Contact Laser Doppler Speed, Length Sensor For The Web Industries

Beaconsfield, England — November 8, 2016 — Proton Products International has announced its growing success with the smart new compact InteliSENS SL/SLR mini series of sensors. These laser Doppler speed sensors set new standards in accurate, reliable non-contact speed and length measurement of moving web products, unrivaled in performance and price.

The InteliSENS SL/SLR mini series sensors are designed to replace cumbersome, inaccurate and high-wear contact-wheel measurement devices used in web production processes, whose accuracy can exceed 2 percent. These contacting sensors are prone to excessive measurement errors due to slippage, vibration, wear and dirt accumulation; resulting in product give-away, production losses and non-conformance to specifications. The compact InteliSENS SL/SLR mini has the smallest footprint on the market and provides a direct replacement for contact tachometers and wheel encoders. The installation is simple and the sensors compact size can also permit speed and length measurements from parts of the process that were previously unobtainable.

The InteliSENS SL/SLR mini series sensors are solid-state devices with no moving parts for maintenance-free operation. Their non-contact measurement technique provides an industry-leading accuracy better than 0.05%, typically 0.02%. No marking, No slippage and No Moving parts. They provide the highest accuracy and repeatability with CE-MID certified versions available. They come standard with intelligent, easy-to-integrate capabilities that feature a broad range of process interfaces. This includes Ethernet, RS-232 and WiFi communications as standard with optional PROFIBUS, PROFINET, DeviceNet, Industrial Protocol IP that can be substituted for the Ethernet communications interface.

The InteliSENS SL/SLR mini series is designed for use across a wide range of web industries including:

  • Converting, Laminating & Coating;
  • Extrusion Sheet & Film;
  • Rubber & Vinyl Calendering; and
  • Nonwovens and Textiles.

The InteliSENS SLmini and SLR mini sensors are suitable for numerous applications involving the measurement and control of speed, differential speeds (or draws) and length to help deliver a multitude of benefits across the industries they serve. For example, accurate speed measurements are required for biax lines to control MD length elongation; speed synchronization for coaters to control flying splice changes and for draw control between various machine processes to assist drying a while avoiding on-line product breaks. Accurate length measurements are required throughout the converting processes for roll-length matching, cut-to-length delivery, image positioning, product give-away avoidance and eliminating customer complaints due to short delivery. PROTON’s InteliSENS SL/SLR mini series provides extensive benefits for the web industries with a typical return-on-investment achieved within a few weeks.

Posted November 14, 2016

Source: Proton Products International

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