EFI Launches New Imaging Of Things Exchange To Connect Customers And Print Buyers

FREMONT, Calif. — January 21, 2016 — This week at the EFI™ Connect users’ conference in Las Vegas, Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) announced the launch of the Imaging of Things exchange (www.ImagingofThings.com) – an online community for EFI customers looking to connect with and share ideas with other print professionals and print buyers looking for unique and innovative applications.

The online community, which is supported and promoted by EFI, is free for customers to join and use. They can post photos and videos of their most creative work produced on EFI industrial inkjet printers and/or EFI Fiery® digital print technologies, showcasing their creativity and innovation in a forum that helps them generate new business leads.

“We are constantly inspired by innovative applications our customers create with EFI technology putting great images on almost any type of material,” said Guy Gecht, EFI’s CEO. “EFI created the Imaging of Things exchange to help our customers advertise these capabilities with a larger global community.”

EFI customers, along with ad agencies, marketers, brand owners, designers and others in the creative community, can register to participate in the Imaging of Things exchange by visiting www.ImagingofThings.com. Once registered, they can begin discovering and sharing unique applications as well as follow other users. The site is designed to be an easy way for printers and print buyers to connect and gain inspiration from each other in a dynamic online community.

Businesses worldwide create a wide range of innovative, high-value and high-quality imaging applications with EFI printers. EFI’s printer portfolio features the industry’s top industrial LED, UV and water-based narrow web, wide- and superwide-format printers, including leading ceramics and textile print technologies. This portfolio gives printing companies profitable opportunities in The Imaging of Things, delivering greater product customization and appeal in everything from signage and packaging to décor, apparel and industrial manufacturing.

Posted January 21,2016

Source: Electronics For Imaging

Auburn Manufacturing Inc. Files Trade Case Against Unfairly Priced And Subsidized Chinese Imports

MECHANIC FALLS, Maine — January 20, 2016 —Today, Auburn Manufacturing Inc. (AMI) filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission requesting imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on certain amorphous silica fabric, an industrial textile, from the People’s Republic of China.  AMI is the largest U.S. manufacturer of silica fabric, operating two manufacturing plants in Maine.  AMI is the principal supplier of amorphous silica fabric to the U.S. Navy.

AMI has lost a significant number of sales to Chinese imports due to increasingly low import prices.  As detailed in the petition, AMI believes that imports of silica fabric from China are being “dumped” in the U.S. market at unfairly low prices.  AMI also provides evidence in the petition that the Chinese government is providing unfair subsidies to Chinese producers of silica fabric.

As a result of the lost sales, AMI has suffered decreased production, revenue and profits.  AMI has seen an ever larger amount of sales be awarded to Chinese imports, especially since 2014.  AMI believes that these imports are not compliant with either the Buy American Act (requiring over 50% US content), or the Berry Amendment, which generally requires textiles purchased with funds allocated by the Department of Defense to be 100% of U.S. origin.

Without relief from dumped and subsidized low-priced Chinese imports, it will become increasingly difficult for AMI to continue making this product.  This is the latest segment of the U.S. textile industry to be replaced by Chinese imports as a result of unfair trade practices.  In the long run, if these unfair practices are not curbed, the U.S. military will suffer because it will be unable to source these products from U.S. companies.  The filing of the petition was necessary to keep AMI as a viable supplier to the Navy and to protect textile workers in Maine.

AMI looks forward to investigations by the two U.S. government agencies to confirm AMI’s evidence of dumping, subsidization, and injury, and urges the U.S. government to impose antidumping and countervailing duties to offset the injurious effects of these dumped and subsidized Chinese imports.

Posted January 21, 2016

Source: Auburn Manufacturing

Shock Doctor, McDavid And Nathan Unite At ISPO MUNICH To Highlight Athlete Total Care Approach

OLEN, Belgium and FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — January 19, 2016 — Shock Doctor, McDavid and Nathan will showcase their complete line of products, focusing on a 360-degree athlete total care approach on an international scale during the 70th annual ISPO MUNICH, the leading international sports exhibition show in Munich, Germany, January 24-27.

“We are excited for the opportunity to showcase our impressive portfolio of brands and products, and more importantly, introduce our new 360-degree total athlete care approach to international retailers for the first time at ISPO MUNICH,” said Tony Armand, CEO of United Sports Brands. “Products that once stood alone are now being embraced and categorized as essentials to all athletes, regardless of season, sport or nation.”

