Italian Textile Machinery Roadshow In Iran

MILAN, Italy — May 2016 — A total of 26 Italian textile machinery manufacturers will be taking part in the forthcoming Roadshow in Iran organized by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) and supported by the Ministry of Economic Development. The gradual elimination of international sanctions will allow Italy’s textile machinery industry to recover market share lost in recent years.

The textile machinery roadshow in Iran will kick off on May 22, and until May 30, a total of 26 Italian manufacturers — of which 23 are Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) associated members — will be taking part in a series of technology symposia programmed in some of the country’s major cities  including Teheran, Yazd, Isfahan and Mashad. This mission, organized by the ITA and ACIMIT with the support of Ministry of Economic Development, will allow Iranian textile manufacturers to measure their know-how with some of Italy’s primary producers of textile machinery, and become acquainted with the most up-to-date solutions for the different steps involved in the textile production process.

“In recent years, international sanctions have delayed the modernization process required for local industry to continue to be competitive in a global context,” said Raffaella Carabelli, President, ACIMIT, “In 2004, Iran was ranked among the top ten markets for Italian exports in the sector. After years of complete stagnation, our businesses have begun to do steady business in Iran. I’m confident that this roadshow will contribute to allowing us to recoup lost time.”

In 2015, Italian exports towards Iran amounted to 8 million euros. Iranian demand is spread out over all types of production, but Italian finishing and spinning machines are the primary exports.

“Italy’s textile machinery industry is a world leader for the quality of the technology proposed,” comments president of ACIMIT. “We now have the possibility of returning to a market that has a great tradition, with even more success than in the past and with very interesting prospects. Thanks also to the support of Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade Agency, our sector will take on the role of a strategic partner in Iran’s textile industry.”

ACIMIT member roadshow participants:

  • Autefa Solutions Italy
  • Marzoli Machines Textiles
  • Beta Machinery
  • Mesdan
  • Bianco
  • RF Systems
  • C.P.S Tes
  • Rite
  • Corino Macchine Tessili
  • Roj
  • Fadis
  • Santex Rimar Group
  • Ferraro
  • Savio
  • Itema
  • Smit
  • JTS
  • SSM Giudici
  • Laip
  • Stalam
  • Loris Bellini
  • Unitech
  • Mario Crosta

Posted May 6, 2016

Source: ACIMIT

Mission Athletecare Announces Exclusive Global Partnership With 37.5®, Introduces New Mission Vaporactive™ Line

NEW YORK CITY — May 5, 2016 — MISSION Athletecare announced that 37.5 technology from Cocona Inc. was selected after an exhaustive innovation search to power the new, exclusive Mission VaporActive collection.

Building upon the success of the Mission EnduraCool line, which provides an instant cooling effect with a smart wet-to-cool technology platform, the new Mission VaporActive line to be unveiled this May will employ an even smarter dry-to-cool technology platform, powered by 37.5, for the products that athletes specifically say they want dry and cool like underwear, socks and baselayers.

Patented 37.5 technology is permanently embedded at the fiber level, and dramatically increases the surface area of traditional fibers by more than 300 percent, creating a hyper drying environment that helps efficiently manage temperature and humidity by capturing and releasing moisture vapor. This enables the athlete to spend less metabolic energy on cooling their body, and more energy on peak performance. By helping athletes enhance peak performance, 37.5 technology makes the Mission VaporActive line an immediate leader in the dry cool category, and continues to demonstrate Mission’s commitment to delivering best-in-class technologies for thermoregulation.

“Mission is leading the conversation and pioneering the delivery of innovative ways to enhance performance and recovery through Thermoregulation technologies, and we are excited to partner with 37.5 to continue delivering on that quest,” said Josh Shaw, founder and CEO, Mission. “The two biggest complaints we’ve heard from athletes using other competitive products are that wicking merely moves moisture around, and topically applied technologies just washes out, ultimately quitting on the athlete. The new MISSION VaporActive line powered by 37.5 hits both of these problems head on — physically removing moisture from the textile, making it drier, cooler and lighter, and the technology is embedded at the fiber level, so it is designed to never wash out or quit on the athlete.  As an athlete-owned company, we are committed to the relentless pursuit of delivering the best technology available for Thermoregulation.

“We are very excited to be partnering with a company that shares our passion for sports and technology,” said Jeff Bowman, CEO of 37.5. “Mission pushes the envelope with game-changing innovations and their commitment to athletes and their performance is unparalleled. We look forward to integrating our exclusive technology into their new Mission VaporActive collection, and more in the future.”

Mission prides itself on developing, designing and delivering game-changing innovations that enhance performance and speed up recovery through temperature-control technologies. Mission’s VaporActive launch will be led by Dwyane Wade, Reggie Bush, David Villa and more.