At ISPO, attendees can engage with and learn more about United Sports Brands’ unique portfolio and total care approach with the following brands.

  • Shock Doctor: technology-driven leader in sports protection
  • McDavid: sports medicine and wearable protection experts
  • Nathan: for runners, by runners: leader in run essentials

New products showcased by United Sports Brands’ portfolio include McDavid’s uCoolTM Compression Sleeves, Cold Recovery Supports and Targeted Compression Socks; Shock Doctor’s Ultra Multisport Mouthguard; and Nathan’s Halo Fire Runner’s Headlamp and VaporAir Hydration Race Vest.

Since 1970, more than 2,560 international exhibitors have presented their latest products from the segments of outdoor, ski, action, performance sports, textrends, health and fitness, and sourcing at ISPO MUNICH to more than 81,000 visitors from more than 109 countries.

As an innovative supplier for countless athletes around the globe, United Sports Brands’ growing roster of global ambassadors include:

  •  NBA Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love
  • French handball player and Olympic gold medalist, Nikola Karabatic
  • Dutch Hockey Club Den Bosch
  • Netherlands National Team field hockey player, Maartje Paumen
  • Ultra runners Rob Krar and Stephanie Howe
  • Saracens Football Club based in London
  • World Champion Triathlete and Olympian, Andy Potts

Posted January 20, 2016

Source: United Sports Brands 

Textile Exchange, Organic Trade Association Join Forces to Advance Organic Fiber

LUBBOCK, Texas —January 20, 2016 — Textile Exchange (TE) and The Organic Trade Association (OTA) have announced an important collaboration to strengthen the North American organic textile industry’s public policy influence and public relations efforts.

The two groups recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on legislative advocacy, public outreach and consumer education initiatives. The agreement was signed in conjunction with the recent formation of OTA’s Fiber Council, which was created to provide a cohesive voice across fiber categories within OTA and to grow the North American organic fiber sector overall.

According to OTA’s 2015 Organic Industry Survey, U.S. organic fiber sales were the fastest-growing non-food sector, reaching $1.1 billion in 2014, up 18 percent from the previous year. The leading organic fiber is cotton. In 2014, U.S. growers planted organic cotton on 18,234 acres—the largest number of U.S. acres devoted to organic cotton since 1995. According to Textile Exchange’s 2014 Organic Market Report, global sales of organic cotton products reached an estimated $15.7 billion in 2014, up 10 percent from 2013.

“This is just the beginning of an exciting collaboration that will propel the organic fiber sector to the next level. People want to make organic a bigger part of their lifestyle, but they are often unaware of all the ways that organic fiber can contribute to human and planetary wellness, as well as social justice,” said Marci Zaroff, Founder of Under the Canopy. Both an OTA and Textile Exchange Board member, Zaroff was among those instrumental in submitting a petition to OTA to form the Fiber Council, and now serves as its chair.

A major goal of this new partnership will be to boost outreach to North American consumers on the benefits of organic fiber and textiles, particularly the environmental and social benefits of growing and processing them. Much of the current demand for organic cotton currently comes from manufacturers and brands. With authenticity and transparency as key goals, brands are trying to position themselves to be responsible stewards — becoming more sustainable in their supply chains and more relevant in their core messaging.

Companies recently have reported significant growth in their organic cotton programs, and are increasingly adopting standards addressing fiber and/or product traceability, such as the Textile Exchange Organic 100 Content Standard or Content Claim Standard. Many manufacturers have also become certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), a fully traceable global standard from farm thru processing (spinning, knitting, dyeing and manufacturing) of apparel and home textiles made with organic fiber. The USDA National Organic Program (NOP) has recognized GOTS as the platinum seal for finished organic fiber products and the counterpart to their more widely known organic food certification.

Under the agreement, OTA and TE will work together on legislative advocacy initiatives undertaken by the Fiber Council, advance organic fiber market messaging to consumers, promote awareness and education on both GOTS and the Organic Content Standard (OCS) and certification, develop and participate in media efforts to facilitate awareness and knowledge related to organic fibers, and develop and participate in various industry initiatives such as workshops, seminars and webinars.

Posted January 20, 2016

Source:  TE/OTA

The European House Ambrosetti Establishes U.S. Presence

MILAN, Italy — January 20, 2016 —The European House/Ambrosetti, Italy’s number-one strategic fashion advisory according to the University of  Pennsylvania in 2014, has established an office in the United States through an association with WDA Brand Marketing, a Princeton, N.J.-based fashion consultancy.

Founded in 1965 and with 14 offices worldwide, Ambrosetti works to better a broad range of strategic business processes.  This includes textiles, manufacturing, merchandising and premium and luxury brand strategies, remaining with clients until the client’s business objectives are achieved.

Its client list contains the most sought after European and Italian brands, which it has assisted in entering global markets, in finding appropriate partners, and/or in optimizing their business objectives in their country of origin.  These may include product development, processes optimization or re-shoring (e.g. “Made in Italy”) or determining manufacturing locations and distribution partners best suited to the client’s global brand strategy.

Posted January 20, 2016

Source: WDA Brand Marketing

American Roller Acquires Nordson’s XALOY DuraShell™ And EquaTherm® Chill Roll Product Lines

UNION GROVE, Wis. — January 11, 2016 — American Roller Co. has expanded its product and technology offering with the acquisition of Nordson’s XALOY DuraShell™ and EquaTherm® chill roll product lines. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“This strategic move enables American Roller to build on its strong industrial roller product line history and expand into additional end markets,” said Dan Cahalane, President of American Roller. “We are committed to serving customers for these high quality product lines while employing our engineering resources to drive further product enhancements.”

American Roller has assumed all quoting, engineering and manufacturing responsibility for the product lines, effective immediately.

“We’re committed to a smooth transition of these product lines to American Roller, whose expertise will drive significant value for customers over the long term,” said Steve Purcell, Nordson Vice President for polymer processing in North America, “Going forward, Nordson will continue to focus its resources on our full line of barrels, screws, pumps, screen changers, dies and other melt stream components for customers in the global polymer processing industry.”

Posted January 20, 2016

Source: American Roller Co.

UCMTF — An Outstanding ITMA 2015 For French Machinery

FRANCE — January 18, 2016 — ITMA 2015, in Milano, has been outstanding despite the global uncertainties. Bruno AMELINE, the President of the French machinery manufacturers association confirms: “the French exhibitors met many more customers than they expected; many historic, long time, new and future customers who came with real projects. ITMA 2015 has been a great opportunity for each machinery manufacturer to show its latest innovations mainly derived from down-to-earth partnerships with its clients”. Thanks to these machines the textile industrialists can introduce new products, sometimes disruptive ones, have reliable and cost efficient, energy saving production processes.

For Evelyne CHOLET, the association’s Secretary General, “it is thanks to the French machinery manufacturers long standing strategy and to the well known and appreciated stability of their teams that peer to peer relationships have been established with their customers worldwide. The latest French technology seminars organized before ITMA in Iran (in 4 textile centers) and Uzbekistan (in 2 textile centers) as well as the cooperation agreement signed with the Russian textile industry have also been very instrumental to confirm the ties with the customers from these countries and attract them to the French booths at ITMA”.

Once again, sustainability was a main theme at ITMA. The textile industry has to be an even better steward of the planet to answer the tremendous forces coming from the final consumers, the retail chains and the governments as the latest United Nations climate change conference hold in Paris just after ITMA has shown. For many years, the French machinery manufacturers have been proactive to help reach this goal and make it compatible with their customer’s financials.

In 2016, the machinery manufacturers and their customers will have many more opportunities to meet, let’s just name: ITM in Istanbul (June), ITMA ASIA in Shanghai (October) and India ITME in Mumbai (December). All year round the French machinery manufacturers can be contacted through the portal www.ucmtf.com

Spinning And Yarn Processing

N. SCHLUMBERGER – NSC Fibre to Yarn

Well located, the 500 square meters, NSC Fibre to Yarn booth was very active.
Slightly more than 1000 textile industrialists visited the booth. They came from 52 different countries, including Turkey (15%), India (10%), Iran (9%), Germany (8%), Italy (7%), and France (4%). They were attracted by the new technical innovations, the latest developments on energy savings as well as the services offered by NSC including the new spare parts warehouses opened in Turkey, Iran and China.
Two projects initiated during the show have already materialized and the machines ordered to NSC
18 January 2016
The chain gills, intersecting and combing machines were of particular interest as well as the carding machines including N. SCHLUMBERGER semi worsted card for all types of long staple chemical fibers, with 2.5 to 3.5m working width, hopper feeder, TRD drafting head, integrated suction, screen control.