Mission’s VaporActive collection will be available this spring at leading retailers such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and online.

Posted May 6, 2016

Source: Mission Athletecare

Unique Challenges, Remarkable Solutions By Glen Raven At TechTextil

GLEN RAVEN, N.C. — May 2, 2016 — At Glen Raven Technical Fabrics (GRTF), we provide our customers with engineered solutions that solve real world problems. From protective work wear, military and mining applications, to water filtration and automotive headliner fabric, we are uniquely positioned to adapt quickly to market needs.

Our commitment to creative problem solving begins with our people. Each of our associates offers a unique way of thinking, propelling our company forward through innovation.

Stop by Booth 1901 to see how we can help you bring value-added solutions to your customers.

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: Glenn Raven Technical Fabrics

Human Solutions Measures North Americans And Showcases Many Innovations For The Apparel Industry

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany/CARY, N.C./ATLANTA — April 28, 2016 — Know your sizes, America! At Texprocess Americas 2016 May 3-5, the Human Solutions Group will introduce its major project “Size NorthAmerica” and showcase many apparel industry innovations which reduce costs by making working easier and simplifying processes.

“Size NorthAmerica” is the first representative serial measurement survey carried out with body scanners considering both the United States and Canada. “We know that people change over time — and a full understanding of human body shapes is absolutely indispensable for developing vehicles and clothing”, says Michael van Genabith, President of Human Solutions of North America Inc. “Size NorthAmerica” reveals the body dimension changes that have taken place through time. It’s our aim to provide most current and representative data for the automotive and apparel industries.” Numerous renowned companies have already given their support to the survey, including Hugo Boss, Ford and BSN medical.

The measurement procedure acquires the body dimensions, proportions and demographic data of many subjects in numerous locations in the United States and Canada. More than
17,000 men, women, and children will take part in Size NorthAmerica.

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: Human Solutions GmbH

Klaus Holz Confirmed As Trevira CEO

BOBINGEN, Germany — May 2, 2016 — Trevira opts for continuity, in personnel as well. The owners of the polyester specialist and CEO Klaus Holz have concluded an early agreement to continue working together. Due to run out at the end of 2016, the CEO contract has now already been extended until the end of 2019.

Holz joined Trevira in 2001 as Head of Human Resources, a position he held until the end of 2010. At the start of 2011 he took over the function of managing director and played an instrumental part in preparing the change to the current owners of the company: Indorama Ventures PCL and Sinterama S.p.A.. He has been sole CEO of Trevira GmbH since June 2013.

Five years have now passed since the change in ownership and this period has witnessed the development of close and confident cooperation with the majority owners Indorama Ventures and the sister companies. This is evident also in joint appearances at trade fairs such as Techtextil in Frankfurt or currently at IDEA in Boston. For Indorama Ventures Trevira constitutes a long-term investment.

Mr. Uday Gill, president of the fibres and yarns division of Indorama Ventures said, “I am very pleased to have Klaus Holz continue as CEO who has done very well to shape Trevira GmbH and will continue to lead the company on the next phase of its journey. As a leading and internationally recognised trademark in the polyester business, Trevira has been an important part of IVL’s high value-added business with its specialties an important and strategic addition to our product portfolio. We aim to grow the Trevira trademark further and continue the expansion of its global business“.

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: Trevira GmbH

Grand Forest Taps Simparel To Streamline Manufacturing And Distribution Operations       

NEW YORK CITY — May 2, 2016 — Simparel Inc. has announced that protective apparel manufacturer and distributor Grand Forest Inc. will soon begin implementation of the integrated Simparel® ERP and Simparel® SFC Shop Floor Control (SFC) solution at its Summerville, S.S., headquarters. The 31-year old company expects that replacing its legacy business system with the all-in-one solution will provide the visibility and control it needs to grow and sustain both its U.S.-based manufacturing and imported products distribution components of its business.

According to Grand Forest President Carrie Bovender, “We are a small company that strives to always do things in the most proactive and efficient way possible. We need to stay up to date with technology in order to maintain our commitment to domestic manufacturing and provide our customers with the best quality and service. When we recognized that our current system could no longer meet our needs, we started searching for an ERP that could support our continued growth. After evaluating eight different systems, we found in Simparel the flexibility we need in the import/distribution side of our business, as well as a fully integrated SFC solution that can drive greater efficiency and transparency in our manufacturing operations. This unique balance of capabilities, along with the fact that their system is built specifically for the apparel and sewn products industry, made Simparel our best-fit solution.”

Grand Forest plans to leverage the real-time shop floor control and incentive payroll management capabilities in Simparel SFC to increase the efficiency of its production workflow and payroll processes. The flexible order management and fulfillment capabilities built into the Simparel ERP and Warehouse Management (WMS) modules are expected to improve inventory management tasks and improve speed and accuracy of retail customer deliveries.