Superba

Superba SAS has presented its latest technological innovations on its 320m2 booth, and, for the first time under the ‘VANDEWIELE’ banner, following the acquisition, last July, of the company by the Belgian group.
World leader in the field of the continuous heat treatment of carpet yarns (heat setting), SUPERBA showed its new TVP/3S line with major innovations such as the new MLU Universal laying head enabling to switch from the production of straight-set yarns to friezed yarns within one minute compared to 1 to 2 hours before, or the new automatic doors of the sealing heads, ensuring a maximum safety and an easy access to the head elements, now controlled from a new HMI with a fully redesigned user-oriented interface. All the elements are connected to an ethernet bus, thereby allowing the entire choice of today’s remote communication means.

The carpet and rug manufacturers have also expressed great interest in the new “space-dyeing” functions brought about by the new MCD3 model, and in particular, the possibility of achieving the two-tone yarn as well as combine in one sole continuous process, the dyeing, texturing (thanks to the new friezing box type MF400) and carpet yarn heat setting.

The presentation of the VANDEWIELE extrusion concept, on SUPERBA’s stand, has been a big success in view of the very important number of visitors. This function is logically inserted in the complete chain of carpet manufacturing, from the polymer chip to the end product, such as the VANDEWIELE group can now propose it.

During this ITMA 2015, SUPERBA accompanied several investment projects, especially in the Middle East despite regional political tensions. The general trend is to the work thinner yarns for the manufacturing of acrylic woven carpets, which reinforces the new proposal for setting lines type LV3 which can now treat up to 96 yarns.

Verdol

ITMA 2015 has been a very positive exhibition for VERDOL. Despite a late booking, the booth was located nearby the main entrance of Hall 2 with a very good visibility from the main central visitor’s circulation area.
This fair has been an excellent opportunity for the six VERDOL representatives to update the situation to the company’s customers and clarify the new strategy and orientation.

On the booth the latest release of the CD360, a direct cabler dedicated to embroidery yarns, with new improvements on textile equipment and a fully-electronic drive was demonstrated. Flexibility and performances of these machines have been highly appreciated by all visitors.
In total, around 800 visitors from 37 countries were registered, among these, 220 contacts were described as serious. The most promising contacts came from Turkey, Iran and South-America. The main tendencies are the increasing request of energy savings and big expectations of process control and monitoring.

Fil Control

At ITMA, Fil Control presented a full range of new and innovative products, such as the online tension sensor MYT, the optical sensor MOS-LC and a new Hall Effect Sensor. FIL CONTROL is investing heavily in R & D to increase its technological knowledge and open the door to new range of products and solutions, costs effective solutions for its customers.

The company was fully rewarded with a large affluence on its stand: more than 50 visitors per day, coming from all around the world, such as India (9%), China (8%), Turkey (8%), France and of course
Italy. Moreover, it was not only the number of visitors, but most important, their quality and interest in the new products, that enlightened ITMA 2015.
With the success of this event, FIL CONTROL’s team is more confident than ever, and has already started working with several new important manufacturers to equip their future machines and help them to answer the best way to the global demand.

PETIT

PETIT has a consequent and permanent storage capacity of spare parts with more than 20 000 references multi brand for fine count textile machines especially for ICBT and looms for Saurer Diederichs.
All technical drawings for manufacturing of spare parts compliant with the genuine ones.

An acknowledged know how with a wealth experience in the field of covering, texturizing, twisting. PETIT is the specialist in the trade of accessories for textile machines.
The company is also covering spindles manufacturer with a range for bobbin from 400 grs to 2000 grs and rotation speed from 1000 to 30000 rpm.

Nonwoven/Recycling

Laroche

A very good attendance was registered on LAROCHE booth, particularly from North America, Turkey, India, Uzbekistan. A couple of large orders that were already in the works were finalized and a few medium size orders negotiated during the show.
Meetings with the customers showed again that energy saving from reducing the energy consumption of a given process by a few percent can be significant but recycling products may get into another order of magnitude. For example, when cotton fabrics are recycled back into fibers and then new fabrics processed (woven, knitted or nonwoven), the global benefits of replacing virgin cotton by recycled cotton means less water, pesticides, fertilizers, energy associated to their manufacturing and transportation,… This also frees up land. LAROCHE sees a strong trend to recycle post-consumer wastes (clothings, mattresses, carpets…).

To help its customers in studying their investments, LAROCHE is commissioning two new Airlay lines in its demo room in Cours la Ville (France). Both lines are available for customer trials:
-Airlay type “Flexiloft 1500”+ Schott&Meissner”Topcon” thermobonding oven. All types of fibers (natural, synthetic, recycled and bast fibers) and blends incorporating non fibrous materials such as foam chips, wood, chopped thermoplastic composites can be processed. The high bonding power, precise thickness setting and high compression of the Schott &Meissner oven allows to take full advantage of the “Flexiloft” Airlay.

– Airlay type “Airfelt/Resin felt” 2400. The “Airfelt” is a simpler type of vertical Airlay which retains the advantages of true air forming technology. It is suitable for most products used by the automotive and furniture industries. With the “Resin felt” option it is possible to add phenolic or epoxy resin to the airlaid mat which is then semi cured in a steam oven.

Another “Flexiloft 2400” followed by an Andritz needle loom is also available. Also equipped with waste recycling, bast fiber processing, opening and blending equipment, the LAROCHE demo room allows to explore all the opportunities of innovative airlaid products.

Air conditioning

AESA Air Engineering

AESA CEO, Gilles GRIMAL, was very happy with the booth attendance and thanks the ITMA team for the perfect organization of the exhibition.
AESA is a leader in air engineering for all textile production processes of natural fibers, man-made fibers and filaments in their different stages: spinning, knitting, weaving, hosiery, different types of nonwovens and fiber productions, as well as dyeing and finishing. AESA received many interested
visitors from India, Iran, North America and Europe. They were particularly focusing on better energy and environmental efficiency for which AESAs know-how and experience in design and implementation of air conditioning plants, is well known worldwide.
Demand was strong for AESA-FLXICONTROL in spinning and weaving factories, for WEAVE DIRECT systems which offer substantial reductions in power consumption combined with accurate condition building on weaving looms thanks to a dedicated supply air ducting system with diffusers above each loom and DIGIVENT control and monitoring system.

Weaving

Stäubli

STÄUBLI demonstrated 13 innovations at ITMA, all of which offer greater advantages and are aligned with the needs and expectations of the market. A number of business agreements were made at the show, and the Stäubli sales teams must now convert the significant interest shown at ITMA into concrete business during the forthcoming months. Following this successful trade fair, STÄUBLI is looking forward to 2016 with strong optimism.

Spotlight on some STÄUBLI novelties:
The SAFIR S60 automatic drawing-in machine was successfully launched. Interested visitors watched it in operation and were amazed by the dependable automatic optical yarn & color detection functions. Also launched recently is the SAFIR S40 automatic drawing-in system with mobile drawing- in trucks, which is especially interesting for denim weavers.
From an elevated deck at the booth, visitors could perfectly observe the new SX, LX and LXL Jacquard machines operating in combination with STÄUBLI Jacquard harnesses and healds underlining the profound system understanding STÄUBLI provides to weavers by means of its Jacquard weaving machinery in combination with STÄUBLI Jacquard accessories.
A large part of the booth was dedicated to the newly unveiled ALPHA 500 INNOVATION carpet weaving system with an accessible weavers stand. Another highlight and world premiere was demonstrated by the STÄUBLI product brand SCHÖNHERR carpet systems: Magic Shadow Effect (patent pending) for weaving single-colour carpets featuring astounding designs.
The STÄUBLI product area DEIMO Knitting Solutions presented a world novelty to the knitting industry, which responded with amazement: the D4S fully automatic toe-linking device. Installed directly on the knitting machine, it permits unloading socks on the fly and ensures very short downtimes.

Ebelmann

Established in 1981, specialized in hard materials’ machining, EBELMANN’S devices are designed to offer the weaving industry highly efficient cutting. As more and more customers are asking for specific devices according to their special applications, the company is organized to offer such solutions. The company knows that its future is in that way.

At ITMA, EBELMANN showcased a display of cutting devices with technical fibers. This presentation attracted more than 300 visitors including new contacts from the Americas and France. Since then, some have already sent first orders.
To go even further, at the leading edge of technology, EBELMANN is investing in a new robotized sharpening machine.

Mallein

With 70 years of experience, MALLEIN is a specialist of the beam for warping and weaving, able to answer to all needs of today’s textile activity. The entire integration of its aluminum foundry and all of its production facilities allows MALLEIN to answer to all specifics enquiries particularly thanks to his know-how in special aluminum alloys.