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: Simparel, Inc.

Prompt Side Purchases EFI VUTEk FabriVU Printer

FREMONT, Calif. — April 28, 2016 — Kent, England-based theatrical industry supplier Prompt Side Theatrical Drapery is the first to invest in the new EFI™ VUTEk® FabriVU® 340 soft signage printer. Already a satisfied user of a VUTEk GS3250LX Pro LED printer, the theatrical drapery producer was seeking a way to add polyesters and other fabrics to its portfolio, something that would increase its versatility for interior and exterior stage and event projects.

After seeing the high-end polyester imaging capabilities possible with the new VUTEk FabriVU printer line during its debut at the recent Fespa Digital tradeshow in Amsterdam, Prompt Side executives didn’t hesitate to order the new fabric graphics printer. Managing Director Peter Baker said of the purchase: “I am delighted to be at the vanguard of theatrical digital print. This is an exciting time for Prompt Side as we expand our range of products and massively increase the creative opportunities available to designers.”

With the recent purchase of the fabric graphics printer, Prompt Side will extend the types of scenery, backdrops and drapery it produces for a vast range of applications. The company will be able to work with lightweight, polyester-based materials that offer environmental and logistical benefits, including easy delivery and installation. The team at Prompt Side also appreciate that the VUTEk FabriVU printer offers excellent print durability. Plus, with its 2,400 dots per inch (dpi) maximum resolution, it produces photo-quality, vivid images with highly saturated colors and powerful blacks.

In addition to printing, Prompt Side offers a full creative service to its clients, including project management, installation and repairs and maintenance if required. Over the past 25 years, the company has developed a legendary reputation for producing drapery and printed sets for theatres, opera houses and television studios with backdrops, ceilings and floors, as well as unusual cloth-based items.

Sustainable benefits in LED inkjet and aqueous dispersed dye-sub
Prompt Side first increased its digital print production capabilities in 2015 with its initial VUTEk printer purchase, a 3.2-meter EFI VUTEk LED hybrid roll/flatbed model that uses energy-efficient, “cool cure” LED technology. The printer delivers high-quality results on an extended range of substrates, including those that cannot withstand the heat of other drying or curing processes. EFI’s LED inkjet platform also is very energy efficient compared to UV or latex imaging process, as it uses up to 82-percent less energy, according to research conducted by Fogra.

After witnessing continued growth in digital print with its first VUTEk printer, company executives realized that they could further advance their textile imaging operations with a productive, cost-effective industrial solution offering high image quality. Prompt Side’s requirement for superior imaging and reliability made the new, 3.4-meter wide VUTEk FabriVU model the ideal choice. The printer uses environmentally friendly, aqueous, dispersed dye-sublimation inks. It also is highly efficient in its ink and water usage, thanks to an ink recovery system that can reduce ink costs by up to 15 percent.

Prompt Side’s newest tech investment prints at speeds up to 464 square meters per hour and features four-level grayscale printing with 4- to 72-picoliter drop sizes. The printer, which also is available in a 1.8-meter version, was developed by EFI Reggiani — an Italy-based global leader in aqueous textile print technology that EFI acquired in 2015.

Along with the new printer installation, Prompt Side has established a streamlined production workflow with an EFI Fiery® proServer platform that provides a common interface for the company to drive jobs on its two VUTEk products. The latest-version proServer installed at Prompt Side helps ensure superior color management, plus it simplifies the process of applying correct imaging settings based on the type of job being printed. The company’s new Fiery system also offers extremely efficient processing, RIPing VUTEk print jobs up to 60-percent faster than previous proServer versions.

“Prompt Side now has a bigger competitive advantage, with a new, powerful and sustainable platform to address growing demand for fabric graphics,” said Paul Cripps, EFI’s regional vice president of sales. “Peter Baker and his team will capture new opportunities as the first users of this advanced printer, and that serves as a great example of how businesses can follow the real momentum in the market by taking digital graphic display printing to a new level of innovation.”

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: EFI

Supplier Innovation Of The Year, Top 10 Supplier Awards For George C. Moore Co.

Westerly, R.I. — April 27, 2016 — George C. Moore Co. has been selected by Fruit of the Loom Inc. for the 2015 Supplier Innovation of the Year award and also as a Top 10 Supplier. The narrow elastic fabric mill takes strategic supply chain innovation seriously and has been proactively implementing various initiatives to promote and strengthen the value they bring to their customers.