At ITMA, MALLEIN exhibited its new range of aluminum canisters, canisters that are even stronger and with the greatest geometric precision.
Dyeing and Finishing

Rousselet Group/Callebaut de Blicquy

At ITMA, the exclusive new design for continuous fiber treatment (dyeing, bleaching and impregnation) process met a success that overtook even CDB’s the most optimistic expectations. Thanks to this new design for continuous process, the payback results show how this technology is giving a strategic advantage in global competition. Savings are made at every steps of the process, as very little manpower is required for a high production rate, liquor ratio is drastically reduced, quality is constant.
Then, the bath exhaustion measurement product range was highly requested by customers. Indeed, the wish of being able to see what is happening during dyeing process becomes a reality, from laboratory equipment, with ADM (Analyser Dyeing Master) till the monitoring of the customers’ production machine with ADP (Analyser Dyeing Process).
Now, either on light colors or very dark ones, CDB is able to provide a technology that is reproducible and reliable. These innovations will help to understand how to optimize the process with ADM, and how to control it efficiently with ADP.
Batch centrifuges, suitable for any kind of textile, in any form, with its unique range of basket developed to fit any request from ROUSSELET attracted many customers.
The everyday aim of the CDB/ROUSSELET group is to offer a complete line of machines, more profitable for the clients, making this world greener and having an open minded idea of what will be a dyehouse in next generation.

Alliance Machines Textiles

ALLIANCE Machines Textiles has exhibited three machines during ITMA: RIVIERA ECO GREEN low liquor dyeing machine, ROTORA beam dyeing machine and LABOJET laboratory dyeing machine. ALLIANCE machines are highly efficient with minimum water consumptions (low liquor ratio from 1/2 to 1/3) for dyeing treatments in discontinue in order to obtain a perfect quality and according to the environment respect.

Many Turkish customers have been very interested by the machines. Many also from France, Italy, Belgium and the Maghreb. Also from Iran and Egypt and from South America (Mexico, Brazil) and North America. More than 200 customers have been interested. More than 100 offers have already been sent all over the world. Alliance team is going to follow these offers.

Dollfus & Muller

The ITMA Milano 2015 exhibition was way above the expectations for DOLLFUS & MULLER and even “the best ITMA show of all times” according to David Fauconnier, Sales Director. Both the quantity and the quality of visitors were very good.
DOLLFUS & MULLER manufactures endless felts and dryer belts for the textile finishing and nonwovens factories.

A very high interest was noted on the new compacting felt for the finishing of knitted fabrics introduced during this ITMA edition, many orders have already been taken. During the exhibition, this new endless compactor felt was disclosed “in production”.
Furthermore, the company registered a great demand for its sanforizing felts, transfer printing felts, mesh dryer belts for the printing, the relaxation and thermobonding ovens. A significant interest was finally seen for its new range of decatizing satin wrappers for the finishing of woolen fabrics.
The main visitors during the ITMA show at the DOLLFUS & MULLER booth were coming from India, Italy, Turkey, Pakistan, Germany, France, Iran, Egypt, Spain and Portugal.
Cutting – Sealing

SPOOLEX: DECOUP+, ROLL CONCEPT and CALEMARD

The SPOOLEX team welcomed around 300 visitors to present them the lines of products proposed under the well-known brands Calemard, Decoup+ and Roll Concept. These brands attract worldwide textile/technical textiles producers and converters, and this year an increase on the nonwoven market was registered.

Decoup+, the ultrasonic cutting/sealing solutions division, has launched with success its new manual ultrasonic welding station for stitching operations without any additional material, on small and medium size series. Many contacts are now waiting for the motorized version…
Roll Concept has established its competence in designing and assembling all in house, low inertia and economical technical rolls (aluminum, steel or composites rollers).

Calemard, which celebrates its 60 year, is a reference in quality slitting-rewinding/spooling solutions. With numerous promising contacts taken, several standard slitter-rewinders should be delivered in 2016. Thanks to the increasing number of visitors involved in nonwovens, the team also met numerous contacts interested by the spooling line for jumbo spools, the well-known Pegase line and specially the latest version which is fully automated.

The visitors’ interest in SPOOLEX’ new competence in productivity booster solutions has strengthened the company desire to gather its brands skills and know-how to offer complete converting cells with automated operations for higher productivity, flexibility and operator’s safety. All the team is now working to send the information, trials and proposals requested.

Management solutions

Schaeffer Productique

The new management solutions presented (ERP, BPM, SaaS-Cloud and Mobility applications) strongly interested visitors who expressed their enthusiasm.
SCHAEFFER Productique welcomed more than 160 visitors on its stand: customers, prospects, existing and potential partners, institutions, schools, laboratories, colleagues, from 39 countries, mostly from France and Germany-Switzerland-Austria.

SCHAEFFER Productique also received the steering committee of the European standard for textile data interchange (eBIZ), driven by Euratex. Traceability and data exchange, in the heart of the needs of the profession, are also processed by the company’s eBIZ-compatible platform EcolTex®.
Several concrete projects, that integrate ERP components associated with Business Process Management and use of internet technologies, are emerging. This dynamic confirms the acceleration of new uses of digital technology in organizations and in the evolution of textile business models.

Posted January 20, 2016

Source: French Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (UCMTF)

Winners Of The Carpet Design Awards Announced At DOMOTEX 2016

HANNOVER, Germany/CHICAGO, Ill. — January 20, 2016 — The world’s finest designer carpets and rugs have just been awarded well-deserved prizes at the 2016 Carpet Design Awards, held at DOMOTEX in Hannover, Germany.

The award ceremony took place on January 17, with winners announced in eight categories. These include Best Studio Artist Design, Best Traditional Design, Best Modern Collection and Best Innovation. The winners were picked from a list of 24 finalists, whittled down from an initial 320 entries from 21 countries.

This was the eleventh successive year that DOMOTEX has hosted the top international award for modern hand-made carpets and rugs.

Under the chairmanship of the British designer Michael Sodeau, the international jury selected designer pieces that really stand out in terms of design, quality and craftsmanship. Entries were judged on design and design concept, materials, execution, texture/structure and quality as well as sustainability and branding. The presentation of the Carpet Design Awards is one of the highlights of the annual DOMOTEX show. Excitement mounts each year when the prizes are presented on the Sunday of the show at a special award ceremony attended by numerous guests from the international carpet industry.

Carpet Design Awards 2016 prize-winners:

  • Best Studio Artist Design

Re Orient – Studio Brieditis & Evans — Statement of the Jury: Combines upcycling with the roots of traditional rug making

  • Best Modern Design Superior

Aleph – Naziri — Statement of the Jury: The judges were attracted to the minimalism and versatility

  • Best Modern Design Deluxe

Electric Taupe – Hossein Rezvani Design — Statement of the Jury: deconstructs traditional Persian design into its essential elements

  • Best Traditional Design

Marta Stripe – Rug and Kilim — Statement of the Jury: reveals the process in the weave and the warm tones of its colors

  • Best Transitional Design

Secret Garden – Naziri — Statement of the Jury: literally embodies the notion of transitional rug design

  • Best Modern Collection

Landscape Collection – Wool and Silk Rugs — Statement of the Jury: for communicating a sense of time and place

  • Best Traditional Collection

Pine Garden Collection – Rug Star by Jürgen Dahlmanns — Statement of the Jury: taking us on a journey through color

  • Best Innovation

Glow – Zollanvari — Statement of the Jury: the potential to have a widespread ecological impact on rug production

Posted January 20, 2016

Source: DOMOTEX

Sold Out Electronics For Imaging (EFI) Connect User Conference Highlights End-to-End Integrated Solutions

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — January 20, 2016 — Electronics For Imaging (EFI) opened its EFI™ Connect event — another sold out users’ conference with 10-percent more pre-registered customer attendees compared to 2015 — yesterday at Wynn, Las Vegas. This year’s event features the debut of several new Productivity Suites — designed, built, validated and integrated workflows from the industry’s leading business and production management software portfolio — along with digital print and industrial inkjet products to assist EFI customers adopting digital printing applications.

The conference, held January 19-22 and is one of the printing industry’s largest and longest-running users’ group events, features a solutions center and more than 200 technical, sales and business management sessions, including hands-on customer labs, interactive Voice of Customer sessions, user meetings for EFI Productivity Suite and MIS/ERP core platforms and a development track conducted by industry analyst group InfoTrends.

As always, networking and information sharing between attendees is a key highlight as well, with the list of Connect 2016 participants representing many of the world’s leading print businesses.

During his opening keynote for the conference, EFI CEO Guy Gecht stressed the need for customers to “bet on changes in the market forces to accelerate.” Successful printing businesses, he added, need to move with the window of opportunity. “You must be willing to take a risk. Doing nothing is a guarantee that you will be unsuccessful.”

Resort industry and Las Vegas business legend Steve Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq:WYNN) gave a special keynote presentation at Connect in honor of the conference’s 10th anniversary at Wynn, Las Vegas. Wynn provided a business lesson on his success, which, despite the luxury of his resorts, ultimately depends on creating a culture where employees gain a sense of pride and enhanced self-esteem through their work.