“Innovating is a challenge that is clearly beyond the resources and capabilities of any individual company,” said Andrew Dreher, division president, George C. Moore Co. “For which being able to effectively engage the resources and capabilities of our mill with our customer’s apparel manufacturing operations is definitely an opportunity to leverage resources and enables a greater capability to customize and meet customer needs more rapidly.”

“We are honored that Fruit of the Loom Inc. values our initiatives and that our associates are constantly contributing to helping them achieve their own goals,” said Dana Barlow, CEO, The Moore Company. “We understand that much of what makes a company successful lies beyond its own boundaries for which we are focusing on helping our customers tap the resources within our mill as if they were their own.”

The textile mill, founded in 1909, understands that innovation is critical not only for their competitive advantage but also for their customers. “Our goal is to develop a sense of mutual understanding with them so our resources and know how can benefit and allow our customers to achieve their strategic innovation objectives” said Dreher.

The elastic manufacturer is constantly challenged and focused on developing and strengthening their own supply chain which is considered to be strategically valuable and allows them to meet customer needs. “Our customers are focused on what they do best and our job is to provide complementary products that go from woven elastic, knit elastic, rigid webbing and value added services that allow our customers to keep up with the ever changing demands and lifestyles of their final customers” said Dreher.

Besides servicing underwear and intimate apparel markets, George C. Moore Company also supplies printed, Jacquard and knit narrow elastic for athletic compression, men’s and women’s slacks, performance apparel, dancewear, swimwear, orthopedic & medical, industrial and safety markets. Their value added services include cutting and looping, fabricated waistbands, silicone applications, technical finishes, permanent fire resistance, among other value added services.

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: George C. Moore

Madeira Offers New Color Card For Its Fire Resistant Fire Fighter Embroidery Thread

Laconia, N.H.  — April 29, 2016 — In recent months, Madeira has produced a new color card, representing its popular flame resistant embroidery thread, Fire Fighter. The color card features windings of all 24 available colors of this 100-percent aramid embroidery thread. With the expanding attention paid to safety standards driving its sales, the manufacturer of this fire resistant embroidery thread recently made all colors available in 2,734 yard cones, as well as 1,000 yard Mini Snap Cones (MSCs). Fourteen of the most popular of Fire Fighter’s 24 colors are stocked in the U.S. in both cones and MSCs. The remaining 10 are readily available in MSCs, with cones available by special order.

With fire resistant embroidery thread of interest to industries such as fire and safety, motor sports, aeronautics, transportation, public buildings, as well as children’s and infant’s wear, Madeira’s Fire Fighter is available in 24 colors ranging from bright electric orange and fire engine red to soft pastels of pink and blue. Its 100-percent aramid construction contains Nomex® fibers from DuPont®.

“We listened to our customers in the contract field who cater to sectors known for safety measures, like energy and transportation, and sports like car racing,” said Madeira USA President Shirley Clark. “And as they became more and more regulated for safety, Madeira was able to respond by supplying our fire resistant Fire Fighter embroidery thread in larger put-ups. By not having to change spools as often, customers are spared the down time and production becomes more efficient.”

Fire Fighter has a high resistance to heat and releases much less toxic vapors compared to flame resistant threads made of polyester. The result is that Madeira’s Fire Fighter embroidery thread is the first choice for those whose main emphasis is on safety. While having earned the international Oeko-tex certificate for not containing harmful substances, Fire Fighter has also earned ISO 6941 and ISO 15025 in the U.S., as well as other international standards in the global market.

The new Fire Fighter color card, Item #100-95 sells for $5.00 and is available on Madeira’s website. It also contains laundering instructions for items that are embroidered with Fire Fighter thread.

Posted May 2, 2016

Source: Madeira USA

108-Year-Old Minnesota Knitting Announces Future Ownership Plans

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. — April 29, 2016 — Harold “Bunny” Kuller, owner and Chairman of the Board of Minnesota Knitting Mills Inc. (MKM), announced long-term ownership plans for his family’s Minnesota-based knit manufacturing company.

Wade R. Kytola, currently a vice president and member of the Board of Directors, will become an increasing stakeholder of MKM. “Wade has been with us thirty years starting in plant management and now heading our sales operations,” said Kuller.

“His overall understanding of knit manufacturing surpasses that of the great majority serving in this market.

“In addition to Wade, we have a strong Board and leadership team with Pat Hickey, president, and Diane Rogers, CFO. I believe this team has the wherewithal to keep MKM well positioned for decades to come,” said Kuller.

MKM knit products can be found worldwide as component parts of high quality apparel, medical devices, professional sport uniforms, military garments, hunting accessories and a variety of applications in the areas of fore resistant, cut-proof and antimicrobial arenas. MKM is exploring opportunities for establishing its own unique brand of knit apparel.

Posted April 29, 2016

Source:Minnesota Knitting Mills, Inc.

 

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