“Underneath every major business franchise is the question of ‘is it better? Is their price really justified?’ ” said Wynn. “What we’ve learned here is that only people make people happy.”

Expansion of the Productivity Suite Strategy

Customers at the conference are learning how the EFI Productivity Suites — a comprehensive, best-of-portfolio workflow platform introduced at Connect 2015 — improves users’ productivity, efficiency and profitability through “Suite Certified” workflows for specific segments. EFI’s commitment to development and advancement for Enterprise and Midmarket Commercial and Packaging Suites are evident in sessions and the solutions center. And, at this year’s conference EFI is continuing that strategy and commitment, doubling its Productivity Suite offerings with three new certified Suites for the quick printing, publication print and corrugated packaging segments.

Connect 2016 also features advanced EFI Fiery® digital front end and software technologies for cut-sheet digital printing, including previews of Fiery Command WorkStation® 5.8 and the newest-version Fiery JobFlow™ digital print workflow automation software. Available this quarter, JobFlow delivers even more powerful digital print workflow automation features for efficient multi-job submission, extended third-party job processing, workflow sharing and enhanced usability.

New inkjet opportunities in ‘The Imaging of Things’

In addition to highlighting advanced workflow technologies, Connect showcases how EFI customers across the globe create profitable opportunities with innovative, high-value and high-quality inkjet imaging applications. These customers are successful participants in the concept of “The Imaging of Things,” delivering greater product customization and appeal in everything from signage and packaging to décor, apparel and industrial manufacturing.

During his keynote, Gecht unveiled the Imaging of Things exchange (www.ImagingofThings.com), an online customer applications gallery designed to help EFI customers and print buyers grow their network and business relationships.

The online exchange is free for EFI customers and provides a venue for them to post images and videos of their work in a forum targeted to print buyers looking for new, unique and innovative application ideas. The Imaging of Things exchange addresses the network effect online communities have in accelerating adoption of new technologies and applications. And, as a result, EFI customers can better promote their EFI print applications and generate new business leads.

Connect’s solutions center features top technologies in the EFI industrial inkjet portfolio, including best-selling, entry-level and new, high-end hybrid LED printers with advanced, variable-drop grayscale imaging and industry-leading white ink. The Connect 2016 exhibit floor also features versatile, roll-to-roll LED printing technology from EFI’s recently acquired Matan product line.

Attendees can see a broader range of print application possibilities within the Imaging of Things with exhibits of jobs produced on EFI’s Cretaprint® ceramic tile printers, Jetrion® narrow-web label printers and the company’s recently acquired line of Reggiani textile printers. Michele Riva, sales and marketing director for EFI Reggiani, will provide added insight into the significant opportunity in printing for fabric graphic display and industrial textile applications during a Jan. 21 keynote speech.

Connect 2016 also features an industry update keynote from Epicomm Chief Economist Andy Paparozzi and keynotes from additional senior EFI executives.

Along with its lineup of technology and business presentations, training sessions and EFI product demonstrations, Connect 2016 features numerous exhibits from partner companies, including platinum sponsors Canon U.S.A. and Xerox; gold sponsor Duplo; and bronze sponsors 3M Commercial Graphics; AccuZIP; BCC Software; BondCote/Heytex Corp.; Esko; Honle UV America; Kodak; Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc.; Lintec Corp.; the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation; Progress Software; and Ricoh Production Print.

Posted January 20, 2016

Source: EFI

Cotton’s First Full Traceability System

BREMEN, Germany — January 20, 2016 — ICA Bremen — the international center for cotton testing, research and quality training — is working with some of the biggest names in the industry to be the first to develop a full traceability system.

Significant progress has been made to accurately measure the percentage of marked cotton in final garments simply by scanning it, which involves adding an identifier to fibres at the ginning stage.

Kai Hughes, ICA Bremen Manager Director said: “Our traceability system will be a massive step forward for major brands, retailers and growers, replacing the current ‘tagging’ systems and cutting out the need for supply chain certification processes.

“We know that there are other companies claiming to offer ‘traceability’ services but these just tag the cotton and provide a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. There are none that can also quantify their results to provide an exact percentage like ours will. The process has already been proved in the laboratory and work is now taking place to identify suitable partners to conduct field trials.”

More developments will be announced in due course.

Posted January 20, 2016

Source ICA Bremen

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